Anthony, she's looking great, up to your usual high standards. Your build is coming along nicely. I can't tell you how impressed I am with you PE work. You either have a genuine gift for working with that Devilish stuff, or the patience of Job! Keep up the great work and I'll look forward to your next update.

Bob

As a display model this wonderful looking battleship is best displayed on its own and in full hull, there's a lot of detail you don't get with the 1-700 model, straight away I see you're going to do a great job of this, the Aztec steps cut them off and replace with etch, please check other builds of the same 1-350 model as a guide, and while you are not new to model building, I'd suggest you treat this the same as an aircraft/tank and so on, its just a different shape, to be honest, I couldn't be bothered to read all the above comments, but are you going to wooden deck this ? While it won't be cheap, you'll be surprised how good it can make this ship look, don't over do the weathering either, but in the same breath don't finish it completely clean, its a warship that's been at sea after all. Remember etch steps you'll be replacing the silly plastic one's with need to be open (treads) have a look round also for an etch set for the smaller boats, if I had the space, I'd love nothing more then to build this model. Lastly, take your time.
Damn I've just gone through your pics, is it to late to replace that lump of plastic underneath the main stack, honestly this should be etch, if you can have a look around and you're see its much, much better.

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Soooo, do you do commissions?

Just out of curiosity, how do you keep dust off of this delicate beauty Anthony?

Super work Anthony.

Cheers

Al