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 Its just people taking advantage of the release of the trumpeter kit, i keep getting e-mails off amazon asking me to sell my Yamato back for £3.00 some hope  Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Some new links added in the first post for figures and making water.
Starting the hull tonight will begin posts over the weekend  “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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Good luck with you build Jase, will be looking in from time to time...
Regards
Alan
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Hi Jase, your build is looking great  keep up the good work Kind regards Mike MWG BUILD DIARIES: HMS VICTORY, SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS, SAN FRANCISCO II, HMS HOOD, HMS ENDEAVOUR LONGBOAT, HMS VICTORY X-SECTION, 007 DB5, NISSAN GTR, CUTTY SARK, RB7, AKAGI, BARK HMS ENDEAVOUR, HUMMER H1, MITSUBISHI ZERO.
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Thanks Mike,
I have been asked for my view of the armour belt thickness on the hull. The answer is yes they do look a little on the thin side, in fact there is a number of issues with the hull. For most people however i guess the hull is more than good enough. There are some things I plane to change others i don't. below is a list of corrections that could be made some minor some fundamental I will be correcting those in red the others I will be leaving. A good solution to most issues is actually to clad the whole hull in plastic card to reshape - i wont be doing that.Some countersink
distorsion of some scuttles
hydrophone holes to shallow
center bow anchor hole incorrect position
stern lip incorrect shape
Port and starboard anchor slipways to shallowBow too thick
stern hull wrong shape
hull bottom wrong shape
propella shaft locations not correct
armour belt
no panal lines
no weld seams
no rivet headsno smoke exhaust
J“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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Hi Jase You refere ealyer to the grab handles or ladder rungs on the stern on one of your links these are shown in etch on the boat not sure if there part of the railings etch set from Eduard though as its hard to make out on the pics picshttp://www.eduard.com/store/out/media/gallery/2800/zoom/06.JPG http://www.eduard.com/st...bar-railings-1-200.html
regards Andy Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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arpurchase wrote: Hi Jase You refere ealyer to the grab handles or ladder rungs on the stern on one of your links these are shown in etch on the boat not sure if there part of the railings etch set from Eduard though as its hard to make out on the pics picshttp://www.eduard.com/store/out/media/gallery/2800/zoom/06.JPG http://www.eduard.com/st...bar-railings-1-200.html
regards Andy Hi Andy, I think they are called hand irons? I doubt they are in the eduard set but as you say hard to tell. But i will be getting them in the MK1 upgrades set (now being promised fro end of next week). I think they would be very easy to scratch build. simply drill holes into the hull at each end of the iron and thread some wire through. I have also ordered some parts from Germany to replace the propeller protectors and replace some of the moulded on doors, There are also some doors missing. J “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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Hi Jase If you follow the link and look at the pic's, 1st pic 2nd row of the stern they can be seen. Its around £30 for this etch set and I think there included as part of it as the pic's are an example of what's included so to speak regards Andy Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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arpurchase wrote: Hi Jase If you follow the link and look at the pic's, 1st pic 2nd row of the stern they can be seen. Its around £30 for this etch set and I think there included as part of it as the pic's are an example of what's included so to speak regards Andy This link certainly shows them http://www.oupsmodel.com...-rambardes-p-36521.html
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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Hull Prep continuedTotal Build Time 3.5 hours
I have drilled the hydrophone holes a bit deeper so i dont lose them when sanding and to make sure they will be okay to take primer paint and was without vanishing. I used a .5 drill for this. The bow section needs some clamping to get the parts to fit. I clamped the front end first and once set cemented the part to the hull and clamped the back end to pinch the parts into place.
  “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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Great start Jase. Hope you don't mind but I'm going to hold off starting mine for a little while & follow your diary, think you could help me immensely with this one. I want to build her to the best of my abilities but my knowledge is lacking about ships in general. Fantastic work. Have you seen this diary/debate? http://www.shipmodels.in...c.php?f=59&t=144178
Wilfy
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Thanks Wilfy I am watching one or two other builds not many got beyond the hull yet. I haven't seen this build though so thanks I do know there will be at least one other build diary in the fullness of time and they intend to do some of the hull alterations I am not doing  J “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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Hi Jase WHSmith are currently offering The Anatomy of the Ship Bismark at 30% off so its £19.20 but with a 1/2 week wait so I have ordered 1 online from them regards Andy Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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arpurchase wrote: Hi Jase WHSmith are currently offering The Anatomy of the Ship Bismark at 30% off so its £19.20 but with a 1/2 week wait so I have ordered 1 online from them regards Andy your a star thank you “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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jase wrote:arpurchase wrote: Hi Jase WHSmith are currently offering The Anatomy of the Ship Bismark at 30% off so its £19.20 but with a 1/2 week wait so I have ordered 1 online from them regards Andy your a star thank you Mmmm.... that's a bit odd. Beware of WHS, I had this with them a few years ago with a book that was out of print and it transpired that they don't update their database and the book wasn't available after all. I hope they do have a dusty pile at the back of their warehouse. But all my usual sources, such as Waterstones, The Book Depository and Amazon are saying Out of Stock and Out of Print, well apart from those 2 ridiculous 2nd hand copies on Amazon at £500 and £1590. I might order one just in case though
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On a more positive note, I can recommend the Kagero 3D book on the Bismark which has excellent detailed drawings, particularly of the Superstructure. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bismarc...id=1362912377&sr=1-4
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Looks a good book. I am probably not going to purchase any books at this stage, i have a few bismarck books that tend to be around the story rather then the design of the ship. I think there is enough primary resource on the net to get the job done. “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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jase wrote:Looks a good book. I am probably not going to purchase any books at this stage, i have a few bismarck books that tend to be around the story rather then the design of the ship. I think there is enough primary resource on the net to get the job done. That's probably right, I'm still a bit old school and can't get the same enjoyment from the Net as Ink and Paper. I tried a Kindle last year but it didn't hit the spot. I'm a Dinosaur on the Eve of Chicxulub  
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