Tamiya bismarck 1/350 with upgrade kit

[Pantherman]

YES he certainly has P/M BUT tomorrow im gonna try out a home made looper by darning needle an see how i get on with this p/e bet i get the shakes oh dear always happens when i try to hard will have to get jen to steady my wrist so no shakes oh dear this gettin old is no fun
chrisb an jen

I find if I don't set my sights too high, I don't get disappointed with progress. PM

 

[BOATMAN]

HI P/M nice work on your P/E looks very good an how will you paint it now its on the model brush paint ? or A/B ?
chrisb

 

[Pantherman]

HI P/M nice work on your P/E looks very good an how will you paint it now its on the model brush paint ? or A/B ?
chrisb

Hi Chris, I primed and sprayed the railing sheet before I cut any away. I found a great way of getting the railing in place before applying the extra thin CA.

I also have cut away alot of the interior so hopefully the hull lighting will show through the main bridge windows. Pantherman

 

[Pantherman]

I have also spotted a flaw with my plan to attach some of the wood decking once the main deck is glued in place. So I debonded the front two smaller guns, cut the wood deck so I can get the guns back and add in the remaining patch once the main deck is fixed. Pantherman

 

[BOATMAN]

Brilliant work my freind an hopefully the light should show up in the bridge area an why did they paint the turret tops in bright red or yellow ?
atb sir
chrisb

 

[Pantherman]

Brilliant work my freind an hopefully the light should show up in the bridge area an why did they paint the turret tops in bright red or yellow ?
atb sir
chrisb

 

[BOATMAN]

P/M cant hardly read it but i do see it says the colours were painted over when she went on a mission but i just wondered why i will have to have a look in my bismark book an see if it says anthing about this
chrisb

 

[Pantherman]

Looking like the main bridge lighting was successful, haven't fixed the top deck yet as needs some more painting.

Made a start on the aircraft, just going to show one of the two supplied with the kit. Pantherman

 

[Pantherman]

Looking like the main bridge lighting was successful, haven't fixed the top deck yet as needs some more painting.

Made a start on the aircraft, just going to show one of the two supplied with the kit. Pantherman
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Before anyone points it out, the underside should be light grey. It was late last night and my brain went to bed about an hour before my body. Pantherman

 

[Pantherman]

Got the forward deck glued down and put the anchors on. The bow anchor was just stuck on the front according to the instructions so added a brass rod and chain to make it look a little better. Still got some touching in to do but I will wait until I'm ready to do all the main deck railings for that. PanthermanView attachment 177020View attachment 177021View attachment 177022View attachment 177023View attachment 177024

Having spent hours cutting up black invasion stripe decals from a previous build to get the bow and stern flags I find the upgrade masking set......... Pantherman

 

[Pantherman]

Well that was a challenge. Only 15 more boat's and launches to do. Pantherman

 

[Pantherman]

And I thought that the first two were small, only four of these micro boats to do....... Pantherman

 

[Pantherman]

Well that's me done for the weekend, work at 5am in the morning so better push up some ZZZ's. Pantherman

 

[GCB]

Nice progress.. getting alive!

 

[user 22148]

That's a stunner of a build - lovely work.

 

[Pantherman]

Nice progress.. getting alive!

Thanks, it's starting to look like a battleship. PM

 

[Pantherman]

Got some more fiddley bits built and added to the superstructure.
Pantherman

 

[blakeh1]

nice clean work with the photo-etch. mine always looks a bit bent and mangled with glue everywhere

 

[Edbert]

I found a great way of getting the railing in place before applying the extra thin CA.

I am sooo gonna steal that!

Also looks like there's no issue with the lighting coming through from the hull, well done!

 

[Pantherman]

nice clean work with the photo-etch. mine always looks a bit bent and mangled with glue everywhere

Thanks, if you look closer there are a few bent bits......... Pantherman

 

[Pantherman]

I am sooo gonna steal that!

Also looks like there's no issue with the lighting coming through from the hull, well done!

Thanks. It makes things easier as your not trying to position the PE, getting it wrong and it won't come loose as the CA has set. Pantherman

 

[BOATMAN]

HI P/M do you get the shakes at all tryin to fit this p/e ? as mine is so fragile any shakes an ive bent the p/e an its a devil of a job to try an staighten out again isnt it lookin forward to meeting you on the 22nd of feb sir
chrisb

 

[Pantherman]

HI P/M do you get the shakes at all tryin to fit this p/e ? as mine is so fragile any shakes an ive bent the p/e an its a devil of a job to try an staighten out again isnt it lookin forward to meeting you on the 22nd of feb sir
chrisb

I only get the shakes if I spend too long at the PE. I tend to do little and often. The placement tape tabs help alot. Pantherman

 

[Pantherman]

Finally got the last of the upper deck railings done. Fitted the remaining guns, crane's and masts. Just got a few smaller part's to add then I can fit this to the hull. Pantherman

 

[kevin]

Thats coming together nicely.

 

[Pantherman]

Thats coming together nicely.

Thanks Kevin. Now starting to think about the rigging. That's gonna be fun....... Pantherman

 

[BOATMAN]

YES P/M your work is lookin great an the detail really stands out very well done my freind
hope i can do it half as good an i'll be pleased great modeling sir
chrisb

 

[Pantherman]

YES P/M your work is lookin great an the detail really stands out very well done my freind
hope i can do it half as good an i'll be pleased great modeling sir
chrisb

Thanks Chris, that's much appreciated. Don't do yourself down. You're builds are pretty impressive my friend. Pantherman

 

[GCB]

Getting there! And great model.
Question: how did you do the circular bend for those handrails?

 

[Pantherman]

Getting there! And great model.
Question: how did you do the circular bend for those handrails?
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The smaller bend was around a paintbrush handle and the bigger bend was around the CA glue bottle. Tacked the end with thin CA and then just Tacked each section, let it set, then tacked the next bit. When all in place I ran some extra thin CA to fix the entire railing. Pantherman