Baker

On 11/19/2020 at 5:37 PM, md1400cs said:

Just went through your Oct. posts

Welcome back 

You haven't missed anything for now. This build was temporarily on hold.
First finished a small plastic Bounty. 
Had a "light" corona attack, and defeated it
Now build a few military vehicles and then we'll get back to this build. 

Next build 

The 10.5cm LeFH-16 auf geschuetzpanzer Mark.VI(e) and the munitionspanzer Mark VI(e)

In simple english 
A 10.5 cm howitzer on the chassis of a captured British Mark VI light tank and the accompanying ammunition vehicle.

both models are from ACE

http://acemodel.com.ua/en/model/558     http://acemodel.com.ua/en/model/495

General history 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10.5_cm_leFH_16_Gesch%C3%BCtzwagen_Mk_VI_736_(e)

The myth of a modern motorized German army in 1940 is not entirely true.
Only elite panzer divisions had modern (tank) equipment ( some of which were actually just training vehicles). Their tactics were more daring and modern.

After the Blitzkrieg of 1940, Germany had a large amount of captured material at its disposal. All this went into the service of the German Whermacht.

A certain Alfred Becker had the idea of mounting his unit's howitzers on these light tanks. 
They served well on the Eastern Front and were the first fully self-propelled howitzer unit in the German Whermacht.

Alfred Becker's talents did not go unnoticed. Baucommando Becker (Build unit Becker) turned hopelessly outdated French vehicles and tanks into completely "new" German vehicles that made it quite difficult for the Allies in Normandy (1944)

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Becker

The plans and the parts

Start building the two hulls. as always with short run kits a lot of flash and a lot of cleaning.

to be continued

The general shape of the model LOOKS pretty good (Google translate made an error, or me) haha 😇

I did 4 years of study and building to make a painted hull 
is the shape correct?
Is the painting correct?
With or without a balcony? with me with balcony. Correct? I still do not know..

16th century shipbuilding, few rules, many differences, little correct information

added some pdf's (all legally downloaded from the internet) about 16th century ship building

elizabethan-merchant-ships-and-shipbuilding.pdf

Full thesis bates.pdf

Furring in light of 16th century ship design_web.pdf

Princess Channel model.pdf

Princess Channel.pdf

red bay 2.pdf

red bay.pdf

scheepsbouw 16e eeuw Engeland.pdf

red bay.pdf

Steere-MA2004 versiering.pdf

spaanse scheepsbouw werkwijze.pdf

Need more info : just ask, but you will probably have to wait a little for a answer

I  follow

In this era there was not much decoration on the stern. And indeed a statue of a bambi ?? 

This ship was intended to operate "behind enemy lines", not to attract attention.

But there is little information from ships of this period. And the general shape of the model is pretty good

Good luck.

Billings's Vasa was my first wooden ship. 

I really enjoyed building this model

21 hours ago, rkwz said:

Wow. 

 

Simply amazing what you've done with a hunk of plastic parts. Hats off to you, Patrick. What a masterpiece and thank you for sharing your process!

20 hours ago, Edwardkenway said:

Excellent project finished Patrick, you have worked miracles on a kit I built as a child, I didn't put the same amount of detail on it though. It's been an absolute joy to watch.

Thankyou😁

Thank you

19 hours ago, Ryland Craze said:

Beautiful model.  It is so life-like.

Thank you

18 hours ago, Jeff T said:

Patrick, congratulations on this amazing build — you packed so much realistic detail into this small scale, and it has been an inspiration for my own plastic ship build.  Your skill and precision are exemplary!

Thank you

18 hours ago, G.L. said:

Patrick, congratulations with this beautiful model.

Very, very well done!

Thank you

4 hours ago, Veszett Roka said:

Excellent small diorama! Just two figures, a small crate, small blueprint and it tells a full story in the shipyard. First i was skeptic about the dull colors and rusted copper, but now all has meanings. Congratulations Patrick!

 

Hope you fully recovered now from C19?

 

greets

Miki

Thank you 

Just two figures, a small crate, small blueprint and it tells a full story in the shipyard   (I made an attempt to put a bottle and 2 cups on the crate. But on a scale of 1/110 it did not work out very well)

Dull colors and rusted copper...  (Once a military modeller, always a military modeller  )

No more big covid problems, but still tired quickly 

19 minutes ago, Barbossa said:

Any chance for adding some Tahitian girls in your diorama 😜 ?

If I now add Tahiti ladies... then we have a party and then there may not even be a launch of the ship 🤣

On 4/5/2020 at 11:13 PM, Osmosis said:

Never Mind I Figured It Out.

 

 

I am having trouble creating an album.

 

When I select "gallery/completed kits/add images/create new album". It asks me to enter the URL for my pictures? My pictures are from my hard drive and my build log. Not sure what to do from here.

 

Thanks in advance

I have the same problem, does anyone have an answer for this. 

The photos are on my PC and I don't have a URL

Update: The photos are in the gallery. But I don't know if they are in an album

In this period they only used 1 single rope / gun door

Final update, the anchors.

The anchors of the kit.

The improved version of the anchors and 2 of the 5 figures that will be used

Discovered that the anchor cable i used is a bit too thick...

Anchors in place

This is where the build of this model ends.

Friends of ours bought this kit for the kids, forgot about it in the attic, and then it almost ended up in the bin.
To be built later by someone who only has experience with plastic military models
Overall, I am satisfied with this little model it gave me many hours of building pleasure

Photos of the complete model.

To bring some life into this diorama.
An inspector from the Royal Navy listens to what the shipbuilder has to say about the ship, before it is approved for service

It probably didn't work that way at the time, but these 2  figures supplied with the kit were very suitable for this setup

Thanks everyone for following, comments, good advice and likes

Seen from this angle it is indeed correct.

Sorry I kept you awake 🥺

2 hours ago, rkwz said:

Meanwhile, I decided to purchase this box of brown plastic for my next project!

 

excellent choice. i can't wait to follow the build 

Beautiful work Rodolfo.

A practical question (it can also be a stupid question)
If we put bolts here
Then it looks like these planks are bolted permanent to the opening in the deck.
How do we then open this hatch when we have to be in the hold?

Did  some extra detail (rope)on the belaying pins.
These have become almost invisible, so they were made of a simple round plastic strip.

New swivel guns have also been made, simple made cannons but better than the one in the kit.

To have a tapered effect parts of stretched sprue are used.

extra detail.

Kit cannon versus home made version

The swivel gun supports on the rear deck are made too high. The guns are so high in relation to a person that they are only suitable for use as AA guns... or to shoot at seagulls 

Delicate moments

Cannons mounted and ready for action.

Thanks for following, comments and likes

You are definitely building an A version.
The hull of the G version was different and simplified to increase production.
If you want to know the differences, no problem.

Good news.

I knew I had a gray panther somewhere 👍

(this is a G version and not an A).

On 11/8/2020 at 10:54 PM, Edwardkenway said:

What I do may not always be historically correct but I plan to enjoy what I do.

Good idea, I'm going to enjoy this too 👍

On 11/8/2020 at 10:54 PM, Edwardkenway said:

as I'm basing it in the europe theatre I'm basing everything in tamiya german grey

But, a Panther in Panzer Grey was a very rare thing on the European front (1944-45) 

(There may have been one in this color when all the sand yellow paint was used up )

Another nice addition to the collection 👍.

On 11/7/2020 at 10:38 AM, ObviousNewbie said:

Drilled a 6mm hole in the stern for the rudder, always a pleasure taking a power drill to your hull.. NOT 🙂

 

You are a brave man 

Great work 

The more I read about the ship type "fluit" the more respect I get for the people who build them, both in the past and in the present.

What a difficult  shape to build

Congrats with this model Marcus

On 11/5/2020 at 8:55 PM, shipman said:

Tomorrow is always a new day; to be welcomed, so we can go forward with what we learned yesterday.

Well said.

On 11/6/2020 at 1:32 AM, Ryland Craze said:

I like your attitude.  Your build of the Bounty will be a model you will be proud of.

Thanks,

Build update 

The mizzen sail is adjusted (thanks Roka)  and all running rigging should be in place to operate yards and sails. 

Probably not every line is tied to the correct belaying pin but it is much better than the kit instructions.

Next to do things :
Make swivel guns, those of the kit are too thick, make the anchors, etc ..
And apply extra ropework (picture)

The Heller SR, roughly the same scale (built long ago) and the Bounty

Corona update
The healing is going well for me and my wife
Still tired easily. Shipyard time is a little reduced because we take a short walk once or twice a day to get more oxygen into the lungs.

The Flemish fields

Recently I read a good description of what the lungs feel like when you breathe with corona.
"It's like an elephant is sitting on your chest and you can barely breathe".  (Believe me it feels like that sometimes)

Thanks for following,comments and likes

Nice model