Outstanding work Todd! The ability to make a ship this ugly look so darn pretty is a testament to your mad skills. Keep the mojo going

Thank you for the kind words Troy! Most appreciated!!

Hang On, Hang on, what happened to the Gator Masks?

LOL...I was waiting to see who would ask first! I had received the masks from Gator Studios and let me start by saying they are great. Kenny did a fine job at making theses up. The problem I ran into, specifically with this ship (DOES NOT apply to his other masks) is that the belly bulge of the HMS Roberts comes out at an approximate 45 degree angle as it slopes down the armor belt. This add surface area that is not figured in 2D renderings. Whereas an Iowa Class Battleship's hull transitions smoothly from the weather deck to the boot stripe. This means the mask came up a bit short reaching the boot stripe....then add the molded surface details on the hull....

What does this all mean?

I did in fact use many pieces from the masking set. Mostly as the leading edges of the camo. This covered the hard to reach areas well and I just covered the rest over with blue tape as it was just close by. There was plenty of extra masking materials provided; however I chose to save this for future usages (to play around with. The masking worked excellent on the super structure parts. There are some areas not covered by the masks which are on the front and rear of the structures which are easily covered with the extra masking or tape.

The product is pretty cool! Sticky, but not sticky in a way to remove the finish of the model. Pliable with a bit of stretching quality that makes it easy to position. I will be liking into picking up the Missouri Masking set he has and giving this a go in the future. This was an odd case of a very odd-shaped ship was all. I will make recommendations to Kenny to possible increase the scale of the lower hull part to maybe 1/200 to compensate for the angled hull more while leaving the upper sections untouched as they were fine.

Cracking job on the camo Todd,

Coming on very well.

Si

Thank you very much Simon!! Looking to push this forward this week!!

I've been busy for some time and did miss some steps on your Roberts - fantastic how she's coming along!! Great work on the camouflage, that looks awesome! Very nice work overall, looking forward to your next updates!

Cheers,
Jan

Thank you very much Jan! ...been a bit busy myself...LOL!! Hope to have another update soon

A fascinating subject I am quite interested in building this model.Great work so far.I see you take as long to build a model as I do I guess we have full time jobs and other responsibilities.Stay on course my man

Thank for joining in David! This is a decent kit to slide across the bench...you should enjoy!! Timing? Right now its a case of too many things on the bench rather than work getting in the way of building...but things are clearing up I think!

Trying to keep things going here...

I began putting some of the parts back together and in doing so, I started on some rigging. Thought I would share it with you!



I'll keep plugging away on it!!

Good start on the rigging Todd.

following with interest.

Si

Todd, Ezy - Line for the rigging?

Lovely work!

Any accuracy/dimensional issues on the overall look?

Gaston

Great work, Todd!

Definitely nice work on the rigging, she is coming along very nicely!

Todd, what's happening with my monitor?

Hey fellas! Sorry I missed a few comments back through September there. Some other pressing matters jumped on the bench as well as some local show items that needed tending too. I appreciate the kind words!!

Andrew, she is making here way back to center bench very soon I promise!! I just need to clean up the mess on the bench and make some room!! LOL!! To answer your question, the rigging material is Uschi van der Rosten Easy Rigging. He has 3 different thicknesses. They work out to about $10US each and there is 150 ft or so on each spool...more than enough for multiple ships.

Okay...now where did I put that bench?

Looking great Todd!

Thank you Kenny!!