RGL
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You will pretty much lose all PE detail unless you airbrush your top coats. Especially when you modulate your colours. There are some excellent tutorials on U-Tube by AK interactive or look at @Koppalakki masterpiece build on shipmodelworld world for his Yamato. I learnt so much from him on that build.- 140 replies
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Well done mate, once you’ve done individual stanchions you’ll never go back as it looks so much better.
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It’s a matter of understanding how they work first, then how to rig for it. There are lines running everywhere alongside the hull.
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Canute shows just how much detail there is, so additionally I’ll do individual stanchions, (the Tamiya metal set will be fine as it’s got two railings, there is a ship’s bell on the forward funnel, and lots of little bits and pieces that be used to enhance it. A lot from spares but it needs a large amount of rigging blocks. I photocopied the drilling template so when I stuff it up or pour something on it I have an emergency.
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Geeze I wish. I’ve got a lot on this month. I’ve got to put the ringols on first anyways. There is a lot of extra detail to put on this one even with the aftermarket.
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I’m thinking your big M will never be finished. I’m planning on 6 months for Seydlitz, should take me into our winter and rugby season.
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So I do t know how I’m going to pull it off yet, but I’ve bought quite a few sets of these 1/700 blocks for the rigging. I lived in Timor for 6 months in 2001/02, some of it would not have changed since the 1800’s.
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It appears he was paroled as soon as he got here to work as a book keeper so I reckon he volunteered
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One of my ancestors was transported to Australia for Bigamy, I reckon he would have been relieved.
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Yes, they could drag anchor in a current or turning of the tide. There is reference to the ship going into action with the nets down for some reason, but could only make 6 knots.
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My dreadnoughts rigging was complex but I had reference to the AOTS, so I have to figure it out. I expect the nets were pulled out via the capstans using these lines forward. The references say the nets were dropped straight off the shelves into the water an unfurled, then pulled out. The reverse order for retrieving, but she could run at about 6kts if deployed but used a prodigious amount of coal. The brailing davits were used to roll them back up like a vanitian blind, either using the coaling winches or the capstans. The booms themselves have two blocks, with a line that runs down the side of the ship from the deck, to the first block near the hull, to the end of he boom and then the line runs don to the base of the net. I expect this is to keep the net taught (ie, heading straight down). If I'm wrong I'm very happy to be corrected, there is so little reference to this, a google search uses a photo of my dreadnought to explain the history of them (I have no idea who wrote it).
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I have found most of my photos on Facebook, posted on open source groups about the Kaisers navy. These shots are particularly clear and important in getting you head around the rigging required for the Torpedo net booms. The firs is of a sister ship but shows the lines well. as there are two anchors on the port side the sheeves and blocks run between them. The aftermarket also includes he doors (folding down in shot one) nea the bow with more cannons. The kit makes no reference to this.
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Absolutely. It’ll be a few months worth of Northern Europe picking on the Southern Hemisphere, he won’t pick on the yanks as they’re too big.
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So jealous. I’ve been out on the water coaching kids sport since 6am, quick nap then off to a beer festival all afternoon. If if I had the drilling template I could get a lot done even without the upgrade!!!!! If you look look closely at the original photos there are sheeves above each torpedo net boom that run a line through two blocks on each boom. There are multiple blocks on the forward part of the hull that lines run through to pull out the booms, those lines then run up the the deck via sheeves that would then run to winches to pull them out. Then there are brailing davits along the deck that run out to the nets to pull them up. I’ve just about got my head around them and will do up a diagram later.
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I’m loving seeing a representation of plastic models now! My upgrade is ordered but won’t be ready till the end of the year but Ive got a lot on anyways I won’t get to it till February really. What else to the upgrade, I’ve ordered a LOT of pulleys and blocks required for the rigging of the torpedo nets. Very cheap off EBay. Canute is going to get a real head start with this as it’s already arrived in the US. I can’t really do much until I get the template for the torpedo net booms, then I can etch in armour plates. Hey, by Feb Popeye will have finished Vendetta and Cog his marvellous destroyer. Seydltiz under full broadside
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The tiny pliers I got from U-Star are the best tool I have bought for placement. I use acupuncture needles for glue application
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