Tamiya king George v

[kpnuts]

Bit of a catastrophe on this one missus knocked one of the sub assemblies off the bench, i can't find the pe range finder also can't find the bit the crane is held between on the 2 bits that both broke off to say I'm annoyed is an understatement, i was going to try and finish the Oerlikons this weekend, also some of the pe mast stuff is missing or bent (hopefully I can straighten that out.







Not sure what else is missing I'm hoping anything else won't notice.

[fordrodnkustom]

Ouch! Tough break there KP but it does happen. Once a Pontiac 400 motor I had fully wired and detailed was inadvertently vacuumed up by my well meaning missus. Have you tried a lint roller on the floor? that might pick up your missing parts?

[kpnuts]

I tried hover with a pair of my missus tights over the nozzle but no luck, trouble is they could have bounced anywhere and it may not even have fallen where my missus says (I didn't see her knock it off she told me she did)
I've had an idea maybe I will glue them all to the ship (It's bigger and easier to see then) the only reason I didn't is there is still the railings to add and I thought it would be easier with them off the ship.

[kpnuts]

Hi all well I finally got some modelling time and I've fixed what I can and I've now glued the sub assy's to the deck (I know it will make adding further pe problematical but I figure the whole ship will have to be knocked off the bench to damage bits in the future)






So now I have about a gazillion bits of PE to add to the  Oerlikons, then all the railings, build and add the last set of pompoms to the stern big guns, add the pe to those guns and the job should be a goodun.

[sharp]

Looking really nice Ken.The detail on this is a amazing!

[kpnuts]

Hi all well all the Oerlikons are finally done as is the last of the pompoms (I accidentally stuck the shields on the wrong way round on the first of this set of Oerlikons and thought the brass showed up better so I've done all the rest the wrong way round (if you use the etched detail side you can hardly notice the pe)(here's a challenge try to find the ones with the pe the right way round they hardly notice) 

[fordrodnkustom]

Amazing work there KP! Will you build a scale ocean to set her afloat in?!?

[kpnuts]

Oh how I wish I hadn't glued the sub assy's on putting the railings around them is proving to be a royal pita, I've even tried prying them off (why is it that you really glue something well and it falls off if you sneeze, you just tack something and it's stuck fast) grrrrrrrrr I think I've just made this a million times harder, i should not have got paranoid that the sub assy's would get knocked to the floor again.

[kpnuts]

Hi all here is the best tip you will ever get, never ever glue the sub assy's to the deck if you're using pe this piece of pe took 2 hrs and ive left a piece out as I see no way of bending it and getting it in place (tbh it's so small even if I added it I doubt it would show anyway) 





Once again DO NOT GLUE SUB ASSYS TO THE DECK IF USING PE.

[fordrodnkustom]

Good tip KP Thanks! That rule of thumb seems like it would apply to any type of build.

[kpnuts]

Hi all that's all the PE attached just the rigging to do now (not looking forward to that) I say all the PE there are some steps and platforms to add to the sides but I will add them after it's on a stand as I already broke the platform off the one set of stairs which I added and lost the platform for them, i figure it will be safer to leave them till last.

[fordrodnkustom]

Amazing work on this complicated project KP. Rigging? Indeed, you Sir have a lot more patience than I could ever muster for that! As always thanks for sharing.

[dogfish7]

Most excellent!