Lt. Biggles

12 hours ago, RGL said:

Mate you’re doing an amazing job. When I did KGV I still can’t understand how to put those cranes together. Looking forward to following 

Thanks man, I did zoom in as much as I could on your KGV crane build pics to help me out and a lot of the other PE parts I’ll be referring to that build to help me make sense of it!

9 hours ago, Tigerdvr said:

Welcome to the club. Your remark about calling that crane complete is the PE/ship model curse. You keep finding things that you

can add and everything slows down. I think you are doing very well on your PE. Suggest considering completing subsections including painting.

Painting the horizontal and surfaces is usually easier that way.

Enjoy--

Haha yea already I’m not happy with the crane rigging as it’s gone saggy so will have to take it off and find a better way! Subsections is a good idea, I’ll do the rear super structure and then get the hull underway.

Had better call that one complete crane, otherwise I’ll keep tinkering with it forever while I have a whole ship to build! At this rate I might be done by Christmas!!

Thanks mate, it good fun so far and yea very fiddly. PE is a game for patient people I think! 

Started making a crane today, basically no instructions so took hours! Next one should go together much quicker.

So begins some PE construction, Pontos instructions are quite awful and I almost emailed them to confirm half the instructions weren’t missing from my set...  but once sorted out the increase in quality is huge!! 

The top section of the main mast in PE next to the same part of the original kit part

While I wait for supplies, plans and other stuff I will start on the rear superstructure as the two sides were already glued together. I just cleaned up the edges and used some putty to deal to gaps 

Hello, 

This is my first ever build log and my first ‘proper’ ship build attempt. 

Ive followed a few builds on here as research and to see how things go together so thought I’d show my build too.

It will be a slow one I think as I’ll try give it a good go and also tough to find much info on Her except low res pics from far awayso it won’t be a super accurate one as I’ll just have to wing bits I don’t know about. 

I got this kit for lockdown and from someone that had cut a few bits off but hadn’t really done any building.