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Landlubber Mike
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Landlubber Mike got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Sikorsky CH-53 by mtaylor - FINISHED - Revell - 1:48 - PLASTIC
Really nice job on this Mark. Especially nice that you could build something you had a connection to. Congratulations!
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Landlubber Mike reacted to Old Collingwood in Mosquito B Mk IV - FINISHED - Revell - My next non-ship project
Thank you mike, still some way to go.
OC.
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Landlubber Mike got a reaction from mtaylor in Sikorsky CH-53 by mtaylor - FINISHED - Revell - 1:48 - PLASTIC
Really nice job on this Mark. Especially nice that you could build something you had a connection to. Congratulations!
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Landlubber Mike got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Grumman TBM-3 Avenger by CDW - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1:32 scale - PLASTIC
That paint job looks really sharp Craig. Very nice job!
Nice to be organized. I went a slightly different route but considered a modular system like yours. All I can say is that it feels good having things organized and out of the way. Now maybe I can stop losing my 6" rulers. I think I have 4 of them, usually because 3 of them seem to go missing for long stretches.
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Landlubber Mike got a reaction from Canute in Zara by RGL - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/350 - PLASTIC - Italian heavy cruiser
Oh goody, another RGL masterpiece to follow. Nice job so far!
Is it me, or does it seem like the Italians put wonderful lines and other design elements in everything they make? Clothes, cars, warships, etc.
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Landlubber Mike got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Bell UH-1H Huey By lmagna - Dragon - 1/35 - PLASTIC
Not to dredge up the evils of PE, but here are some pictures of what I've been dealing with on the 1/700 side. Might make you feel better
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Landlubber Mike got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Bell UH-1H Huey By lmagna - Dragon - 1/35 - PLASTIC
Lou that's coming out really nicely. Those figures look amazing, this is going to be a very sweet build.
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Landlubber Mike got a reaction from thibaultron in Grumman TBM-3 Avenger by CDW - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1:32 scale - PLASTIC
That paint job looks really sharp Craig. Very nice job!
Nice to be organized. I went a slightly different route but considered a modular system like yours. All I can say is that it feels good having things organized and out of the way. Now maybe I can stop losing my 6" rulers. I think I have 4 of them, usually because 3 of them seem to go missing for long stretches.
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Landlubber Mike got a reaction from mtaylor in Bell UH-1H Huey By lmagna - Dragon - 1/35 - PLASTIC
Lou that's coming out really nicely. Those figures look amazing, this is going to be a very sweet build.
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Landlubber Mike got a reaction from coxswain in Bell UH-1H Huey By lmagna - Dragon - 1/35 - PLASTIC
Not to dredge up the evils of PE, but here are some pictures of what I've been dealing with on the 1/700 side. Might make you feel better
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Landlubber Mike reacted to wefalck in Hydraulic Dredge by Steve Harvath
Sorry for the bad joke, but it looks like a goose in the oven ...
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Landlubber Mike reacted to Steve Harvath in Hydraulic Dredge by Steve Harvath
I have been working on the pumping machinery. Here is test fit of the centrifigul pump and behind it is the engine (supervised by the engineer leaning casually against the door frame). The dredge had a sort of heavy timber scaffold over the equipment bay. I have seen this feature on other dredges. It is connected to the derrick that the suction tube is suspended from. It might also be used to service the heavy equipment located in the bay below so I think I will make a roof hatch below it.
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Landlubber Mike reacted to Steve Harvath in Hydraulic Dredge by Steve Harvath
I have begun to model the pumping machinery in the dredge. I discovered a set of drawings of the steam engine that I am sure was used to power the centrifigul pump. Westinghouse made high speed steam engines at the turn of the 19th century. They were mostly used to drive generators which is probably why Westinghouse got into the steam engine business. The engine is a two cylinder engine with an enclosed crankcase. The cylinders were simple. Located between the cylinders is a valve cylinder that is canted off at an angle from the vertical steam cylinders. This shows clearly on the plan of the dredge. The pump is very big -- around 9 feet in diameter.
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Landlubber Mike reacted to Canute in Hydraulic Dredge by Steve Harvath
Wefalck, have you seen the Alaskan gold dredges? I attended a model railroad convention, back in June and this was one of the structure entries.
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Landlubber Mike reacted to John Cheevers in Hydraulic Dredge by Steve Harvath
I have long been interested in the ladder dredge Corozal which used to work the Canal zone in Panama. No plans, so I may have to reconstruct her from photographs.
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Landlubber Mike reacted to Steve Harvath in Hydraulic Dredge by Steve Harvath
I am building a model of a hydraulic dredge that was used to dig part of the Chicago Sanitary Canal (the rather infamous project to reverse the flow of the Chicago River and send that city's sewage down to St. Louis). I don't know if this qualifies as a nautical vessel. It was basically a barge with a steam operated auger-suction device and a huge pump. In a curious way it was self-propelled. It had a leg at the stern that allowed it to pivot and move forward as the work advanced. I found a rather detailed plan and elevation of the dredge along with a small image of the 'as built' dredge in Engineering News, Sept 6, 1894.
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Landlubber Mike reacted to DJB in Revitalized Hobby
Hi from Qld Australia
My interest and history has been in stages from a young bloke with dads help, to now being semi retired and time on my side. One thing has amazed is with the amount of variety models and products available these days.
There's been different builds over time ,though now I'm working building a collection of ships and aircraft involved in the sinking of the Hood and final sinking of the Bismarck. Currently I'm having issues with the 1/350 Trumpeter version HMS Hood ,it is to somehow get a better detailed finish of the deck .,trumpeter have done a good job with the molding of the deck with hatches,anchor chains and bollards etc on timber molded deck. Whats bugging me is isolating the individual e.g hatches and painting these without tape bleed (tamiya tape) or running of the paint.
Is there any advice on getting better and accurate detailed results ?
This could include a product for masking which is better etc.
Cheers and thankyou
Doug
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Landlubber Mike reacted to RGL in Zara by RGL - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/350 - PLASTIC - Italian heavy cruiser
So, made up a little hangar bay to park up the second floatplane
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Landlubber Mike reacted to RGL in Zara by RGL - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/350 - PLASTIC - Italian heavy cruiser
So there are two large panels that cover the hangar that slide (or are lifted) to the side and the crane lifts the aircraft out or in. This diagram shows an older version of aircraft with wings that were removed, ands with a hoist, but it appears the Trumpeter Zara kept this width were the WW2 version obviously widened the hatches. .
This is a screen capture from a gentleman who made a 1/100 radio controlled model of Zara. Notice how he has a wider and longer deck hatch as well.
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Landlubber Mike reacted to RGL in Zara by RGL - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/350 - PLASTIC - Italian heavy cruiser
Next is the hangar itself. This took me forever to find diagrams of it,
The rails and hanger deck of the actual kit are not to scale by the looks of it and needed widening.
So eventually it should look like this
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Landlubber Mike reacted to RGL in Zara by RGL - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/350 - PLASTIC - Italian heavy cruiser
This class of ship carried two observation aircraft in front of the fore turret. The kit provided a single aircraft and I want to have two so I bought a six pack of them, an Imam Ro.43.
I've sacrificed one for scale practice so I can see how it fits in the hangar.
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Landlubber Mike reacted to RGL in Zara by RGL - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/350 - PLASTIC - Italian heavy cruiser
The bow piece has some very nice etched in panels, but a silly faux chain which will have to go.
the railings for the seaplane will be replaced. As well as the coverings so I can park one below decks. The kit only gives you 1 so I bought some more to make mistakes with.
the stern has some nice plastic wood on which I’ll be putting a stick on deck.
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Landlubber Mike reacted to RGL in Zara by RGL - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/350 - PLASTIC - Italian heavy cruiser
So all up the ship is a little over 50cm. Hull already drilled and wooden blocks put in for the brass stands
the stern has some moulded prop guards which need to be replaced
the bow has a little node for the paravane chains
this is one if the Italian cruisers (can’t really understand its source) being salvaged after WW2 in Taranto Italy, but is shows it’s quite substantial
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Landlubber Mike reacted to RGL in Zara by RGL - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/350 - PLASTIC - Italian heavy cruiser
A few more photos, some are of her sister ships.
A wonderful open source site for ships plans in the Russian language and there is also a forum with 130 pages of every Italian ship imaginable.
http://forums.airbase.ru/2007/07/t30810_99--chertezhi-korablej.html
Why the red and white bow? because the Italian air force at the beginning of WW2 attacked every ship they saw so the navy had to paint them for recognition
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Landlubber Mike reacted to RGL in Zara by RGL - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/350 - PLASTIC - Italian heavy cruiser
Years ago I got the Anatomy Of The Ship book Bartolomeo Colleoni, and thought what a beautiful ship. So many of the pre WW2 Italian ships were, (but not that good in the real thing with other navies with Radar). The Trumpeter Zara is a new mold, with nice features and a decent upgrade sets on a slow boat from China. I got some Profile Morskie line drawings as well.
I've spent the last few weeks scouring the internets for photos and references, most of the research gold is from Russian sites so my plan is to populate a lot of this build with photos of Zara that are very very hard to find.
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