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by The_Ships_Cat
Tue Oct 28, 2008 12:44 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: How did you come to be interested in Bismarck?
Replies: 161
Views: 185579

Re: How did you come to be interested in Bismarck?

The Hood was still a name that people remembered and along with that, of course, "The Bismark". 50,000 tons of steel can look beautiful, don't you think? Regards. Oh yes! There is a romance of style there too. Everything is just too blocky now, jelly mould cars and awful Gherkins sproutin...
by The_Ships_Cat
Wed Oct 15, 2008 5:18 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: How did you come to be interested in Bismarck?
Replies: 161
Views: 185579

Re: How did you come to be interested in Bismarck?

RF wrote:So its back to the beauty contest.... who's the prettiest ship?
I'm going to get killed for this...

Prettyness is Hood no doubt. Bismarck is pure hardness. Graf Spee is graceful.
Though I love H.M.S Lion...this hurts my head :?
by The_Ships_Cat
Sat Oct 11, 2008 9:51 pm
Forum: Ship Models, Plans and Drawings
Topic: Bismarck Painting - Your favourite view
Replies: 3
Views: 3611

Re: Bismarck Painting - Your favourite view

You could always apply the principle of how I was taught to photograph commerical pictures of lorries and other suchlike
3 quarters front to back on in the case of Bismarck 3 quarters bow to stern.
by The_Ships_Cat
Fri Oct 10, 2008 7:15 pm
Forum: Ship Models, Plans and Drawings
Topic: Photo Etched - how to?
Replies: 1
Views: 2923

Re: Photo Etched - how to?

Hi.
For my photo etch I use PVA or EVA (similar to PVA but imho stronger). For rails run a strip of the glue along where you need with a cocktail stick then if you have to gently scrape off excess glue, though with these types of glue it usually dries clear anyway.
hope this helps,
by The_Ships_Cat
Thu Oct 09, 2008 1:01 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Hi!
Replies: 4
Views: 1697

Re: Hi!

Hi RF...yer the rain.... :silenced: it's really been warm here today and yesterday though, looks like Aber summer has arrived!
by The_Ships_Cat
Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:41 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Hi!
Replies: 4
Views: 1697

Re: Hi!

Hi Karl. Thanks for replying. I'm waiting to go to the Nats at Telford to get my Hood details from White Ensign, the gun barrels look stunning, going to take off the blast bags from the Trumpeter upgrade ste and use these other barrels. Doing her waterline and put her on a sea base. Schemes are anno...
by The_Ships_Cat
Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:53 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Hi!
Replies: 4
Views: 1697

Hi!

Hi guys. Just wanted to say hello coz I'm a newbie. I found this forum as I want to build the Revell 1/350th Bismarck to accopany my Trumpeter H.M.S Hood, and though i might get some more info on Bismarck before I build her. I have a few naval books but nothing much to help me build a good replica, ...
by The_Ships_Cat
Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:47 pm
Forum: Ship Models, Plans and Drawings
Topic: ICM Grosser Kurfurst 1/350 model
Replies: 2
Views: 3980

Re: ICM Grosser Kurfurst 1/350 model

I'm currently building the Markgraf with the Gold Medal etch, nice etch btw. For other ships, if you wanted 1/350th you could always buy JSC, Schrieber, Wilhelmshaven etc card models and have them photo copied down on plasticard to 1/350th that is what I will do with my JSC H.M.S Lion. Here is the l...
by The_Ships_Cat
Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:35 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: How did you come to be interested in Bismarck?
Replies: 161
Views: 185579

Re: How did you come to be interested in Bismarck?

Ooh easy peasy this one:
I love the ears on the main turrets and I love the Malted Shreddies rangefinders.*


*When I was a little girl I remember my dad building the Airfix 1/600th ships and thought the rangefinders on top of the tower etc were Malted Shreddies.