So, and ho-humm...
I have repainted the deck, by hand this time, using a 50/50 mix of Tamiya XF-26 (Deep Green) and Tamiya XF-66 (Light Grey) and the result is, perhaps a little too green and a little too dark, but I think it looks better than the grey that was on there before:
I also used this colour on a couple of the "deck" areas on the SS - although not all of them as yet. And umm, yes, the superstructure... We had to have a little corrective surgery there... A work in progress shall we say... The bridge wasn't on square and was really obviously not square - how that happened I'm not entirely sure, but I reeked of self-disgust for several days afterwards...:
As I say, a work in progress, but we are getting there.
And the hull again, and those grey sides... Long story cut short: repaint, with handbrush, Humbrol Gloss #40, one coat so far (but a much more appropriate shade of grey):
It's amazing what sins a nice hand brushed coat of paint will hide :)
And the CIWSs... We are up to Mod 5 I think:
That photo might have mods 5 and 6 in it... The difference in height of the two units is an experimental modification <cough>... The previous versions were too tall and were too long in the base - these are much closer in height to those on the plan and nearly square in the base.
And the main gun, well, from one view it was great, from another it was a parallelogram... Not good, cut to pieces to salvage the barrel. Replacement to be made out of styrene, which, with any luck, I can make square.
A frustrating week one way and another as our 11 month old car go rear-ended too. On a positive note, my ESC's (Mtroniks) arrived on Friday. I could have ordered these locally, but for a little more than the price of one ESC sourced locally I could get two units from Cornwall Model Boats, and when including shipping, the total for two ESCs came to about 2/3rds the cost for the same 2 from the local supplier! I'm all for supporting the LHS, but we were looking at a $50 difference!