If you want to hog the forum then be my guest.... … It's a pleasure to follow your progress on this one and think you're doing a great job... She looks to be coming together very nicely so well done....

Regards

Alan

Morning Folks
Thanks for the comments Gents appreciated

Playing with the prop shaft
Seems straight forward enough

Glue the tab to the inside to form the shape and supported this with a styrene tube ready to pop on the hull.

Looks completely different from Kaiser Bunkers model and he used real plans.The shafts look supported all the way along and his shaft looks a lot shorter mmmmm
and
Totally different shape and supports of Trumpeters model too, although that is the 1935 design

Think I will try and copy the Trumpeter version as I think it looks better (might not be right tho)

Head hurts will turn the ship up the right way so I can't see it and the problem goes away

Thanks for lookin'

Just lovin seeing this come together, looks sweet too

Morning Folks
Thanks for posting Gents appreciated

My intention was to cover the hull in a thin kraftpaper but I didn't like the way it wrinkled when I glued it down

So I have decided to use the 1500micro card. Tried measuring the thickness of it with a ruler it is either 1.5mm or 2mm.
My eyes aren't registering with my brain cell

Anyhoo's it is a bit thicker than intended but I won't let on to anyone

Also the more I come across photo's off the real ship the more discrepancies I am finding with the model and have to remind myself that it is what it is.

Thanks for lookin'

Evening Folks

After planking for the 3rd time (in hindsight should have used a thicker 1st planking )decided to get plastered...well grouted.

Thats all I could find in the shed


Can I ask if there is anything wrong with using household matt emulsion paint as a primer and will car spray paints stick ok to it a later date.

Just with lock down I am trying to make do with what I can find
Thanks

Evening Folks

Thanks for your advise Robin much appreciated

Anyhoos I gave the hull a coat of emulsion and the areas that had the white paper still on was ok...but the areas I sanded past this was rough and 'orrible.

Added another coat of paint but not too impressed, beginning to wish I had stuck with wood.

As the paper bin is getting rather full I went for a walk thinking it was about time I took up knitting instead.

On testing the brown kraftpaper earlier in the build, I had stuck it straight on to the card and found I could peel away the white film of paper on the cardboard.

But now i have a different surface of ....paint mmmmm.

I marked out the area on which to apply the glue with a brush and waited a minute or two before presenting the kraftpaper to the hull.

Thats been an hour and it hasn't fallen off.

Fighting the urge to get my finger nail under it to see how easily it will come off

Thanks for lookin'

oops no pic

Thank's very much for you'r support David much appreciated

I intend to do one more layer of "planking" to blend in on the lower and gun deck

I have read that there was an armour plate along the upper part of the hull
Whether this should be replicated will depend upon my wanting to hide any gliches

Thanks again for you'r support it makes me want to procede further with MY INTERPRETATION of a card model

Afternoon Folks

On these ships there was 6 torpedo tubes... unfortunately only the bow tube is represented on this model

There should be another on the stern and 2 on the port and stbd sides

If want to replicate those I will need to guesstimate at their correct positions

Had a go at the bow one

Thought the card would be too delicate for here as I plod along heavy handedly
(not too great at bending and shaping the card either )

Had a go at using balsa and once covered with kraftpaper I can add hatch and possible hinge at a later date

Thanks for looking