Building the Atlantic Models HMS Glamorgan after Exocet damage

Beginning the base. After making a cutout for the hull, I produced a general wake pattern with a gas torch. 

The seam between lower and upper hull needed less work than expected. 

The vessel was placed on the base with a list to starboard. 

 

Mating the hull parts needed some pressure. 

 

Only after shaping the base surface was it cut to size, making for neater borders. 

The base after the first stippling application of white wall paint.  

Test fitting the main resin components. 

The solidly cast wheelhouse was removed. 

A replacement wheelhouse roof was cut from sheet. 

The new wheelhouse will be fully glazed. 

The machined brass barrels by Master (available via Atlantic Models) are a marked improvement over the white metal kit parts. 

These bridge wing gratings are L´Arsénal 1:700 items. 

Beginning the construction of the trickiest PE subassembly, the impressive Sea Slug launcher. 

After several days of work, and dis- and re-assembling the thing twice, I called it quits. It was an exercise in self-control. 

The second trickiest item is the double bedstead type 965 radar array. 

Halfway through the build. 

Master´s excellent, yet demanding, 20 mm Oerlikons were used instead of the kit parts. 

The completed radar array.