Bismarck Pack 5 - Stage 47

[WonderWoman]

Progressing the superstructure.

Life raft and compasses in place:

 

And then more rail bending! Like last time the bend grooves are quite hard to see but they are there and will help het the correct final shape. They all fitted in place very accurately with minimal glue needed. You can see here that the amount of railings completed continues to grow.

 

Take note on the semi circle railings, the lower one has a slightly different finish on one side so that it goes over the ladder. I didn't need to use glue on either of these two rails as the shape meant that they snapped into place and held.

Two more rails added on the diagonal...

 

And the tower gets taller!

 

At this point I noticed I still had a small rail left on the spare, part B-5. It was supposed to go on the side in step 8, but it was easy to add on now:

I didn't use glue when fitting the upper decks to the main structure as it was tight enough to push together, however the difficulty is not damaging any of the detail as you press it into place.

The step ladders looked a bit daunting, however once the railings are bent into place it is simply a case of gluing them together. I found that it was easiest to lay one piece flat on the table, put some glue on it and then lower the adjoining section onto it with tweezers.

Once in place, they add a smart piece of detail!

 

Last section was to a glue on the three pipes to the rear of the admirals deck. you can see in this photo that once of them didn't fit all the way in so I need to take it off and get a better fit.

Stage complete!

[shipgeezer]

I notice that several folks have had problems with the radar not spinning as it should. Just an FYI for all that have not reached pack 5 and stage 47 as yet. The directions indicate using a bit of superglue to attach the last part of the superstructure which is the foretop gallery with the radar unit. CAUTION: DO not ASSEMBLE THE FORETOP GALLERY WITH GLUE, UNTIL YOU TEST THAT THE RADAR SPINS. Not sure when you will test as I haven't reached that section, however, if you glue the foretop gallery, and the radar does NOT spin, you will not be able to undo it, in order to get at the motor mounting screws to loosen them.