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Completing the model

Starting from the stern and working forward all the parts and

fittings were glued in situ using thick superglue. This is the most

rewarding part of the build because with the parts being attached

the model starts to look realistic. The final parts to be fitted

were the railings and having firstly marked the position of all the

stanchions onto the hull they were drilled out then all the railings

were added using thick superglue. After all the transfers had been

attached I gave the whole model a coat of satin varnish.

painting

Having made ready all the fittings they were attached to pieces of

cardboard using double-sided tape. Directly on the underside of the

cardboard the corresponding tray numbers were written so that on

the final assembly each part could be identified.

The paint colour used below the waterline was red oxide. Above

the waterline was done firstly with grey primer as were the decks.

Having then masked off the deck area and also below the waterline

a light grey was applied. All the decks were hand painted using

Humbrol matt 70 and matt 30. All the superstructure parts were

sprayed light grey with the decks hand painted matt green. Now

it was time to attach all the finished parts to the model. One job I

must mention is the railings and these come in the kit as sheets of

brass etches. A coat of grey primer was applied to these parts then

the tedious job of hand painting all stanchions black then all railings

white. I just painted two lengths a day and this made this job less

tedious.

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Hull and deck painted

Funnel and other deck parts painted

Bofors completed

Forward superstructure painted

Forward gun completed

Aft gun in place

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