Piet

Hi Piet
 
Thanks for the Birthday wishes!  55 years young....who would’ve thought!
Hi Steve.  
 
Thanks for for your kind thoughts and compliments!  
Hi Dave
 
Thanks for your compliments and wishes.  As for the passenger liner comment...trust me...the thought has crossed my mind, but I’d have to be a masochist if I went ahead with it😉.  But, you never say never, I guess.  Maybe one day.
 
Have a great week, everyone. 
 
Cheers.
 
Patrick
 

Stunning!! A lovely jewel.
Is it your birthday Patrick? Well, in that case let me also wish you a happy birthday with many more to come.
 
Cheers,

Patrick,
Beautiful work! I stand amazed at your fine detail skills. Now a passenger liner would certainly be an undertaking and we would love to watch if you decide to take that on. Enjoy the shakedown cruise. 😉
 

Patrick, Happy Birthday!  Shadow looks like a very fine yacht, super job!

Thanks Brian!

no where as much as last week but makes taking his lorship out for walkies a pain

Nice deck work Kevin. Its snowing in West Sussex as well - on Friday I was walking on the South Downs in warm sun and thinking spring had sprung.

Very precise and looking very good.   Sweet work, Kevin.

Good afternoon from a snowy Bridgwater in Somerset 

I wanted to do some work on the 1/4 deck this weekend, but the only way ahead was to decide how to do the non slip pattern on deck, the plans differed from photos,  and the same ship pre and post refits showed changes, so I went a did my own thing

this is a museum exhibit and totally different to the palns













the area was marked to the shape i wanted the pattern to follow







350 strips later

and a rattle can grey primer to show what touching up is needed, 

im quite pleased how it turned out

   

Nice redo on the bowsprit steps Dave.
 
Cheers,

Nice redo on the bowsprit steps Dave.
 
Cheers,

Stunning!! A lovely jewel.
Is it your birthday Patrick? Well, in that case let me also wish you a happy birthday with many more to come.
 
Cheers,

Right off Nills, I really like the gun tackle jig you set up. This is a clever way of not having to rig the guns on the ship. Makes everything the same and the result is a neat rigging job and it simplifies the job.
Love the pics with all the guns rigged in different configurations.
 
Cheers,

Nice redo on the bowsprit steps Dave.
 
Cheers,

Beginning to look like a boiler. Nice looking front.
 
Cheers,

Nice progress Jan.
 
Cheers,

Nice idea with the planking Denis. Staring at the center seems to draw me into a hole - - - lucky for me that spread-eagled myself
 
Cheers,

Thank you Denis and Nils for your visit and comments. Also to those who clicked the like button, thanks.
 
Yes Nils, this scale has been a challenge, mainly due to the very delicate PE. I'm not afraid working at a small scale but this PE stuff is difficult.
 
Here is another photo of "Java" taken from the Australian cruiser "Hobart." This was most likely in Lampung Bay on February 14, 1942, one day before the action in the Gaspar Straits. (From the collection of J.A.Dorlas).

Cheers,

Right off Nills, I really like the gun tackle jig you set up. This is a clever way of not having to rig the guns on the ship. Makes everything the same and the result is a neat rigging job and it simplifies the job.
Love the pics with all the guns rigged in different configurations.
 
Cheers,

Thank you Denis and Nils for your visit and comments. Also to those who clicked the like button, thanks.
 
Yes Nils, this scale has been a challenge, mainly due to the very delicate PE. I'm not afraid working at a small scale but this PE stuff is difficult.
 
Here is another photo of "Java" taken from the Australian cruiser "Hobart." This was most likely in Lampung Bay on February 14, 1942, one day before the action in the Gaspar Straits. (From the collection of J.A.Dorlas).

Cheers,

Thank you Denis and Carl. Hey Carl, I have never used this holy stone but a lot of polishing compound on airplanes though, does that count?? 
 
Okay, we are now at day 44, which brings us to January 29, 2018.
I finally tackled that difficult job, the ship's boats loading and unloading boom. Before cementing the boom to the mast I started with cementing the top most static support cable and the lifting/lowering pulley tackle rig. Then cemented the hook cable from the front of the boom with a piece of silk tread. I'll attach it later to the motor driven winch.
I did not have the PE cable assembly that runs from the end of the boom to the deck. Instead I used two silk threads for this that will be fastened to scratch build eyelets on the deck next to the aft vent pipes. This will be done after the boom is cemented to the deck. 
The PE boom swing tackle and hook will also be cemented on after the boom is secured to the mast. They will be fastened to the same eyelets for the mast side stays.
It was now time to cement the boom to the mast, which proceeded rather well in spite of all these loose pieces of rigging. Next came the task to secure all the loose cables and ropes to their assigned places.
It was now also time to paint everything in medium grey except the cabling is dome in dark grey.
 
Here I thought this was going to be a real challenge but it went surprisingly rather quick. Next up will be assembling the 4 Bofors. I'll have to kit-bash these because I want to have the barrels pointing skyward attempting tho get the Japanese observation planes but these clever guys kept out of range. 
 

This is a copy from my 1:50 scale scratch build drawing. It shows how everything runs from here to there.
 

This shows the boom cemented to the mast with all the loose rigging.
 

Here the installation is completed and painted.
 

A bird's eye view of the boat deck.
 

A close-up view of the boom and ship's boats.
 

Overall view of the jobs completed in the last few days.
 
Cheers,

Thanks Carl, yeas, she's slowly progressing. I am very close to getting to the current date. A few more installments. Currently I am still occupied with most in-house chores like cooking, dish-washing, floor scrubbing etc. besides the never ending yard work.  Gwen's hand is healing very nicely and can now straighten all her fingers out without them locking up. Still some discomfort when making a fist though, which is a good thing - - for me 
 
Okay then, today's post is for days 41, 42 and 43, which brings us to January 29, 2018.
On day 41 I started with assembling the seaplane loading/unloading gantries. First was removing them from the PE sheet with their associated PE parts. The gantry boom is etched in one piece and had to be folded double to make the complete beam. Another sticky job in not damaging the support cables that are part of the whole. Once I had them perfectly aligned I used a drop of CA to keep them together,
Next was cementing the traveling hook and pulley assembly for at the end and cemented them to the beam. I added a few strands of silk thread to the ends of the beams to simulate the mooring ropes, preventing the beams from swinging. These ropes will be fastened to the top of the rear funnel vent housing.
 
On day 42 I cut two small pieces of brass rod to simulate the observation plane refueling supply pipes at the sides of the hull and cemented them into place. Yeah, I had to scrape away some paint but I'll touch it up later.  there is a lot of touch-up work to do anyhow.  Looking at the 1:50 scale scratch build drawings there is a ladder from the deck down to the pivot part of the pipe so I got a piece from my spare PE and cemented that to the hull. My guess is for access to that point for the crew to attach the fuel hose and unlatch the pipe. There is also a gantry from the deck to the end of the pipe but I'll wait with cementing that on when I install the railing.
After lunch I installed both the aircraft loading gantries and started with the forward support stays. To simulate them being fastened to the deck I made two cleats and cemented them to the deck. No time to install the stays.
 
On day 43 I cemented both front stays. Them being from extremely thin PE it was a rather delicate operation but turned out rather good. Next I painted all the installed PE and some touch-up work.
 

A copy of my 1:50 scale drawing showing the aircraft loading gantry installation. This would be a rather fun project to tackle if I ever have the time to do so.
 

These are the main parts for the gantries. I have placed my Exacto #11 blade in te picture to give you an idea of size. I did not attempt to add the chains to the traveling hook assembly. I guess I could have used one of my hears - - -
 

This shows bothe gantries installed. Both the securing ropes will be replaced.

Both stays are installed and the securing ropes replaced, now they are taut. I guess You can also see the cleats I made for the stay.
 

Another look at the finished gantry installation.
 

This is that aircraft refueling pipe arrangement. That little bump below the ladder is a hinge assembly to allow the boom to swing out. Ah yes, I goofed on the ladder, that'll be straightened out before long and painted of course. According the drawings I have there is a rope attached to the pivot support brace at the end of this pipe to the ladder serving as a handhold. Seems rather tricky to walk across that pipe with the ship pitching.
 

Painted with some touch-ups.
 
 

Right off Nills, I really like the gun tackle jig you set up. This is a clever way of not having to rig the guns on the ship. Makes everything the same and the result is a neat rigging job and it simplifies the job.
Love the pics with all the guns rigged in different configurations.
 
Cheers,

Nice idea with the planking Denis. Staring at the center seems to draw me into a hole - - - lucky for me that spread-eagled myself
 
Cheers,

Thank you Denis and Nils for your visit and comments. Also to those who clicked the like button, thanks.
 
Yes Nils, this scale has been a challenge, mainly due to the very delicate PE. I'm not afraid working at a small scale but this PE stuff is difficult.
 
Here is another photo of "Java" taken from the Australian cruiser "Hobart." This was most likely in Lampung Bay on February 14, 1942, one day before the action in the Gaspar Straits. (From the collection of J.A.Dorlas).

Cheers,