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Thank you for that, Hubert. Some nice details, for sure. Tempting... but my plate is full. I have three large units to complete before I dare buy another. Two with 11 inch guns and the one I'm working on with 12 inch guns.

Looks great, Phil.

Linkee no work, bruddah.

Love the slackers near the funnel. The rest of the ship looks great, too.

Said no hot chick, ever.

The decals are yellowed, so won't be used. I might put them out in the sun to get the yellow out of the stencils. But I won't put much trust in the larger decals. I wouldn't call Nowatny a relatively unknown pilot. Pretty famous to students of the Luftwaffe. He had 258 confirmed kills though most were on the Eastern Front.

This just came today. Yes, it's the 1/32 kit.

Surely you realize that 1/200 scale ships just have more tiny details than a smaller scale? I've been watching Ron Calverly building his 1/200 scale Bismarck. Plenty of tiny bits to sweat over.

It's looking good, Ernie. I'm still waiting for a new MK. I.

Looking good, Peter! Looking forwards to your paint job.

Looks brilliant, Rob. You've done a great job to modulate the colors on the ship.

Wow! Well done, John. Great finish on an interesting scheme.

Looks great, John! Cept for that antenna mount....

Great job, Guy!

Great job, Kevin! I love flying dioramas.

Wow! Great job! Sorry I didn't realize this was done, sooner.

Before I edited this post, I was bemoaning the loss of the armored conning tower... wonder of wonders, I found it. Still stuck to a blob of blutack and toothpick I had used to spray it black and check for potential reshaping defects. Originally, the part had poorly defined vision slits. So, I had chopped off the top... replaced the vision slit area with segments of Evergreen plastic... then glue and sand... all the good stuff. Before that, I weathered the coal chutes. First with dark gray enamels to bring out the shape with shadows, then with a buff colored dry brushing to raise the height. Then I started putting together the forward superstructure section which houses the bridge.

Even when looking through old warship builds at Modelwarships, it's hard to find anything useful. If someone did use torpedo nets on their build, they rarely posted pictures of the fo'c'sle.

That is another mystery... Even the Kagero book shows nothing happening at the stern. Too bad there's no motion-picture film of them being deployed... that I can find.

Hi Rob, Some of your figures look great. And then some are out of uniform. White is for summer and tropics, Blues for winter in colder climates. Dungarees for daily working uniform for enlisted men. Khaki for officers and Chief petty officers for regular work.

Thank you for the kind words, gents! There's still some mystery involved for me in the deployment of the torpedo nets. There is still no power source directly connected to the nets. Were electric motors attached to the pulleys to operate them? Or huge hand cranks (doubtful)? Were they connected to the capstans for power? Unknown.

Looking good, Marco!

So... I've finally finished with the torpedo nets... I hope. The nasty tangle at the front of the German major units during the early stages of WWI are difficult to reproduce. If it weren;t for the Kagero book on Posen, I'd still be lost. It took me almost 5 hours to attach 12 pieces of plastic. Along the way, I separated other completed assemblies and broke off an anchor. It didn't quit go to plan. But hopefully looks the part. As I began to set the pulleys, I realised that the bollards that are the base for the cabels on the deck are farther forward on Grosser Kurfurst than they are on Posen. So, my plans were upset a little. Ideally, the pulleys atop the foredeck would have been held of the deck by the tension in the lines. And I tried to keep them floating. But between the stretchy line and the smallness of the parts... it was too complicated to juggle. And with collateral damage occurring to other parts, I decided it was time to glue those pulleys down and run the line.

Thank you Carl. I appreciate you taking the time to show me. That might be too complicated for a little girl. Might have to start her on a dinosaur or something. Right now, outside of minecraft and youtube about minecraft... ...and other crap no kid should be watching. I have no idea what will catch her interest.