1/72 scale German light cruiser Munich

Another angle.

Seting the distance for teh mid hull area and attaching the ends.

Mesured it several times from diferent angles to reference the centerline.

Installing the center hull deck.

The starboad side deck at the fore torpedo bulkhead is a tad low, I'll reajust the braces and tighten it all down.

I fliped it over to add the stiffiners now all I need to do is start adding in the fill wood so i can get it preped for more body filler and shaping.

A stern shot.

There she sits at 24.45 cm long.

Yes its acctually the master for molding, a detailed mold and not so detailed mold. I plan on the first model to be cast in zink, or sheetmetal then start detailing it. I'm going to cast a version in styrafoam to experiment with.

Ready to start adding fill wood to the mid and stern.

Starboard side almot where I want it now to go on to the Larboard side and fill it in.

The extension from the Torpedo cut out aft to the 3rd turret. gluing in the braceing.

couldnt clamp the middle so I use the heavy reading gravity technique.

Good morning Horatio,

Just can't wait to see the hull ready. But be aware that the worst is Yet to come. Both you and I, are working on a substantial large scale, and this induces more detailing. And my friend, the hull was full of details. prepare yourself to plan the following:

1. Sea Cocks.
2. Lead anodes - especially attached with the rudders and propellors.
3. Port holes and eye brows.
4. Riveted belt, at the level of the main deck.
5. The water gutter way on the main deck.
6. The eagle and the swastika at the rear of the hull.
7. The out rigger on each side of the rear of the hull, which was used to protect the propellers + the associated fittings and access ladders.
8. The wooden booms.

Horatio, both of us have a good number of hours of heavy homework study to do. But keep it up mate, keep the progress building, as you are doing a fine job.

Come onmate, let's go commerce raiding.

Horatio, seeing all that wood going to be buried beneath the piles of putty, wouldn't it have been easier/lighter to have worked with Jablo?

I know it may sound like a silly question, but I am dreading the weight of the ship even if from over here, so far far away

Not a silly question. I want it to be heavy and solid, because I'm using it as a mold plug then either going to use it as a finished model for static display or just for making new molds as needed. I want to make styrafoam toys in this scale, Remote control fiberglass hulls and or sheet steel. So basically diferent grades of toys and Models of the ship. so when this one is done it should weigh about 200 pounds. about 80 Kg I think. LOL it won't be easy to steal from my display base in My house.

Haratio Fales wrote:Not a silly question. I want it to be heavy and solid, because I'm using it as a mold plug then either going to use it as a finished model for static display or just for making new molds as needed. I want to make styrafoam toys in this scale, Remote control fiberglass hulls and or sheet steel. So basically diferent grades of toys and Models of the ship. so when this one is done it should weigh about 200 pounds. about 80 Kg I think. LOL it won't be easy to steal from my display base in My house.

Good Luck Again

I found a couple of Jar lids in the right Diameter and almost the right height to support the aft weather deck area.

I added in the diagonal bulkheads and a few in the middle for support.

Put on a bit more weight this time to and clamps to glue on the aft weather deck.

I left out an edge to alow for the torpedo pocket deck cover to be added later.

Now I can flip it over and start the filler on the bottom with the hull shape supported.