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#42
02-06-2022, 09:16 AM
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Mainly details since my last post - additional boats, cranes, davits, coal winches (the little stubs with ears near the edge of the deck) and most recently the 88 mm light guns. These really are exceptionally fiddly, both to handle and in the minuteness of the many printed parts per each gun of which there are are 10 in total, two of which near the bridge are without shields so that the full detail can be seen; the spoked handwheels are in the etch set and there need to be quite a few other bits from 0.3mmm copper wire
Next stage is the 4 machine guns on the masts, then the 6 searchlights, guardrails around the decks, masts and rigging. Best wishes to all. Chris 
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#46
02-15-2022, 06:50 AM
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Very nice compliments gentlemen and much appreciated!
At this stage of the build when the detailing gets more intricate, small scale and repetitive, perseverance to the end becomes the attribute to hold on to. The light guns were really challenging but I think they might have been an exception. I wouldn't care to be building my GPM Bismarck and Graf Spee to this level of detail, which I suppose shows how much kit design has progressed over the years. Certainly something like the Yamato - which I have as a plastic model to the same scale - with its huge complement of anti aircraft guns would be out of the question for me now! Best wishes to all for now, this afternoon's task of completing the mainmast beckons! Chris
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#47
02-15-2022, 08:17 AM
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That is amazing, I admire your persistence.
Doug
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#48
04-11-2022, 06:56 AM
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Quit while you're ahead was a favourite saying of a professional modelmaker of my acquaintance and today is the day for just that!
After a very fraught yesterday afternoon and and an equally depressing morning today, I have reluctantly decided that rigging for this model is a completely out of the question as far as I am concerned. Using Infini Lycra rigging line and both Loctite Superglue Gel and UHU Superglue standard, I achieved five out of six of the standing lines for the foremast and a near nervous breakdown in that time period, not to mention quite a few instances of crushed railings. The Superglue wouldn't glue, the line sprang back into a mis-shapen knot of stuff which stuck to itself rather than the ship and when I did manage to attach the damn stuff, it tended to snap under tension. How it's done I just cannot imagine; I've used thread in the past, attached with white glue and wasn't too happy with the results and can recall waiting for attachments to dry and then trying to hold the other end in place for an infinity of time whilst waiting for that to either set or gradually pull away! Enough of that; I can, however, say that the ships which I did manage to build with rigging long ago are not much fun to dust, the soft paintbrush I use tending to entangle itself in same. I also noticed that what lines I did manage to get in were really quite difficult to see, so perhaps it's not all bad news! If anyone can point out the error of my ways I would be interested but having scoured this site and the internet, all that is usually said on the subject is "then I did the rigging" with not much more helpful detail. After the annual spring clean of my model collection it's onwards and upwards with the Latecoere 631 flying boat and the lengthy design process of same - at least there's no pesky rigging on that to cope with! Best wishes to all Chris
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#49
04-11-2022, 07:02 AM
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Sorry to read about your unfortunate rigging experience.
Still a fine ship indeed! Mike
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