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Congratulations! Great job!
I really like the overall feel and colours a lot!

That's a fantastic build.

Dan K wrote:That's a fantastic build.

Thank you, appreciate you following it. Good quality pics I hope will be coming soon, just need to sponsor my HeliconFocus license...

marijn van gils wrote:Congratulations! Great job!
I really like the overall feel and colours a lot!

I hope you will like it even more when I do proper not iphone pics, to do it justice. Much thanks for these words, that means a lot!

kurusu wrote:Truly impressive.

Bravo!

Much appreciated!

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Ande below are the few test shots using a normal camera and focus stacking. I know it needs a proper base..

Had to put them together - such a big difference between concepts and technology in just 20 years... The bulges on Hood v flat sides on PoW shows such an interesting way torpedos affected hull shapes, plus the whole battlecruiser v battleship thing...

Great photo's!

I think she can stand some close-ups too?

marijn van gils wrote:Great photo's!

I think she can stand some close-ups too?

Taking those for the "completed" section on the weekend I hope. I am not good figuring out the angles, but I think Ill do a pic set as if you do a flyby of the ship.

I have put together a dry dock base for another project (Bismark) a while ago, to tie it all together - and here is a test shot:

Great build and really liked your use of Tamiya XF66 for 507 A/B. I have used Model Master Acrylic FS 35237 for 507 A/B but the XF66 seems to be a much better color. I think that Sovereign Hobbies has done some great work in sorting out the 507 A/B confusion. Thanks! Rich Durham

Richard Durham wrote:Great build and really liked your use of Tamiya XF66 for 507 A/B. I have used Model Master Acrylic FS 35237 for 507 A/B but the XF66 seems to be a much better color. I think that Sovereign Hobbies has done some great work in sorting out the 507 A/B confusion. Thanks! Rich Durham

I went with XF66 on my Hood in the past, and there, on a darker base, it also turned out a bit darker, amplified by weathering. So now, next to my Hood, PoW looks a little lighter. Which is pretty interesting. But all in all I think Im fine with the result, and the initial credit goes to Hood Association website who said its ok to use XF66 but like, its not perfect but OK. I like XF66, interestingly enough Flyhawk tells you to use it for Bismarcks main hull color, which always made me a little confused (and I dont agree).

There are reasonably priced kits -with full hull options- available for Renown and Repulse. Hint, hint..

pascalemod wrote: The bulges on Hood v flat sides on PoW shows such an interesting way torpedos affected hull shapes, plus the whole battlecruiser v battleship thing...

Pieter wrote:There are reasonably priced kits -with full hull options- available for Renown and Repulse. Hint, hint..

pascalemod wrote: The bulges on Hood v flat sides on PoW shows such an interesting way torpedos affected hull shapes, plus the whole battlecruiser v battleship thing...

Ahaha. Very good hint. Battlecruiser fleet collection is the easiest to complete, from capital ships. I really would like to have a very late war Renown and early war or pre war Repulse.