Thank you all for your insights and help!
Progress on this model is swifter -least it seems that way--than with the Novik-- partly because I am now quite familiar with the various PE parts as well as what bits from my scrap-box that I can use ...
I bought yet another - (No 3 !!) PE fret- they are not cheap--but I was unable to resist the lure of the rather cool 4.7 in gunshields( needed x 8 this time-- Novik (and the Novik PE fret!) only had x 6....
I will NOT be building the other sister.... Izumrud...
--but the remaining shields and other parts will be usable on other ships...
meanwhile progress so far:
Having previously folded up the gunshields it was time to build the 8 x main guns
So as to make the positioning, holding and alignment easier I made a mini-jig
the gun bases were tacked in place with thinned matt varnish
That way I was able to dribble CA onto the trunnion positions using a soft piece of stretched sprue-- and not dislodge the finely balanced barrel!
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For ease of assembly by less obsessive modellers (!) the rather nice PE shields incorrectly have base plate..
As a temporary measure, I left in place to ease painting- and removed afterwards
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Study of the plans and photos led me to add more doors-as well as the platform ahead of funnel 3; this was made of some PE with wood planking ( Old WEM Askold set from scrap-box )
This platfrom is hard to discern in photos --and it is not that easy to glean from the plans either!!
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The lower searchlight platform and its braces was made using the excellently rendered PE platform from the North star PE set. and wrapped with WEM ultra-fine PE rails
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The upper fighting top platform was made using again the platform base and shield from the aforementioned PE set--
The wall requires rolling carefully to avoid distortion( and stretching !!) I did this by using brass tubes and exerting pressure evenly on to a 'post-it' note pad
The lower braces / upper mast spreaders where made using 1/350 PE railing longitudinals.
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The capstans on the foredeck and the aft deck were turned from resin-mast scrap in a mini-drill.
Resin turns beautifully --and unlike plastic is a ""clean" material to turn--not un-akin to metal!
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More soon!
JIM B
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