Subject: ISW 1/350 Seydlitz part Deux
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2003 16:12:01 -0400
From: "tvw" <tvw@cogeco.ca>
To: <Ship_Gallery@modelwarships.com>

Hello,
        This is my second submission of the exact same kit that I submitted
the last time, Although this one has a bit
of a warning for those who are never quite satisfied with a kit they've
built. I original finished this model last October
but was never quite happy with the rigging....then Christmas came and I had
a bit too much spare time and I thought
to myself what if I just re-rigg it. Well after stripping the paint and
completely disassembling it, removing the moulded
on superstructure and putting on a new ever green deck, the rebuilding
commenced. The folks at WEM put me in touch
with the redoubtable Jim Baumann who relayed, from Nick Dogger,a list of
about 27 major and minor modifications to
make the kit more accurate.  At first glance I thought "your out of your
freakin mind" however I persevered, and with
the inclusion of elements of both the WEM and GMM Konig PE and numerous
parts from an ICM Grosser Kurfurst
the project took off(I'm particularly please with the 11" turrets-there
downsized from the Kurfurst's and I managed to keep
all the detail). Now 7 months later after the final application of WEM's
colour coats (first time I used they these,
definitely not the last) I present again the SMS Seydlitz as of late 1917,
all in all I am quite pleased with the
second attempt. And for anyone out there who has never quite been satisfied
with a previous build....try building
it again you never know....of course it may just driver you up the wall too.

Tony van Wyk

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