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| Photo etched rails visible on deck |
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| Superstructure is coming along |
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| The boat deck is still unpainted acrylic. The stack is not yet glued in place. |
After a long break, I restarted work on the bulk carrier for the PoLA layout. As you might recall, this is a fairly large ship model at 62 inches LOA and 10 inches beam. I posted about its construction several times before, such as here, here, and here.
The superstructure is a combination of 1/8th and 1/16th inch laser-cut, acrylic parts.
I add styrene parts to the basic acrylic shell to help detail it.
The superstructure is just about ready for the base paint. Then I'll add the hand railings and stairs, which will come from a new etching that Alkem Scale Models is going to introduce soon.
In fact, all the pilot etchings were sold, even before I advertised them, as visitors to my layout, upon seeing the pilot parts asked to buy them. I sold all that I had on hand, but a new large batch is coming.
This ship has a lot of hand railings, so the etching will come in very handy. I will also need a lot of railings for the borax silos too.
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| Wet sanding in sink |
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