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Yay, I finally finished the ship tonight. I'm really happy how it turned out. No real sticking points to it at all, so it's a good ship for an older kit. The photos don't show much of the rigging I did on it, but it's there, hehehe.... Now to see what's next in my stack of ships...

Oh, now that is something else! What a cool looking model!! :) -Ski

I had some time today to continue working the ship. I got the gun directors and the secondary guns done. I mentioned it before in regards to the USS North Carolina, but I compared the HMS Dreadnought to the Norfolk. It continues to amaze me just how much ship development went in 35 years...

Sweet deck action! Looking excellent! -Ski

Excellent stuff! She is looking beautiful..... -Ski

After getting a good dose of strained eyes from repeatedly switching between college hoops on the TV and the ship, I was able to get some work done on the ship last night. I sure hate torpedo tubes! -Ski

Simply amazing! The bow must of been a real bugger to do. The helicopters are spot on! -Ski

Hilarious! I wasn't paying attention to the diagram and accidentally glued on the superstructure backwards! Luckily, I was able to cut it off and turn it around. Silly me.... The funnels are somewhat ok. They look a lot better in person, fortunately. I also found that the railing on the...

Yeah, pics!! -Ski

Thanks everybody! :wave: I'm not too happy with how the funnels turned out. The cardboard I copied to was a bit on the thick side :cry:. They should look better when trimmed and painted anyways, hehehe.... I have them here just sitting on the ship. -Ski

Sorry to hear about that. I hope it doesn't discourage you from doing other 1:400 ships. You had one hell of a good start on it, though. Cudos..... -Ski

Moving along..... -Ski

Maybe you should get an old .22 rifle and use the barrel for your 14" guns, hehehe...... -Ski

Compared to other 1:400? -Ski

You know, I didn't have the waviness problem with mine. However, it makes sense since I photocopied it first on a bit heavier stock. Some of the waviness will come out as you add superstructure. -Ski

Looking good so far. After the first ship, you will start getting an innate sense of how to construct them without much help from the instructions, which makes it a lot easier! Keep up the great work! -Ski

I think it's looking pretty damn good for a learning experience, hehehehe.... Excellent job! Clean, for sure!! It looks absolutely perfect, seriously!..... -Ski

Sweet work!! I could only imagine how monotinous it is..... She is a biggie.... I can't wait to see how big the turrets will be! -Ski

Thanks! First decking done, now to work some more details....

Thanks everybody! :mrgreen: -Ski