Hi Tim,
and honestly, I envy you!
I started with something not too much different for my workbench. Got my first glasses for reading about five years ago - meanwhile I’m wearing them almost constantly, and I ‘upgraded’ them to higher ‘dioptric power’ - and since about two or three years I’m constantly searching for ways to installing more light in my shipyard and better micro visors…
Cheers
Jan
…only a quick sign of life, real life is keeping me away from the workbench. Next week all week TDY with ‘real ship business’, during most of the weekend preparing next week…
A few little steps on the remaining 2 cm/30, but cleaning the SL 6 from Steve/Model Monkey and dry fitting both - they fit snuggly and look just awesome!
I will be away during the next weekend, so I hope to have another update, hopefully a more substantial one, after the last weekend of June…
Thanks you all for looking in and once more for your patience!
Cheers
Jan
Great update, and as I have said and others too, steady progress is good progress. The new replacement bits from model monkey really do look good, huge difference visually…
Hi Jan,
After my absense good to see some progress/
Looking good mate, the single 20mm look excellent.
Cheers, Si
Real life and TDY/‘real ship business’ is taking up way more time than I expected…the only thing I have to present is the (for now) closed production line for the 2cm/C30, well, they will need some paint still…
So that’s ten of them, four already finished and painted, and now these six. I hope none gets lost while painting and getting it off the box…
Cheers
Jan
The 2cm/C30’s look great Jan 
Those veteran single 20mm are “fun”. I do know what you mean about real life getting in the way.
I always work on the theory some progress is better than no progress 
Cheers, 
Si
OUTSTANG WORK so far!
Bill
Real life can be a drag Jan… But the guns look great, and even a little progress is better than none 
Super work as usual Jan. The veteran Sets are great for the detail that they add…Cheers Mark
Gentlemen,
you are so kind - thank you very much, and thank you for your patience!
Now I realize that there indeed has been some trouble with the site, one brief sign of life from last week promising updates is gone, which is no problem. There were no pictures anyway.
So after over a month real life let me return to the workbench at least for a little bit.
All of the 2cm/30 are finished and painted, and they came off their boxes without damage.
So unless I break or loose one, small arms business completed. The 28cm I did already last year, the 15cm are still waiting…
And some more progress, worked on the armored bridge and forward superstructure. I decided to paint the wood on the higher levels, instead of cutting pieces from the generic wood deck I still have some parts of.
On the armored bridge I used three sights from Veteran, the lighter colored resin. Great stuff - but honestly, the original parts here are quite matching them, as are other optical instruments. I might stay with the kits parts here, have to see…
For months I had the Shapeways printed bridge as a placeholder, the design by Model Monkey. The design is splendid, but gentlemen Steve was so kind to send me this part (and more) in superior printed resin quality. I had to carefully cut it free, a wonderful part, only minimal cleansing will be required and it has no deformations or voids or whatever - a masterpiece!
Here dry fitted in its future place.
And lastly some more air brush work in preparation for the next steps.
That’s it for now, I hope to have a next update ready faster than last time.
I will change my approach a bit and work more closely to the various instructions, trying to speed up a bit instead of questioning every single detail…I just need some visible progress here…
Cheers and thank you for looking in
Jan
Looking good, Jan!
I agree mate… Sometimes analysis paralysis sets in on builds and sucks away the mojo.
At that point, progress becomes more important than accuracy to inject enthusiasm back into the build and have tactile results from our efforts! 
Looking really good Jan. I got some shapeways Parts for the Airfix HMS Hood. They are brilliant with their detail…Cheers Mark
great work on AA guns
Thank you so much gentlemen for you kind comments, and thank you for still following!
Russ,
mate, you’re so right, that exactly nails it!
Especially when time at the work bench is very limited…
Cheers
Jan
Hi Jan,
Great to see some progress, lots of stuff coming on. The armoured bridge and the tower are looking excellent.
Keep up the good work Mate. I know what you mean about bench time, being back in the office almost full time has put a dent in mine.
We just have to keep pushing on.
Cheers, Si
la fotografia non rende bene come vederlo dal vivo
