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I started molding the pretty molds for the Hull, before I do the rough concrete molds.

here is my second molding, still not right but beter results.

I am going to file and grind on this peice to see if it can be worked into the proper shape, while I make another mold to see if i can obtain better results on the second pour.

the end result is teh cast piece came out to rounded as the wieght pushed the walls out and I had pieces of plaster in the cast as I should have used about 4 coats before I reinforced the mold, and I need to usr about ten to 15 coats total so teh mold is allot more rigit, or I might have to use a more expensive type of silicone thats more thick but forgiving whin You flex it.

I used silicone latex like is used to make train model molds and plaster gauze for reinforcement. I had to let each coat dry for about 45 min between coats. I was woried about making the mold to thick and unflexable and ended up making it a bit to thin, however since this is my first attempt at this I figure mistakes are valuable in the learning process. The middle and end picture is of the Allumilite resin mix poured in and starting to cure. the cure time is 5 to 7 min. I have about 90 seconds to mix it and pour it in before it starts to harden. it is very flexable in application though as I can d more and even pour over hardened resin and it will bond.

OK here are some update pics of the first Mold attempt. LOL it came out better then I thought it would but I need to hone the technich.

I'll post more soon as I start the latex mold process. I plan to cast a few turret shapes then smooth them out ant detail them for further mold anf recast and see how they come out.

I have done some research and found out from the German Millitary archives that there was a design issue within Blomb and Voss, where there was a consideration to arm these cruisers with 6.7 inch guns instead o 5.9 inch guns that were the standard secondary batteries on the large capital ships. If built this way they would have carried about the same hitting power as exeter with 6-8inch guns and would have been easily built this way as there were an ample supply of the guns avalible on older ships like Shleswig, and gemany acctually had a stockpile of these projectiles in surpluss from ww 1 inventory. This deffinatley would have made for a much harder hitting main battery.

Sorry Gentlemen, and no LOL I'm not pissed off, I was just way to busy with Crap, and needed to save some money and time. I started working on a main turret to mold as a experiment to the begger molds, here are a few pics of the turret.

a few more

Hear is a few update pics.

Hear is a few update pics.

Yes, and sorry. I came to a bit of a stand still on th project do to working on my House, but I am gearing up to work on gun turrets and superstructure things untill I can get back to the Mold processes. I got caught up in playing World Of Warcraft also, which I have tapered down, because its as adictive as booze, LOL. I hould start a 12 step program to get people off video games.

TY for the kind comments. I do know allot about what I'm doing but things I don't know I either figure out, copy some other project or dive in head long and do it wrong, then re do it right. I am learning quite a bit on this project, and I don't think the next one will take as long. I think I threw a few pics on here about it. It will be only about 4 inches longer than this one but the hull is wider. I have a pic of it above however here are a couple more to show the deck plan. The last pic is a turret made from cardboard and teh metalic tape. I made it about 4 years ago and measured it from a 1/350 scale model and increased the measurements till i got to 72 scale.http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_08_2012/post-14039-0-96081200-1345280044.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_08_2012/post-14039-0-85199300-1345280058.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_08_2012/post-14039-0-70449400-1345280071.jpg

I really like Your sense of Humor. I am on about 6 forums, this is the only one that is a millitary Forum. The rest are all Model building forums. The Jolly roger shipyard. SSM IMPS Malta. Model Ship World. Resin Illuminati, which is about Si Fi models but they have a section for Millitary models. This forum here, and The Ship Model Forum. I have tried to post on some others but ran into problems of some sort, like they complained that I had to many pictures, or I set up a pasword on a RC forum and it wouldnt let me log in, and wouldn't resolve the pasword so I just didn't mess with them any longer. Anyway feel free to browse the other sites. You dont have to be a member to veiw them. My project is always in the Scratch Build Log sections of these sites. Some of these sites have 100's of projects. The Jolly Roger Shipyard has only 4 scratch build projects, of which 1 is mine. I ussually give that websight to people who I have told about what I'm doing because its real easy to look up My project there. I have tooted the Horn about this site to many millitary history types, and people who just like anything millitary because of your diversity in interests, IE uniforms/Badges/emblembs. I became Highly motivated about working on this ship in this scale after veiwing some projects on these sights. like The KMS Sharnhorst, and Bismarck in this scale. One is 13 feet long and one is 15 feet. One is cardboard and one is fiberglass.

I am going to scuff sand the tape surface with 600 grit sand paper, like you would a car surface, before painting. It will hold the line detail but look more like steel, than a chrome bumper, and the paint will adhere much better. I am going to apply several coats of release wax to it and make some molds from it for other projects, then use this hull for more detailing, like portholes to make a static model. So there is quite a bit of processes that it will go through in the near future, but it will end up being my main display model when finished. I plan to make a sheet mettal, or fiberglass copy from the mold for Remote Control applications otherwise I would already be adding portholes and wouldn't have made this hull so heavy. I hope this sheds light to your question, and I do appriciate teh post following and interest into this project. I also appriciate how Knowledgable your members are about Millitary history and have added to the post, it makes it much more interesting to veiw.

The whole hull retaped for the second pattern, ready to sand and prime.

I have been re tapping the hull, and teh second layer looks good over teh first pattern.

Here is a couple pics of where I am retaping the top after spot putty where I did so much damage when I added th height.

I have done more sanding to the Hull, but not enough to reflect a difference in teh photos. I let teh putty cure for a day before I sand it. in between I have started peliminary work on my next project. I will make a seperate post for it as I get enough work started on it to warrent it. I plan to work on it when I cant on teh cruiser. or in parralell, however I dont want it to take over the cruiser project. Here is a sneak peak. 1/ 72 scale Graf Spee.

The Starboard Fore area. As You can see I have allot to go.

That Is so awsome, as I didn't find anywhere near the info You have provided, just basic stuff like the claim that teh plane had the distinction of being the only one to acheave the mission. Nothing about the acctual mission, the people, the Sub, so Im glad I asked teh question here, as I got a serious History lesson in reply. Thank You again. Now back to my cruiser. I have to do a bunch of spot putty to repair damage I did when I raised the top deck, and to break the line it created. So I'll throw on a few pics, but not a bunch as it is all the same process. when I'm done repairing and rescribing it, it should be ready for molding, and I will get some good pics of that.

I was planing to building the IJN yahagi in 72 scale, but I'm still scaling plans. I have plans scaled for the KMS Graf Spee for 72, so I might start on a hull for her, and start applying the lessons learned from the cruiser so It doesn't take me 3 months to build it. Anyway as soon as I have some appricable progress on teh Munich, I'll post some more pics, and If I start a new project to the parralelle Ill start a new post.

Wow You guys are above and beyond, seriously, on 5 other forums eveyone guessed the baloon, and only one member guessed the Glen, and he did look it up on wikipedia. but his post goes no where to the article You have here. I don't remember if it was on this post or another, I saw some good builds of the I 400's I THINK IN 1/350 scale. real detailed to. The work on the cruiser has been a bit slow as of late, I'm working small areas of the hull to work out the damage I hade to cause to the suface tape at the top, when I raised the second deck level. and added the layer of plywood. Im dressing teh split line with spot putty and will run another course of foil tape at the top so I can blend it in. I do notice that teh more I do the better it has been getting, and the faster I want to see it done, is when I mess it up. So the Joke I tell myself is, Dont worry if it takes a year to get the Hull right, just do it right. Oh and on the Plane up top, that is a Uniqe photo as the tail is different then on the model I have of the Glen.

It was pointed out to me that a Japanese balloon did this and that is right. I should have wrote the question different. I'm looking for the only fixed wing aircraft that droped bombs on the mainland of the continental United States during WW2 that was from an enemy nation?