Dupuy de Lome, 1rst french battlecruiser, 1/700 scale

[Draco]

The hull received the second layer of paint, the decks are assembled, and the bulkheads are placed.
A funny detail is that there is a door that goes from one side of the ship to the other. It can be seen in the fifth and last pictures.
Ok, next week comes the main guns and maybe filling the bathtub where the lifeboats are placed.

[Draco]

Today I installed the six 164 mm guns, and I'm planing to install both 194 mm amidship guns.
Then, I'll must see the next step, maybe the boats or the anchors, I'm not sure. I usually install first the main and secondary guns and later I go from bow to stern, but with a ship so small, I'm not sure.

[Draco]

Installing the last 2 guns, and starting to fill the "bathtub" or whatever they called that part of the ship. Now I must put in that small space four air intakes, one exaust and one funnel. And overhead three boats, of course.
There are two boats that hang by lateral cranes over the deck. As I don't have a decent glue, I have no idea how I'll do it

[Beachead]

Its coming along nicely. Well done.

[Draco]

Thanks, Greg.
Currently I'm finishing a Fairey Swordfish, so the ship is in standby, but not forgotten

[Draco]

Well, after finishing the Fairey Swordfish, AND the I-16 Mosca, I "enjoyed" a 20 hours blackout in my urbanization.
So I continued my ship.
Not so much like I would liked it, because the instructions were in my tablet... that run out of power.
But, I'm continuing with the assemble.
The ship is small, like I said, as time goes by the ships grow, and a destroyer becomes the size of a battlecruiser.

[wireandpaper]

Nice collection of war ships

[Beachead]

Great work, Draco. Nice to see you moving ahead.

[Draco]

Thanks, wireandpaper, thanks Greg

Another blackout, this one just two hours, so more ship build. About a blackout each two days

[Draco]

Building the funnels, the air vents and part of the superstructure. At 1/700, the ship is going to be cluttered, but the real one was like this. As I said, I'm building this ship because it was one of the weirdest that I have seen.