With North Carolina finally finished, onto the next project. With a workshop littered with more hulls than Puget Sound in her heyday, the hardest part was to actually pick the next project. Since our local IPMS club is having a Tin Can group build this year (that was my idea), I figured that would be the best kit to tackle next.
I've previously
reviewed the Z-17, and had done some work on it, but just none in the last two months.
After I first got her, I started by water lining the hull, then painting the hull black, as to make sure those big ass portholes were covered with paint.
- The hull painted black
After masking the boot and painting the hull, I painted and then added the aft main deck. Which gave me a little bit of trouble, but it finally snapped into place. I also assembled, puttied and sanded the funnels, then painted the funnel tops aluminum.
- Funnels are just sitting on the hull
And that is how she stayed until last night. I started assembling some of the superstructure components, getting them ready to paint, then dry fitted what I had done together. I also removed the Aztec stairs as I went along.
- Can't find a good bow on photo to see if the bridge wings really curve like that.
The fit is pretty good - so far it doesn't seem like I will need too much filler, if at all.
I may have mentioned in the review that this kit cries out for a photo-etch set. I have the Eduard set for the Trumpeter Z-25, but that appears to be custom fit for that kit, so I'm hesitant to use it for this kit. I may just get some generic Kriegsmarine doors, ladders and railings and go from there.
More to come...
