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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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    HMS Hood 1/200 Amati Models

    HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Parts 127-128 Good morning not much to do here this time glue a couple plastic pieces together add some pe panels and a bit of painting and finally add some railings to a deck Pictures will explain better than I can Regards Colin
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    HMS Hood 1/200 Amati Models

    HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Parts 126 Here we add more brass work to parts already constructed as you can see some of the brasswork needs to be curved to fit around the structure I used a pencil as a rough curve radius and added slight adjustments using needle nosed pliers to...
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    Washing Parts

    I don’t know the general opinion on this but I do wash all parts in warm soapy water then let them air dry before assembling them see attached It’s to get rid of mould release agent or oil etc from the part is it still needed for modern kits I’ve no idea I just do as a force of habit from years...
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    HMS Hood 1/200 Amati Models

    HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Parts 124-125 Sub Assemblies Section 3 So here’s the latest section of the build as you can see from the last pictures a lot of sub assemblies have now been constructed some still need painting as can be seen by brasswork still showing Regards Colin
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    HMS Hood 1/200 Amati Models

    HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Parts 122 Section 2 Sub Assemblies I had a major issue here part 723 in part 123 was either not in the kit or I’ve managed to loose it over the 10 year tenure that this kit has endured so I’ve fashioned a replacement using 2 bits of spare deck...
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    HMS Hood 1/200 Amati Models

    HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Parts 120-121 Prop Shafts fitting Hello again been doing loads of sub assemblies this time and marking out and fitting the prop shafts also how I decided on my colour scheme using the latest info from the net via Sovereign Hobbies which I think is...
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    HMS Hood 1/200 Amati Models

    HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Parts 117-119 Ok we’ve finished added deck details for now and returned to using wooden pieces to start construction of the bridge of the ship this was fairly straight forward and I’m now waiting for the paint to dry on the brass parts before I...
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    HMS Hood 1/200 Amati Models

    HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Parts 113-116 More Deck fittings added I won’t bore you with the detailed instructions on this as they are all the same as before when fitting deck items suffice to say I’ve added around 200 separate pieces from ventilators tool & weapons cabinets...
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    HMS Hood 1/200 Amati Models

    HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Parts 112 Rubber Rafts Another simple section not much to do the oars we’re troublesome to say the least as they are pe they bend easily as you can in some of them
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    Latest Acquisitions (2022)

    Had a small rebate from the taxman so used it to buy some kits I’ve wanted especially the Hanuebu II the Revell one was a mistake as the Squadron model is vastly superior but it took me 2 years to track one down in finally located one online in France the person who sold it was superb it was...
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    HMS Hood 1/200 Amati Models

    HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Parts 110-111 Building more lifeboats relativity simple same as before Regards Colin
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    Hachette 1/18 fully motorised Spitfire Mk1A

    Here’s another Partworks model recently completed i though you might like to see what £1000 would get you I chopped down the ridiculous 3ft square base from 6 sections into 2 and rejigged the internals of the box to suit so at least I’m able to put on something to display it The model is made...
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    HMS Hood 1/200 Amati Models

    HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Parts 109 Another lifeboat which we don’t actually do anything with so after all that and with hull still unpainted there is no mention of it in the instructions despite the fact we are now adding major components onto the deck I said sod it I’m...
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    HMS Hood 1/200 Amati Models

    HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Parts 107-108 More deck details including the hose pipe housing where the anchor chains go
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    HMS Hood 1/200 Amati Models

    HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Parts 105-106 Now we’re building the stand and nameplate which I elected to do Red then carefully sand back the paint of the raised areas to give the brass look to the writing
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    HMS Hood 1/200 Amati Models

    HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Parts 103-104 Yet more deck details what I find unbelievable at this time is we are now adding loads of parts to the deck upwards of 200 yet we still haven’t painted the hull stay tuned for that after the next 2 sets of magazine photos
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