Remarkable rebuild that's added a tremendous amount of refinement to what is a really a crude model. Really like the toothpick mail masts-quite an ingenious use of a simple material. Too bad Airfix hasn't re-released the kit, I have fond memories of building it as a boy. Wouldn't mind having another go at it, doing something similar.
That's a fine reconstruction. I wonder if Airfix will put this kit on the Vintage Classics lists. I do not recall many pre-Atlantic bow kits of Scharnhorst in any scale.
How do you fit your photo-etch railings? I'm in the middle of the airfix HMS Hood, my first model in decades. I tried using super glue gell but ended up in places with glue on the railings, I got them all on and it wasn't bad for a first attempt but I'd love some tips! Your ships are beauties by the way.
I use zap a gap supa glue. Make sure its all bent up before hand. Its ok if there's a slight bend to clear the deck edge. You just start with a small dab of supa glue at one end, wait till its taken, then dab the next little bit, hold the rails there. Also usually I don't paint where its going till its on, then the bottom rail creates a great demarcation line for painting. Curved sections can be pre-bent around a suitable diameter pen.
