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Academy 1/350 USS Indianapolis

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A bit of work on the metal decks that come part of the photo etch and spraying the hull


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The first coat of the blue.  Didn't bother to mask the red part as when I spray the red, you get a graduation in the red colour


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The deck plates painted blue with the anti-slip pattern in black.  Unfortunately, as I was taking the mask off one piece, half the paint came off with it, so I am havingto redo this piece


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The deck witht he masks.  The piece that I have had to redo is top row, 2nd from right.
 
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nice work mate, the brass and metal parts look interesting, looking forward to the finished product
 
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The bits placed before painting.  I bought some solder paste and soldered the bits onto their bases.  It give a very strong join.  Still need to use cyno on smaller bits.


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The bits burnished before painting.  The lighter bits around the join is the solder.


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The main guns with brass barrels.  The barrels have been burnished.


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A little bit of an update, I have made 2 of 8 20mm oerlikon.  Each one take about 1 hour to make.  I normally use a telephoto lens to get closeups, but as it doesn't focus any more, I bought a 2 in 1 marco / fish eye lens for my mobile phone camera. This is what I used to take these pictures.  They are made by Aukey

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Gosh that is some fantastic detail work there Graham. 
I so hope that you are going to be there for the Ship GB next year: I feel your skills will be of great help to many of us mere mortals... ;)
 
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