Small update. I'm trying to cut my teeth a bit on scratching the many, many small details that make a model transition from a decent representation of a ship to something approaching (potential) reality.
I'm using several resources for best guesses, paramount of which is my book on SMS Baden.
I started with something relatively easy, scratching the vents seen here along the second barbette:
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Note: I also am trying to approximate the supply/ammunition boxes along this area, which curve along the armor.
Bits of styrene, patience, and some Ocean Spirit PE netted these:
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Requisition of IJN Ammunition boxes produced these. I still need to do a bit of work to smooth them:
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In addition, I added the "strip" seen on Baden's superstructure, portholes, and dry fitted some of the ventilators at her stern.
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In this picture, you can see the numerous and large ventilators allegedly present on the ship. This are of the ship looks overly cluttered, IMO, and I'm tempted to choose one of the two styles abreast the number three turret and eliminate the other.
Next? I'll be attaching the scratched vents, Flyhawk bollards, and scratching other deck equipment where appropriate. Once I'm satisfied with the main hull, I'll decide on how extensively I'll scratch-n-bash the bridge structure. I
did find some IJN BB PE that could serve as scaffolding under this vessel's numerous searchlight platforms. Once that's done, I'll clean/pretty up the funnel and move aft.
....days like this I wish I had kept up on my CAD skills. I'd LOVE to do much of this work in CG and have someone print it out.
All for now. Thoroughly enjoying this build!