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HMS Hood 1/200 Amati Models
HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Part 139 Build photos So I’m roughly halfway through stage 139 having sorted and glued all the railings along with the associated DeGausing strips Then retrieved some previously built sections and further enhanced them with more detail this also...- Bigfoot57
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Border Models 1/32 Lancaster
I am following Nigel’s build on the net and will definitely use his ideas for mine it looks like the consensus of opinion is the nose and cockpit back as far as the navigator radio ops was painted black from the radio ops backwards was interior grey green The turrets that’s another minefield...- Bigfoot57
- Post #28
- Forum: Aeroplanes Under Construction
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Airfix 1/12 4.5 Litre Bentley Blower
Here’s the refurbished 1 piece bonnet now back on the model vast improvement- Bigfoot57
- Post #48
- Forum: Civilian Cars Under construction
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Airfix 1/12 4.5 Litre Bentley Blower
Bentley Bonnet Repair So after discovering my straps had snapped I have now glued all 4 sections of the bonnet together using spare model deck planking sheet from my HMS Hood build this has now given a solid box like construction to the whole assembly and the wood planking is so thin and curved...- Bigfoot57
- Post #44
- Forum: Civilian Cars Under construction
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Border Models 1/32 Lancaster
Here’s an enlargement of part of 1 of the sprues hopefully showing the detail they have moulded into this kit- Bigfoot57
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- Forum: Aeroplanes Under Construction
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Border Models 1/32 Lancaster
Well I decided to have a look at the sprues I’ve selected a few photos just let you see the exquisite detail I apologise for the sprues still sealed in their respective bags All Ive done so far is take around 50 photos 1 of each sprue to check for damage so far I can’t see any which is good...- Bigfoot57
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HMS Hood 1/200 Amati Models
HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Part 139 Here’s what’s coming in 139 including rigging the funnels Regards Colin- Bigfoot57
- Post #184
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HMS Hood 1/200 Amati Models
HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Part 138b more photos 1st off the finished Funnels flowed by the rest- Bigfoot57
- Post #181
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HMS Hood 1/200 Amati Models
HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Part 138 So here we go again1st off we add some more brass pe around a previously built wooden structure then after that has dried some sort of aerial arrangement and when that has dried it is painted light grey Next we turn our attention to a...- Bigfoot57
- Post #180
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HMS Hood 1/200 Amati Models
HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Part 137b more photos- Bigfoot57
- Post #179
- Forum: Ships Under Construction
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HMS Hood 1/200 Amati Models
HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Parts 137 Funnels and more parts for the bridge Well after nearly a weeks worth of work I’ve finished the funnels as far as building them goes they still need painting along with some brass pe added to another previously built wooden section back...- Bigfoot57
- Post #178
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HMS Hood 1/200 Amati Models
HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Parts 136 Part 2 Adding Rangefinders and Signalling Lamps So 1st off we add the pe seats to the support pillars then they are painted light grey as normal next he have to place them inside a structure with very little room to actually fit the parts...- Bigfoot57
- Post #169
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HMS Hood 1/200 Amati Models
HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Part 136 We now take lower bridge and join it to upper part of the bridge where the join is a type of wooden peg into a hole the hole on the underneath of the upper part of the bridge wasn’t big enough to the peg of the lower bridge to fit into...- Bigfoot57
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HMS Hood 1/200 Amati Models
HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Part 135 Here’s where we really start on the brasswork pe in a big way this again constructed totally from brass pe sheets and some of the parts were impossible to shape so I resorted to card those are the white parts you can see in the photos...- Bigfoot57
- Post #159
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HMS Hood 1/200 Amati Models
HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Part 134 Apologies for lack of posting but as you can see the parts per issue has increased in some stages to 40 separate sections which take an age to do So on to adding detail to the main bridge this second level is made entirely out of brass...- Bigfoot57
- Post #158
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Latest Acquisitions (2022)
This just arrived I know most you will know what this is they have changed the box it’s a lot deeper than previous so it’s a bit shorter as well it still packed overflowing with sprues I have done a photographic review of every single spru that’s about 60 pic in all I’ve shown a couple of the... -
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HMS Hood 1/200 Amati Models
HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Part 133 Greetings again so we now start building the components for the bridge I believe although I could be wrong anyway we’re off to the world of filler looking at the 1st piece of the assembly nice big gap and seam line right down the centre...- Bigfoot57
- Post #157
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HMS Hood 1/200 Amati Models
HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Part 132 More Steps Yep along with a wooden piece made up of around a dozen pieces and 8 more steps to build they are all sequenced so you have Steps A built Steps B built Steps C not yet used Steps D all 10 built Steps E F G & H not yet used but...- Bigfoot57
- Post #156
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HMS Hood 1/200 Amati Models
HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Part 131 Ok time to step up if you pardon the pun this entire part was about constructing 10 sets of steps 7 of which are seen here the rubber hosing and wooden blocks are for the motorised water version which this not so the 1st 4 pages of...- Bigfoot57
- Post #155
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HMS Hood 1/200 Amati Models
HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Parts 129-130 This time a bit of wood building and 4 more winches as in previous sections and some sort of superstructure assembly z- Bigfoot57
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