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German Battleship Tirpitz
Gunny
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Posted: Monday, July 19, 2010 - 04:05 AM UTC
MSW crew-mate Julian Sallows (Gremlin56) shares his build story of Revell Models 1/350 scale Tirpitz, in this MSW feature!

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If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!
~Gunny
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Posted: Monday, July 19, 2010 - 06:26 AM UTC
Very nice Tirpitz Julian!
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Posted: Monday, July 19, 2010 - 06:59 AM UTC
Looks very great indeed!

Any idea how you are going to tackle the blast bags next time?



Harm
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Posted: Monday, July 19, 2010 - 08:57 AM UTC
Incredible Julian! Great job!
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Posted: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 02:36 AM UTC
Very nice indeed, great camo thank you for sharing
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Posted: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 12:25 PM UTC
What a work of art! I am especially impressed with the deck color tones and your patience in all that rigging. I can only hope to aspire to such skill.

--Karl
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Posted: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 04:35 AM UTC
Sorry for a rather belated reaction to all your kind remarks, just got back from my holidays and didn't see that Mark had posted this article until now. In answer to Harm's question: I have been working the wrong way around. I built Bruno, Cesar and Dora turrets before adding the blast bags so they turned out horribly oversized. With turret Anton I wrapped the putty around the barrel breeches and then push the through the turret gun openings. Leads to a more natural size blast bag and is easier to trim too.
cheers gentleman and happy building,
Julian
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Posted: Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 06:13 AM UTC
beautiful work, thanks for sharing!
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Posted: Friday, August 13, 2010 - 12:19 PM UTC
Ditto the comments on the details. I keep returning to the photos to admire the railings, ladders and deck planks.
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