Baker

The anchors and accessories

First study about how they might have looked like.
Source the Gresham ship (top right) and the Mary Rose. And sketches of anchors, anchor buoy anchor david, blocks.

The anchor david
One of the Mary rose has been recovered.
He should have remained afloat for a while after the sinking of the ship. Where it will come on this model, no idea yet.

The anchors are made of 3 layers of styrene (total 2.5mm thick)

After cutting, filing and sanding, this is the provisional result. 

The shank of the smallest is still a  little too thick, I just noticed in the picture.

The next build log is about 3 Opel Blitz buses and 1 Olympia.

General info about the Opel Blitz in WW2

http://www.kfzderwehrmacht.de/Homepage_english/Motor_Vehicles/Germany/Opel/Opel_Blitz_3-5-36_-_3-6-36/opel_blitz_3-5-36_-_3-6-36.html

Bus 1: box and content

Start building. Hooray, no flash this time and parts that fit

Chassis and body

Interior

started installing windows

well done.

indeed, with models like the Mayflower and the Golden Hind, no one can say you made a mistake. but you can never claim that you are doing it the right way.

Haha 😉.

Good progress.

Nice build log,  and in the right place 😉

groetjes, Patrick

Nice model Jack

I also had cataract surgery.
It takes a while to heal. But with a good lamp as a help, I can now do my modeling without glasses 👍
Patience, and everything will become ok

The "supporting structures" These are knees.

Types and how to remember.

Hanging knees hang one the ceiling.

Standing knees stand on the floor.

lodging knees lie horizontal.

Very nice work.
Seeing your build, makes me think to give a card model like this a try.

Finished.
Not an exotic model. But something special, and bigger than I first thought.
And probably designed by someone who had never driven an armored car. The poor driver only had a peephole on his front. What happened to his left and right he could never have seen...

No more room left in the Italian WW2 corner

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Great work. 

yes, you do have "scratch skills" 😉

thank you for explaining.

It would be a mess in this small densely populated country if there were no rules.

But our national "hobbies" are : avoid taxes as much as possible and to interpret the rules as broadly as possible .

You can freely buy an air rifle, but you are not allowed to shoot it, even  in your own garden

But, If I shoot a pigeon in my garden with that thing, my neighbor won't mind. A pigeon less that dont sh..t on our roofs anymore he thinks then.

And that pigeon, it goes into the soup, without feathers and intestines of course😋.

ps, please don't tell anyone 🤣

The swivels are placed on the model.

It is easier to drill these holes before applying the rigging. 

But without installing the rigging first I don't know where there will be room left for the swivels. 

Test swivel 1

Swivel guns in place

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Do you need a special permit to hunt where you live?

Here, in Belgium, there is a rule for everything. i need a license for hunting.

I am not allowed to process the killed animal myself.

and for the outdoor kitchen I must of course also apply for a building permit.

Rules,rules,rules 😳 in this small country.

There are "ammo" 2 chests (speculative own design) one for the fore castle and one for the rear castle.

Painting the swivels.

First a mat black base with a wash with thinned metal color.

then the swivels are "colored" with pencil and polished with a soft paper tisseu.

result

Painting

I'm going for a 3-color Italian camouflage.

For the interior, some converted russian PPSh 41 which now should look like Baretta's model 38

Painting and drybrushing ready

Nice model 👍

And

13 minutes ago, Knocklouder said:

Guess I  should add the pictures  lol

You have a cozy workplace for your hobby 

Great work. 

And, where is the creme brulee ??😉😋

On 11/19/2022 at 1:36 PM, Egilman said:

Nice work...

Thanks.

Continue with the Protetto

The rear is only sparsely detailed.

Better

Front under construction.

A 16th century 1/45 English swivel opposite to an Italian 1/72 Autoprotetto.. 😇

On 11/17/2022 at 5:48 PM, Baker said:

I didn't like going to school...😉

Fortunately for me, there are people who do like to go to school.
Thank you Mr. Corey Malcom for your study and the drawing of a swivel gun 👍.

Continue building the swivels.

The wedge should be connected to the swivel with a chain or rope. I'm going to give it a try. If it doesn't work, then it is without

A 16th century 1/45 English swivel opposite to an Italian 1/72 Autoprotetto... 

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