I haven't done a Capital Ship in a while and since this Vessel is my alltime Favourite, I thought why not. The Hull and Main Decks are together. The Centre Section is not entirely glued down as yet. My 350 Yukikaze from Hasegawa is in the background for a size comparison. More work and Photos are yet to come...Cheers Mark













Forgot to mention that I am using Trumpeter's upgrade Set for her as well as White Ensifn's P/E Set. Happy times are ahead.

Good start Mark.

Hope to see some more pics soon

Si

Hull and Main Decks have now had their intial Painting with more detail work to follow. Anchor Chain has been sanded off and the Hawes Pipe as well as Chain Locker entries have been opened up to accept Real Chain when required. One catch with the Instructions to watch out for though, the Starboard Skegs have been mislabelled. Part D44 is in fact the Outer Mount while D42 is the Inner Mount. I picked this up too late and had to do some minor surgery. It pays to check and recheck. You learn all the time....Cheers Mark

After 4 Hours of Masking and 5 Minutes of Airbrushing, The moulded on Deck Fittings are now sprayed. The Lower Main deck Bulkheads have now started to be added. More to come soon...Cheers Mark

Good work Mark

I am amazed at how quick she is coming on, I think it took me about 3 weeks to get to that stage on mine.

Keep the Pics coming

Si

Thanks for the encouragement Simon. Main Deck Bulkheads are now in place. To say that the fit was below par is a gross understatement. The fit is woeful. A lot of Filling and Sanding is needed to bring these areas up to an acceptable standard....Not many Cheers Mark

Mark, I agree with you regarding the bulkheads, i had right fun getting mine in.

My build has stalled a bit, got about 75% of the way through opening the funnels up and adding something to the interior and have run out of steam



above is the completed after funnel, the fore funnel is opened out & I am was adding the baffles to the lower casing.

Your work is giving me the urge to get going again

Thanks

Si

My pleasure Simon and thanks again for the complements. We could really confuse everyone and have Two Builds going on here at the same time. I am looking forward to seeing your Build of her as well.....Cheers Mark

The Main Bulkhewads are now in place and painted. She has now been attached to her Stand. A bit of a struggle but nowe getting somewhere....,









An Error was located on Trumpeter's Instructions. The Area circled is in fact a Hatchawy with a Canvas Cover. Trumpeter have moulded it as you see. This Area is the Rear Section of Hood's Boatdeck.....



The same Area on the actual Kit Part has been removed and hollwed out. The Hatchway has been squared off to accept the Hatchway Stairs and the Bracing for the Canvas Cover....



The Boatdeck has been placed to check Fitment. More to come soon...Cheers Mark

Hi Mark

great progress, must admit I missed the canvas hatch error. I will post some pics of where I am at next weekend, and hopefully make some more progress.

keep up the good work

Si

Hi Simon.

Am looking forward to seeing your buils as well. As I said, you are more than welcome to include your Build here and make it a Quasi Hood GB if you wishto. Once again Simon, thank you for the kind words my Friend....Cheers Mark

Here you go Mark

This is where I am at.







Now I need to crack on and make some more progress.

Si

She is looking great Simon. You should be very happy how she is coming despite the Fit Issues. Looking forward to seeing more of your work on her....Cheers Mark

I built mine several years ago. The only thing I remember was the not so great fit of the lower (red) hull to the upper. I used PE with mine and the gun set, so I took quite a while like 2 months to do mine. Yours is coming along quite nicely

Thanks guys,

your's is looking good too Mark

will post some pics when I have made some more progress

Si

Thanks Steve and Simon. Been busy workwise so hope to have more Pics and updates coming shortly...Cheers Mark

Managed to get a bit more done yesterday, breakwaters on & some work on the funnels.





Si

What kind of work did you do in the funnels Simon? Great work guys! One of my favorite ships. I built the Testors HMS Hood a LONG time ago. Loved the way her lines looked! Looking forward to some more updates!

Hi Sparky.

I have opened both funnels and casing up down as far as the shelter deck level, added baffles just above that, divide the trunking into six, this only goes as far as the bottom of the funnel propper, there is a small platform on this on the stbd side from which a ladder decends to the shutters over the boiler uptakes (in my case scribed on the sheleter deck level (A bit high, but i felt that was close enough for what can be seen) and another level ascends to the walkway around the funnel top



this shows the finished after funnel, just awaiting weathering & steam pipes.

I pretty much followed the AOTS drawings, which I am told are inaccurate, they show a cruciform walkway, but a couple pics i have seen tanked from the upper bridge looking aft only seem to show the athwartships walkway.

Also I have not cut away the molded vent screens on the casing below the funnels and replaces with the etched ones, as this would have meant scratchbuilding the uptake trunking, otherwise at eye level they would be see through. and as they are partially obscured by boats, 4" mounts etc I would not be too obvious.

Si

whoops sorry, wrong picture



try this one

Si

Very nice work Simon. Have been busy with work and other things so hope to have some more Pics up shortly...Cheers Mark

Shelter-Deck is now Painted and once again being Test-Fitted. I have drilled out Holes in the Deck for the Retaining Straps for the Ship's Boats. More to come soon...Cheers Mark

Looking great Mark.

Keep up the good work.

Si

Looking good guys! Great work!

Thanks Jason. Much appreciated.