LSP_K2 Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Very nice....mine lingers in drydock, as I strive to finish the 1/200th Missouri...along with a host of other projects! I hear ya'. I need to figure out a new name to call all of my languishing projects; I have dozens and dozens. Bill_S and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Looks terrific!!!! I love the idea of the brass display knobs................good thing you knew you wanted them now, as to add them later I suspect it would be a MUCH bigger headache. Also surprising the amount of OOB bumps and lumps on the bottom hull that need removing. I hear ya'. I need to figure out a new name to call all of my languishing projects; I have dozens and dozens. Where do you keep them all K2?? I would not only have a hard time finding places for them, but a hard time keeping all the pertinent bits together, so when I DID get back to that project, I could at least tell where I left off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Where do you keep them all K2?? I would not only have a hard time finding places for them, but a hard time keeping all the pertinent bits together, so when I DID get back to that project, I could at least tell where I left off. At the moment,... pretty much everywhere. Stored in boxes, packed up on shelves, perched on bookcases, hanging from the ceiling, you name it. Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmarriachi Posted June 16, 2015 Author Share Posted June 16, 2015 Just thinking about trying to show the horizontal panel lines on the hull as visible on the picture below .... What do you think? It is mostly visible only the horizontal lines... the verticals are nearly nowhere visible.. or only little ..... Maybe trying to show the horizontal ones on the hull.... BRMichael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Might be best off just masking off and doing it with shading the paint. In 1/200th scale, I think anything else might be way out of scale. Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Paul Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Most of us who do 1/100 and 1/96th warships either mask each panel and use "hi build" primer or some have used super thin aluminum sheet and contact cement. The main thing is to study the original like you said and determine how they lap or butt against each other. Quality plans( from the originals) are available from several sources such as loyalhanna dockyard and the floating drydock. etc. Keep up the good work. Paul Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmarriachi Posted June 18, 2015 Author Share Posted June 18, 2015 Next step - adding the bow which is consisting of two seperate parts. Then filling the gaps, also filling some areas on the hull as well. Then sanding the complete hull in several stages. Also sanding the eyebrows over the portholes, and the steps on the stern. I also filled the "Gruppenhorchgerät" GHG on both sides as the holes where completely wrong. After the complete hull was sanded smooth, I started drilling all the holes.... firstly I opend all portholes..... then I drilled the holes of the "Gruppenhorchgerät" with the Pontos template, and the holes for the later coming steps on the stern, also with templates from Pontos.... Cheers Micha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmarriachi Posted June 27, 2015 Author Share Posted June 27, 2015 *** UPDATE *** The two openigs for the smoke system at the stern were added ... The "Gruppenhorchgerät" (GHG) on both sides were finished, new filled, drilled and sanded several times .... Next I have opend all the holds for the cooling water system on both sides of the hulls. Used a knife, drill, files .... then test-fitted the etched parts from Pontos and glued these inside. The gaps were filled with putty and everything sanded also several times. From the inside painted black. Then I made "chests" with plastic card, painted also black inside and glued inside the hull. Now it is impossible to look through the hull when looking behind the meshs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmarriachi Posted June 27, 2015 Author Share Posted June 27, 2015 In several stages I have sanded the hull under the water to get a 100% smooth surface, before starting with the etched parts ... As I have decided against the brass stands for the display I have adjusted the already drilled holes for the new parts made of stainless steel. These are 4,5cm high, 1,2cm diameter. Perfect. These are parts from balcon handrails with core thread inside on both sides. Next steps.... etched parts Cheers Micha Girlscanplay2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Paul Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Very nice progress on the hull details Michael. Keep up the great work. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Matt Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Good idea with the stand. Love what you've done so far. Cheers Matty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmarriachi Posted July 6, 2015 Author Share Posted July 6, 2015 Hello @ all. a new update of my 1/200 Bismarck.... The maindeck was glued inside, several details removed for the mounting of the wooden deck, then everything fillered and sanded. The portholes received their frames and eyebrows (Pontos) now. Tried to get all of them as accurate as possible... funny job Much more fun was the mounting of all the small etched climbing steps on the stern... each glued in the small holes which I have drilled before... BOW: STERN: The next step will be the beginning of the painting which will start with a cloudy sprayed layer of black primer from Valleyo to make shure that the surface is clean. Also it will be a first preshading for the next steps of painting. Cheers Michael Girlscanplay2, D.B. Andrus and Wurzacher 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurzacher Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 My eyes hurt watching those tiny steps and eye brows... Girlscanplay2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmarriachi Posted July 8, 2015 Author Share Posted July 8, 2015 It was not as hard as it looks like maybe Hans and Wurzacher 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drifterdon Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 An amazing build sir. Will definitely be following along. The Bismark is one of my all time favorite ships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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