Mat,

I would also recommend looking at Russels build log - "The King! - HMS King George V, May 41"

He put a lot of work into it and his attention to detail is amazing.

Hi Mark,

thank you very much for the suggestions about he the PE and the book, I will definitely try to get hold of a copy.

Hi Rory,

I am familiar with the fantastic model made by Russell, I must have read his complete blog already 10 times. It were actually his in progress pictures that made me notice that a lot of doors were missing from my Pontos set. I can only hope my model will become as good as his

Hi Russell,

thanks again for checking for me, you are a great help to me.
I just ordered the Roger Chesneau book as e-book, since as a hardcopy it is almost impossible to get it. I also ordered the Profile Morskie drawings as PDF, that is a nice service they provide I must say. It is hard to obtain PE sets for ships here in the Netherlands (you can have it shipped from outisde the EU at sometimes ridiculous shipping rates and for anything over 20 euros, customs will add VAT/import duties and so on to it). But luckily I found a bunch of Mk1 watertight doors as an addition to the Pontos set from an EU vendor. In the meantime I have been in contact with WEM about the carley floats. They are getting them back into production. It will be pricey since I need to buy 4 sets. Luckily I can purchase them from a local dealer to save me the customs problems and I don't need them soon.

Regarding your comment: "If we don't know it's wrong, chances are, no-one else will either" I fully agree My friends all build 1:35 tanks and can't tell the difference between a battleship and a cruiser so whatever I tell them about my KGV they will believe

One major struggle remains, the deck colour: should it be japan black or not? I have found a lot of pictures on the IWM site of the 1941 period. Some clearly show a pitch black deck (close up shot of Churchill on deck), some show a dark but not black deck but could be water/faded paint/shade/my interpretation of an old B/W picture. some close up pictures clearly show the wood grain, so it could not have been painted. I want to avoid paining my beautiful wooden deck

Cheers,

Matthijs

Hi Mark & Russell,

thanks for the pictures, I think they give the definitive answer to my question. Now I just have to wait till my additional doors come in and I can continue with my KGV

Cheers

Matthijs

a blog? sure why not it would be the first time for me but why not. I'll start it this weekend since temperatures go up to 37 degrees, no sane Dutch person will be leaving the house anyway
Lot's of building time for me

Wow, 37 degrees. I can remember wearing sweaters in Northern Germany during August in the 1970s. Thank you global warming!

Mark