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 Hi Gaz Thanks for looking in and the kind words regards Andy  Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Love the detail Andy, think she is going to be fab when you are done....
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Alan
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Hi Andy, Great work as always, you must be close to finishing her
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Hi Alan and Ger C Thanks both for the comments and looking in, I am getting close to the end now 3 months or 12 issues left regards Andy Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Hi All A few more pics on progress/painting , the railings have now been painted as has the rear 15 inch gun mount and the stern ventilation unit has been added. The 5 lower bridge tower gun mounts have been painted but I have used brown on the blast bags as this was the colour used during the war ,white or off white blast bags were a peace time colour according to my research. As always all comments questions are welcome regards Andy File Attachment(s): arpurchase attached the following image(s): Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Hi All Soon I will be getting to the rigging/arial stage so I have been looking around for other types available as I didn't fancy the look of the woven cotton type stuff provided [too hairy] in the part works and the reason I didn't use it on the flag deck. here are two that I have found in my travels/searches the 1st is a bead stringing wire with a stainless steel centre and nylon covered in black at 0.92 mm thick and the other being black fishing monofilament again black and 0.15 mm thick you cab see the difference on the third pic. Hope this is of help regards Andy arpurchase attached the following image(s): Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Hi andy, Looking forward to seeing how these work out
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Hi Ger C il be using the thinner stuff on the flag platform 1st to see how it works out regards Andy Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Hi All This month I finally got the other two main gun turrets so it been a construct all three together weekend. The usual metal bashing to remove all the burr's and flash but I also removed the ladders that were on the castings aswell, you don't have to do this but as etch ladders are provided off they came. There are three sets of etch ladders provided this month which is enough for two turrets only so I used the ladders from the Yamato etch set I have on the last turret. The 1st pic shows the turrets as per the build instructions and the subsequent pics the turrets with the etch railings added, now its a coat of undercoat and top coat to do and the other bits to be made up this month, I will post more pics as I compleat them. As usual all comments/questions are welcome regards Andy arpurchase attached the following image(s): Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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1st coat of undercoat done arpurchase attached the following image(s): Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Looking very nice there Andy Just wondering, is the railing etch part of the GMM etch set Completed: Endeavour Longboat.Collecting: Yamato
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Hi sJD47 Thanks for looking in and yes its the gold medal set if you look on page 11 of my diary, post no's 203 and 210 you can find more information on the set there. I got mine from the USA from 'free time hobbies' but I have just checked and there sold out at the moment, i will say its not an easy set to get hold of as 1/250 models are not a scale that's popular in plastic models and this as you probably already know is the source for most etch sets. Good luck with obtaining a set if your going down the same path as me and I hope this has been of help regards Andy Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Hi All just about finished this months parts now, all three main gun battery's are done apart from the adding of the machine guns. The lower anti aircraft guns have been attached along with the 6 machine gun housings, i also added the lower gun stops, railings to the bridge structure and added the flag rigging using the black fishing line I showed previously. The forward and rear 15 inch gun bases have been attached to the hull, just be carefull when constructing the forward 15 inch gun base as the round part to the front has an angled base to follow the deck contours so carefull alignment is a must as the download dousnt really say anything about this, what I did is to keep turn the piece in its housing when its in the correct position there is no gap between the two parts. As usual all comments/questions are welcome regards Andy PS although the pics show the bridge on the hull its not fixed as yet like the main guns arpurchase attached the following image(s): Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Wow, an amazing piece of workmanship. If I can manage to get mine half as good as yours then I will be happy. Looking forward to seeing her completed Completed: Endeavour Longboat.Collecting: Yamato
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Starting look what she was in her heyday, awesome. Looking good Andy HMS Surprise
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Hi Steve Thanks very much for your comments  regards Andy Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Hi Moriarty Thank's for looking in and your comments regards Andy Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Hu Andy, Great work as always
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Impressive Andy, credit to you....
Regards
Alan
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She's looking superb Andy
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