Gordon Williamson Posted January 18, 2009 Author Share Posted January 18, 2009 Afraid I haven't spent much time on her recently. Too many other priorities getting in the way.This is the last small sub-assembly.One of the rangefinders with attached radar array. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted January 18, 2009 Author Share Posted January 18, 2009 Next to be done are the main armament turrets. Here is the basic wooden carcass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted January 18, 2009 Author Share Posted January 18, 2009 With brass cladding added. Still needing a lot of work on filling / smoothing around the joints. Plenty work for the fine jeweller files. Four of these to be done of course but I'm only this far into the first. The the same process for the secondary armament turrets. Repetitive and tedious at times so a bit of a break was needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christerd Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 :jumping: Fantastic work Gordon ! It will be a true museum peiece when she?s ready Christer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesredep Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Fantastic work Gordon ! It will be a true museum peiece when she?s ready ChristerHello!I agree. All the bestNesredep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrence Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 how about an update Gordon?Terrence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted May 2, 2009 Author Share Posted May 2, 2009 Sure.Lots of fiddly little sub-assemblies. recently. The basic turrets for main and secondary armament now just about complete, but still with the detailing to be added. Ships boats have arrived, but not assembled yet. Lovely little models in their own right.The frustrating thing with these part works is that you can only build them in the order they release the parts, so you have lots of part-finished sub-assemblies awating the final few components.Decking has arrived. Beautifully printed, wafer thin wood.Here are the aircraft hangars, assembled and primed but still with some finishing work to do ( gap filling etc- wooden parts don't quite fit as flawlessly as injection moulded plastic !)Again, this is only primer paint, but its quite near the real colour. The final coat with then have some shading and highlighting added to accentuate the detail, but you can see the level of detail than can be achieved in 1/200 compared with the 1/350 plastic kit equivalent ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted May 2, 2009 Author Share Posted May 2, 2009 Plastic kit equivalent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted May 2, 2009 Author Share Posted May 2, 2009 Rangefinders under construction. Still to be primed and the mattress antenna to be added to one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted May 2, 2009 Author Share Posted May 2, 2009 Okay, I've sat some of the assemblies onto the unfinished deck just to show the proportions etc.She is now sitting in her block of styrene foam. This far from the finished product - stained and varnished wood edging will cover the currently blackened (because I got fed up looking at the white foam) sides of this foam block and a proper name plate added. The first stage of the "sea" has been sculpted but a lot more work on this to do yet. Haven't decided whether to just give the "water" heavy coats of gloss varinsh or to use a thin layer of clear resin, probably the latter.Again the hull is just primed and will need to be sprayed in the correct colour with the appropriate "camouflage" . I'm almost certainly going to go with her final scheme where the black/white stripes of the "Baltic" scheme were painted out, leaving just the darker grey "false bow" and "false stern".I want to finish the base and hull fairly soon, and add the main decking so I will have a completed and finished "body" to fit the various assemblies to. The edges of the hull are already marked for the tiny holes to be drilled to take the railing stanchions.The German release is several months ahead of the UK so I'be been following that on-line and knowing what comes next it looks like the last few issues are the myriad of small deck fittings which festoon any lasrge warship. At least in 1/200 they won't need extra fine tweesers and mangifying glasses to handle ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrence Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 absolutely stunning!!! The hanger is fantastic! I feel much better now that I have had my observation fix.Truely my favorite ship ever. I have been building models of him (this ship was not known as a she) since I was 9 years old (oh so long ago). Keep us posted,Terrence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest IMHF Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Man you are going all out on this beauty: Lorenzo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesredep Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Hello!GordonMore update ?? All the best Nesredep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share Posted July 30, 2009 A quick update. The aft superstructure is coming along quite well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share Posted July 30, 2009 None of the little sub-assemblies are glued in place here. I just sat everything in position to take the picture. Thats why the edges of the wooden deck look turned up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share Posted July 30, 2009 The area still looks very bare, but there will be dozens of little deck fittings to add once the deck planking is glued down, plus of course the ships boats too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share Posted July 30, 2009 Partially completed bridge. Lots more to go on here, plus the bridge windows have to be glazed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share Posted July 30, 2009 The funnel. Again,early stages, with lots more to go on here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share Posted July 30, 2009 And finally for now, the foward superstructure. Again this is just a shot of several part-completed sub-assemblies just sitting in place, just to give an idea of what it will look like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted September 4, 2009 Author Share Posted September 4, 2009 Things are progressing. The base is now boxed in with mahogany with brass corners. The sea has been painted and varnished. All the portholes have been added ( every single porthole is formed from a brass tube inserted into a drilled hole in the hull side). The sea looked good until I added the varnish and the colour changed, so I will probably do this again as I think it looks too "blue". The North Atlantic looks more grey than blue ! All the superstructure parts are just sitting there for the photo but once the decking is added things will begin to move faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrontlineAntiques Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Gordon this is going to look outstanding by the time its all done! your patience and workmanship are something to behold! Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoopy Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 Wonderful work you have done. I'm really looking forward to new pictures. All the best Snoopy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted September 30, 2009 Author Share Posted September 30, 2009 Thanks for the kind comments guys. No major components in the latest batch of parts to arrive. What you see are the base units with the winches etc for the large aircraft cranes, plus some of the flak guns. Nice that they have correctly reflected that there were two distinct types of heavy flak mount. Second shot with the coin is just to show the size of these little 3.7cm flak guns in 1/200 scale. A lot easier than working in 1/350 or 1/700 but still pretty tiny. 131 issues now in, from a total of 140. Next batch should be the stage where the wooden decks are attached and it should all start to come together quickly after that. At this stage many of the sub-assemblies still have a few parts that are still to come so can't be finished off yet. Aim to have it finished before Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted November 10, 2009 Author Share Posted November 10, 2009 Had to do a correction. The dark grey areas at the bow and stern were also painted over before she left on her final voyage, so only the false bow waves were left. ( I suppose in a way the hull of the model is now more accurate in having had the camo first applied, then overpainted just like the real ship ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted November 10, 2009 Author Share Posted November 10, 2009 The main deck has also been added. The huge swastika flag type recognition symbols on her fore deck and aft deck were painted over in dark grey before she left on her final voyage. Not so colourful, but a more accurate representation of her when she went into action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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