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This is shaping up to be the finest rendition of this (very) old kit....well done!

I use inventory/leftover PE all the time for things other than its intended purpose. It's fun to see you doing it too.
Bravo!

Very clever!

more cleaning done... looks pretty ok now this is real..... lets try make anker holes look a like

When looking at those last pictures.... wasn't rely happy with bow.... looks way to wide....so modified some more
but at a certain point you must stop to keep some stiffness

continu cleaning maindeck part... so much has been cut of... what am I getting in?.... again lol
anyway this shows how hull looks when deck on....

done some actions on bridge part
kit prepare to receive windows windows in... I used transparent glue on all sides of these to seal off these windows and so avoid painting penetration when rest will be done
note also... stairs going down in the rear of bridge have been cut away... as I did with all molded stairs on the ship

From toy to ship, step by step. Good progress!

txs Pascal
a IOWA without portholes is not good... so gonna check where they are and do them, it gives me also an idea of certain details and more kit modifications to do where walls are wrong.... don think I will be able to correct all... but it will be a close call I think

little by little some details are put on, portholes are made reduced base for rangefinder radar ... added some window frames

I think all cutting of existing errors is done... this is my basic form to build up ( some stuff already done but ..only tiny details)

after holidays a slow ...but sure re-start
concentrated on turrets 2 and 3 and trying out how to fix home made radar

a bit more done on that tiny radar and all build up and then on ship

re-positioned radar and painted bridge... looks better for me as I go so small... 3 D printing pieces surface are ...not good enough... to much rimples
so I scrape it flat. the 2 on the left is original, the one on the right has been scraped I suppose if you build from box its maybe good enough... but for me .. nope

started filling holes I made for structural modifications, gave a few parts some color ... like the main turrets

a little more done... more portholes and some fine tuning done on added pieces,added some more and also reduced thickness of protection walls on top 6 4X40MM cut out placement for rear 20mm protection wall

to see what the structural modifications are... 2 pics to compare
today I reduced the walls of the 6 top level AA 40 mm guns, first I straitened them as they go larger on base... so in reducing base I get more free space on the lower terraces next I scraped the inside of the tubs ... so I reduced them about 1mm ... in hole that makes something like 2mm inside circle diameter increase... on that scale... on the real ship that makes about 1.7 m ...

I think .... all portholes of 1 side are done... except the one missing on stack 1

portholes other side also done... now... doors ... and this is only 1 side started making scratch from a piece of sprue .... well guess

Triumph68 wrote:portholes other side also done... now... doors ... and this is only 1 side

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started making scratch from a piece of sprue .... well guess

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Heller 1/400 Arado?!

Lovely work thus far overall, looking forward to seeing it progress.