Very nice Enterprise, the librarians must be really happy.
Back to HMS Glory.
The advantage of getting hold of a high resolution picture is that you can use the information to keep adding more detail so it becomes a nicer model.
The disadvantage of getting hold of a high resolution picture is that you can use the information to keep adding more detail so the project takes ages to get right.
Anyway, I have spent most of a month adding more detail, extra platforms etc etc .
I have now 'frozen' the island and glued it to the deck . I have used most of L'Arsenals' PE for the kit and the bridge now has some parts from a Flyhawk cruiser kit.
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The hull is on its base now. I have also decided to respectfully disagree with IHP regarding the AA weapons. The 4 barrel pompoms are nice though a bit clunky . I have resin replacements on order as L'Arsenals' pompom mountings are overscale. The 40mm singles in the kit are probably wrong for my build. They are a nice representation of the 40mm mark 3 used on late war fleet carriers. All pictures of the light fleets I have seen have mk V 'boffin' guns in these positions. I used the mountings from the L Arsenal kit. The sponsons where IHP lets you put 20mm twins were mostly used for local fire control of the pompoms during WW2 and shortly after. Pictures of the light fleets in Korea have the 20mm sponsons in use for storing various objects and the pictures also indicate the addition of extra walkways between various sponsons. These were added in sheet styrene.
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I have added an LSO platform and boats. The position of the LSO platform varied a lot between ships, it seems that Glory was the only one with a platform this far aft.
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As I am on the homestretch now it is time to decide how the airgroup will be placed. The light fleets had a reputation in Korea for their very fast landing cycles (the record was 22 seconds between aircraft) so I will be placing a Seafury taxiing near the barriers while the wire is being retracted so the next one can land on.
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And I could not resist doing a picture with a modified Majestic.
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