HMS Hood by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:200 - CARD

[Dan Vadas]

Thank you Fernando .

 

More bits and pieces to fit under the deck - two Vents with PE grilles ......

 

..... a bunch of cleats .....

 

..... four large round things (no idea yet) .....

 

Next step was to fit an edge strip around the deck :

 

Even though they will be difficult (not impossible) to see there are 16 Gussets under four sections of the deck :

 

Now I glued the deck on. The thin Pillars (1.0mm wire) were fitted after it was on. I drilled holes for each one before gluing down the deck to make fitting easier :

 

Some views under the deck :

 

Danny

[cog]

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..... four large round things (no idea yet) .....

Emergency toilets ...

 

Deck looks awefully good ...

[popeye the sailor]

looks amazing Danny!    very nice progress   

[Dan Vadas]

3 hours ago, cog said:

Emergency toilets ...

I doubt it Carl, they continue upward on the next deck. I'll find out a bit later .

 

Thanks Popeye .

 

Danny

[Old Collingwood]

15 minutes ago, Dan Vadas said:

I doubt it Carl, they continue upward on the next deck. I'll find out a bit later .

 

Thanks Popeye .

 

Danny

Wonder if they are external small amminition tubes/lifts  of some description.?

 

OC.

[popeye the sailor]

either way OC........your looking at a powder room   

[Dan Vadas]

Yeah, good one Popeye .

 

The 3rd deck is very complex. I've never seen this many corners on one before . It also took quite a bit of thinking time, and a lot of dry-fitting :

 

The kit suggested cutting the walls into several pieces to make fitting easier. I managed it in ONE piece :

 

Plenty of gussets under the deck. These took me 3 hours to cut and fit. As nearly every one was different I left the numbers on the back of the part before cutting and fitting them one at a time :

 

Danny

[herask]

unbelievable! the Bismarck crew hasn't even settled in yet, and your Hood already floats. seeing the first row of seats is taken I'll sit on the rum keg over there... :-)

Edited April 20, 2018 by herask

[popeye the sailor]

some very nice structure work.......are you using another of the archive pens to touch it up after?  how much of this will you / we actually see?   detail goes very deep into the model   

[Papa]

Your workmanship always amazed me. Your eyes must be like magnifying glasses.

[Dan Vadas]

6 hours ago, popeye the sailor said:

are you using another of the archive pens to touch it up after?  how much of this will you / we actually see?

Popeye, I use the archive pen as soon as a piece is cut out. I've found it's nearly impossible to do any edge colouring with the pens if they have come in contact with glue. Look closely and you'll see all the edges have already been done .

 

You'd have to stand on your head and look VERY closely to see any of this detail .

 

6 hours ago, ragove said:

Your eyes must be like magnifying glasses.

I wish. My eyes are just about shot .

 

Danny

[Dan Vadas]

It's been a while since my last post - I've had the 'flu and build time has been reduced a fair bit. However I've soldiered on and got the Admiral's Signal Platform almost finished.

 

Here is my technique for gluing on the arms of a Range Finder. The wire not only strengthens the joints but also ensures the two arms line up with each other :

 

Some more ridiculously small parts - the box is 1.5mm square :

 

I finally worked out the right way to assemble the water-tight doors (no instructions in the kit, but I found a good drawing of them in AOTS Hood). the doors are made from three pieces of PE - the door itself, an inner panel which has the lock wedges etched in, and the outer panel which has the locks and hinges on it :

 

These are the 12.7mm 4-barrel machine guns. They look difficult, but I made all four in a day :

 

The Admiral's platform up to date. There are still a few minor things to fit :

 

Danny

[amateur]

Luckily the flu didn't damage your building quality  

 

I am a bit struggling to see where the cardboard ends and the PE sets in with the guns. Do you have a pic halfway the construction?

 

Jan

[Dan Vadas]

7 hours ago, amateur said:

 

I am a bit struggling to see where the cardboard ends and the PE sets in with the guns.

Thank you Jan . You can't see any PE in the guns because there is almost none - only the two handwheels are PE, the rest is paper except for the barrels which are CNC lathe-turned and 3 pieces of wire .

 

I almost forgot about the two HACP (High Angle Control Position) towers, which I made last week. These took some building - two days in total (no progress pics, sorry) :

 

The Life-rafts are a pain to make. These are my first two of 16, hopefully I'll get better with them as I make a few more. They are 12mm long, the one on the right is still to be finished :

 

An overview of the platform. The only things remaining to be done are 5 ladders (you can see the two railing posts at each entry), which I can't fit until the platform is fixed to the deck :

 

Danny

[amateur]

This answer doesn't diminishing my amount of strungling. Only the contents of it

the level of detail in these paperkits is astonishing.

 

Jan

[cog]

 

13 hours ago, Dan Vadas said:

the Admiral's Signal Platform

I first thought your wife needed a platform

 

I'm glad I can leave the struggling to you. Very  impressed by the amount of detail and the number of tiny parts you have to deal with. Hope you got rid of that flu for a long time.

[popeye the sailor]

amazing work Danny.......the guns....the platform.......so perfectly done!   it's like you've done these for quite a while.......in reality,  only a year and a half {or so}. 

    glad to hear you recovered well.......the flu has been bad this past year  

[Dan Vadas]

Thanks again guys .

 

I realised that if I were to fit the next deck above this platform that it would be virtually impossible to fit the 5 ladders, so I came up with a simple solution - I tack glued a piece of scrap card under the platform that served two purposes. First it gave me a height to work to, replacing as it were the main deck, Also it protects the ladders from damage at the foot of the steps - these would easily be wrecked as I moved upward. I won't be fixing the Admiral's Platform to the main deck for quite a while yet as it's a lot easier to fit all the decks/platforms on the bench rather than on the hull. I will glue the whole unit comprising about 5 levels to the main deck when they are completed.

 

 

Danny

[Dan Vadas]

The next platform didn't take long, about a day.

 

I've worked out how the stairs fit, after a bit of trial and error. The instructions only give you rather vague renderings of the finished articles - some forward planning is needed as regards the next deck. Some stairwells have another level or two above them, others don't. The treatment of the railings is different depending on whether the stairwell continues or not :

 

Danny

[Jim Lad]

You've done an impressive amount on the 'Hood' while I've been away, Danny - she really looks the 'ant's pants'!  And thanks for the reminder to get my 'flu jab now that I'm back home!!

 

John

[Dan Vadas]

Thanks John, and welcome home .

 

The Bridge is quite complex. So far it's taken me over a week to get as far as I have below. Here are the pieces that make up the framing :

 

There are also a number of platforms attached to the sides :

 

Lots of small fittings, some of which I have no idea about their function :

 

There are also a few stairs :

 

Some overall pics of my current progress :

 

And finally one to give an idea of scale :

 

Danny

[Fernando E]

Superb as usual.....Cheers Fernando 

[Tigersteve]

Danny- you are a card wizard!

Steve

[Jim Lad]

More delights for the eye, Danny!

 

John

[DORIS]

Great level of details and superb performance, dear Dan. 

Your neat work with card on this very difficult model by Halinski is admirable.

 

Best regards,

Doris

[Papa]

Dan, your work never ceases to amaze me!

[gjdale]

You are a wizard Danny!

[Old Collingwood]

Very nice work - she is looking superb.

 

OC.

[popeye the sailor]

amazing work Danny...to think of all the parts it must have taken to get you where you are....and then the PE railings and stairs to boot!  very well done!   

[Dan Vadas]

Thanks for all the kind comments guys and gal - they are always appreciated .

 

Moving upward, another platform with 6 binoculars among other things :

 

Next came the Foremast. To roll the legs I used a piece of brass tubing lined with thin card to give the right diameter :

 

A #16 drill was the perfect size for the inner diameter. I glued the seam a little at a time, moving the mast in and out to prevent any excess glue from sticking to the card liner :

 

The three legs glued together :

 

The mast fitted to the bridge, along with railings and ladders :

 

The Fore Control Top sits above the bridge. Cutting the flimsy base for it took some care :

 

PE Radars came with the aftermarket stuff. Here they are ready for paint :

 

Radars fixed to the top :

 

Railings and antennae fitted, and the top permanently fitted to the bridge :

 

Danny