Karakurt late and early

"late" hull 

Early hull 

"late" hull 

"late" hull 

Other resin parts 

PE and decals 

first blood 

Liferaft supports, tiny buggers 

some railings on... first time to do this, used PVA glue so far 

one afternoons work... 

top view 

and for size... 

Some progress, think I need to add some holes to add a few toothpicks to be able to hold the model without damaging it 

Liferaft holders and upper mast. Soldered together because believe it or not, but it works better that way then glueing, at least for me...
I try to build up some volume by adding glue at certain surfaces to get rid of the 2D appearance 

Same for these small reinforcements... it was more easy to solder these parts then to try to glue these 

etching of the brass is so soetching of the brass is so so 

Some tiny amounts of glue needed 

some scraping with the tip of a blade later 

Main mast, some very tiny pieces to add... 8 pieces alone on the yardarms... 

 

topview 

rear section 

mid section 

front section 

 

 

 

 

 

Started painting the details: palash with alu missile containers 

real size 

Started painting the details: 100mm gun 

front almost complete except for anchor and chain 

Antenna's in place, details on the mast painted, just rigging (first time, so wish me luck) and a few touch-up's to do 

Rear section 

bit clearer 

general view 

decals on... 

In the last second, while treating with decal setting... some slight movement... darn.... 

So... rigging... tried it first with streched sprue... way to thick according to a friend, and guess what, he was right.  

So next attempt with the ultra fine wire from Ushi... works like a charm, and looks good to, but boy, that's time consuming... 

so bit by bit with tiny drops of superglue 

 

result...