USS TEXAS BB35 in 1:350

[Haddock]

Starting to look rather "busy" around this area now, still more detail to add.

Meanwhile, here's a few machine guns, with splinter shields ready for a coat of paint.

Haddock.

[zak]

Out gunned I think.

[Wizzel]

Watch and shoot, watch and shoot!

[Kiteman]

Is there a collective noun for guns???

[Wizzel]

Is there a collective noun for guns???

Arms Cote?

[zak]

Could be a nest - for machine guns?

[Haddock]

Bit more progress. Not everything is fixed in place and there's more detail to add but it gives a good idea of what it may look like when complete.
Haddock.

[Kiteman]

Now that is a busy looking ship.....and in true Haddock style superbly build.

[Haddock]

More detail added.

        I was going to use separate stanchions around the main deck and string them with fly-tying thread, 0.03mm dia or this Ushi van der rosten stuff, same dia.

       I had a dry run on some scrap card just to see if it was possible. Then I drilled 0.25mm holes all round the edge of the main deck, stopped counting when I got past 100.

        Fitted some of the stanchions and sat back to admire my work......... they were invisible, even with thread fitted they were still invisible, so I yanked 'em all out.

        The problem is that the railings that Trumpeter supply for the main deck are really only generic railings so where they are supposed to skip over the fairleads, which are all in the right place, there's not a snowballs chance in hell of this happening, the pitch is completely wrong.

         I've resorted to my own generic stuff. By mixing and matching four different pitches, I've managed to fill the spaces between each fairlead reasonably well, still got to skip over the top with separate pieces of rail, somehow.

         Watch this space.

Haddock. (brassed off), not really, I've convinced myself it's good fun.

[Haddock]

Railings fitted on the foredeck, portside.
The gaps over the fairleads are now clear to see. If I can get the top two pieces in place, I'll be highly delighted, but I may have to settle for just the top one. There are twenty fairleads in all.
Haddock.

[zak]

I thought this was supposed to be a relaxing hobby, still it passes the time, That's a great looking ship.

[Haddock]

I'm still relaxed.

[Kiteman]

I really do admire your tenacity, skill and patience. A fantastic looking craft, crafted superbly by the master himself. Thank you for sharing this with us minions.

[Bigkev]

I'm going boss-eyed just thinking about all those railings, let alone attempting to get them in place............

A true masterclass again, Thankyou Haddock.

Bigkev

[Wizzel]

Those old and cluttered looking vessels are much more appealing to me than the sterile, streamlined things of today.  I think I was born about 100 years too late!