HMS Hood 1/200 Amati Models

[Jim R]

So nice to see this back on the go. Glad you're feeling up to it again. Looking excellent.

[Bigfoot57]

HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Main Guns Now Fitted

So a relatively easy stage this just had to file out the holes in the barbets and the bottom of the turrets to fit in the pin that allows the turrets to be rotated the fit is so tight no glue is needed
Next I got a1/32 roundel from a Revell 1/32 Spitfire for some reason must have been Far Eastern pacific as it had a white centre I believe this was to avoid confusion with the Japanese aircraft carrying the red circular roundel anyway I mounted this onto the turret and after several applications of Micro Sol the decal settled down onto the surface I then painted the inside white area red to represent the aerial indentication roundel whether the Hood had it at the time of the battle of the Denmark Straits I don’t know but I’ve seen several depictions of it so I decided to include it as it gives a splash of contrast to the two tone grey colour scheme
After this it was a simple case of push fitting the turrets into place the higher of the two on the front in the instructions it’s labelled as turret 3 has to have a multiple Pom Pom gun set added to it but appart from that the turrets are now complete next we move onto the main mast at the stern end of the ship

Regards

Colin

[Mickc1440]

Glad to see you're able to resume this one Colin, it really is looking very good

[Tim Marlow]

Great to see this back on the build Colin. Detail is fantastic and the whole build is quite superb. Hope your health issues stay under control.

[Bigfoot57]

Correction not a Pom Pom but one of those primitive rocket launchers they were supposed to be fired at any incomming aircraft and as they climbed they spew out a long trailing wire which I suppose was to snag anything vital from the incoming airborne threat presumably the propellers

[Airborne01]

Correction not a Pom Pom but one of those primitive rocket launchers they were supposed to be fired at any incomming aircraft and as they climbed they spew out a long trailing wire which I suppose was to snag anything vital from the incoming airborne threat presumably the propellers

Are you thinking that it's a TOW (Tracked Optical Wire) system mate? If so the wire is not designed to snag enemy aircraft, it's a command system. I suspect that's a little too early for TOW - I stand to be corrected however!
Steve

[Bigfoot57]

Steve you could be correct I seem to remember words similar to that in the text I read although according to the picture below both of us are wrong see Wikipedia attachment below

Colin

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unrotated_Projectile

[Steve-the-Duck]

The box-thing that sits atop B turret is an 'Unrotated Projectile Launcher,' UP. The rocket they launched carried a small charge attached to a parachute, trailing a long length of wire. The attacking 'plane was, indeed, supposed to snag the wire and pull the charge onto itself.
They were about as rubbish as they sounded, but apparently Winston thought they were a wizard wheeze as, no prizes for guessing, they were another of Professer Lindemann's ideas. There's no record of one ever having any effect at all, other than injuring three rratings when they spontaneously fired while in Gibraltar in July 1940. They were supposed to be removed before she sailed to meet Bismarck. Worse yet, one of Prinz Eugen's hits detonated in the ready-use magazine for the 4" and UP ammo, killing many of the AA crews where they were sheltering, as related by Bob Tillman, one of the survivors.

[Airborne01]

Steve you could be correct I seem to remember words similar to that in the text I read although according to the picture below both of us are wrong see Wikipedia attachment below

Colin

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unrotated_Projectile

That's interesting, never heard of those!
Steve

[Bigfoot57]

HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Fully rigged Port side Starboard to follow just the insulators and lifeboats to fit to finish model

Regards

Colin

[Guest]

Great progress Colin, sorry to read about the health problems.

[minitnkr]

Some outstanding work on display.

[Bigfoot57]

HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Fully Rigged Starboard Side

As I said in previous post Starboard to follow so here it is

Regards

Colin

[boatman]

HI Colin what a fab build an the riggin also how long did she take to build in the end ? an dont the letters HOOD get painted in a different colour like on modern R/N ships like my tiger name is in red outstandin letters ?
chrisb

[Mickc1440]

A really stunning build