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I started this beuatiful resin kit more than one month ago. You can see on the picture below the current status. Previous steps (from initial assembly thru masking and painting to gun-barrel exchange) you can see in picture gallery on my website: http://www.sweb.cz/davidbilek/index.htm




Cheers

David

Beautiful... a lovely ship,keep the good work

Looks very, very nice.

Very clean work

John

Thanx a lot for comments - I am trying to make her clean, but small white dust particles still disturbing me...

Today I added rafts, winches, cable reels, crane booms etc... and f'castle starts to look pretty busy.
More pics again on my website http://www.sweb.cz/davidbilek

Any comment highly welcomed!



David

Outstanding work. I love the paint work - so crisp and clean!

Lovely build there!!! I had not realised just how small this kit really was but that cigarette gave me a very good idea of the size. Hope to see some more progress soon.

Holy Crap!

I thought this was a nice little build, very well done, until I saw the pic with the cigarette! YIKES! Thats tiny!

Absolutely superb work for a model so small!

David:

Wonderful job!

But just curious: whose cable reels are you using?

Please advise.

Thanks!

Mike E.

David your work is great and your website is awesome,thanks for share your tips ,they are very helpful and interesting,hey David ,How did you detail your rafts?,they are trully beautyful.
Regards

Thanx to all for comments !

2 Michael E. : cable reels were made from Lion Roar IJN Reels (LE700053) because they look similar as RN reels (I think..). I added only plastic rods with 0,1mm copper wire.

2 Miguel: small rafts are from Pit-Road US Navy common parts sprue (E-9) and big rafts were stolen from HMS Rodney kit (Tamyia). So no detailing! Only 0,1mm copper wire added. See pic please.



David

Outstanding and beautyful ....Thank You very much David

Some progress yesterday - I added lookout tower and both masts.



David

Very sharp indeed,love the pics Dave ....Thanks

I already finished smaller parts - from funnel thru main and secondary guns to POM-POMs and directors. Now is time for rigging... again, complete step-by-step progress on my website http://www.sweb.cz/davidbilek



For the cutters on the bow - I decided to paint them and to add details "on board", which is more comfortable than to prepare them separately...



Cheers

David

Superb, having just finished my first 700th scale kit, I've gained a new appreciation for you guys that build in this scale - some of those details must be tiny.

John

David, you build miniature works of art!




Bob Pink.

Lovely! What and extraordinary vessel!
I am so much waiting for the 350th WEM kit they listed some 3 years ago...

Bravo Zulu, David!

Guido

Tremendous work! Wow!!!!

I've always had a soft spot for monitors, and she is beautiful!