Hello, long time lurker of this thread.
I have a question regarding the length of the starboard deckhouse of Repulse after her 1939 refit.
As posted by Timmy C back in 2016 and Alan Raven's Ensign 08, the starboard deckhouse was reconstructed and visibly photographed. Notably, JCRay suggested that:
p.s. I should point out that sketch is inaccurate slightly because there is an offset between the rear of the deckhouse and the rear of the starboard gun-house. That offset is visible in the rebuild photos.
Based on what I could observe in the photos, I have some hesitation to this statement. Notably, in the photo Timmy posted, there is a bar just immediately above the venting pipe that connects the bulkhead to the existing superstructure. There is also a guiding rail running below it that seems to be inline with the superstructure.
These two connecting rails become much more visible after some contrasting edits to the photo of Repulse in Ensign 08:
Current photoetch and upgrade kits for the 1/700 kits still suggest that there is an offset. If there indeed isn't an offset and the whole deckhouse is in line with the superstructure, then I would have to scratch build this structure. Could I have been tricked by the constructing photos, or are there any photos that show the offset more clearly?
Thank you.
Hello, long time lurker of this thread.
I have a question regarding the length of the starboard deckhouse of Repulse after her 1939 refit.
As posted by Timmy C back in 2016 and Alan Raven's Ensign 08, the starboard deckhouse was reconstructed and visibly photographed. Notably, JCRay suggested that:[quote]p.s. I should point out that sketch is inaccurate slightly because there is an offset between the rear of the deckhouse and the rear of the starboard gun-house. That offset is visible in the rebuild photos.[/quote]
Based on what I could observe in the photos, I have some hesitation to this statement. Notably, in the photo Timmy posted, there is a bar just immediately above the venting pipe that connects the bulkhead to the existing superstructure. There is also a guiding rail running below it that seems to be inline with the superstructure.
[img]https://i.ibb.co/g2WK7nL/Repulse-deckhouse-1.png[/img]
These two connecting rails become much more visible after some contrasting edits to the photo of Repulse in Ensign 08:
[img]https://i.ibb.co/cc13TcG5/Repulse-deckhouse-2.png[/img]
Current photoetch and upgrade kits for the 1/700 kits still suggest that there is an offset. If there indeed isn't an offset and the whole deckhouse is in line with the superstructure, then I would have to scratch build this structure. Could I have been tricked by the constructing photos, or are there any photos that show the offset more clearly?
Thank you.