Fenlander's 1/350 Revell Bismarck

[Robert1968]

OK, with the Triumph now, erm, triumphant.... it is time to izzy, wizzy, get back to the bizzy...

With the four 380mm main turrets done as far as I can at the moment it's time to move onto the six 150mm secondary turrets. Obviously smaller than the main turrets, they actually have more photo etch

First up though, replace the barrels.

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Then the PE

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And the result

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Might be tricky to see but it's there lol.

Based on the time it took me to do these six turrets, I will be in my nineties when this is ready to launchops: but as far as the guns are concerned, that is the easy bit done. From now in, it gets tricky

Those turners and guns look so good ( even if your 90 ) it will look the bees knees.

Keep up the good work

Regards

Robert

[Guest]

Hi Graham looked at those barrels ( they look very nice indeed ) will they be a problem with weight if you wabtt I elevate them ( stress on the plastic joints??

I agree with you on the PE it pings and that's it unless you can find it

Regards

Robert

Nooo, it's not that heavy. The guns will be glued in place anyway as they need to be solid to make the blast bags. Most PE that pings will only turn up at all after the model is finished

[Guest]

Started on the 105mm guns but had to call it a day as I am getting an eye strain headache lol

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More tomorrow

[Ian M]

Nice work G man. Those brass barrels do look good.
As for the time factor. Relax we got a whole year .

[Guest]

Nice work G man. Those brass barrels do look good.
As for the time factor. Relax we got a whole year .

A whole year! Is that all

[Gern]

A whole year! Is that all

I thought you said you were going to be finished last Wednesday Graham?

[Guest]

I thought you said you were going to be finished last Wednesday Graham?

You know me a Dave, always unreliable

[monica]

nice work,Graham,do like the brass barrels,make a very big different,

[Guest]

After calling it a day yesterday, I went back to look at the PE I had tried to fold and fit, really small parts with unclear instructions. While looking at it, I considered it a featureless mess so the offending parts were removed.

Moving on, and to stop myself revisiting bits of PE not yet attached that really would add nothing, I decided to put these heavier guns into primer and then archive them ready for painting.

First job to make spray mounts for them.
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Then a coat of grey Stynylrez primer
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I als said that I would not be using the wooden deck. Well, after playing about with it I may have changed my mind. Big issue for me is that a lot has to be cut off the plastic deck to fit it. This means silly amounts of brass to put that detail back on so the jury is still out on this but, I have to admit, it does look good.
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[Ian M]

This means silly amounts of brass to put that detail back on so the jury is still out on this but, I have to admit, it does look good.

Think long and hard before committing to those Graham. AS you point out a lot of cutting bits off only to replace them with brass, which you love so dearly. Read the first sentence of your last post again....lol
I think some of the PE on mine is stupidly small and thats 1/200.

[Ian M]

I thought you said you were going to be finished last Wednesday Graham?

At least he has started

[Guest]

At least he has started

Ooooooo, fighting talk.... what you got to say for yourself now Dave???

[Guest]

Think long and hard before committing to those Graham. AS you point out a lot of cutting bits off only to replace them with brass, which you love so dearly. Read the first sentence of your last post again....lol
I think some of the PE on mine is stupidly small and thats 1/200.

Mmmmm, I know.... I think people get the wrong idea about scale and the size of PE. Yes, the same part such as a catapult or crane will be smaller on a smaller scale but on the bigger scales they just find loads of tiny bits to do in PE that would not be attempted in the smaller scales. There are bits of brass for this thing that are fare smaller and more intricate than I had on the 1/700 Bismarck.

[Guest]

Holy moly, nice work Graham.

Have fun, John

[Gern]

Ooooooo, fighting talk.... what you got to say for yourself now Dave???

Eeeerrrrrrrmmmmm .....