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I'd come over for a beer ...

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You're welcome to

About the Camera - I have gone to Canon representant here, on April 4th and asked what was the problem and how much would it cost to fix it... they haven't said anything and the three times I phoned and ask if they already have any news, they answered politely: "Sir, as soon as we have a total amount repair budget we will call you, for you to decide!"
Perhaps I'll start shooting with my old analogic camera... Also a Canon

Skipper

Believe it or not, I FINALLY finished the rigging on the Missouri last night. Boy did I EVER seriously underestimate the time and difficulty of THAT task!! One of the frustrating parts was having to handle the mostly completed center section and causing some "re-work' to be required on things I'd already done. The nature of the rigging really wouldn't allow for the unit to be "held down" in one spot and work on it so fingers managed to find stuff and cause more work.

But it's done and despite the fact it doesn't look quite the way I'd have liked, I can live with it. I've got about an hour of "touch-up" to do and then I'll do some photos and post.

Since I stayed up until I got it all done last night, I'm still on schedule to finish up on May 13th.

Just hope I don't stay up to 0130 too many more nights.
(Or should I say Three Bells? )

Tom

Hi Mark

I am still here.

I finally picked up my paint from my LHS over the weekend.

I am working hard this week to get things ready for paint asap.

Regards

Sean

I'm STILL waiting for 8-barrel pom-poms from WEM for my KGV, can't really make any more progress until they arrive.

Painfully slow progress. The carpet monster gave back two pieces last week, so the 6" guns are done and the fwd part of the bridge is getting cleaned up. I even got in Colour Coats RN colors for the paint job. Now if I just get those 1/700 sailors to get to painting while I earn a living, all would be grand! :-)

OK, I've painted the decks on my KGV, mounted and painted the main and secondary turrets, and painted most of the superstructure. The screws need to go on and the hull needs to be painted. Need to do the Walrus and catapult next.

Not too sure about rigging since the instructions don't give any plans for that, and I've never done anything like it before.

I painted the decks in individual planks, remixing the shade of grey so that it varied just a bit. Hopefully this will give the deck some subtle weathering.

BTW, how would a battleship repair battle damage to the deck while underway? Would they carry prepainted planks? Or would they carry raw wood and paint after repair? Reason I ask is I was thinking of painting a portion of the deck in a slightly different colour, to give the effect of repair.

OK, I'll probably leave off the rigging then. Though I must say I feel sorry to not use those flags.

Will stick with the decking as is too. Even if running repairs were undertaken, it may not show up that well at this scale.

when do you think you'll be ready to "commission" your KGV??

As far as rigging goes Dave, try experimenting on some scrap with lycra thread.

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As far as rigging goes Dave, try experimenting on some scrap with lycra thread.

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Where do I found lycra thread? A shop that sells sewing stuff or what? And how do you secure the lines to the ship?