Playing a little catch up on this thread tonight...

What a pile of goodies you have there Jan! Nice to see the hull all coming together!

Great job so far Si! Onto some color!! Best of luck on the camo!!

Thanks Todd.

Got a bot further yesterday, will post the update shortly, came out not too bad at all,(considering my lack of skill with an airbrush.)

Cheers

Si

More progress here as well - nice work, Si! This 'baltic decals' seem to work quite fine! Nice job on the false wave at the stern!

Cheers,
Jan

And here's my weekend's work on HMS Hood!

After much sanding, first coat of primer with airbrush



Still a little work to do, but the hull's getting there.

First work on the deck. And my first NorthStar kit - apparently Si didn't find out that they offer RN winches, so they were not sold out and the winches that are molded on here aren't really looking like winches. So they will go - the replacement will be installed only after the wooden deck, since the new ones are a little bit bigger.





More destructive work



and the deck in place



Propulsion



and shafts cut to paint them independently in metal color.



And finally - some constructive work, after it was more or less all about cutting and removing so far: the degaussing cable installed.







So much for now, some more pictures over at the Hood build log.
Here I should have another update in about a week from now.

Cheers,
Jan

Nice work Jan,

Hull is looking ready for paint.

Cheers

Si

Update on yesterday.

Remaining deck details sprayed.



Screws painted and fitted.



and the deck down.



More soon

Si

Very nice work and progress here, Si

Looks good with the deck and the propulsion added!!

I should have another update on my Hood by Sunday - I hope...

Cheers,
Jan

Looking good guys!

I'm in with the HMS Rodney, that got a few shots in on the Bismark. Barrels came today! Now I just need to find the ArtWorx deck... I have the instructions, but the actual deck seems to have floated away.

I'm going to start this one once I get into my new house in a month, so hopefully that deck turns up!

Steve

Thanks Jan,

The deck was an excellent fit, went down very nicely.

Overpainted air recognition markings next.

Cheers

Si

Nice choice Steve,

more than a few shots though.

Looking forward to seeing some progress.

Cheers

Si

Air recognition stripes (overpsrayed).

Initial masking.



white painted and masked for the red,



ready for the black.



done, ready for overspray.



done.



Cheers

Si

Hi Steve!

Thank you and welcome on board! Great to have another build in, and a Rodney is a great choice! Looking forward to your build!

Cheers,
Jan

Si,

nice work on the air recognition markings. The aft one looks really good with the overpainting!

Cheers,
Jan

...and finally a few pictures from what I did to my Hood over the weekend.

PE for the rudder, gives it a nice touch. Should look good once painted



Started some work on the superstructure - pretty complex. More detail and some 'not so smarts' on the Hood build log...





And the first brass replacement parts. This brass goes instead of the plastic, not on top - which doesn't make it necessarily easier...









And with this I have to announce my first break, I'll be away from the workbench for the next two week, so probably no worthwhile progress before July. Time is running...

Cheers,
Jan

Thanks Jan,

Hood is looking good, nice to see some work happening below the shelter deck.

Cheers

Si

Quick overview on today's progress.

Test fitting the shelter deck.



detail removed to allow wood decks to fit.



building up the shelter deck structure.



Pontos bulkhead cladding underway.



Moe next weekend

Si

Very small progress yesterday.

Starboard side bulkhead skins done and port side started.





Cheers

Si

The highlights of todays progress.

Port side cladding done.



Lower forebridge built and in place.



cladding in place that goes behind the forward 5.9"



The forward section of the catapult deck fitted.



On with the small stuff along the sides tomorrow.

cheers

Si

Hi Si,

very nice progress! This skin for the bulkheads really looks like a nice idea to fix those areas - without leaving you in doubt as to 'where goes what??' after all molded on parts have been sanded down...

Nothing to report from HMS Hood for this weekend, have been away from the workbench, and it will be the same for the coming weekend. And I doubt that I'll find time during the week...

Cheers,
Jan

Thanks Jan,

I like the skinning for the bulkheads, they fit well, and are the basis for a lot more detail, will post yesterday's update shortly.

Cheers

Si

Whoops, forgot to post last Sunday's update, so two for the price of one.

Last Sunday, small stuff on stbd side forward of No.1 150mm mount.



Bridge front detailed.



More work on the small (and large) stuff working down the stbd side.



starting point for the hanger roofs.



fitted, but not fully secured, funnel needs to go between them.



more soon.

Si

The funnel cleaned up and test fitted.



The additional detail is now right rout to the after twin 5.9" position.



Etch going on he funnel.



More soon.

Si

He's looking good, Si. I can't wait to see how those photoetch clad bulkheads look under a coat of paint!

Thanks Tim,

You may have a little wait, not half way round the superstructure yet, and got the funnel to finish and forward hanger boat racks to build up yet.

Appreciate your comment.

Cheers

Si

For this campaign i decided to do an Arado based on the Bismarck,..as planes are allowed,..


Airfix 1/72 scale Arado,.. it's an old model 1966 mold so don't expect much


Easy build, so i dicided to make it a bit more interesting and take off the wings and added details to the interior


And last week i needed to paint another German aircraft in the same colors so make the best out of it i sprayed both in standard German WWII colors,.. as i already added the wings it was a bit difficult.


Next, some floor polish and decals on the Arado

Thx