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PostPosted: Sat Nov 08, 2014 7:54 am 
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Hello everybody,

although I already finished my "Snowberry" about six months ago now, I'd like to give you a short overview of the building process which took me around one year.
I tried to correct the most evident inaccurcies of this kit.

Adjustment of the hull parts. I had to reorder the two forward halves as they were badly torn. Revell delivered them free of charge - good service!
The portholes are altogether in the wrong position, so I decided to fill out most of them and drill new ones in the correct places (see fotos below).

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First "in water survey". Everything watertight. Although it wasn't my intention to fit RC, I prepared everything for a later refit.
You can see the porthole adjustments.

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One major nuisance of the kit ist that mighty stem. Something that has to be corrected.

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The hull is painted in the typical "Western approaches scheme". I did a lot of research to meet the original colours but in the end I'm not completely satisfied as the green seems to be a bit too loud.

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I made a lot of changes to the arrangement of Skylights, vents and lockers on top of the E/R-casing. This was my first attempt...

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then I decided to discard the complete 2pdr-platform including foundation and the E/R-Skylight and build them from scratch:

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Also I mad a lot of adjustments to the quarterdeck: New foundation for DC-throwers, new DCs, spare anchor ...
Furthermore I fitted new railings made of brass stanchions and wire.

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New armour plates on the forecastle and nearly completely rebuilt navigation bridge arrangement.

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The radar lantern that is included in the kit looks somewhat like an airport control tower.
I made a new one of styrene:

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Detail of forecastle, aft section. The galley hut had to be extended on the port side according to the original configuration:

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The anchor winch which is included is complete junk. Made a new one of styrene sheet.
On this shot the slimmed down stem can well be seen.

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Detail of Nav.bridge deck and galley hut. The prefabricated wooden decks didn't fit after all my changes, so I just painted the bridge deck grey.
The inclination of the main mast was wrong and I reduced it after this foto was shot.
Scratchbuild: Flag lockers and water tank on top of galley, searchlight platforms, Sliding door at asdic hut and so on...

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Some impressions of the complete model:

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The bilge keels are far too long but I became aware of this detail too late so I leaved them as they are.
Also the lines of the hull are not very accurate and the quarterdeck is a little too slim but those matters can't be corrected with a reasonable effort.

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Hope you enjoyed my little report.
Best regards Stefan


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PostPosted: Sat Nov 08, 2014 7:50 pm 
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That is a great looking build. Very crisp and clean.

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She looks great,Stefan.

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Outstanding!


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Great build, Stefan!

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Hello,

Love the corvette. Gives me inspiration to get back to finishing mine.

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