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by **MartinJQuinn** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:25 am

I'm tempted to buy one as well. Lovely work phil - looking forward to seeing the finished model in the gallery.

by **drdemented** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 11:52 pm

by **J. Soca** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:18 pm

After seeing it all finished, now i'm very tempted to buy one of these ladies, lovely bow... fantastic work Phil

Jose

by **luke** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 7:52 pm

Great work.

by **trigrodge** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:49 am

really nice phil.. if she looks great now itll look

when shes rigged up and stuff..
great job mate look forward to seeing future projects
leigh

by **Phil R** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 7:11 am

The basic model is now virually complete.All(All?) that remains to do is the rigging,and Deckrailings,not forgetting the Awning staunchions,and a general re-touching.When fully completed ,I`ll have a photo-shoot with the posh camera,and put the results on "Completed Models",and oh ,before I forget,Repulse didn`t carry any aircraft in 1938,thank goodness,I won`t have to scratch-build a Blackburn Shark now,didn`t fancy doing those "W" shaped struts!

Bye for Now Phil

by **J. Soca** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 12:09 pm

Great job Phil

Jose

by **Phil R** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 11:22 am

The 15" turrets have been painted,and all they need now is detailing,and the Neutrality patrol bands on "B" turret.I`ve add the upper decks on the bridge tower,and I`m just waiting for the spotting top to set,then I`ll add the AA director.The decals for the SNP stripes are RAF 72nd fin flashes from Xtradecal,I`ve had these for years,so never throw anything away!Unlike RAF fin flashes the blue is the leading colour.
Getting there
Phil

by **Phil R** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 1:47 pm

Hi Dave,
I have no complaints about the PE that comes with the kit,of course,it doesn`t have the finesse that WEM or GMM have,but,for me it was very easy to use.Whether there`s enough to do the whole ship,I`ll have to wait and see.The 4" turrets came a from an ISW Queen Elizabeth kit,but I had to alter them .
I`ve put together the 15" gun turrets,`X`turret needed to have the 20mm tubs removed,and the resultant holes filled in with Milliput.I decide not to use the Brass barrels,as I think the kit parts are a good representation of the 15inchers.

Phil

From left to right,X,B,and A turrets

by **Dave Martin** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 6:07 pm

Phil,
A couple of questions -

How did you find using the kit-supplied PE railings?
Are there enough included in the kit to go round?

Finally, where did you get those (resin?) circular shaped gun houses from?
Renown had that type fitted IIRC.
Good work

Cheers
Dave

by **Phil R** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 8:14 am

I`m really motoring now!All the 4" gun mountings have been attached ,I particularly liked the Triple mountings,Trumpy have done a good job on them.I think ,also they have done a good job on the Aircraft/boat cranes.I was dreading folding these ,but each one only took a few minutes work,and as they are quite robust,they held their shape well.From the photos I`ve looked at ,these cranes were painted a darker gray than the rest of the ship,as were the search-lights.
Next up are the big guns,I might use some brass 15" barrels ,again left-over from my Hood build,I`ll see if they are compatible.
Phil

by **Dave Rowe** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 3:19 pm

Great stuff Phil!

by **Finland's Jonne** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 3:16 pm

Hey Phil!

I'm enjoying to following about your Repulse...
Those photos are fantastic! Your building ship is pedantic work!

by **Phil R** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 2:09 pm

The Pom-Poms that come with the kit,are very similar to those in Trumpy`s Hood kit.I think they are some of the best 8 barrelled Pom-Poms around,they ,however, benefit from the addition of extra PE ,this time from WEM`s product.These are now in place .
I`ve decided to use the 4" B/D turrets from the ISW QE kit,but I have modified the shape of them,and added an extractor fan on the rear of the turret,and the twin 4" gun barrels came from those left over from my Hood build,as I built her with 5.5" guns.
The sprues are beginning to empty now ,hopefully the model will be finished soon(Hope I`m not tempting fate!)
Phil

by **Phil R** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 10:30 am

The lower mainmast has been made,and a pipe that runs from deck level has been added,also some railing round the small aft facing platform.I`ve added numerous small parts around various areas of the superstructure,this kit is far more complicated than Trumpy`s earlier Hood kit.I filled-in the centres of the Carley floats ,and made some ships badges from some 400th scale RAF roundels,as these were needed to go on the Carley float covers.The ships Battle-Honours have been hand-painted on the trianglular structure under the mainmast s/light platform,facing aft.
As far as I can tell the pre-war ship didn`t carry the pair of boats and davits,alongside the 4" B/D deckhouse,at least that one job I won`t have to do!The Armament is next on the agenda,I always start with the smallest guns first,the 0.5" MG`s have already been fitted
Bye Phil

an overview of the midships area

by **Dino Carancini** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:25 am

Very nice Phil! I have almost done with the Barham boats, I'm going to finish the Admiral barge ( I modified a steam pinnace ) this week end, perhaps it could be usefull for your Repulse.

Cheers!

Dino

by **Phil R** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 4:54 am

I`ve decided to to leave the upper reaches of the bridge structure `til later on ,this is because there are a couple of yardarms ,that a ham-fisted old fool might knock-off.So,I done the ships-boats instead ,looking at the plan in the R & R book the layout and number of boats didn`t alter very much,except that the peace-time boats would have been a lot more "Tiddley".I`m planning to replace the odd shaped boats (part #G3)with something more suitable.
Phil

by **trigrodge** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 3:51 pm

looking good phil

hope to see more pics soon
leigh

by **Phil R** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 8:37 am

Work has continued on the lower bridge area,I`ve made the DCT,and added some supporting struts to the rangefinders.I`ve thinned the edge of the bridge deck bulkheads,I think Trumpy should have made this as seperate parts,but you can`t have everything!They have included four 3pdr saluting guns in the kit,these would not have been carried in wartime,I not grumbling though,it saves me having to make them.I`m beginnning to think that Trumpy couldn`t make their mind up,as to what time-period the kit was supposed to be for,still it`s a good kit otherwise.
Phil

by **Phil R** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 9:09 am

After attaching the lower bridge,I decided to add the canvess dodgers.I made these by thinning down some Microscale Kristal kleer with a little distilled water,and appling to the gaps in the PE rails,with a old fine brush.When this was thoroughly dry ,I painted both sides,a slightly lighter shade of gray,and attached to required areas with PVA glue.This is first time I`ve tried this method,it seems to work really well.You can still bend the railing,if anything it`s stronger.
I`ve added the Searchlights to the required places on the lower bridge,after first lowering the splinter screens by 1/10th of an inch,to bring it in line with the pre-war version.I must say ,these are some of the best s/lights I`ve seen in a kit
Phil

Sorry about the "fall-out"!!

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