1/200 Trumpeter HMS Hood + Pontos Detail Set

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Re: 1/200 Trumpeter HMS Hood + Pontos Detail Set

by Jabberwock » Tue Apr 23, 2019 8:38 am

Real life gets in the way sometimes!

Keep up the good work (eventually!)

Cheers, Jabb

Re: 1/200 Trumpeter HMS Hood + Pontos Detail Set

by Channell » Fri Apr 19, 2019 12:15 pm

Jabberwock wrote:Hi jason

Any update to this or any other builds?

Cheers, Jabb
Hi Jabb... I'm still around, just quiet. My Hood is boxed back up and put away for the time being and I've been working on my Bismarck off and on, though I'm mostly doing other things for fun these past few months. I'm like that I guess... big bursts of progress on something between months of inactivity. :sorry:


I put up a crappy vid of my Bismarck progress on youtube a couple months back if you haven't seen it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX-oZJO8Mds and I started back working on the bridge superstructure section last week so there will likely be more stuff to come on that build... don't know when I'll be back on Hood but it WILL happen someday. :thumbs_up_1:

Re: 1/200 Trumpeter HMS Hood + Pontos Detail Set

by Jabberwock » Mon Apr 15, 2019 7:37 am

Hi jason

Any update to this or any other builds?

Cheers, Jabb

Re: 1/200 Trumpeter HMS Hood + Pontos Detail Set

by Bill Livingston » Fri Apr 20, 2018 10:59 am

Jason???

What happened to all your photos?

The Imjur pictures seem to have all disappeared... and thats an issue, as I wanted to see your hull (i'm in the middle of sanding everything off too... and mine is waterlined...

Have you plans to use a different host (or better, upload them direct to the forum).

And where are you???

I thought I posted intermittently... you are positively elusive! :big_grin:

Re: 1/200 Trumpeter HMS Hood + Pontos Detail Set

by Big Build » Wed Jan 24, 2018 6:21 pm

Thanks,

I managed to get hold of a set of the instructions.

quality not great, but beggars can be choosers .

Thanks

Re: 1/200 Trumpeter HMS Hood + Pontos Detail Set

by builder » Sat Jan 06, 2018 8:10 am

This is the quality of my images.
Some are even more unclear.
I got them from another model builder.
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Re: 1/200 Trumpeter HMS Hood + Pontos Detail Set

by Big Build » Fri Dec 29, 2017 1:42 am

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh

Does have a copy of the 1/200 HMS Hood by Trumpeter instructions that thay can scan and email me please... My cat has just decided to use my instructions for a lit box.

:bash_2: :Oops_1:

Re: 1/200 Trumpeter HMS Hood + Pontos Detail Set

by europapete » Fri Dec 22, 2017 7:38 am

morning all, hope you all get some hobby time in over Christmas, I have been tackleing the hawse holes and also trying to learn how to post pictures. so, with a few days off coming up, there should be some progress on both. Regards Pete

Re: 1/200 Trumpeter HMS Hood + Pontos Detail Set

by Timhan » Sun Dec 03, 2017 11:00 pm

Have just put together the boat cradles - parts 471 - 476 on Pontos fret # 7. A few months ago it was pointed out that the
supports did not line up with the slots provided on the kit, hence parts 471 were of the wrong size. I decided (IMHO) that the
kit supplied boats - D11 and 12 were a good fit if the cradles were constructed as is. I feel that the boats would not rest as well
if installed on the rejigged part 471 (too long). I used the slot for part 473 (longer one) and filled the slot for part 476 (shorter one). Drilled
out a new slot for the shorter support and dry fitted both sides with the boats installed. I am sure the desired result can be achieved
without the hassle of obtaining the Pontos upgrade. I am prepared to be contradicted but more importantly, hope i have made myself
clear !!!.
Tim.

Re: 1/200 Trumpeter HMS Hood + Pontos Detail Set

by Big Build » Fri Dec 01, 2017 1:10 am

Dam, wish I'd known that a few weeks back, I did suspect that, but I went out and bought a generic rain guard set, after I sanded down the hull, it was as smooth as a baby's bottom, I also corrected the eronius (spelling) port holes/scuttles, so it's going to work out pretty well.

Insidently, I'm lighting the kit as well, so it's going to look really good.

Thanks heaps for letting me know.

Kind regards

Adrian aka Big Build

Re: 1/200 Trumpeter HMS Hood + Pontos Detail Set

by Timhan » Fri Dec 01, 2017 12:40 am

Big Build - those "holes" are porthole scuttles. They are spread all over the other frets. No need to "fret" anymore. (Pun intended)

Re: 1/200 Trumpeter HMS Hood + Pontos Detail Set

by Big Build » Thu Nov 30, 2017 7:19 pm

Hi EJF,
I've just gone and looked at that website, it's a real treasure trove.

Thanks.

Still looking for what those strange un numbered parts are, I'm really thinking they are port holes, but can't find anything on the pontos instructions

Re: 1/200 Trumpeter HMS Hood + Pontos Detail Set

by Big Build » Tue Nov 28, 2017 8:27 am

To any of you and Mr Pontos... I got my second fret 5 a couple of weeks ago, and I'm going hell for leather on the funnels as I type this... The wrap around sheet for the funnels is awesome, and fits perfectly with my scratch built correction for the rear funnel error that Trumpeter decided to throw the curve ball in...

My Question is... looking at fret 5, I see a number of "parts" that don't have numbers next to them, and they are jammed in everywhere... they are round, and almost look like port holes, there are 12 of them in between parts 404 and 402 at the top left of fret 5 alone...

if anybody has any idea what these are, I'd be appreciated.

Cheers

Adrian ... aka Big Build

Re: 1/200 Trumpeter HMS Hood + Pontos Detail Set

by EJFoeth » Mon Nov 27, 2017 9:51 am

Actually, there's a fair bit of info on the Hood website :smallsmile:

Re: 1/200 Trumpeter HMS Hood + Pontos Detail Set

by Big Build » Mon Nov 27, 2017 9:49 am

OH! Thanks EJF... nice pix there.

Regarding the booms and colour, most things like this where painted the hull colour.

My Hood is based some time between March 1940 and Oct 1940, as beyond this date, there is not much clear info of what was what on her.

Re: 1/200 Trumpeter HMS Hood + Pontos Detail Set

by pascalemod » Mon Nov 27, 2017 8:55 am

What do you plan to do regarding booms? She had one big one 50ft on the hull, and 3 smaller ones stowed on the superstructure. Got any good detail info on those and their location on May 22 in battle in 1941? They moved rafts in part as well and thats known but the booms on the hull sides I wonder about... also their color / gray or wood. if wood / what color... You research the ship, you must know this. Im at that stage on my 1/700 and wondering what to do next.

Re: 1/200 Trumpeter HMS Hood + Pontos Detail Set

by Big Build » Mon Nov 27, 2017 7:48 am

Yeah, they are different, they just look really out of scale... I'll see what they look like once painted.

Todays update.

I'm working on the fore and aft funnels to make them the correct size, as per Grizly's post, I've got the two funnels done, just workin on the base... should be done v v soon (thats what I said 3 hours ago.

Re: 1/200 Trumpeter HMS Hood + Pontos Detail Set

by EJFoeth » Mon Nov 27, 2017 7:10 am

Those are the pump discharges _ was referring too; there's a bunch of them and yes, port side and starboard are different.

Re: 1/200 Trumpeter HMS Hood + Pontos Detail Set

by Big Build » Mon Nov 27, 2017 5:55 am

The holes I am talking about appear in this October 1940 photo where Hood is getting her Home Fleet Grey (AP507B)... OMG I've just found out when she went from Light Grey to dark grey... I digress.

If you look just above the water line (above her black boot), you can see a number of what appear to be drain holes.
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