Prinz Eugen Build

Bit of a storm down here... could be he got delayed.

 

I was talking to a freind of mine who works at the airport and he said everything was okay yesterday after the morning. So Paul should have gotten in if he flew, if he drove the roads were alright by lunch time here.

 

The b'yes are here! Paul cradled his ship.Russell is still drooling over his.

 

Welll that's good to here.

 

Update. The deck hatches are completed.Barbettes installed, Hull resanded and spots puttied for repair. Repaired damaged section of balsa aft quarter portside.Secondary casemate barrels removed..FOR GOOD. Next session thte hull gets it's paint. Oh yeah forgot .. removed the pinstrip waterline tape.

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Progress.

 

Well I can't wait to see her on the water.

 

PE and the German armada! This is good.... get her down here.... Dreadnaught still good for me to run Paul?

 

PE added to the German fleet..... EXELLENT SMITHERS

 

More work completed on PE today. The hull was resanded today and had a "washdown" on the exterior and interior of the hull. All of the internals was removed prior to this..lol don't want to get it wet yet.
I redid the throttle switch servo location. It will sit on top of the drive batteries adhered to the batteries by velcro. This way when Paul needs to lift the main center hatch he won't be dragging the throttle switch with him. Next up is to paint the hull and decks. First coat of primer to bring out the blemishes and inperfections.Then I will fix those and resand and apply a coat of paint again to finish the job.

The ponds and lakes are finally opening up here..Yippeee!!!

 

Good to hear Curt, Gibbs will be pleased when he returns.

 

Interesting setup with the deck hatch. Pics man!

 

[]Coming soon Captn Jack!

 

Make it happen Barbosa! We need some visuals here man!

 

Curt any pics?

 

It's been a long four days man!!!!! WHERE'S the BEEF!!!! We needs to see tha pics Man!

 

Curt how is the progress coming?

 

I got the decks painted with primer light grey and the upper hull received paint however the paint can at the nozzell let out liquid runny paint which got over the model. I will need to sand it and redo it again.
I had to purchase new paint yesterday. Hope to get the hull painted up on Sunday. I cut out the Sintra deck for Tirpitz and for California also.

Roma had a stress crack running down the vertical below the forcastle to below the waterline. I sealed it and patched and just need to touch it back up with paint.

I got 7 videotapes for the show here. I purchashed a beautifuly 1/2000 scale Yamato as she looked when she was sailing with MUSASHI. There are 3 more in the series, #1 as built,#2 is Musashi#3 Yamato with the first upgrade and #4 her final refit and configuration when she was on her last mission prior to beng sunk. They are mounted on a black base with gold pedestals that the model rests on and enclosed in a clear plastic case.

Beautiful.

Curt

 

Well done Admiral. How is the superstructure coming?

 

Sunds like the little ship is getting close.