RGL
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I can see why hobby shops won't hold stock that's expensive and slow to move, I think that's why they invented the Internet. HMS Victory and Yamoto are favourites, Eastern Europe is bringing out some nice stuff in resin at incredibly high prices which will kill them eventually. Asia is bringing out stuff that is just stunning now, especially aftermarket, at very good prices but limited to IJN and a few other nations . The early 1900 ships are just very elegant and revolutionary between wood and steel. I think we can now afford what we couldn't as kids and are not in such a race to finish one kit and move on to the next. My AL Endevour was a rubbish kit that required everything but the bulkheads pretty much scratch or aftermarket. Maybe we, here on this forum are more patient, and I kind of consider the scratch builders the grown ups who have the skills and tools to make masterpieces. I'm just a bloke slapping things together. -
Thanks for the likes and comments, I'm in the process of using the Dremel on the kit supplied gun shields to get them as thin as possible to place them on the deck guns.
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Finally the props have been added and the scratch built prop guards, using chains from the eduard supposedly 1/350 chains for railings. Only some touch up to go on the ship, and I have removed the stern flagstaff as I will attach a flag to it. I still have navigation things to the masts. Finally I have shown a photo of the ship in my paw to show some scale. Essentially this is a 20 year old kit that needs so much bashing it's tragic. Modern kits are a lot nicer but limited to what the big companies think will sell. I think I've really hit my limit of competence given there is so little of the original kit and the Eduardo stuff is fairly basic and unimaginative. It's a fairly obscure ship to the northern hemisphere where most kits are made. I will use the gun shields from the kit and scratch build the rest. Wooden ships just have a nicer feel to them and the larger scale is so much easier to access but certainly not easier as it takes a lot more craftsmanship. I have everything ready to go for my next build, but even with aftermarket it should be a hell of a lot easier.
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Next if the boat boom, anchors (aftermarket), ships crest and addition of all the hatches for the guns as well as the little doors on the side of the ship. also added the flybridge and the navigation lights to them. Next is the gangways. You can see from the B&W photos, the RAN took the nameplates, crest and stern piece. Eduard did a nice job of both, but the stern piece is just a decal which I used regardless.
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After a week of piecework, I have finally gotten to the stage where I can complete most of the hull. Regardless to say I was somewhat delayed when a blade handle flew out of my hands and hit the ship, causing me to do some repairs. First off is the night rescue equipment. As you can see from the plans they are quite intricate, and from the second photo why one would have a go at replacing the kit provided stuff.
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I use Zap, dipping a pin into a little puddle on a palette. Get some good quality double sided tape and cut it as small as possible on a small block of wood and place the pre bent etch on it and spray with Tamiya primer then whatever colour is needed. If you do heaps of it, it will save a LOT of time
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Use CA to grip then you can add PVA afterwards, you can always touch up afterwards. I am in the process of adding all the exterior bits to my Emden now (apart from some repairs from a flying knife handle). It has taken two weeks of piecework to get to this stage. It comes together amazingly quickly once that's done.
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Yes, yes I'll go with that explanation I think. It's so bloody busy on the thing at the moment I might get away with it.
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Today I have finished and thrown on the ships boats, as you can see from the first photo the kit supplied ones are not very nice so 7 of the 8 have been replaced with aftermarket. The steam gig was done fairly much to spec from the instructions. I was originally going to lash them *** but the scale is beyond me and the ship with this much close detail is it is very very fragile. A bit more rigging to go on these then the homeward stretch. Thanks for the likes and comments. Greg
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Very nice work
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I pretty much use rattle cans, I find anything hand painted on is too inconsistent and thick for the scale but that's probably just my lack of skill. I tried Vajello and it was rubbish to work with. The washes are done by hand as are the dry brushing. I haven't weathered any of mine as they are supposed to be display only.
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I haven't posted for a while as it has taken forever getting these davits done. The rear deck ones needed some rods so they will not snap off the side of the hull, then some washes to bring out the details. Next will be the ships boats then the rigging for the davits.
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I have found by using the Tamiya primer spray first it keeps most of the paint on. I try and do any photo etch that does not need bending is best done this way as the detail does not get lost. It binds so much better.
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Nice work
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After the threading, I can get back to some modeling. There will be 16 individual ships davits, for 8 boats. You can see from the Huff plans they are very detailed. The grey blended blobs are the Revell effort. The Eduard fret is not bad but still needs work, as they are attached to the plastic from the kit. The side profile shows them as basically bend I bar. So thinning the kit davits down, adding an extra layer for the pulleys which run alongside them, and a few eyelets for rigging and the bolster rails make it about as complicated as it needs to be at this scale. If it was bigger it would require more work which would be easier because of the scale. The cleats look ridiculously big but that is the way they were s you can see from the original photo. This is the first of the 16, and the template which has come out OK. It's for the rear deck, and the kit only allows the option of the boats being outboard, whereas I want everything inboard, so I will have to add some bolsters and probably have to drill it into the hull to take the weight. Now I have some direction I can mass produce them.
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That's what you call it? I have 76 eyelets to thread, so to put it off I cleaned out the shed and I'm going to use fine pavers to lift my desk up about a foot so I can see what the hell in doing. As winter is coming I bought a new lamp with the best globe I could get to help. I can see so many lessons learnt. The Dreadnought is now in the slips after 4 months of storing up on extras from all around the world. Davits and ships boats next, with a lot of bashing required, then the side of hull features, with the last 10 guns to go. No one makes German flags from that era so it will be bare poled.
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I've finally finished something. The foredeck is complete. The railings are done, the spare anchor placed and it's davit. I replaced the bits on the bow so the railings actually run above them so the scale is a little more realistic. As you can see the entire area is about 5cm, so it's quite busy.
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Thanks mate, but the front and rear bitts are coming off. Waaaaay too big. Flag staffs are also too big. The photo just proves it. Not happy.
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