Paper Ship: Bismarck, HMV, 1:250
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Fitted the secondary armament bases. Started by painting around the bottom of the flanges in black, so that any gaps won’t be as obvious:
Fitted initially using the 3D printed taper plugs, then weighted in position with slip gauges:
Then reamed out the A turret aperture:
Painted around the A and D turret bases:
Glued in place:
D turret wad more problematic, because the deck wasn’t perfectly flat. I shored it up with balsa:
Still fiddling about with the fit:
Also visible is some water staining - no idea where it came from, but will take some careful paint mixing and brushing to get rid of it.
Also got rid of the white cut lines on the armour return:
Fitted initially using the 3D printed taper plugs, then weighted in position with slip gauges:
Then reamed out the A turret aperture:
Painted around the A and D turret bases:
Glued in place:
D turret wad more problematic, because the deck wasn’t perfectly flat. I shored it up with balsa:
Still fiddling about with the fit:
Also visible is some water staining - no idea where it came from, but will take some careful paint mixing and brushing to get rid of it.
Also got rid of the white cut lines on the armour return:
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