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didn't thought on that.

I also should have done it in paper soaked with thin CA glue. thats something I already did with success.

but as my baseplate is already somewhat damaged, I will try the 2nd one with PE also.
after some puttying , cleaning and surfacing, if that still really seem too crappy, I will hope for replacement parts.

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Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! - David Glasgow Farragut

so, with some labor and patience, I managed to achieve something relatively acceptable (and cannot really go another way now) :



and some preparatory work for some structures :

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Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! - David Glasgow Farragut

some mods and additionnal pillars, using barbieri's model as reference :



and in need of 4 additionnal reels :



there is more reel support than needed, but not enough round sides to do the additionnal needed ones, so I will use the PE 20mm round bases to do them as they luckily have same diameter. I will place them in the most hidden places.

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Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! - David Glasgow Farragut

some (slow) progress on camouflage

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Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! - David Glasgow Farragut

after a long inactivity (summer holidays, and lack of motivation to get back in business), I am back



some scratchwork on ammo lockers/vents near barbette 2 :



camo work on barbette 3, after some scratchwork on ammo lockers/vents like barbette 2 :



and badly overdone hull plates have been puttied, with hull primed :

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Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! - David Glasgow Farragut

still some work on lower hull : secondary rudders have to be relocated, and old big locator hole has already been filled/sanded/primed/etc...

and Ro43 has been done, using a mix of trumpeter and MAS decals.
upper paint is grigio azzuro scuro 3 (lifecolor UA022 FS36118 is good), lower is grigio azzuro chiaro 1 (lifecolor UA113).

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Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! - David Glasgow Farragut

and first floor of main superstructure is also ready.

I will place it later, after finishing some work on barbette 2, after having painted the foredeck stripes, and after rudders placement, to avoid too much in situ manipulations

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Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! - David Glasgow Farragut

so, secondary rudders have been resized and relocated

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Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! - David Glasgow Farragut

and probably the hardest part of this project : foredeck stripes !





it was very slow, but I a happy with result.

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Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! - David Glasgow Farragut

some more work on foredeck : almost ready !
cranes will be placed at the end to avoid damage.



rear emblem ready, and front one also, but too hard to make a good picture !



and some preparatory work on main turrets + foredeck single 37mm's

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Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! - David Glasgow Farragut

ouch ! what a dilemma !

I noticed too late that single 37mm guns are not standard mount but a special mount, collapsible into a deck cannister.

but eduard (and also flyhawk) equips them in a standard mount fashion.
so my all 4 mount are now heavily modified with scratch and photoetch into standard mounts :




so, what to do ??

- reverse engineering ?
- can someone send me 4 pieces, number G20 if he considers to not use them ?
- or simply close the doors of canisters, without extended mount ?

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Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! - David Glasgow Farragut

mount shall be more like this :



and is also clearly visible on barbieri's model...

crap ! how did I miss that !!!

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Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! - David Glasgow Farragut

so be warned : do not adapt photoetch pieces from eduard nor flyhawk to your single 37 mounts as those mounts will be false !

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Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! - David Glasgow Farragut

ok I managed to keep calm and to redo those guns :



they have now an acceptable look and will be placed on foredeck.

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Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! - David Glasgow Farragut

foredeck finished. cranes are dryfitted for picture.

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Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! - David Glasgow Farragut

That was a tough decision after spending that much time (and some money) on those mounts. Glad they came out nice.
Great work so far! Quite a challenge to get those stripes right

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The merchant shipyard

Nice work on those stripes; that is not an easy undertaking!

Yup ! Wasnt as hard as thought. Just take your time, be patient, and accept to do a lot of touch up. There is no alternative.

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Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! - David Glasgow Farragut

turrets ready for painting.

eduards turret #2 round casemate has a too flat top and slits are wrong. was redone with a straw cut and filled with CA glue. vision slits will be done with black decals, as will those of the small "periscopes" at the top of leftsided telemeter, as those molded are also incomplete/false (filled for now).

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Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! - David Glasgow Farragut

some progress

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Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! - David Glasgow Farragut