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Been mulling over the spotting top a while after the photos that Mr Foeth posted ? Probably not quite right but it will do




Also nearly finished the 4" secondary



Ps. I hate painting the crew its like groundhog day . LOL

Wow. Nice work.

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Like Martin said.

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Hello Martin

your work is always so accurate,splendid
cheers
Nicolas

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Thanks guys . I need all the encouragement i can get at the moment . It will be 5 years next month and i want to get it finished and get started on something new . Although that shall probably take ages as well

I have been stressing out over the 25 foot fast motorboats for ages ! In the end i decided to use the Trumpeter hulls and scratch build the uppers to the drawing found in the Hood anatomy book .




But they are wrong ! I resonantly noticed a picture in Bruce Taylors Hms Hood an Illustrated Biography which shows the side of the 25 footers and i think they are the same as the ones shown in the belfast anatomy book . Oh well back to the drawing board !!

Indeed. And, take a close look at the 35ft fast motor boats in the AOTS Belfast before starting on those for Hood; also the same

This is some lovely work. Unfortunately, it has put me off the kit.

Regards, Dave

Keep at it Martin she is looking stunning.
Rob.

I have been obsessed by lack of information and photos online of the Admiralty 25 foot fast motorboat,but the other day came across this . And then to find it is only 70 miles away, talk about hiding under my nose .

http://www.bmpt.org.uk/pnbpt_historic_b ... /index.htm


All the info i need to build. Or should i say try to build

Jesus!!!

Seeing now your 4inch guns and taking comparsion to my on HMS Warspite ... well ... this is not only another world you are building in, this is an other galaxy! My deep respect and makes me motivating to go in closer details on next projects, because it shows again what is possible to do!

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The advantage of wisdom is that you can play dumb; conversely, it is more difficult.

The generational build goes on .

I have been having a bad time using pre bought PE with a mixture of scratch building and Trumpeters guess ??
All seems a compromise . Look at the voice pipes going to the air lookout platform.


They are incorrect in where they route! Also the bridge windows are to tall ! I have had lots of trouble matching trumpeters moldings with drawings .. And to be honest ,artistic license .

Anyway,onwards and upwards. Literally

Interesting solution with the ladder going to the air defense platform I thought a ladder when down from these smaller wings, but your solution actually makes a lot of sense. I added a pic where you can imagine a ladder going down, but that's the best I have! Perhaps I'll change to a stair as well...

Martin ,always a pleasure to see your WIP !very instructive and inspiring!!
cheers
nicolas

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Very nice, clean work! Thanks for sharing.

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Upgraded my airbrush yesterday ,should have done it years ago ! A vast improvement over my old one . Thoroughly recommended

Hi again

I have not been modeling for a while, Too much sun and things .. But anyway decided to work on my Hood a bit. Best to tackle something simple to get back into the swing of things i thought..

So here are the ensign and jack staffs i scratched to replace the plastic sticks that were trumpeters offerings...

Back with a little more ...

Have been trying to sort out the little boats . There was a 45 foot motor barge carried at the time but there was not one in the kit . As it carried a 32 foot cutter in it i was a bit limited as to which of the numerous 45 foot motorboats to use ??and i had no photo evidence of what sort was carried ... Looking through my books i found 2 pictures of similar dates of 45 footer carrying what looks like 32 footers ( repulse 1939 and QE 1942). As i had nothing else to go on i decided to use that .. I used the hull of the 45 ft rowing barge that came with the kit and modified it ..





Now the 42 foot motor barge which i think is very similar ??


Edit ::: Just took some measurements which reveals this boat to be about 41 foot , so i shall use it as the 42 footer. I will steel a hull from my repulse kit that measures correctly for the 45 footer ..

A BIG ""DOH""

Beautiful and accurate work with this boat. Very instructive

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Beautiful work with attention to detail!
HMS Hood is to me perhaps the most beautiful warship ever!

Stein

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Yes, what Stein said - great attention to detail. Keep at it, she is going to be a show stopper when finished.

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Martin

"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday." John Wayne

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