Very good tutorial build so far. You are definitely giving me some great examples of how to work with wooden decking. I have the Flyhawk deluxe 1/700 Scharnhorst 1943 and the Bismarck and bought the wooden decking for both of them. The only question I have is with the wooden decking in place do the plastic parts that get added later have plastic to be cemented to or would I need to use a super glue or other glue to get them on the decking?
If you are using a deck designed for the specific plastic kit you are building then there should be gaps cut into the deck to accommodate the plastic parts. Having said that, the fit is often tight and there may be overlap. You will have to decide how to proceed depending on what you find. Experiment with positioning the parts before gluing them down then pick a method that you are comfortable with. There are no rules for how to put the kit together, do what you need to do to make it work.
I am indeed using wooden decking meant specifically for the two kits. The decking is made by Flyhawk specific to the 1943 Scharnhorst and the Bismarck. That is what I thought. Thank you for the advice! @@DavidsShips
Hi David, really interesting build. Great to see the precision, planning and especially the paint sequencing which is something that is always a challenge with ships. Quick question, how are you finding the flyhawk photo etch? I used it on the prinz eugen and some of it, whilst superb, was just impractical to put together. Particularly the radars for which i sources some different ones. Do you have any thoughts on it? I have the Hood kit and am looking at the aftermarket sets. Its either eduard or flyhawk I think for me. I also am considering black cat models 3d printed weapons set for the hood which looks excellent
I find that FlyHawk kits vary a lot. I am not that far into this kit so I can't say just yet for this one. I also used a FlyHawk kit on the Roma build and there were some impractical design choices that were really unnecessary in that kit. Unfortunately practicality issues do seem to be fairly common in super-detail kits. I bought the FlyHawk kits for the Hood because they were the most complete sets I could find. There are big issues with the Trumpeter main turrets that I wanted to get away from and I prefer to not mix kits too much to prevent compatibility issues. I have been wanting to try Micro Master 3D printed parts. The are expensive and difficult for me to get but if they are half as good as they look in the pictures then they are probably worth the cost.
@DavidsShips thanks for the reply David, I have looked at the micromaster items too, hes closed at the moment however they look amazing. The black cat items were excellent, got some flakvierlings and twin mounts. Very impressed with them. Will follow the build with interest, looking great so far 👍
I bought Eduard railings and detail sets for the trumpeter blucher, sister ship to the Eugen. It did not even come with enough stairs or opened /closed portholes. Yet on their site they display a model with far more parts than are present. It was quite disappointing. Also I am finding their PE to be more pliable than other PE sets I've bought which means more bent out of shape railings. A lot of them came bent on the PE sheet.
I tried to use the Eduard set for the Hood but had a rough go of it. The Eduard pieces are really flimsy and when I was trying to build the AA guns and similar pieces it was just not fun and a waste of time. I unfortunately shelved the kit indefinitely out of extreme frustration with the Eduard photo etch.
I had the exact same problem when I was building the 1/350 Hood with Eduard photo etch. I found their etch just not to be worth it. Too fiddly and easy to break. Also lost a number of pieces in transit so that made it worse.@@CrisstheNightbringer
Thanks David nice work
Very good tutorial build so far. You are definitely giving me some great examples of how to work with wooden decking. I have the Flyhawk deluxe 1/700 Scharnhorst 1943 and the Bismarck and bought the wooden decking for both of them. The only question I have is with the wooden decking in place do the plastic parts that get added later have plastic to be cemented to or would I need to use a super glue or other glue to get them on the decking?
If you are using a deck designed for the specific plastic kit you are building then there should be gaps cut into the deck to accommodate the plastic parts. Having said that, the fit is often tight and there may be overlap.
You will have to decide how to proceed depending on what you find. Experiment with positioning the parts before gluing them down then pick a method that you are comfortable with. There are no rules for how to put the kit together, do what you need to do to make it work.
I am indeed using wooden decking meant specifically for the two kits. The decking is made by Flyhawk specific to the 1943 Scharnhorst and the Bismarck. That is what I thought. Thank you for the advice! @@DavidsShips
Hi David, really interesting build. Great to see the precision, planning and especially the paint sequencing which is something that is always a challenge with ships. Quick question, how are you finding the flyhawk photo etch? I used it on the prinz eugen and some of it, whilst superb, was just impractical to put together. Particularly the radars for which i sources some different ones. Do you have any thoughts on it?
I have the Hood kit and am looking at the aftermarket sets. Its either eduard or flyhawk I think for me. I also am considering black cat models 3d printed weapons set for the hood which looks excellent
I find that FlyHawk kits vary a lot. I am not that far into this kit so I can't say just yet for this one. I also used a FlyHawk kit on the Roma build and there were some impractical design choices that were really unnecessary in that kit. Unfortunately practicality issues do seem to be fairly common in super-detail kits.
I bought the FlyHawk kits for the Hood because they were the most complete sets I could find. There are big issues with the Trumpeter main turrets that I wanted to get away from and I prefer to not mix kits too much to prevent compatibility issues.
I have been wanting to try Micro Master 3D printed parts. The are expensive and difficult for me to get but if they are half as good as they look in the pictures then they are probably worth the cost.
@DavidsShips thanks for the reply David, I have looked at the micromaster items too, hes closed at the moment however they look amazing. The black cat items were excellent, got some flakvierlings and twin mounts. Very impressed with them.
Will follow the build with interest, looking great so far 👍
I bought Eduard railings and detail sets for the trumpeter blucher, sister ship to the Eugen. It did not even come with enough stairs or opened /closed portholes. Yet on their site they display a model with far more parts than are present. It was quite disappointing. Also I am finding their PE to be more pliable than other PE sets I've bought which means more bent out of shape railings. A lot of them came bent on the PE sheet.
I tried to use the Eduard set for the Hood but had a rough go of it. The Eduard pieces are really flimsy and when I was trying to build the AA guns and similar pieces it was just not fun and a waste of time. I unfortunately shelved the kit indefinitely out of extreme frustration with the Eduard photo etch.
I had the exact same problem when I was building the 1/350 Hood with Eduard photo etch. I found their etch just not to be worth it. Too fiddly and easy to break. Also lost a number of pieces in transit so that made it worse.@@CrisstheNightbringer