Started building this one a couple of days ago and it got it's
paint tonight... Still a few things left to do like detailpainting
stowage, figures and decals...

Hope you like it so far...

Best regards

Sven-Åke

Looks good. 1/72 scale I guess?

Erik

Sven-Åke it looks very good.
Sorry to have to say this, but the barrel is wrong way up (upside down).

Nicely done.

And the barrel can be turned by using the heat of a hairdryer may be ? Is possible if you used plastic modelling glue. Guy

Hi Sven!

Looks nice, as I expected

Don't touch the barrel, there are only a few of us who could spot this mistake (certainly not me), and if it glued properly, then you have no chance to correct it without damaging the paint.

I wonder why you do the washes before painting all the details?
I always do it as the last step because it also helps to blend the decals, (and it also softens the edges of different colors, so I don't get upset when my brush makes a small mistake during painting details like stowage, towing cables, etc) .

Nice build!

Barrel issues aside, how does the kit go together?

cheers

Mike

Sven-Åke,
Looks very good thus far. Hoping to see the finished pics. Like Mike, mentioned I too am curious as to how the kit went together? Glad to see more of the small scale stuff being put together.
-Eddy

Sven-Åke,
Looks very good as all of your previous models. Looking forward for more pics.
petros

Thanks! Yes it's 1/72 scale...

Sven-Åke

[quote]Sven-Åke it looks very good.
Sorry to have to say this, but the barrel is wrong way up (upside down).[/quote

Thanks for the info!!!

For some odd reason I cut off the little peg that steers it into
the right place so it got upside down... I'll fix it, no problem...

Sven-Åke

Thanks!

I'll probably cut it off and turn it... I will take a look this evening.

Sven-Åke

[quote]Hi Sven!

Looks nice, as I expected

Don't touch the barrel, there are only a few of us who could spot this mistake (certainly not me), and if it glued properly, then you have no chance to correct it without damaging the paint.

I wonder why you do the washes before painting all the details?
I always do it as the last step because it also helps to blend the decals, (and it also softens the edges of different colors, so I don't get upset when my brush makes a small mistake during painting details like stowage, towing cables, etc) .


[/quote

Thanks Peter!!!

Well I will try to fix the barrel, I don't think it will be that difficult.

As for the washes, well I work backwards sometimes and becuase
I'm so curious how things will look I usually forget the decals before
the washes and I have just started to work that way since most of the
time I succeed in getting them in place anyway... Luck I guess

Sven-Åke

[quote]Nice build!

Barrel issues aside, how does the kit go together?

cheers

Mike[/quote

Thanks Mike!

The fit of the parts is excellent so no problems what so ever...
A really nice kit I must say!!!

Sven-Åke

Thanks!

Well as far as I can tell there are no major issues with this kit.
Everything just falls in to place and no filler is needed. There
are some parts that are a little bit oversized so for the scratch
builder there's a few things to fix but I opted to build it out of the
box with no modifications and it turned out quite ok.

Sven-Åke

Thanks Petros!!!

More pics are coming

Sven-Åke