iggie's transport of delight (USS Montrose) ***FINISHED***

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jRatz wrote:Tell me those aren't molded in 20mm in those tubs :shock:
I think they are just the gun bases; I'm sure I saw something being stuck on top of them in the instructions!
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I hope so, but that brings up the question of what base looks like that :) Can you imagine having to step over them while rapidly tracking an aircraft ?
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jRatz wrote:I hope so, but that brings up the question of what base looks like that :) Can you imagine having to step over them while rapidly tracking an aircraft ?
Fair point! :-D

To be honest though, I've had enough of hacking plastic for now, so they are going to stay 8-)
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Looks good with the railings on.
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jRatz wrote:I hope so, but that brings up the question of what base looks like that :) Can you imagine having to step over them while rapidly tracking an aircraft ?
Fair point! :-D

To be honest though, I've had enough of hacking plastic for now, so they are going to stay 8-)
I'd make the same decision.
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So this is where I got to last night; the various layers of superstructure are now seated one atop the other and glued into place. The bridge wing ends have been removed from their attached railings and rafts and fixed; the plastic railings will be replaced with (yet more :shock: ) PE and the rafts then fitted later

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Wow Iggie this is turning into a real gem. Bravo.
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That looks absolutely spiffing. You'd never have thought that it started off as a right old clunker.

Maybe we should have a clunker GB. Nothing less than 40 years old. Kits, not participants, obviously.
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Cheers guys! I must admit I'm enjoying this, even if progress seems to be slow as everything takes a while with the PE.
The enjoyment is good considering the number of 1/350th ships (with PE) I have in the stash :roll:

I like the idea of a clunkers GB :-D
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iggie wrote:I like the idea of a clunkers GB :-D
Got to be done. No holds barred.
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The clunkers build definitely appeals to me too.

Iggie, it's amazing the difference you have made to that ship.

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PS - 'transport of delight' rang a bell in the dim recesses of my memory. Googled it and now I am busy playing old Flanders and Swann songs!
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dwomby wrote:The clunkers build definitely appeals to me too.

Iggie, it's amazing the difference you have made to that ship.

David

PS - 'transport of delight' rang a bell in the dim recesses of my memory. Googled it and now I am busy playing old Flanders and Swann songs!
Thanks David; the kit itself isn't too bad although there are a lot of pin marks on the decks; I'm leaving them in place frankly and pretending they are access covers :-D

Flanders and Swan: Underneath the Arches? or was that Flanagan & Allen? :???: :)
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iggie wrote:I like the idea of a clunkers GB :-D
Got to be done. No holds barred.
Right, get it on the GB chat thread then!!! I reckon anything moulded before 1970? :-D
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iggie wrote: >
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Flanders and Swan: Underneath the Arches? or was that Flanagan & Allen? :???: :)
LOL - NO! Flanagan and Allen pre-date even me, Iggie!!!

Try here: https://youtu.be/mVHbF0jAzMw

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dwomby wrote:
iggie wrote: >
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Flanders and Swan: Underneath the Arches? or was that Flanagan & Allen? :???: :)
LOL - NO! Flanagan and Allen pre-date even me, Iggie!!!

Try here: https://youtu.be/mVHbF0jAzMw

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This kit might be a bit of an old banger but it's polished up well with some PE Iggie - a few railings on a ship model make all the difference!
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