We've been busy with concerts and daily works, so we didn't have time to do any update. It has been 2 months since the new Eduard set arrived, but not so much progress was made. Anyway this is a big update from many weeks' progress, so hope you enjoy the pics.
Started off with the Admiral's bridge, I attempted to cut the windows hollow when the roof was already glued, and it ended a mess. Started again using a new part from another spare kit, I cut before attaching the pieces together. The nasty seam appears, as on every other models, so after some filling and sanding it looked acceptable...but certainly not the best. There's no 3rd spare kit, so...
Some days of sanding (during concert week), and then I moved on to detailing. Tamiya's simple 3-metre rangefinders were attached inside Eduard's PE, which is probably incorrect in shape, but I'm not interested in fixing. Ship vessels handrails replaced Eduard's solid shields aft of the directors. I didn't notice that Pontos supplied wooden deck for the area, but it was better to just paint. Then after realising the big error of the tower (?), Pontos deck won't fit anyway. Planking was hand-drawn with a pen.
The error was the Bismarck-shape structure.
For Bismarck, it should actually be only half, on the starboard, merging with a shorter rectangular structure on port side. Tirpitz had asymetrical one, according to (very low resolution) Gally plans from the internet. I cut the piece off and extended the curved wall as well as trimming the incorrect 'footprint'.
The 'cabin':
Almost 3 weeks ago, we had a small trip to the beach with the family, and didn't forget to take the Tirpitz there! Fragile parts were mounted in a box, and we made sure nothing will get damaged...
..and all went well.
I bought Flyhawk 3.7 cm SK C/30 Flak sets, as Tamiya ones were crap and Eduard didn't provide any. I was unsure of my ability to assemble them, but the first one turned out not too bad.
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