SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN BATTLESHIP. 1908 and 1936 in1:350 by TRUMPETER.

[MSea]

A bit of rigging - that is an understatement -- you know what I think of your ships !!!!

[Haddock]

Sometimes brass railings can be quite challenging to bend.
Haddock.

[zak]

Sometimes brass railings can be quite challenging to bend.
Haddock.

That's a fair old challenge.

[MSea]

How do you do it !!! the air would have been blue over my work bench and the rails would not be symmetrical or anything like correct

[Haddock]

How do you do it !!! the air would have been blue over my work bench and the rails would not be symmetrical or anything like correct

Sometimes with great difficulty but always with joy in my heart!

[Haddock]

Nice when you manage to get a reasonable fit. The camera sees things that my eyes can't.
Haddock.

[zak]

Nice when you manage to get a reasonable fit. The camera sees things that my eyes can't.
Haddock.

Still looks good though.

[Bigkev]

Sorry Zak,
I disagree...

It looks bloomin' brilliant!

Bigkev

[Haddock]

                           Fore-mast fixed in place and rigged plus some bits on the funnels.
                After looking at umpteen pictures, not necessarily this ship but ships in the
same class, this is my best effort as to what I think the rigging MAY have looked like.
               Old pictures aren't all that helpful, and why should they be. The box art looks nice
but when you look more closely there are lots of collisions.
Haddock.

[Bigkev]

Just nice Haddock,
Simple,
Just Nice,
Bigkev

[Haddock]

                          Well that's both ships at more or less the same stage, so what's left to do?

Ships boats to paint and add.

Boat handling cranes to finish, they need some "re-engineering" to look right.

Weather deck railings to add, lots of 'em.

Some subtle weathering, both versions would have been "clean".

Anchors and one or two other bits and bobs to add.

Bases to make, models to fit on bases, lids to make, sea to add.
                 I can make the bases as I have the wood but that's as far as it goes till after "lockdown" when
I can get to the woodyard for wood for the lids. I can't fit the ships to their bases till the lids are made.
Haddock.

[zak]

Great work Tony, It may be a while before you get to the woodyard.

[Red Lancer]

Look Great, as usual!

[Haddock]

                   Surprising how three bits of plastic can cause so much hassle.
     You're looking at a pair of davits and a ships boat. The davits attach to the sides of the lower boat deck,
then the boat is suspended from the davits and lashed back so as not to destroy itself in heavy weather.
In practice, the davits pivot from the bottom placing the boat over the water ready to be lowered.
                   How this is meant to happen is a secret known only to Trumpeter.
              Here's my solution.
                        Fix the davits to a piece of card in their finished position.
      A strategically placed piece of sprue allows the boat to nestle comfortably in its stowed position resting on three points.
        Now there's something to fasten the lashings to to hold the boat in place.
                     I should be able to tix all this as a sub-assy after painting.
Hope that makes sense.
Haddock.

[zak]

The joys of modelling, still a challenge for you.
As we have discussed before, you would think that someone would have built the kit before going into production to iron out any problems, the same with any etched brass.
Do they just assume that because modern CAD systems are so good it will be right?