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Post by Paul B on Dec 17, 2018 20:41:17 GMT
Hello there scurvies  . After doing something rather large scale, I decided to come back down to earth and do something small  The Gneisenau Battleship in 1/700 The Gneisenau was the sister ship of the Scharnhorst, this was a twin battleship class of the Kriegsmarine of Germany. These two ships, were the first two to break the Versailles contract. Here's a link to the history of the Scharnhorst Class. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_battleship_GneisenauThis build is Tamiya's waterline version in 1/700, this I shall build more or less OOB. I am looking at this build as a "test run" for the Tirpitz I have in the same scale  . Anyway here's the start      More soon you Pirates |
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Post by Robbo on Dec 17, 2018 21:10:15 GMT
Oh yes please, a nice size floater
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Post by SteveM on Dec 17, 2018 22:15:58 GMT
I’m looking forward to seeing what you do with this one Paul  |
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Post by JEFF on Dec 17, 2018 23:10:37 GMT
Dude. You call that small? This is small.
Dragons 1/700 Z-31 Destroyer.
Seriously though, I'm looking forward to it and you can count me it.
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Post by Armorguy on Dec 18, 2018 15:29:17 GMT
Oh yeah count me in for this adventure. How is the detail Paul ? Flash, ejector pinmarks, mold seams...?
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Post by Snipersmudge on Dec 18, 2018 15:30:23 GMT
On a roll mate, watching with interest |
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Post by Paul B on Dec 18, 2018 19:18:43 GMT
Ian, great to have you on-board fella  . Steve, I promise to do my best sir . Jeff, yep I'll agree that is small . Cheers fella and enjoy the voyage Guy, I thought the sister-ship of the Scharnhorst would catch your attention . Bearing in mind that this kit is from 1975  , all I can say is it's darned good . The only two fit problems till now are these: The Aft of the ship doesn't quite mate up with main hull part. The Funnel has a little gap where it joins the main hull. Nothing that a little putty and white stuff didn't cure . Pete, glad you have joined the "Good ship Venus" too meistro . Todays doings are as follows, filled and sanded the dodgy Aft hull. Added some missing port holes and cooling vents on the rear hanger deck housing. Then after seeing the kit catapult, I decided to scratch a new one .       More soon monsiuers |
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Post by Boots on Dec 18, 2018 19:39:28 GMT
Oooooh.........didn`t see this one comin`....cracking work so far mucker....the `pult looks classy 
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Post by Paul B on Dec 18, 2018 20:02:37 GMT
Boots it's been shouting at me from the stash, for the last month or so . Cheers mushty |
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Post by Armorguy on Dec 18, 2018 20:12:32 GMT
O and we have a fast start too,I'm hooked !
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Post by JEFF on Dec 18, 2018 22:22:53 GMT
Grand start, Paul.  |
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Post by SteveM on Dec 18, 2018 23:04:55 GMT
Scratch on 1/700? You’re just showing off now Seriously good work buddy |
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Post by Paul B on Dec 19, 2018 19:56:30 GMT
Jeff, many thanks sire . Steve, I suppose you could say that . Okay chaps been doing some more on this. Got the main turrets together, and the range finders needed some filling. So i used the good Deluxe Materials Perfect Plastic Putty , this stuff is great for this scale. Slap it on, let it dry a couple of minutes and then wash away with a q-tip soaked in window cleaner . This I have used on all areas that needed filling apart from the funnel area. before  After  Main Superstructures all in place apart from the search lights and guns  More soon fellas, as always ACACW |
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Post by Snipersmudge on Dec 19, 2018 20:00:09 GMT
seriously cool scratching of the catapult old chap, the rest is looking great too |
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Post by Paul B on Dec 19, 2018 20:02:31 GMT
Pete, your words be well appreciated fella |
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Post by Boots on Dec 19, 2018 20:19:37 GMT
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Post by Paul B on Dec 19, 2018 20:30:24 GMT
Muchas grassyass Boots |
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Post by Marco on Dec 20, 2018 10:39:53 GMT
I'm late, but I'm in! Nice start BTW!
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Post by Boots on Dec 20, 2018 16:42:33 GMT
I take it you are gonna be doing the water then mucker |
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Post by wouter on Dec 20, 2018 17:46:22 GMT
Ah, good to see another floater being built. Gneisenau is one of my favourite ships in the game World of Warships Nice work so far I must say, and kudos to you, 1/700 is so scary and small! Cheers |
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, all I can say is it's darned good 
