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Nice work! It's going to be great.

Good evening!

Lately the work has slowed down because spring is coming,and I'm gardening (another big hobby of mine) + I've been building other models. Now I've been messing around with the boats a bit.
Several of the larger ones had to be rebuilt, extra parts had to be built in. Unfortunately, both the model and the Eduard photoetch are inaccurate in many places, but there are some useful parts if you modify them. I replaced the missing details with scrap materials. They would definitely be nicer if 3D printed, but I'll stick to my own level XD

Indeed you are right !

--photos always tell the truth

cheers
JB

Jim, I don't know the reason for this rotation, but the drawing is correct according to the pictures.

all very good-

-but Interesting that the drawing shows the shoulder brace
( Schulter stuetze_ ) to be Horizontal...?

on 3" QF and 4.7" QF the should brace is vertical

Cheers
JB

Great superdetailing work, very convincing look:cool_1:

Greetings!

In the last few days I have been busy replicating the ship's 7 cm guns. I replaced the barrel with a Master MOdel piece, and the copper elements are from the Eduard set. Unfortunately, this does not make the appearance of the guns much better. Of the 3 wheels that help adjust the gun, only 2 pieces were found, but none of them had normal axles. I replaced these with wire, from 1.5-3 mm pieces. To make it a little easier, I did not cut the wheel from the frame, first I glued the axles to them, then carefully cut them from their places and they were mounted on the gun.

I am investigating the possibility of further improvement, because it is not perfect yet, but my eyes are already leaking. Time is passing me by, slowly at the age of 36 I will need a magnifying glass for the pieces like that at the end...

Thank you gentlemen. Not everything is glued in place on the bridge yet, because there are things that I can only glue in place after painting.

I've just started working on the boat cranes in the past few days. I've also added a few small details, because there are some things that neither the factory nor the Eduard etching provides, but I don't understand why (e.g. they provide a spare part for the roller on top of the crane, which is nice, but not the one at the base of the crane arm). The crane itself is full of rivets, so I thought I'd make the thin metal foil I have on hand with this riveter. But it might not be to scale anymore, so I'll sleep on it for a while before I glue it to the crane, maybe the less is more principle works better here.

Bravo !

Your revised bridge looks excellent--

In my view ...
the total collective depth of the old plastic deck -with-rails-on-top-and-under-carriage-structure-underneath

compared to your fine new integral-under-carriage-structure-and-rails-on-side

is now much reduced and is now of scale appearance

I think you have struck the best balance possible.
...and the stanchion corner joins are also much better in appearance.


JB

Excellent work!
I am following it with much interest.

I second that. Well done!

Continued beautiful work.

I think they are not thin. Judging by the last picture, the plates of the bridge are as thick as the plastic parts. Just compare the bridge plates to the plastic parts at the base of the conning tower.

Thanks guys, I've been messing around with things this week too.
I got some good advice from one of our wise hobbyists, I tried to take it.

Commander's bridge: in the first round last year I used the Eduard etching and most of the factory parts, but that made the bridge base and the top a little thicker than they should have been. I didn't like it either, but I had the initial push this weekend: I rebuilt these from copper caps and photo-etched frame pieces. I installed the stiffeners based on the drawings, I think the result is better now than before. Of course, there are still some mistakes (e.g. some are a little asymmetrical because the gelled CA glue set faster...)
As an additional technological problem, I discovered that if all the plates are thin, then it won't be easy to attach them to each other... I'm thinking of the base and the top of the bridge.
I cut off the bottom row of the railings, so now each one is connected to the base plate at 1 point. They won't be visible anyway, because I'll cover them with white glue, imitating the canvas.

I'm waiting for honest opinions, I might be able to take it apart right now.

Goodness goodness me, what fine and neat and exacting work!

That is some fine brass work.

Finally, both funnels are almost finished (1-1 little pipes missing onli), oh my, how I hated them...

Happy New Year to everyone!

I was at home a lot during the holidays, but I didn't have time to do everything I planned.

I continued the previous work by replacing the boat support structure with metal parts in the funnels superstructure. The method was the same, I cut the beams to size and bent them, then glued them together. As an addition, the X braces between the beams also had to be replaced, because neither Eduard nor the model provided them with photoetching.

According to the drawings, there is a storage compartment under the searchlight stand on top of the superstructure, but I don't know what it could be, so I replaced this too (I couldn't find a photo of it).

Eduard accessories were added to the seachlight stand. The smaller stands of each searchlight received 4-4 tiny wheels, because they were missing them. The searchlights were also got a few etched parts, and on the wheels, 1-1 bent wire to imitate the brakes in an L shape, and 4-4 smaller cylinders on the base, which could be small motors or devices for operating the reflektor. I didn't try to force the little handrails onto them, because I could not bend them. Although I might try again with 1/700 ladder rungs....

Of the funnels, only the rear one was made yet. This was a pain in the ass, I couldn't put the handrails neatly around them even though Eduard provided them bent to shape. The safety valve tubes were made of 0.5 mm copper wire. According to the drawing, they should be 0.65 mm in diameter, but I don't have one in this size, so please forgive me for that. The first funnel will probably be easier because there is no surrounding handrail, as the ladder interrupts them on both sides.

This gonna look so cool when ready! Cant wait for the painting phase to commence. Gorgeous hull.

Keep up the good work!