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Small update.

A Hetzer ready for painting

And a camouflaged Hetzer.

On 11/23/2023 at 5:26 PM, Harry12 said:

The first sets of sails I made were in fact from pure white linen

If you use linen, you can rub the sails with beeswax.
This makes the linen less "fluffy" and a bit stiffer.

And yes. Linen sails are actually a little too thick for this scale (1/45) 

Just an idea.

Why don't you make 2 if you're going to scratch build.
One with all the tools for models under construction.
and one as a "showroom" for finished models

Nice work 

Another very beautiful model. 

Congrats 👍

2 minutes ago, Jaager said:

In Deane's Doctrine the main wale is defined by itself.  It has no relation to the sheer of the main deck.  There was an effort/ hope that the gunports do not totally cut thru the wale - which negates its purpose.  The Doctrine is between the time of the 18th century models and the actual galleons.  The Doctrine still has aspects of a system of formulas - adjusted over time - but reflective earlier design methods.

 

Models of Santa Maria are based modern design creations.  Just some naval architect from our time exercising his imagination of what he thought the ship probably looked like.  It is all a fantasy.  However you did it, there is no documented proof that it was not that way.

 

Next time for hull planking -  the main wale goes first - all of the outer skin is a reflection of it.  Next is the garboard.  It upper edge wants to look like it comes from a diagonal.  A wavy edge - not good for the rest of the planking run.

👍

To return to the original question.
A wale is not mounted on the planks.
But it is actually a thicker plank (beam). which is mounted before the hull planks are applied.
So it is in the same line as the planks and can not cross the strakes.

https://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/acatalog/Model-Boat-Timber-Wood-Dowels.html

Thank you
The Airfix Matilda is actually their old model, supplemented with newly designed pieces for the Hedghog.
I think a Hetzer is always something special.
For this Hetzer, I think parts were "borrowed" from the Esci Hetzer

My last 4 "modern Russian" kits. All 4 are from ACE on a 1/72 scale

We start with BREM-2, a recovery vehicle based on the BMP family.

http://acemodel.com.ua/en/model/108

The box

Content. As mentioned earlier, these are short run kits. Special but with some extra work...

I've have this kit for years.

One of the reasons I never started it, a lot of cleaning up to do

And the first pieces don't cooperate from the start. But, with time and patience, a model will eventually emerge

Small update.

Applying the tracks. A bit of fiddling, but now they are completely applied.
And the Matilde is ready

5 hours ago, Ferrus Manus said:

Are round deadeyes okay

Historically not.
But if no one tells your uncle Jay about this, he probably won't mind this little error 😇

Normally there are 3 schrouds at the top mast, (i see only 2) 

Indeed, why not try rigging this yourself.

So much better.

Great work, a very beautiful model.

While I'm working on the treenails in the hull of my Mary Rose . It's time for some variety.
So now  some military models. We build the 38t Hetzer Starr from Attack hobby kits. Not the most fitting and detailed model, but a somewhat exotic Hetzer.

General info about the Hetzer  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hetzer

And the "Starr" variant   https://www.armedconflicts.com/Jagdpanzer-38-t-Starr-t12128

Box, parts and plan

Building the chassis,  this wasn't actually that simple, there was nothing that fits.

Cleaning and drilling the wheels

All is ready to apply the tracks ( Only the idler wheels could be mounted without fitting and cutting )

( with a Airfix Matilda hegdehog almost finnished)

1 minute ago, Ondras71 said:

Very fragile..

Indeed 

Batavia.
The curved planks on the stern are a protective layer of soft wood against shipworm.

An early form of copper plating.

I'm in the front row 😉

Goedemorgen buurman 😉

Treenail update,

The weather forecast has been the same here for several weeks : rain and occasional showers...

So a lot of time to drill holes and add treenails...

After all the treenails have been applied it is time to scrape and sand. Pieces of old Stanley knives are used for scraping.

The original and the model (picture of the original is thanks to @firdajan)

After sanding, the hull was cleaned with a wet cloth.

The starboard side is ready. 

Wales still needs to be done, probably also with treenails, and bolts??.
I sent this question to the Mary Rose museum, but no response yet

Thanks for following

Very, very beautiful model👍

It was nice and interesting to follow 

2 hours ago, Rik Thistle said:

they wouldn't make new moulds, would they?

Looking at the parts and the model, still the same as it was 35 years ago when I built my first one.

So you are the one who builds those beautiful machines 

Nice work.

Originally these were Matchbox kits, http://www.matchboxkits.org/index.php?cPath=81_82