I really haven't done a proper job of posting along with my build, but better late than never I guess.
This is my second model in modern history, and my build tempo suffers from this. 3 months for a small destroyer feels a bit much when I see what else is created here in that time, but I'm enjoying my time. And that's what counts
Anyway, on with the build (part 1)
Painting:
This time I decided to paint the deck before adding all the tiny bits. That turned out to be much better. A little foresight; masking where stuff would go, allowed me to outfit the deck easily afterwards.
Ships mast:
Since I was planning on rigging the ship, I went with building the main mast out of the brass rods in the kit. Using the plastic mast as a template, I think it turned out quite alright.
Getting it to stay in place once glued in turned out a bit difficult. Next time I'll glue a plastic strip below the deck, so that I can drill through the deck to get the mast to stay securely in place.
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File comment: The main mast dry fitted
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File comment: Brass mast primed, side by side with the plastic one
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Outfitting:
Continuing with assembly-paint-assembly-paint, the bridge outfitting was a lot easier then i thought it would be. On second thought, I think the forward deck is supposed to be wooden, but black works too I guess.
The main range finder is placed at an angle, to match a picture from after her torpedoing in May 1940. I later decided not to have the guns as in that picture (all over the place), but rather aligned with the range finder.
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My first mistake:
I managed to read the instructions wrong. The search light platform is the wrong way around, meaning two things. The door won't be able to open with the torpedoes stowed (but who's going to notice that?), and the lip of the platform will be in the way of the search light. The solution was to cut off the lip, and add a small strip of styrene in the right place. Not great, not terrible.
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File comment: My first, but thankfully only, mistake
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Stairs:
What can I say. Stairs are awful. Still haven't figured out how to do these properly.
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Looking like a ship:
This felt good
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