Kirov

[MSea]

Yes I have been up in the loft and retrieved this from many years ago - its the Trumpeter 1/700 scale cruiser and also the White Ensign (that shows how long its been in the loft) set of etch brass for it. The base has been made and will be cleaned up at playday and the seam down the center of the hull removed - sorry Haddock but she will be displayed on plinths not in the water.
She was laid down in 1974 and commissioned in 1980.  Most people call her a "Battlecruiser" because of her size but he Russians just called her a "Heavy nuclear powered guided missile cruiser" 
Now will the fingers and eyes be still able to work on a 1/700 scale or will it end up in the box of shame

[zak]

Nice, I have one maybe two on the loft, built of course!

[chriswil42]

Good luck Martin.

[MSea]

Upper and lower parts of the hull cleaned up and primed also the base now primed and coated with gloss black.

[Bigkev]

So this is was keeping you quiet at the Playday today.
Haddock would be pleased.
Kevin

[chriswil42]

You got on well with this Martin.

[Bob C]

Nice stand, you certainly was cracking on with it on the play day.

Bob c

[MSea]

Warning - DON'T work on your model late at night when you are tired and not at your best, especially when you have just got a new bottle of Vallejo hull red out and not coloured the top.  You wake up and find that you have picked up the bottle of mahogany brown instead - or did the evil hob goblins sneek into my room and re-paint the ships hull diuring the night 

[zak]

Warning - DON'T work on your model late at night when you are tired and not at your best, especially when you have just got a new bottle of Vallego hull red out and not coloured the top.  You wake up and find that you have picked up the bottle of mahogany brown instead - or did the evil hob goblins sneek into my room and re-paint the ships hull diuring the night 

Obviously the Hobgoblins. Ask me about my dream about Goblins with rucksacks sometime!

[chriswil42]

One step backwards - but forward from now on.
We all have those days.

[MSea]

First 3 sections of the main accomodation/bridge/funnel made and a trial run with them in place.  Next 10,000 million bits of etch brass to make and fit - the joys of etch brass what FUN 

[zak]

Just think "FUN", but is it?

[MSea]

Yes it is FUN - because I can choose to use or not use the very small bits of etch brass and just go with the plastic sections.

[cph64]

You could always leave lots of the bits off and model her as being in harbour waiting to be scrapped after the reactor incident?

[MSea]

More bits done and some paint added to the decks