Battlecruiser HMS Hood | May 1941 | Battle of the Denmark Strait
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April 16, 2024The tragic tale of the last and largest of the Royal Navy's battlecruisers has been told countless times, which only speaks to the resonance that the story of HMS Hood has had even decades after her fated encounter. This picture might be the last high quality photograph of Hood to be ever taken before her sinking, and it's this configuration that i aim to replicate.2
April 16, 2024There was never any doubt in my mind, Flyhawk's 700 scale model had to be the one i was going to build. The kit was developed alongside the HMS Hood Association, and it's the best and most accurate model of the ship to date.3
April 16, 2024First order of business was locating drilling holes where the ship will stand on custom display pegs i'll make later down the line. The deluxe version of the kit includes a plastic stand for which holes are already marked on the hull, but since i want mine to be farther apart, i chose to fill those in. Shown here are lines i used to help me locate the new holes.4
April 16, 2024A prominent mould line is present on the lower hull which runs along it's entire length.5
April 16, 2024That being said, this was not hard to remove at all, careful scraping and sanding solves the issue.6
April 17, 2024I had preemptively superglued the included metal weight to the underside of the main deck for fear that the weight would interfere with the stand holes i had drilled, but this turned out to be not needed since said holes sit far enough apart for this to not be an issue.7
April 17, 2024The propeller shafts and rudder have been glued into place, the rearmost shafts needed some minor filling on the base of the supports, which was not much of a problem. The rudder needed some light sanding to ensure a clean fit.8
April 17, 2024The upper and lower hulls are now joined and kept attached with masking tape, which will be left overnight to ensure a strong bond. Unfortunately, i can already tell there will need to be some fairly major filling and sanding along the whole joint seam.9
April 19, 2024The joint between the upper and lower hull is worst at the bow, but much more tame along the entire hull. Admittedly i could have paid a lot more attention in the glueing process, but alass this is the result, time for puttying and sanding.10
April 20, 2024That's more like it.11
April 22, 2024A small PE fin is affixed to the bow, the starboard side is also ready for primer.12
April 24, 2024The hull is now filled and sanded smooth, nice.13
April 24, 2024Rear quarterdeck glued in place.14
April 24, 2024Bulkheads for the enclosed focsel deck glued in place, the fit is great.15
May 1, 2024Main deck glued in place.16
May 1, 2024Enclosed focsel deck roof asembled, painted an weathered. It looks quite bad but it's going to be nearly invisible.17
May 1, 2024PE details glued in place on the stern turret barbettes.18
May 1, 2024This window was excruciatingly tiny.19
May 7, 2024More PE.20
May 7, 2024Propellers painted with light weathering.21
May 12, 2024I noticed that the support columns were missing for two of the aft 4 inch secondary guns, so i added them with 2mm styrene rod cut to length.22
May 12, 2024The basecoat for the wooden deck is sprayed with Tamiya XF57 Buff, slightly lightened with white.23
May 16, 2024This is the weathered deck for now.24
May 16, 2024I plan to add a couple more effects after the rest of the hull is painted and other deck parts are installed.25
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May 16, 2024Flyhawk's dedicated laser cut masks are a huge time saver.27
May 25, 2024Corticene was painted Tamiya XF-79, semtex with XF-63 lightly lightened with XF-2. I love pre-cut masks.28
June 6, 2024After many trials and tribulations, the boot topping stripe and anti fowling gray lower hull are painted on. The gray is Tamiya XF 2429
June 10, 2024The deck in unmasked and the result looks great.30
June 10, 2024With a satin coat applied, and after the boat deck is glued on, the hull is ready for weathering.
Hozzászólások
19 16 April, 18:53
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Also, apologies for the poor photography but my phone really does not seem to like my lighting.
25 May, 20:42
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Great, I'm following. After PoW from Flyhawk this could be a project for next year
2 July, 15:32