Calling all HMS "Mighty" Hood fans

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Orthochromatic Film was mostly blue sensitive and blue tint would be quite white. Panchromatic film would distinguish a broad range of spectra. Filtration is commonly used with Black and White Pan films, a red filter for instance makes blue tints quite dark!

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Fliger747 wrote:Orthochromatic Film was mostly blue sensitive and blue tint would be quite white. Panchromatic film would distinguish a broad range of spectra. Filtration is commonly used with Black and White Pan films, a red filter for instance makes blue tints quite dark!

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Thanks for the info! I searched for some photos of the harbour of Melbourne for a reference. This is the finished painting:

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I added the list of available kits and gallery entries to the first page. There were over 100 Hood entries into the gallery, so I had to split the links up over the first three posts of this topic.
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MartinJQuinn wrote:I added the list of available kits and gallery entries to the first page. There were over 100 Hood entries into the gallery, so I had to split the links up over the first three posts of this topic.
Major effort Martin. A great quick reference point for Hood builders. Thanks for all the hard work in creating it. :thumbs_up_1:
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Aop Aur wrote:
Fliger747 wrote:Orthochromatic Film was mostly blue sensitive and blue tint would be quite white. Panchromatic film would distinguish a broad range of spectra. Filtration is commonly used with Black and White Pan films, a red filter for instance makes blue tints quite dark!

Have fun!
Thanks for the info! I searched for some photos of the harbour of Melbourne for a reference. This is the finished painting:

Image

A higher resolution:
http://i.imgur.com/UMJsx0r.jpg

Thanks!
Aop
Very nice!!!
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Thank you very much Frank! It took several months to finish this... :smallsmile:

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Aop Aur wrote:
Fliger747 wrote:Orthochromatic Film was mostly blue sensitive and blue tint would be quite white. Panchromatic film would distinguish a broad range of spectra. Filtration is commonly used with Black and White Pan films, a red filter for instance makes blue tints quite dark!

Have fun!
Thanks for the info! I searched for some photos of the harbour of Melbourne for a reference. This is the finished painting:

Image

A higher resolution:
http://i.imgur.com/UMJsx0r.jpg

Thanks!
Aop
I like it! :thumbs_up_1:
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Excellent work!

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Thank you very much gents! Piano and art are my major works, while modelling is a hobby (as we all know!) And Jabb...I'm still a boy (respondsibility-wise :heh:), turning 15 soon. And above all, I have an exact copy, my twin brother Aur, who does every single thing I do... :big_grin:

Off to the canvases, with lots of energy from the kind words! I will post more pics of my paintings (also I will tell my brother to post his as well) when they are done...maybe in a new thread...

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Aop Aur wrote:Thank you very much gents! Piano and art are my major works, while modelling is a hobby (as we all know!) And Jabb...I'm still a boy (respondsibility-wise :heh:), turning 15 soon. And above all, I have an exact copy, my twin brother Aur, who does every single thing I do... :big_grin:

Off to the canvases, with lots of energy from the kind words! I will post more pics of my paintings (also I will tell my brother to post his as well) when they are done...maybe in a new thread...

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Looking forward to seeing them! :smallsmile:
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Thomas E. Johnson wrote:
Looking forward to seeing them! :smallsmile:
Thanks a lot, Thomas! Creating a new thread now, as some unfinished and progressing ones would be appropriate for posting there :smallsmile:

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Anybody got drawings of the 5.5 inch gunhouse used on the Hood? I will need them for 3D design.

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How about opening the Anatomy of the Ship series?
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EJFoeth wrote:How about opening the Anatomy of the Ship series?
Well, I don't have those, plus it is a design for another modeler... Maybe someone who has those books could send me some scans?

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Work it out in the relevant thread. The CASF is now flooded with trivial requests.
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EJFoeth wrote:Work it out in the relevant thread. The CASF is now flooded with trivial requests.
Oh alright! Maybe I'll make a new thread.

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I hope this question is suitable in here. How thick is the shield of the 5.5 inch gun house? I wanted to get as close as possible...

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I have been seeking for good photos of the 5.5 inch gun houses used aboard the Hood. So far I found plenty of them, but all are in low res. I wanted to see the rivet locations and numbers on the shield. Helps will be appreciated.

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Unfortunately, I can't be of much help here. We have tons of photos of 5.5" guns as you can imagine, but, nothing close-up (at least of the entire front of the shields). I do see what appear to be very low- key riveting along the forward edges of the side platse. I also see "rails" along the rear sections of the top and side shields. Two viewports in the front. I can post some shots for you in a temporary location online if you wish (send me a PM and I will let you know the URLs).
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Looking at the turrets, there are small scallops on the outer bottom edges of the side armor where the armor makes a bend.

Does anyone have any good closeup photos of those scallops? Are the turrets' rear overhang sides chamfered at the bottom?
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