Jump to content
New Publication - Ship Modeler's Handbook - They're back in stock! Thank you for your patience. ×

RGL

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    5,348

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Everything posted by RGL

  1. RGL
    Next, the flag lockers. Pontos does not address these at all, but Flyhawk supplies 5 open boxes. A few open source photos from the net show the details.. I considered getting individual cotton threads of different colours to represent the flags, but it would be just a bit too much. I used WEM grills cut and folded into the open boxes and some painted foils to represent the covers. I already added several belaying points for when I rig her out for flag halyards.
  2. RGL
    Next is the fore 12 pdrs, search light screen covers and ammunition hand up hatches. Then the 4 search lights on the Admiral's walk. 2 are electronically controlled and 2 are manual, so I placed flywheels on the manual ones.
  3. RGL
    Now the belaying is done, I can add the Admirals walk and Cabin.I used the Flyhawk one as it fits better and looks a bit more natural than the Pontos one whichrequires you to use the kit supplied roof which would be problematic fitting under the lip of the fore funnel.
  4. RGL
    Moving right along, now the boat deck. I attached and rigged the funnels. Some of the lines belay to the towers so will have to come after.
  5. RGL
    Gunther, I can only assume it is to diffuse the heat plume from the stacks. A bit of research on Dr Goigle seems to indicate this but I'm sure there are a few engineers here that could elaborate on this.
  6. RGL
    I did the same thing, it's the tiny details that make the difference!
  7. RGL
    It certainly is David, I think all of us are OCD to a point, why would we bother otherwise with this hobby?
  8. RGL
    Now the funnels which will go on the boat deck. The funnels grill is very intricate and in many pieces which I had to make up a little jig and cut off and replace all the vent pipes and fabricate the pipes for and the horns. Also making up a funnel band and eyelets for rigging later. Came up nicely.
  9. RGL
    There are a myriad of deck hatches, and Pontos and Flyhawk both have some gaps in their plans. In particular the engine vents that Pontos just chose to ignore. There is a LOT more detail to go on top the decks but this will do for now to save snags.
  10. RGL
    No, didn't need to, it sits perfectly flush.
  11. RGL
    The deck has an adhesive backing, so it "should" just stick on. When I placed it on it stuck, then a couple of hours later it popped up in places, which I rubbed down thinking it needed heat, and a few hours after it kept popping up, thus the thin CA as anything else would leave bulges
  12. RGL
    The wood deck comes with the pontos upgrade kit, and it is just lovely, just not very adhesive.
  13. RGL
    A bit of a re think and the deck has to go down so as not to catch on stuff. A simple exercise? No, after laying the thing down painstakingly, after a few hours the thing keeps popping up in sections. Using a sliver of PE and thin CA over the last few days I have been making running repairs to get the thing to sit properly. Still looks good and makes me happy with the guesstimate of the paint colour. I have now down up all the boat deck and funnels but will now not paint or attach anything until I have done up the deck hatches.
  14. RGL
    Mate, looks great. I knew it would get to you!
  15. RGL
    I'm in. There are a few Russian sites with these builds which is why they invented Google translate. Massive undertaking.
  16. RGL
    Nice work
  17. RGL
    Yes mate, I will be, but it will be a while off yet, I want to work from the centreline outwards. There is a heap of work to go yet. I'm looking forward to the contrast.
  18. RGL
    As this part of the kit is fairly well covered up by the boat deck, not a great deal of detail was included. I replaced the search lights, added a front grill, cut off and replaced the winches, added fairleads and ladders. Grey is such a boring colour after the other kits.
  19. RGL
    Next is off to the flying bridge . The first of the guns have to be added, namely 10 12 pounders. The unpainted bits are, from left to right, North Star with the Pontos barrels, then the kit supplied with the Flyhawk barrels (which are 3mm longer, then just the kit one. The kit one is not bad, but just not detailed. The photo shows the real thing and the upper area of the barrel is almost silver, I tried gunmetal but it was just too dark.
  20. RGL
    Photos????
  21. RGL
    Ok, a heap of photo etch cut and painted off hull, .then added today. The brackets for the torpedo net booms, multiple side hatches (which for some reason Pontos chose to ignore) and a bit of dry brushing
  22. RGL
    Well done mate!
  23. RGL
    Sweet! Thanks, it makes sense when pointed out.
  24. RGL
    I had a look at the AOTS, and whilst it is there, it does not say what it is, but I would expect it is a strengthening piece maybe for ramming subs or if it went aground.
  25. RGL
    Ha, my wife couldn't care less.

About us

Modelshipworld - Advancing Ship Modeling through Research

SSL Secured

Your security is important for us so this Website is SSL-Secured

NRG Mailing Address

Nautical Research Guild
237 South Lincoln Street
Westmont IL, 60559-1917

Model Ship World ® and the MSW logo are Registered Trademarks, and belong to the Nautical Research Guild (United States Patent and Trademark Office: No. 6,929,264 & No. 6,929,274, registered Dec. 20, 2022)

Helpful Links

About the NRG

If you enjoy building ship models that are historically accurate as well as beautiful, then The Nautical Research Guild (NRG) is just right for you.

The Guild is a non-profit educational organization whose mission is to “Advance Ship Modeling Through Research”. We provide support to our members in their efforts to raise the quality of their model ships.

The Nautical Research Guild has published our world-renowned quarterly magazine, The Nautical Research Journal, since 1955. The pages of the Journal are full of articles by accomplished ship modelers who show you how they create those exquisite details on their models, and by maritime historians who show you the correct details to build. The Journal is available in both print and digital editions. Go to the NRG web site (www.thenrg.org) to download a complimentary digital copy of the Journal. The NRG also publishes plan sets, books and compilations of back issues of the Journal and the former Ships in Scale and Model Ship Builder magazines.

Our Emblem ®

Modelshipworld - Advancing Ship Modeling through Research

Nautical Research Guild ® and the NRG logo are Registered Trademarks, and belong to the Nautical Research Guild (United States Patent and Trademark Office: No. 6,999,236 & No. 6,999,237, registered March 14, 2023)

×
×
  • Create New...