1:350 Tamiya HMS Prince of Wales with extras

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This is my first build log so you guys watching this. I started building POW the week after new year so i haven't done much on the kit. I will upload some pics of the work i have done so far. Unfortunately the site is not letting anybody upload pictures but i'm sure the people who run the site are on the case.

Anyway as soon as we are available to up load the pics i will be on it like a cat on a mouse.

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Looking forward to this, saw your photos that disappeared last night, looked good, one question I had, where did you get the PE locker hatches. Cheers Derek

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Will be watching with interest

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they are one of the eduard sets especially for the pow derek i will take some more pics over the next couple of days to show you all for now i will try and upload the pics of the work that i have already done thanks for showing an interest guys

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the bow facing main guns with upgraded barrels still not finished yet but i have very limited space and time to build

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the second set of bow facing main guns with upgraded guns still not finished but patience is a virtue in this hobby

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the stern facing main guns with upgraded barrels still a work in progress

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the fore deck work in progress as you can see i have painstakingly scraped and sanded all the deck lines to allow for better adhesion for the hunters wooden veneer deck. still a lot of brass work to go on but looks ok for a start

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the aft deck with all the brass work and holes completed it took me about 3 and a half days to get it looking like this

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the middle deck with all the brass work complete and all the relevant holes and slots cut oh and all the cable reels needed to be removed from all three sections of the deck

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some of the deck parts complete the deck splash isn't complete yet and my very first attempt at a photo etch box structure which i think is quite good the next ones i will try and solder but i have never done that before so that will be trial and error

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some of the deck parts the splash guard is not complete yet and the box structure is the first one i have ever done and i am quite pleased with it myself

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one of the main lifeboats still needs the tiny box structure building which i was talking about soldering rather than gluing

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my first attempt at one of the lifeboats this brass work is becoming addictive

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derek this is the photo etch that the deck lockers came from get them off ebay for i think it was 15 or 20 pound but they came from australia so they took a couple of weeks there is 2 sets of etch i will put the other 1 up after this picture