Some progress has been made on the Warspite project again today!

First of all, Airfix are kindly going to send me replacement parts for the broken part and missing part from the Warspite model free-of-charge. These parts will arrive within 2 weeks apparently which seems quite slow, but I don’t actually need these parts for a few weeks so it’s not a problem.

As you can see above, the photo etch has also arrived! It got slightly damaged in transit unfortunately, but White Ensign Models are kindly going to send me a new one free-of-charge! I would like to say, however, that the damage was not done as a result of the packaging or any bad handling done by WEM. The item was packaged superbly, and I believe the damage was just the result of bad luck.

For those of you unfamiliar with these photo etch kits, the one above is A5 size (210x148mm / 8.2″x5.8″). The individual parts are therefore tiny!

Anyway, the damage can be seen below…

Aerial (maybe?) bent

Entire photo etch kit slightly creased

On a separate note, some of the paint has also arrived as well as colour map showing the 1942 camouflage and all other painted areas.

I have also paid Screwfix another visit and purchased a kitchen extraction fan to replace the underpowered fan I had already installed into the modelling workspace/box and a light, also to be installed into the box. Both of these modifications are now complete!

I’m planning trip soon to the craft store to buy knife, cutting mat and other stuff too, because at this stage, despite all this preparation, I still have no way of removing the plastic parts from their casting “spruce”!

The other thing I need to do is to look into active carbon filters vs. extracting directly to outside world. My original intention with the extraction fan is that I will attach a tube to it and poke the tube out of a door or window. Given that this fan shifts 230 cubic meters per hour, however, during winter it has the potential to empty my house of warm air very quickly! A work colleague has therefore suggested potential use of active carbon filters. So far I know nothing about these, but my investigation has begun!

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