S.M.S. Emden (1910), HMV, 1:250 - Page 16

**speedbird** · #**151** 11-08-2018, 07:01 PM

Building fiddly AA weapons was one of the reasons I backed away from wwii warships in any medium. After the 8th bofors....

**Paperclip** · #**152** 11-09-2018, 10:55 AM

I have built many types/materials of models. By far card is my favorite medium to build with. Your work is some of the best I have seen. My hat off to you sir. The best compliment one can give, I aspire to reach this level of workmanship. I have to confess, guns/armament give me a fit. I cheated, forgive please....I ordered the main guns from Shapways in 3D print. But after your posted photos, I will try again to construct from the material in card. At present working on Torpedoe 98, sadly due to damage to kit/PE during ship,may have to start Emden.
Rick😎

**drg** · #**153** 11-09-2018, 04:04 PM

I was wondering where these curved laser-cut panels went. There’s no mention of them in the instructions:

I eventually found them on some old plans - looks like they could be fold-down gratings to stop people falling down the anchor chain hole:

**drg** · #**154** 11-09-2018, 04:05 PM

So that’s the guns fitted. Took a bit of adjustment, and the hull doors still need fitting, but at least they’re in place now:

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**drg** · #**155** 11-09-2018, 04:06 PM

Thanks for the kind words guys - very much appreciated.

Paperclip: Figuring out how to hide the worst bits - like these gun barrel joints - is half the battle...

**Michael Mash** · #**156** 11-10-2018, 05:05 PM

Very nice assembly . . . . fine work.
Mike

**speedbird** · #**157** 11-12-2018, 04:01 AM

DRG: I’m just finishing up HMV’s SMS Natter and I noticed the same gun barrel issue you hahe there. Seems the larger strakes aren’t long enough

**drg** · #**158** 11-12-2018, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by speedbird

DRG: I’m just finishing up HMV’s SMS Natter and I noticed the same gun barrel issue you hahe there. Seems the larger strakes aren’t long enough

Which strakes are those? The issue I have was that I can never seem to get a clean longitudinal join with small diameter tubes, so I try to hide them by putting them underneath or as out of sight as possible.

**Beachead** · #**159** 11-13-2018, 08:26 AM

Such a cool build and excellent detail work. Real nice!

**drg** · #**160** 11-15-2018, 05:09 PM

Just for information for anyone building this model: back in post #107 I said the “2 step deck to bridge” stairs were about 50% wider than they should be. I recently realised that:

a) Id used the wrong treads from the laser-cut sheet,

and

b) there should be three steps per side not two.

Fair play to HMV, this was my error. It’s worth double checking tread widths - it does matter!