Ok, so as promised, here’s a little update. I actually found some time to spend at the workbench this weekend, getting back into the build and manly doing small stuff.
But first of all, propulsion installed:
The fit of the kit is really excellent, this was the smoothest alignment of shafts, propellers and rudders I can recall in a build!
The rest were ammo boxes, doors, scuttles and other stuff, needs all touch ups, partly another layer of paint, but that’s not a problem.
No wood provided, so I started with a coat of ‘flat earth’, will lighten that, needs much more yellow, too, and some oil. It should end up somewhere near the wood colors of the decks.
There might be another 14 days gap…I have to see whether I get something done during the week. This weekend, actually extended weekend, I will be in London with two fellow navy officers, a good old tradition that had to pause two years for CoViD, visiting the Great British Beer Festival (and of course London). I hope they don’t cancel the flight on me, it’s crazy these days in Germany with overcrowded airports and Lufthansa on strike last week…
Anyway, 
Jan