Building the Atlantic Models HMS Glamorgan after Exocet damage
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March 18, 2018Beginning the base. After making a cutout for the hull, I produced a general wake pattern with a gas torch.2
March 18, 2018The seam between lower and upper hull needed less work than expected.3
March 18, 2018The vessel was placed on the base with a list to starboard.4
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March 18, 2018Mating the hull parts needed some pressure.6
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March 18, 2018Only after shaping the base surface was it cut to size, making for neater borders.8
March 18, 2018The base after the first stippling application of white wall paint.9
March 18, 2018Test fitting the main resin components.10
March 18, 2018The solidly cast wheelhouse was removed.11
March 18, 2018A replacement wheelhouse roof was cut from sheet.12
March 18, 2018The new wheelhouse will be fully glazed.13
March 18, 2018The machined brass barrels by Master (available via Atlantic Models) are a marked improvement over the white metal kit parts.14
March 18, 2018These bridge wing gratings are L´Arsénal 1:700 items.15
March 18, 2018Beginning the construction of the trickiest PE subassembly, the impressive Sea Slug launcher.16
March 18, 2018After several days of work, and dis- and re-assembling the thing twice, I called it quits. It was an exercise in self-control.17
March 18, 2018The second trickiest item is the double bedstead type 965 radar array.18
March 18, 2018Halfway through the build.19
March 18, 2018Master´s excellent, yet demanding, 20 mm Oerlikons were used instead of the kit parts.20
March 18, 2018The completed radar array.
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18 March 2018, 16:05