D805 Piet Hein, ex HMS Serapis, WW2 S class destroyer

The detailing has begun ... from my last ship I know that I best work from one "compartment" to the next. In this case I decide to start filling in the bridge details. Hmm ... a 40mm tall director control tower has taken some 8 hours and I am not done yet. And I have to see if all the work actually will be discernible, as "rivets" of 0.3 mm diameter have a tendency to disappear in the background. We will see. Here's halfway, with still another side ladder and such to do and to place rivet lines around the tubular shape.

Never thought my geometry lessons of decades ago would come in handy :)

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I printed three of which two were successful. The third got lost in the resin tank: good opportunity to clean the machine .

To bring things in perspective I always place one or two sailors on the model. I’m still looking for sailors in typical North Atlantic gear in 72 scale, so for now I use my lone sailor (US) model.

All is still loose parts and most even without primer. Another lesson learned: making sure it all fits and is of high quality before getting the CA out.

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We have this phenomenon "sunshine' once every - long time -, so I am doing other stuff. Feels good though.

Oh, and I sold my FDM printer and of course bought a new one. So awaiting new techie toys before I will probably reprint all of the deckhouses ROTF.

In the mean time, the true boss is keeping an eye on things.

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Marquinius said:
I printed three of which two were successful. The third got lost in the resin tank: good opportunity to clean the machine .

To bring things in perspective I always place one or two sailors on the model. I’m still looking for sailors in typical North Atlantic gear in 72 scale, so for now I use my lone sailor (US) model.

All is still loose parts and most even without primer. Another lesson learned: making sure it all fits and is of high quality before getting the CA out.

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Hi Marco seeing you truly great looking rangefinders/directors reminded of a pic of Winnie watching our boys give what to the Nazis during the south of France landings, that I seen recently, and this reminded me I wanted to ask you if you can tell me what this opening is.(arrowed) I thought it might be some sort of 'clear view' but it seems a strange place for it. Any ideas?

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It was sunny here today as well JJ..
 
I had to go to ‘perplexity’ , which is a really handy tool when you want to get into things. This image looks like a Hunt class or Tribal class destroyer. These had fixed recessed positions for an Aldis lamp.

Does this make sense? Double checking assured that some destroyers had this set up.
 
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