Robin wrote:"I've continued progress on my new DML USS Virginia CGN-38 model. The superstructure is only dry fitted, for now."
Carl,
I see you are at the same stage I am at, but with a son graduating and work the model time is shinking now. So, progress is slowing down, but the kit is nice.
Robin
The superstructure goes together pretty nicely, doesn't it Robin?
I made the mistake of attaching the superstructure to the main deck after painting the main deck. Now I don't want to putty fill the seam, there, and mess up my paint and decals. This was out of sequence of my other plastic kit builds. With resin kits, you usually don't have to attach the superstructure parts, separately.
With this model I saw the chance to airbrush the main deck without masking the hull. (I painted the hull after the deck by just angling my airbrush from beneath the waterline, thus getting no hull paint on the deck.) I'll remember this next time. I'll have to live with the gap, this time. No contest entries for this one.