Twin Turreted monitor U.S.S. MONODOCK

My that's looking great!

Thanks

Painted the deck today.I decided that the straight black was boring so I cut out some squares on .10 styrene and airbrushed very dark gray. I like the result.   

Here is the mask;  

Fabrigated the bosses for the stacks.i cut a square piece of .80 styrene and draw a circle of the appropriate diameter with a circle template.I the drill a 1/16 hole in the center and chuck in the mototool utilizing the disc mandrel.I cut the corner with tin snips and hold the spinning disc against a coarse sanding drum until it is perfectly round.I remove it from the mandrel and drill progressively larger holes until the correct inside diameter is achieved.Sometimes i have to use the small sanding drom or shaped stones to do this.I put the .60 drill bit in the moto tool to drill the holers for the rivets.I epoxy the ring to the deck and drill through the rings into the deck for a strong structural bond.      

I airbrushed Tamiya clear black (smoke)to tone it down.  

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I decided to forego ordering a resin casting kit and instead construct a second turret.I cut out the strip,drew the index lines for the rivets and cut the cannon holes.I then drilled the rivet holes with a micro-drill chucked in my Dremel.I readied the form which consists of 2 styrene discs joined by a length of tubing.I dipped the strip in boiling water several times until it fit on the form.To achieve the final shape i affixed the strip to the form with a doubled hair scrunchy.I put it in the boiling water for 10 seconds and rolled it on the cutting board until the sides met in the back.i trimmed and installed the rivets,cut out and installed the turret top,primered and painted it.I am pleased with the results of my nocturnal  modeling session last night.    

Installed the cannon into the turrete.I made a simple 3 piece gun platform and used a round stone in myDdremel to carve a trench for the barrels.The guns were installed from the front with epoxy.  

Fantastic!

Thanks! It is going well so far!