This kit really surprised me as it was very free of flash & everything fit nice. It lends iself to a lot of detail & I did at least 18 things to dress it up. The first thing was a Scaledeck wood deck & it was nice. A real well done wood deck.
I took a few pictures of my start with a 1" piece of wood dowell about 9" long in the hull bottom,, but I haven't found them yet . They held the model base fine as always on my ship models. I use a #6 or #8 screw thru a piece of brass tube & a decorative pedastal to finish.
Iwill go over a lot of detail that I added in case anyone wants to build it & is lucky enough to have one. This likt I believe was a late one as it was a very nice casting. I bought it from a great guy on ebay. Nino told me about it.
Her are a few first pictures & I will put more in as I detail it.
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Some of the things I did were The 1' dowell in the hull, the Scaledeck wood deck , the railing done with .032 brass rail posts & .020 pvc top rail & .o15 lower rails. I wasn't happy with the plastic rails this time. Pilot house rail. Lifeboat extra detail, I ground the kit boat sides out to thin them & sande the seats down to fit lower & added oars & rope rings. The masts & flag poles ,I made from 3/32 & 1/16 aluminum tubes. That is all I want to use for this size masts. I added the lit mast tops . I ground the searchlite out & used my Chrome paint pen in it. I cut the plastic prop shafts off & used 1/16" alum tube for shafts. I reworked the gun & added some brass wire & extended the gun barrel with some fine plastic tube & a brass whell from a 1/32 Spitfire PE kit. I added an extra depth charge rack at the rear. It is not on the model yet, but it's done. I made life rings from WW1 plastic kit fighter tires.
Time for a paragraph, I added fine anchor chain & a small chain channel & raised the capstan .025 to fit the chain under as it was & into the hawse hole, tiny funnel like thing by the capstan. I had no idea wher it was until nino, Jim , sent me pictures. He is like a mother hen to me, but I will be 90 in December, so you all have hope to model late in life. The model drive never leaves you.
More pictures.
I will be back with more pictures & more details if you can follow my Chinese writing.. Computers & I are not from the same century.
Gene,,,, I have anothe build after this on the Lindberg 1/245 Ironclads & Pyro 1/210 ??? Monitor. They are interesting.