Well, as things start to turn up I'm attending less video conferences that I am merely listening in, so I'm getting less done. That said, I had a good couple of sessions over the last week.
While the raised hull strake lines are better than the Trumpeter/Merit CV-5 Yorktown/CV-6 Enterprise strake pattern, I still wasn't happy with them and have been working to replace them. Simple enough, draw along the raised lines a couple of times with an XActo to make a recessed line, and then sand everything raised down (I'm leaving the armor belt(s) ). The goal is subtlety.
Doing so revealed one area on the stern where there was a touch of a depression. I've filled it in with black Mr. Surfacer here just to make it more apparent:
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You can see faintly the lines that are left (and filled with sanding dust). I've got the hull about 80% done, just need to finish the starboard stern section aft of the armor belt.
I prefer to have something to drill into to mount the models firmly (plus they just feel a touch "better" with some heft) so yesterday I put in about 5-6mm of resin.... just enough to not have to worry about the prop shaft strut mounting holes:
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I need to find a good piece of wood to mount it to before I drill the holes - going to try some places if I get out this week, otherwise I'll finish up the hull and start working on the midships AA tubs. I have some detail parts from Black Cat Models in the mail to wait for as well....
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