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Just a quickie here I painted the model below using aqueous paints acrylics then to seal the final result sprayed it using Humbrol enamel varnish which was a mistake but also as Bob Ross the painter used to call a happy accident As you can see the paint has been attacked by in a subtle way to...

So here’s my take on this fabled so called German Flying Saucer from WW II need to put it into a warehouse type diorama to get the full effect of an abandoned project the kit was primed in Vallejo one shot primer and then painted using Revelle Aqueious Paints weathering was done by me using my...

Haunebu II part 3 weathering done and decals added So we’re nearly there this shows my final weathering of the top along with gluing in the windows using crystal clear so as not to smear the windows with glue and then finally add the decals I have left off 3 due to the policy being run by most...

Haunebu II part 2 top section So here we go with the top of the saucer this was much more challenging than even I expected trying to do splinter camouflage and then weathering on top Anyway after several attempts /repaints I got something resembling what I wanted Next I added some small...

Bottom section done after painting took about 10 min to assemble not much else to say really parts fitted really well after filling and sanding and priming Top section will be much more challenging with splinter camouflage weathering and a detailed interior to display

So for my next build I’ve gone completely left field of my normal aircraft ships and cars I’m doing this as I want to practice painting as the construction of this kit would take about an hour from start to finish bar the painting and weathering so anyway here are the olbigitary spru shots and...

HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette / Amati final parts Well we have now reached the final last 14 parts of this build namely 4 propeller blades 1 jackstaff made up of 4 pieces and the missing items I haven’t put on yet as they would probably get snapped off if I did so that was 4 gangplank entries and 2...

Well after nearly 2 years and 4500 parts of which 2600ish were brass photoetch here is my HMS Hood it’s not perfect far from it but it’s the best I can do anyway here’s the photos I hope those that followed this build got some entertainment alongside my tips to other builders of this kit with...

Here’s a perfect example of why we prime models before painting these propellers looked perfectly adequate for the job before priming afterwards though loads of seams revelled themselves which as you can see in the last picture have been removed where all the shiny parts are showing without...

HMS Hood Hachette / Amati 1/200 The home stretch So I’ve now done the starboard rigging added all the lifeboats including the 2 davits at the rear midships touched up some painting and primed the propellers ready for their brass finish on that point I have heard to paint them gloss black 1st...

I might go completely off the rails with a war of the worlds war machine complete with lights and sound and then the squadron models Hanabreau ii or however it’s pronounced I also have border models Lanc 1/32 and a hachette Titanic to do as well that should keep me busy for the year Regards Colin

Still not finished got to do some touch up painting and add the propellers along with a dozen other things before it can be called finished build time started in November 2021 but had 4 month layoff due to shaky hands and trembling fingers. Regards Colin

HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Fully Rigged Starboard Side As I said in previous post Starboard to follow so here it is Regards Colin

HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Fully rigged Port side Starboard to follow just the insulators and lifeboats to fit to finish model Regards Colin

Steve you could be correct I seem to remember words similar to that in the text I read although according to the picture below both of us are wrong see Wikipedia attachment below Colin https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unrotated_Projectile

Correction not a Pom Pom but one of those primitive rocket launchers they were supposed to be fired at any incomming aircraft and as they climbed they spew out a long trailing wire which I suppose was to snag anything vital from the incoming airborne threat presumably the propellers

HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Main Guns Now Fitted So a relatively easy stage this just had to file out the holes in the barbets and the bottom of the turrets to fit in the pin that allows the turrets to be rotated the fit is so tight no glue is needed Next I got a1/32...

Thanks for your kind words it was really frustrating I couldn’t even hold a paintbrush steady enough to paint at one time when it was really bad On my way home from work now will attempt to get the main gun turrets fitted tonight Regards Colin

HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Scratchbuilt Gunnery Control Room / Tower No 2 Now Fitted To Model Remember me sorry peeps I had to take a 4 month break from modelling due to unsteady hands and trembling fingers This has now subsided to a point where I can now hold a pair of...

HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Scratchbuilt Gunnery Control Room / Tower No 2 Well after 2 weeks of construction and some scratch building here’s is the 2 nd Gunnery Control Centre mounted on the classic tripod mast layout it is now ready to be fitted to the main deck of the...