[]Well after several maddening sessions trying to figure out what's penetrable and what's not and then screwing up placing the lines oh about several times... must be tired or just plain confused. I was able to complete teh marking out. I know what areas are going to be penetrable and what are not. I used the rules from MWC and Ircwcc to get a better idea. The photos may show areas where I marked impenetrable but I made changes after wards so don't take those areas as canon. Some areas are shaded black so forget those. I did eventually figured it out so when I get the hull cut out you will know what I mean. Thanks Snipehunter and Jason C for your pics. They were invaluable and helped me a great deal. Here are some of the pics. This was an early assessemt. Obvioulsy the little area rectangle that says imp for impenetetrable is wrong. I made this penetrable. Thanks Snipehunter I used your hull as a reference for those areas you made penetrable. Tks. Again forgo the writing here. I made changes since then. This area was very tough but there is a small section as by rules that can be made penetrable.
Part 2 PICS Oh yeah nearly forgot. So far the projects are stacking up.. so to speak. Top to bottom. GRAF SPEE VDT KONIG CALIFORINA POW Behind those Bismarck , Tirpitz. Good thing the winters are long here...lots of building time.. lol ADM STOKOMOTO
PT 3 .. WELL SORTA.. Here VDT sits on a bathroom scale to weigh in. The weights used to weigh the VDT. HMMM that looks about 17lbs or so...
Very nice Stokomoto.... you're right though.... that looks a tough layout for sure.... It is an odd boat for sure.
Joy liked the HMS Roberts yesterday. Would love to get one to replace the Mog...having so much trouble with her.
Ok I took pics of Von der tanns windows all cleaned up to show the penetrable areas so I will be posting them this evening. I got 2 days off in a row next thursd and Friday so I will start work on the project
Boomer, you owe me $10 for not posting any of the 4,378 replies that rushed into my mind. ;*) CURT: Can't wait to see the pics! I was wondering about this build just the other day. Thanks for the updates!
No pics yet as my Camera is at the GFs place. However I did make a little progress yesterday. I used the Sub-deck that came with the kit and traced it out on a Sintra sheet 1/8 thick. Then I used a very generous amount of med thick ca to seal the subdeck to the traced outline on the sheet and held it down with several large SLA'S to "press fit" it onto the sheet. Today I cut out the subdeck from the sheet with the top deck on. Cutting out the hatches will be a breeze. First though I am going to trim down the edging so that I can place in recessed in the hull. Once I get snug fit then I will seal it with Resin. My remainder of parts and items for the VDT, KONIG, AND GRAF SPEE are on their way from BatCon. Pics to come when I get my camera back.
