looks great, I have been sanding shaping today too

Thanks for comments Gents

Tidy up time......taking a break from the hull

Need to decide soon static or R/C.....as getting close to screwing the decks down as i want the hull to deck join to be invisible and access to be via the superstructure if i go R/C so will need to get the rudders, motors and shafts in place

Have been talking to my local hobby shop and they have given me advise on bits n bobs required and will keep me on track thru the r/c conversion

Thanks for poppin' in

This one on the water will look amazing... Looking forward to seeing you continue your great work Budgie..... .. Well done...

Regards

Alan

Hi Folks mentioned in earlier post "bored with gauzing the inside of the hull"
Decided to designate the task

Love it, start them of young

From memory, before sailing on her only mission, all of her camouflage livery was painted over, save for the bow and stern false waves, and the swastikas were painted over as well. The red area surrounding them was as well. The same colour as the hull I think. I have chosen to have it in the earlier half camo, where only the hull had the camo paint and not the super structure, and the full swastikas on both bow and stern.

Hi Budgie

I have to agree with Titanic when she sailed on her last mission just the bow and stern false waves were present the swastikas were also painted out, but in Ballard's book the paint has worn away to show there remnants. There is also dispute on the turret top colours as there was an order passed to paint them yellow so as to aid recognition by aircraft as they neared the coast of France but there is no evidence of this being done by eye witnesses at the final battle.

I have this book also which gives some great detail pictures,

http://www.militarymodel...battleship-bismark/7036

Regards

Andy

Evenin' Folks.....not got as much done as i would have liked this week

Too much humming and hawing over which paint to use..and getting nowhere fast

There are 2 bulkheads that face each other on the fwd and aft superstructure

There is no brass covering for those....expect it is coz no one can see much of that area.....but there is 9 brass bulkhead doors to go there which needs to be done now while i have access to the area before they are glued to the removeable base and a couple of plastic bits at the edges which can be glued further into the build
As the doors are glued up off the deck i can slide the planking detail in there later

Anyhoos

I sanded and sealed the bulkheads with diluted cellulose dope and it felt really smooth but when i sprayed them (Halfords grey primer) it looked like a minefield

I decided to rub back down and using a bit of filler i was still not happy when sprayed

Decided to rub back down yet again and cover the bulkheads in thin styrene which when sprayed i was content with apart from the shade of grey

The main colours used are supposed to be RAL7000 Rat with Tail(squirrel) grey for the hull and for the superstructure RAL7001 silver grey

These do not seem to equate exactly to other makes of paint?

Thought about using a light grey but which one? too much too choose from

head hurting Plus what format... brush, spray can or tinlets... which would require a crash course on using a spray gun

Nearly made up my mind when looking on line.. but looking at the colour on a pc doesn't neccessarily mean it will be the shade i like in reality

An Italian company does the RAL paint i require in spray cans but i thought it was a bit expensive.... until i compared with an alternative make...works out about the same price as when you get to the checkout there is the usual VAT, postage but a charge for hazardous goods as well

I have roughly cut out the area on the main deck for the removeable superstructure to sit in...now back to thinking of what paint????

Looking brilliant nice tonseenthe little helper too

Jase

Looking great Budgie, looking forward to seeing the detail being added....

Regards

Alan