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Superb!

The rigging material looks very good, too. What did you use?

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I actually don't know!

I remember ordering it from WEM a couple of years ago, it's a bit elastic monofilament on a unmarked reel so I have no clue who made it.
On the signal flag yardams it was nice as you could glue it with CA to one point then loop it through, tighten and glue the other end.
On the PE the CA glued it almost instantly. I remember trying it out and didn't like it as it didn't seem to react well with CA, though the surface was painted at the time when I did the initial test.
Have to see how it works out in the future or I'll go back to streched sprue.

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Very impressed.

There's an old Tamiya Musashi in my stash. I'm reading this thread thoroughly and keeping notes!

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Was waiting for an update. Can't say I'm dissapointed, looks very good there mate. Nice work on the rigging too. That's the part that actually scares me the most :O

How are you painting the shutters on the control turrets?

Not 100% sure what you meant, but I painted them with just adding a dark gray filter/wash. Tamiya provides stickers for them, but I felt they were terrible all around.

Here's some almost finished pictures of the tower.

Beauty. Lookin great!

Great progress, and looking fabulous!

One question: I understand very well how rigging the tower separately is easier than after gluing it to the hull. But why not paint the tower before rigging?

The bridge windows seems to have glass in them, which looks great. Did you do that with Kristal Clear?

Cheers,

Marijn

Like I said from previous experience I had trouble getting the rigging material to react well with CA when the surface was painted. On bare PE the CA glued it in an instant making it easier.
Also the flag riggins are not black but light gray or whitish, so airbrushing them at the same time made it easier aswell as painting them with a brush tends to join them together as they are so closely spaced.

Also kristal clear was used on the windows!

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Thanks, that makes sense!
The Kristal Clear windows look great!

Cheers,

Marijn

This looks stunning.. I've just read right through and enjoyed every post you put up Koppalakki.

I think the rigging you have may be "EZ line"? It's an american product i believe? I have fine and heavy, measuring approximately 0.15mm and 0.25mm respectively.The beauty of this stuff is that it remains "stretchy" so won't come off if it's touched. It will never sag if fitted with a little tension and gets thinner the more it's stretched.

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This looks great!

mmm, Krystal Clear for the windows ey, could you explain how you did that or make an SBS mate? Would be interesting to see.

There's not much to it to be honest.

For portholes you just dip a brush into the glue then dap it onto the porthole. I use a fairly fine brush for it and get a good chunk of glue into the brush. For bigger windows you do the same but you paint the frame first with the glue and if not enough glue take some more to fill the middle. Then just wait for it to dry. If you make a mess just dip the brush into a bit of water and clean the mess.

Where are you guys finding Krystal Clear?

These are the guys who make it...........
http://berkshirejunction.com/ez-line/

The bridge structure looks marvelous.

Very very nice!!

Aop

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Here's some finished smoke stack!

Pretty straightforward with some added styrene details under the funnel for the supports.









Make sure to add all the handrails before the pipes on the side!

Hi guy, I really enjoyed your work. Accompanying.