Group Build: Historical Warships of WWII

[blakeh1]

Definitely an improvement

 

[Dan the Modeler]

I have been doing some more work on the Texas. This kit has had some fit issues and I have had to redo the fighting tops a few times to get everything somewhat aligned. The instructions don't show where to exactly place a component that is critical to the alignment, so its trial and error.
I have the guns loosely fitted and have started bending and forming the PE catapults.

Super impressive! That scale is very tedious work, and you're throwing PE catapult on there too... Great work.

 

[scottrc78]

I got back to the bench and built up and installed the catapult. I forgot how bad Trumpeter is with fitting on their 1/700 kits and didn't do a good enough pre-fit check and struggled with getting the parts to align to the turret. More to come.

 

[scottrc78]

Looking at the photos, I have a lot of touching up to do.

 

[BarleyBop]

Looking at the photos

I am, and looking pretty good to me!

 

[Edbert]

I got back to the bench and built up and installed the catapult.

Dude! Your 1/700th catapult looks better than my 1/350th does, I say you hit a homerun.

 

[Dan the Modeler]

It's definitely looking outstanding, especially at 1/700 scale! Touch ups always seem worse at that scale.

 

[GCB]

They look very nice!!

 

[wjbrandel]

Looks very good

 

[scottrc78]

It has been a productive past couple of nights and now its looking closer to completion. I am debating if I want to continue with all the guard rails and ladders. Dreadnaughts are a real challenge with all the compound curves along the hull. Then there is the rigging of this little beast. I have a new set of fine adhesive tips to make it easier to attach .03mm and .05mm rigging threads that I have been wanting to try out.

 

[GCB]

Looking great!
What do you mean by fine "adhesive tips" for the rigging?

 

[kevin]

I was about to ask the same thing, I got some rigging in my future, first time ever.

 

[scottrc78]

I bought a Flex I File applicator system and additional .3 and .5mm applicator tips.

 

[scottrc78]

I beats using the old toothpick, sewing needle, and 1/16 diameter plastic applicator I was using in the past.

 

[Pantherman]

I bought a Flex I File applicator system and additional .3 and .5mm applicator tips.

Any photos? Pantherman

 

[scottrc78]

I'll try to take some when I get back to the workshop. Otherwise: https://flex-i-file.com/collections/the-touch-n-flow-applicators-adhesives

 

[scottrc78]

Ok, now I went down the rabbit hole.

 

[scottrc78]

I started putting on the railings. After building Warspite and Dreadnaught, I thought I learned my lesson on trying to conform around the insane deck profiles of this period of ships.

Nope.

 

[scottrc78]

I got it done.

 

[Tommergun]

Fantastic, beautiful detail work.

 

[kevin]

That's a good looking ship! Well done. Any plans for a water diorama base?

 

[wjbrandel]

Great job

 

[GCB]

Nice!! Well done!

 

[BarleyBop]

Superstructure looks great!

 

[Pantherman]

Great job

Thanks. Pantherman

 

[scottrc78]

That's a good looking ship! Well done. Any plans for a water diorama base?

Not right now, My problem is that I am running out of display space and bases take up room that I really don't have.