Further progress on the SMS Blitz

I had a little free time so I finished up the major components and started to paint them. This time I remembered to leave them separate from the hull until I was finished painting them, it certainly makes life easier!

 

the hull got a preliminary coat of black

 

as did the vision slits in the conning tower

 

and the muzzles and gunports on the turrets

 

the ventilators were made the same way as the ones on the Dupuy

 

the torpedo launcher is just three paper tubes and some "Woodsies" parts

 

the construction is pretty straightforward

 

the parts on the hull prior to a coat of paint

 

and afterward

 

the torpedo launcher looks a bit tall, it might have to be lowered

 

a couple more coats of yellow (it does not cover very well) 

and then all it needs are lifeboats and rigging

      I used my standard techniques in putting this together so I skipped a lot of the step-by-step shots that featured in earlier articles. If anybody has any questions post them in the comments and I will either answer them directly or link to the earlier postings.