great work on the cranes, Si

it's given me the motivation to crack on and finish the Prinz's cranes!

looking good SI

The cranes definitely look excellent, Si - another highlight!!

Cheers,
Jan

Cheers Russ,

Thanks Mate, glad to have been assistance.

cheers

Si

Thanks Norman,

Appreciate you looking in.

Cheers

Si

Thanks Jan,

need a little adjustment yet, but I am pleased to have them together.

Cheers

Si

Very small update,

topping of the cranes adjusted.





The first twim 37mm done, seven more to go.



Cheers

Si

Wow, now that's really looking busy!! And the twin 37mm look pretty good too, even in 1/350 scale!!

Cheers,
Jan

Thanks Jan,

Still quite a bit to go on aft of the Catapult. I am quite impressed with the veteran twin '37s will be quite glad to all eight done though!.

Thanks for looking in mate.

cheers

Si

Looking great S! I really like your builds! Someday I hope to be 1/4 as good.

Quick Question, what is the clay you use to put your parts on for painting?

Cheers!

Hi Mike,

Thank you very much for your very generous comment.

The stuff I use to hold parts for painting is a reusable adhesive putty, Blu tack, amongst other names, on this side of the pond.

Cheers

Si

Awesome work here Si

Revell do a very nice job on the boats by the looks of things

Thanks Russ,

To be fair the Revell boats are pretty good, more detail than the Trumpy offerings. These though have had a lot of help from the Pontos upgrades.

Cheers

Si

Thanks SI and I look forward to more updates!

No worries Mike,

Should be a very small update shortly, either later today or tomorrow / Wednesday,

Cheers

Si

Very quick update

The twin 37's done.



The look a bit wonky, but that is mostly bad photography.

The remaining boats next.Parts on the sprue.



The moulded detail on the inside of the cargo boats, not bad at all.



The kit instructions for the cargo boats.



They are well done, however, most of this will not be used, as Pontos provide some very nice brass.

More soon.

Cheers

Si

Spiffy looking boats Si, but I reckon you'll knock it out of the park once you apply the Pontos AM!

Hi Si,

the 37mm really do look good, and the boats seem a lot better designed than those Trumpf ones. Looking forward to see them with all the Pontons etch on them!

Cheers,
Jan

Thanks Russ,

Hope so, bit of destruction on them first, to remove some the moulded detail and replace it with finer etch, but for kit boats, they are good.

Cheers

Si

Thanks Jan,

The Veteran 37's were not as scary as I first thought, should be going under the airbrush at the weekend, will feel a lot happier when they are stuck down.

Cheers

Si

Really enjoying your build!

I can't wait to see what you do with the boats. The Revell parts alone are decent, but with the Pontos parts too they will become little kits in themselves.

Thanks Stephen,

Appreciate your kind comment, welcome aboard.

Cheers

Si

Hope crack on with that over the weekend Tim, so not too ,long to wait.

Your support is welcome as always.

Cheers

Si

Here you go Tim.

destruction.



Assembly







Test fitting





The 5.9" guns

again destruction first, not much this time just the hatches on the front plate.



Plastic parts assembled.



etch and one set of blast bags in place.



All turrets built.



More soon

Si