by Plastic Habit » Tue Jun 24, 2014 3:09 pm
Hey all,
Well, I haven't really gotten into the building phase yet as I am trying to work out how I'm going to do the detail. One thing I did find so far, which maybe of interest for those using the Pontos detail set, is that the bomb elevator at the base of the forward part of the bridge structure on the kit piece is not in the same location as the wooden flight deck. Also, the Pontos wooden deck does not have the location for the forward bomb elevator at the base of the #1 duel 5" turret.
Some of the PE items have been soldered together so they can be ready for when I need them. Started some detail work on the port side using WEM mesh and a shutter from AMW. I'm holding off on finishing the port side bulkheads so I can see how well my roller door prototype turns out. I've added some slats to one door, but will do the others before painting and see if they will look like individual slats in the end.
I had started drawing the hanger deck details right onto the hanger deck kit pieces but decided this would create a problem. I want to start gluing the deck pieces to the hull and get some painting underway which would have destroyed all the drawing I would have done. Now, by drawing the hanger deck detail onto some .02 sheet styrene I can refer back to it as I build the detail.
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Hey all,
Well, I haven't really gotten into the building phase yet as I am trying to work out how I'm going to do the detail. One thing I did find so far, which maybe of interest for those using the Pontos detail set, is that the bomb elevator at the base of the forward part of the bridge structure on the kit piece is not in the same location as the wooden flight deck. Also, the Pontos wooden deck does not have the location for the forward bomb elevator at the base of the #1 duel 5" turret.
Some of the PE items have been soldered together so they can be ready for when I need them. Started some detail work on the port side using WEM mesh and a shutter from AMW. I'm holding off on finishing the port side bulkheads so I can see how well my roller door prototype turns out. I've added some slats to one door, but will do the others before painting and see if they will look like individual slats in the end.
I had started drawing the hanger deck details right onto the hanger deck kit pieces but decided this would create a problem. I want to start gluing the deck pieces to the hull and get some painting underway which would have destroyed all the drawing I would have done. Now, by drawing the hanger deck detail onto some .02 sheet styrene I can refer back to it as I build the detail.