Grizly wrote:
The Trumpeter raised plastic platform for the bow capstan should be removed. With the Pontos set, there is an additional square piece of wood laminate that is applied on top of the rectangle outlined on the larger bow applique. I see you already have the answer to the aft steering access.
I see what you're saying, it certainly fits when looking at earlier pictures of Hood, some show very clearly that it's just an extra thickness of wooden planks...now the plastic part removed stood much higher...ok the kit could be wrong, however when looking at the picture that the 'Hood' association use to show the hawser shapes the capstan seems to be on a slightly higher platform, the photo is dated 1941 and I don't think it's a 'light' issue, it looks thicker than just a row of planks to me?
Perhaps I'm seeing things...here's one of the earlier pictures..
and here's 1941..to me the center capstan platform looks the same as the other raised platforms closer to the camera which we know the height of as they are still on the model..it certainly looks higher than the row of planks seen in the first picture...
I've noticed something else which I wish I had noticed before, I stuck the rubbing strips exactly on to the marked lines, taking a second look these do not line up with the sloped edges of the raised platforms, I'll take another look at this in the morning to see if it's worth re-positioning them, could be tricky but possible..
regards
Pete