Russo-Japanese Naval War 1904-05

[paulr]

Putty applied to Krechet class destroyer, it will need a small amount   of tidying up once fully dry

Japanese 1^st & 2^nd Squadrons sorted, prepared and drilled for masts    

One of the Harusame class destroyers lost part of its bow during preparation, I claim it must have been miscast
Putty applied, it will need a small amount   of tidying up

[d_Guy]

Has Peter proxied something for the Kamchatka? It wasn't readily apparent in the model inventory.

[paulr]

I included N7709 KAMCHATKA – ARMED REPAIR SHIP in my order

[d_Guy]

 

[Ithoriel]

I included N7709 KAMCHATKA – ARMED REPAIR SHIP in my order

Armed and dangerous ... to everyone but the Japanese!!

[pierre the shy]

Don't worry there's plenty of potential opposition for the Kamchatka (and friends) being worked on here in the local dockyards currently.....the Hull fishing fleet (alias the Channel Fleet) represents only one part of it....lets just say I'm reducing my existing Navwar leadpile a bit at the same time   

Mast holes drilled and brass rod masts stepped.....models cleaned up...Navwar are pretty good, normally just a few moulding lines to get rid of.

No spray primer painting today though, with a good nor'wester coming through today, gusting to 120Km/hr tonight...can't beat Wellington on a good day!

Fast foward to 1943 and apparently the IJN is conducting night fighting exercises in a couple of weeks, somewhere to the North of Ironbottom Sound this time.

[paulr]

Japanese 1^st & 2^nd Squadrons washed

Putty cleaned up on the Krechet class destroyer

First attempt at tiding up the putty on the Harusame class destroyer failed
Reapplied the putty and successfully tidied it up once dry

Masts glued into the Russian 1^st Pacific Squadron and trimmed once dry
Only about 10 masts required re-gluing

Masts glued into the Japanese 1^st & 2^nd Squadrons

Russians on painting rods ready to undercoat once the weather improves

[OldenBUA]

No spray primer painting today though, with a good nor'wester coming through today, gusting to 120Km/hr tonight...can't beat Wellington on a good day!

Couldn't you just open your tin of paint and put the ships downwind in that case?

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Couldn't you just open your tin of paint and put the ships downwind in that case?

[pierre the shy]

Couldn't you just open your tin of paint and put the ships downwind in that case?

Sounds like a plan! 

While you blokes on the top half of the world are setting new high tempreture records its currently 3 degrees C here, about 0 degrees with the wind chill and snow predicted to low levels tomorrow.

So much for global warming

   

[paulr]

Couldn't you just open your tin of paint and put the ships downwind in that case?

Given some of the wind gusts in the last couple of days the ships and the full tin of paint would have been blown away

[John Cook]

Sounds like a plan! 
While you blokes on the top half of the world are setting new high tempreture records its currently 3 degrees C here, about 0 degrees with the wind chill and snow predicted to low levels tomorrow.
So much for global warming

Blimey, I thought Antarctica was unihabited. 

[Ithoriel]

While you blokes on the top half of the world are setting new high tempreture records its currently 3 degrees C here, about 0 degrees with the wind chill and snow predicted to low levels tomorrow.

So much for global warming

July here in Scotland was wet, windy, grey and below average temperatures much of the time or "guy dreich" to use the vernacular

[paulr]

Masts trimmed on the Japanese 1^st & 2^nd Squadrons

Most of the Japanese 1^st Squadron joined the Russians on painting rods ready to undercoat 

The weather was cool and calm this morning and had clawed its way to spraying temperatures in the sun by about 11am

Brought the ships back inside to finish drying in the warm after about 45 minutes in the sun

[paulr]

Base colour applied to all the undercoated ships

Japanese:
  Neutral blue grey

Russians:
  Olive-drab - Vladivostok cruisers and 2^nd Destroyer Flotilla at Port Arthur
  Khaki - Protected cruisers at Port Arthur
  Black with a brown tint for the rest