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new drawing to mount the high part of funnel too...
soon new pics

Hi Capitoa Norbert The funnel casing assembly is a difficult and testing piece of construction . As a matter of interest have you the book "Schlachtschiff Bismarck" by Ulrich Elfrath and Bodo Herzog ?
Dave Wooley

Hi Dave, yes i have the book.
now i think i am in the right way.
i am following the drawing who show this inclined parts.
but this funnel is really intricate but not invencible. LOL

exellent work,the styrene you are useing looks fairly thick,what do you cut it with,i find cutting thicker pieces with curves to be very diffecult.it seems a lot of force is needed to cut but then it is hard to keep it from moving around. a have a circle cutter but it is good only for balsa wood or thin sheets of styrene,unless i am useing it wrong.

Hi Russclark, thank you by the nice coment.
well i use simply olfa cutter kniffes sometimes i use the light cutter or hard cutter(big size blade snapp off blade cutter)
i use teh 300 yellow and an older stainless steel olfa cutter. but you can use any cutter.
don't need cut all styrene - just make some 2 cutts and with hand you can broke this. is more easy and faster.
about curves i explain how i do in the page 9.
but don't use so much larger plate to make a circular belt.
i use 0.5, 0.8 or 1mm, not more than this.
in the funnel revesting i am using 0.8mm
well i have the circular cutter and i cut 2mm styrene using this cutter, explore more the cutter...
i wait help you. any question feel free

Hi modellers
i am posting just two pictures cause my digital camera need reformatting
so i loose many many pics - actually i need start again the pics....
i am solving the hardest part of funnel
and working full in the hood.. soon new pictures here with new advances

hood of Funnel yes.....

hI people..
i am posting the works on funnel's hood...
and installation of exaust or admission or air tubes on funnel.
each plate was drilled by x-acto and file and each plate have 47 holes(my hands what say) LOL..
but still incomplete this work... more progresses i post...
regards

the primer is coming soon.....
i come back later bye

Hi Capitao Norbert this is beautifully accurate workmanship in styrene .
Dave Wooley

Thank you Dave.
yes the work is hard sometimes but the satisfaction is all.
i would like to know about Kiev too...
thanks by the kind words

Oh boy... this is called work for a monastery to say the least...

Great patience and skill required, both of which you seem to possess Norbert...

Where did you find the metal parts?

Hi GTDeath13
i thank you so much the kind words.
yes i having patience and discipline but this consuming more time to do.
in my case the time is short always the weekends and some weekends i need give attention to wife and childrens.
well the tube brass i purchase here. here have a shop called CENTRAL DE METAIS E FERRAGENS(central metal and ferrous) who sell all about metal.
well when more progress i post
regards to Grecia = paradise of Gods and Godesses...

Hey Gtdeath13
i forgot to say you
some tubes are of older antenaes from radios etc..
wich i desbast the nickel cromo using a routary Dremel� retific..