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jase wrote:Well Alan if you were to ever do just one war ship this would be the one even straight from the box its a tremendous kit. Thanks Jase, built aircraft in my childhood years, gliders and R/C mainly with a few airfix kits thrown in for good measure. Took the hobby up again with the SOTS as I wanted something new to do in the evenings as I can't get out much due to caring responsibilites looking after my other half after a ruptured brain aneurysm... One day I may consider a project like this especially seeing the work you, Andy and other builders do with these type of builds.... Notice I never say never, just not at the moment... Keep the great work going....  Regards Alan
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 Hi Jase We all build to our own preferances M8 but to me the discrepancy [ what ship it was] on the yellow gun tops makes it a no no 4 me apart from the fact she was on a secret mission to break out and yellow gun turrets to me would be like waving a red flag at a bull  like 'here I am catch me if you can'  . I personally don't have a problem with it if you want yellow go for it il do grey and see what the consensus is   all the best Andy Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Ha ha I honestly have not decided I would love to have a go at the Balkan stripes but think its a bit daunting. I know yellow turrets is controversial but if she had git to Brest she would have had to of had them. May be time for a survey of forum members  “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, been watching this with interest, Im sure you will make a great job of the stripes version, im sure you have seen this build but its not in your links but if this can be achieved on a 1/350 then it will look awesome on the 1/200 - http://www.florymodels.co.uk/revell-1350-bismark/Cheers Steve
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Thanks for the link its a loverly build “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 I am very impressed with your build 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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Painting the lower HullTotal build hours 16 While I, and the rest of the forum, cogitate over what paint scheme my Bismarck is going to take I have pressed on with painting the lower hull, no debating the colour there it is Schiffsbodenfarbe III Rot 5 I have used Oil based paint from WEM and hand painted as i am rubbish with a air brush and don't want to make a mess
First job was to prime the hull i have used Halfords Primer white once dry i masked off a line 2mm into the bottom of the boot top (see post above for boot top line) I have done two thinned coats so far, i recon 3 will do the job. i have also done the rudders (one coat to go) and picked out the zinc anodes with Tamiya Titanium Silver.
  As always any constructive comments gladly received.
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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I like that Red Jase, it looks a lot more realistic than the other builds I have seen. More Dull and Functional looking, as it should be, I might follow your lead on that one, is it available in Acrylic?
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That hull red is spot on Jase! Superb work so far!!
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court orchard wrote:I like that Red Jase, it looks a lot more realistic than the other builds I have seen. More Dull and Functional looking, as it should be, I might follow your lead on that one, is it available in Acrylic?
see link the service from this supplier is fantastic. http://www.emodels.co.uk...e-22ml-ua606-p-3749.html“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 That lower hull red is very close to the Japanese hull red but il be using the correct colour, mmmmmmmmmmmmmm now your doing stripes I guess il have to go for the yellow turrets   regards Andy Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Hi Jase I think you may have misread my post as I said I will be using the right hull colour and the bright red option was never contemplated , but iv included a couple of pic's of my Yamato with the Tamiya hull red as a comparison as it may be an option for those people who cant obtain the WEM colour . Im currently investigating the options on the mini sub adventure regards Andy PS there is also a coat of so called matt varnish on the hull but I think its more of a satin finish im still looking for a good matt varnish. arpurchase attached the following image(s): Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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panic over then  I have only ever used humbroll matt varnish which will be my plan again is it does go matt. still waiting for my upgrades which have apparently been shipped. once i have them i can paint the bow and stern. done the black stripes this morning and she looks good “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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Cracking job Jase, she's certainly moving along.
Wilfy
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