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Great work Alan thank's for posting Regards Trev Work in progress: Tombstone (Scratch) - San Francisco 2. -The Mayflower ( scratch by plan).
OcCre- Santa-Maria (Kit).
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Thanks for the comment guys, appreciated.... The main pieces of etch have now been fitted to the port side of the lower aft superstructure. The port side of the ship will be my practice side with the starboard side being the side on display. My thinking is by doing the port side first it will enable me to identify any tricky areas, working on best way to get round them, then applying my new found knowledge to the display side of the ship....  .. Now to see if my theory works by getting on and fitting the etch to the starboard side.... Will post up when done.....  Regards Alan Gandale attached the following image(s):
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Awesome work Alan. Your doing great with the PE. The detail it adds is amazing. Look forward to more updates. Chris On the bench 1/350 Revell Tirpitz Platinum Edition (Pontos PE and Wooden deck) plus extra Eduard PE set and extra MK1 door sets.
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Great work Alan  . All the PE is going on is going look stunning when a coat of primer is applied. Mark
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Alan That looks like a test both patience and a very steady hand. All looks very nicely put together. Tony Happy Modelling
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Great work so far Alan! Looking good! Regards, Phil W. Completed projects: 1/43 scale Bedford HA van / 1/43 scale MG TD sports car
Current projects: 1/48 scale U-boat [U230]
Future projects: 1/148 scale railway diorama / 1/50 scale R/C Volvo F89 logging truck / 1/148 scale Thunderbirds Fireflash
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Crikey Alan! Do you wear binoculars instead of glasses...??? Just utterly amazing. 
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wow great stuff! Building DeAGOSTINI Vasa
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Thanks everyone for the kind comments, appreciated as always..... @Tony - Patience is something I do have in abundance but I certainly do not have a steady hand, quite the opposite in fact. I actually suffer from a Benign Essential Tremor where the symptoms are very similar to that of parkinsons. Its the reason I've given up on period ships, have great difficulty in doing the rigging now... Just one of the things we have to overcome as we get older.....  ... I won't give up my hobby though.... @Roy - I actually wear a pair of glasses issued to me by my optician for doing real close up work. Told my optician what I did for my hobby and rather than a second pair of varifocals he suggested a set purely for close up model work.... Works a treat for me..... when wearing them, if I look up then everything is just a blur.... Regards Alan
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Great work Alan will this be painted in the baltic camo or as she was in her breakout ? Regards Phil COMING SOON =1/72 Italeri diorama`s Battle for the Reichstag and Stalingrad battle at the tractor factory 1/16 Trumpeter King Tiger with loads of extras ON THE GO= refurbishment of 1/25 Tamiya tiger 1 , amt Star trek kits and space 1999 models
So Much to Build,But What a Hobby!
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tigerace wrote:Great work Alan will this be painted in the baltic camo or as she was in her breakout ? Regards Phil Thanks Phil, undecided as yet. Only thing I'm sure of is it will be late May 1941, 24th or 27th. Long time to go before I get to the stage where I really have to make the decision..... Regards Alan
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All of the basic etch has now been fitted to the starboard side of the aft superstructure. I've deliberately left off one piece from either side for now, mainly because I think I've knocked the pieces off about 6 times so far..... . There is still a few pieces of etch to make up and fit, such as fire hose cradles, plus I now need to double check the kit instructions to fit a number of plastic pieces. Once that's done it can be set aside ready for priming..... Regards Alan Gandale attached the following image(s):
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Wow! My eyes hurt just thinking about placing that!
Zero paints, available through Hiroboy, over there, has a fantastic, airbrushable two part primer that would really help stick all that down.
Mark
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Alan many thanks for your kind words. I did try and reply earlier but your inbox was reporting full. Its a funny old life when one day everything is ticking along just fine and in the blink if an eye can change so much. When you have spent so many years “doing for others” i seem to have forgotten that i need to do things for me and its that adjustment i just cannot get myself into at the moment. Kind regards Tony Happy Modelling
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That looks to be an awesome etched update set you have. I have never seen such a wealth of parts in an etch kit before. You certainly have a lot of patience working with so many small parts. Tony Happy Modelling
BUILDING: Hachette Spitfire Mk 1A, Constructo Mayflower
SUBSCRIPTION COMPLETE (Awaiting building): USS Constitution, Sovereign of the Seas, 1:200 Bismarck (Hachette)
COMPLETED: Porsche 911, E-Type Jaguar, Lam Countach
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Thanks for letting me know about my inbox Tony, have now deleted a lot of info in there creating the space needed.... Problem is the forum doesn't have any mechanism to advise when a users inbox is getting close to its limit...... Regards Alan
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Just mind-boggling work Alan. I can imagine this is going to be a looooong project...
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Hi Alan. Excellent work Alan, I can clearly see why you had to go to the Opticians. Regards Trev Work in progress: Tombstone (Scratch) - San Francisco 2. -The Mayflower ( scratch by plan).
OcCre- Santa-Maria (Kit).
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Roy, Trev, thanks for looking in guys. Always appreciated.... Regards Alan
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I can see how you could easily knock some of them off. Great work, that is really going to make a big difference to the model. Mark
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