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Building the "Perfect Storm"

moving on...

Now that the first attached portion of the bumper guard has dried, the balance portion can be fixed. Even though this lower bumper guard does not extend fully around the hull on the original vessel, I still make it like this here first. It will be cut to proper length later.

Curing time again, and I turn back to the upper deck. The cut-out for the access ladder and the various drilling spots are marked down same as the basic shape and positioning stubs of the wheel house are put in place. Support struts according to the reference at hand are being put in place underneath the deck overhang.







While the starboard bumper guard is being glued on, I use the time to get some detail onto bulkhead. Bit and pieces are being taken mostly from Lion Roar 1/700 PE sets.




See George Clooney visiting the construction site?

With all this done I then glue the upper deck in place. You remember I made the deck a tad bit smaller than the actual forecastle deck? The reason being that it creates a perfect little ledge for positioning the forecastle’s bulwark. Of course it is necessary to keep the styrene strip in place using masking tape until the glue has fully dried.





As hardly anything is perfect, there is a gap and a ledge that needs filling around the bulwark-deck seam. I apply Tamiya putty liberally.