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The Prince of Wales

The cranes can be modeled in working mode or stowed mode and I opted to do both to show off the finesse of the kit.
The 8 numbers of 4.25inch guns were given the PE treatment next and each of the subassemblies were left unattached to the main hull until the individual painting was done due to the complex camo of the ship during Dec 1941.


Photo 3: 4.25inch guns with minor drilling on the barrels before ladders were added



The walrus floatplane had a good set of PE. Unfortunately the kit was not provided in clear styrene unlike recent releases.


Photo 4: Walrus on deck



After assembly of the funnel cages rolled, bent and cut to fit the profile of the original shape, the stairs were measured, cut and fitted


Photo 5: stairs, measured, cut and bent to fit. Care here is required as there are not much spares.



Looking at whatever resource available, a lot of the details for the PE inclusion will have to rely on best guestimate and quite a bit from the box art. Most pictures from the net either have poor resolution or suffer from bad angle which is of no use to us modelers who love to pry at every nook and cranny.

The progress is now close to 80% of all PE attached. The latest were the antennae starfish at the 2 masts and also the range finder (looks like TV antennas)