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lmagna got a reaction from mtaylor in Trafalgar Class Submarine by Old Collingwood - FINISHED - Airfix - 1/350 - PLASTIC
I take that back about the hull expanding and contracting on deep dives.
The area in question is not part of the pressure hull, but a casing installed over the true hull to provide a walking/working area and is therefore not exposed to pressure changes with depth. The true pressure hull starts just below the freeing ports at the water line and appears to be black rather than the charcoal color of the upper hull.
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lmagna got a reaction from mtaylor in Trafalgar Class Submarine by Old Collingwood - FINISHED - Airfix - 1/350 - PLASTIC
No reason why not OC. The tiles are most likely glued directly to the bare metal and if they get knocked off like in this picture the exposed area would rust pretty fast. There are also some signs of rust showing along the seams of some other panels further back. Possibly that is the reason the panels fall off. Water seeps behind the panels and lifts them off. I suspect that there is considerable flex in the hull between deep dives and the surface and the tiles expand and contract at a different rate than the hull.
Some other areas of note is that the circle marker for the escape hatch is green rather than red or yellow, and that the bollard the guy in sitting on is yellow on top rather than black. I am assuming that this bollard retracts flush with the deck when not needed as a seat. Another item of note is the cleats. It appears that they are fixed and do not retract or become flush with the deck in some manner.
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lmagna got a reaction from John Allen in Trafalgar Class Submarine by Old Collingwood - FINISHED - Airfix - 1/350 - PLASTIC
I agree
Back in the day my favorite nuke sub was the Skipjack, and the only kit available was the old Aurora kit that left much to be desired as far as detail goes. That was no excuse I suppose, as I also have plans for the Skipjack that showed details that were not on the kit but could have been etched in. At any rate, my Skipjack ended up as a black teardrop with fins. The prop was really the only break in color!
You might also see if you can find pictures of the deck and see if like US subs these subs have the "Target" ring painted around the rescue hatches. Only a little bit of color but everything helps. Also it looks like the Radar mast is painted white in all the pictures where it is raised.
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lmagna got a reaction from John Allen in Trafalgar Class Submarine by Old Collingwood - FINISHED - Airfix - 1/350 - PLASTIC
Nice job OC she is already taking on some character. She is no longer a cigar tube with aspirations of becoming a Sardine can.
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lmagna got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Trafalgar Class Submarine by Old Collingwood - FINISHED - Airfix - 1/350 - PLASTIC
Hopefully that will do and the details come out. I had hopped that you were using your regular camera sorry to hear that you are not.
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lmagna got a reaction from John Allen in Trafalgar Class Submarine by Old Collingwood - FINISHED - Airfix - 1/350 - PLASTIC
In the last picture it looks like there is quite a bit of detail on the hull. Will you be able to highlight any of this, or will it just be black?
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lmagna got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Licorne 1755 by mtaylor - 3/16" scale - French Frigate - from Hahn plans - Version 2.0 - TERMINATED
Good to see the results at last of your fine tuning the Death Star down from planet destroyer to artist. Quite an accomplishment. We will have to start calling you Lord Vader! May the force be with you!
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lmagna got a reaction from Piet in HMAS Vendetta 1925 by cog, popeye the sailor, and RGL - FINISHED - Showcase Models -1/350 - PLASTIC
It will be a while OC, I need to get the Providence further along and I had BETTER start making some progress on the wife's Titanic or else!
Besides the PE for that build is going to set me back probably two times what the model cost and I still need to do little things like pay the bills and eat now and then.
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lmagna got a reaction from Piet in HMAS Vendetta 1925 by cog, popeye the sailor, and RGL - FINISHED - Showcase Models -1/350 - PLASTIC
The USS Houston
Ever since I first read about the early actions of WWII and the possibly stupid but heroic actions of ABADFLOT over thirty years ago I have wanted to build her. I have always been upset by the plethora of Bismarck’s and Graff Spee's and other ships that had met glorious ends but the Houston who was involved in almost every battle of the opening days of the war was never offered.
With the build of Piet's Java that desire has resurfaced and so I went out and bought the Trumpeter Indianapolis. (Like I needed another model on the shelf)I chose that over the Academy kit because it looked like it would be much easier to retrofit to early war looks. The differences between the Northampton and Portland classes is almost indistinguishable, especially at 1/350 scale.
Like I said not an out-of-the-box build but I think a doable and worthy model.
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lmagna reacted to wefalck in Bench Vise
One probably needs several sizes of vise ... the best small bench vises are those for jewellers/clockmakers, but they can be very expensive, even second hand. Brands are Bergeon, Leinen or Boley over here in Europe. It is a good idea to have one that can be turned. For precision work a jaw width of 40 to max. 60 mm seems a good size. If you cannot buy one of the above brand ones, it is always a good idea to check the one you intend to buy, whether the jaw close neatly and parallel. There is a lot of cast-iron scrap being flogged to undiscerning customers.
For really small work, you might also want to look at so-called toomakers insert vises. They come as small as 25 mm jaw-width and are (usually) very precise (at only around 35€). They are mainly used in EDM-machining, but come hand for other purposes. You can use them on the bench, but may have find a way to fix it to the bench - they have normally two M4 threaded holes at the bottom.
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lmagna got a reaction from Piet in HMAS Vendetta 1925 by cog, popeye the sailor, and RGL - FINISHED - Showcase Models -1/350 - PLASTIC
I was wondering where my stash was going! I appears he is sneaky too!
It sounds like the Seydlitz will be a nice build but unfortunately not one I would be interested in personally building. As usual my favorite would be MUCH harder to do. But I will follow with extreme interest.
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lmagna got a reaction from mtaylor in HMAS Vendetta 1925 by cog, popeye the sailor, and RGL - FINISHED - Showcase Models -1/350 - PLASTIC
The USS Houston
Ever since I first read about the early actions of WWII and the possibly stupid but heroic actions of ABADFLOT over thirty years ago I have wanted to build her. I have always been upset by the plethora of Bismarck’s and Graff Spee's and other ships that had met glorious ends but the Houston who was involved in almost every battle of the opening days of the war was never offered.
With the build of Piet's Java that desire has resurfaced and so I went out and bought the Trumpeter Indianapolis. (Like I needed another model on the shelf)I chose that over the Academy kit because it looked like it would be much easier to retrofit to early war looks. The differences between the Northampton and Portland classes is almost indistinguishable, especially at 1/350 scale.
Like I said not an out-of-the-box build but I think a doable and worthy model.
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lmagna got a reaction from mtaylor in HMAS Vendetta 1925 by cog, popeye the sailor, and RGL - FINISHED - Showcase Models -1/350 - PLASTIC
It will be a while OC, I need to get the Providence further along and I had BETTER start making some progress on the wife's Titanic or else!
Besides the PE for that build is going to set me back probably two times what the model cost and I still need to do little things like pay the bills and eat now and then.
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lmagna got a reaction from RGL in HMAS Vendetta 1925 by cog, popeye the sailor, and RGL - FINISHED - Showcase Models -1/350 - PLASTIC
It will be a while OC, I need to get the Providence further along and I had BETTER start making some progress on the wife's Titanic or else!
Besides the PE for that build is going to set me back probably two times what the model cost and I still need to do little things like pay the bills and eat now and then.
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lmagna reacted to wefalck in Laying out plans in a smaller workshop
I kind of suffer from the same disease: not enough space ... one soution I decided upon some time ago was to tackle only projects that can be drawn on an A4-sheet ... for bigger projects I would scan the plans and correct them for distortions as mentioned above.
You then can print out (again checking for distortions) as many working copies as you need. For individual parts I usually print them out even at a magnification (say 10x) and add measurements by hand. This allows you to correct for additive errors due to line thicknesses etc. The overall part has to have the correct size and you can correct your measurements to fit into the overall size. In other words, you arrive at a sort of graphical cooking-book from which to work.
I have either the sheet flying around my work-table or fix it to light-weight clip-board.
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lmagna reacted to Altduck in Laying out plans in a smaller workshop
Thunder,
That's not unique to the UK.
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lmagna reacted to Thunder in Laying out plans in a smaller workshop
As usual search in UK only and what do you get - toilet roll holders!!
Unfortunately the UK is a country that loves to buy cheap rubbish because they think its a deal and then too stupid to moan when it arrives broken! But never mind the Chinese love us. Unfortunately the cheap rubbish is going up in price and the quality items are not available here.
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lmagna reacted to BANYAN in Licorne 1755 by mtaylor - 3/16" scale - French Frigate - from Hahn plans - Version 2.0 - TERMINATED
You seem to be mastering that 'death star' Mark; nice result.
cheers
Pat
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lmagna reacted to Piet in Licorne 1755 by mtaylor - 3/16" scale - French Frigate - from Hahn plans - Version 2.0 - TERMINATED
Nice work on the "carving" Mark. I like your idea on the boat jig. I also really don't like ti make couple of plugs for my VOC shop boats and will most likely do it the old fashioned way, plank in frame.
Cheers,
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lmagna got a reaction from popeye the sailor in HMAS Vendetta 1925 by cog, popeye the sailor, and RGL - FINISHED - Showcase Models -1/350 - PLASTIC
It will be a while OC, I need to get the Providence further along and I had BETTER start making some progress on the wife's Titanic or else!
Besides the PE for that build is going to set me back probably two times what the model cost and I still need to do little things like pay the bills and eat now and then.
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lmagna got a reaction from popeye the sailor in HMAS Vendetta 1925 by cog, popeye the sailor, and RGL - FINISHED - Showcase Models -1/350 - PLASTIC
I was wondering where my stash was going! I appears he is sneaky too!
It sounds like the Seydlitz will be a nice build but unfortunately not one I would be interested in personally building. As usual my favorite would be MUCH harder to do. But I will follow with extreme interest.
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lmagna got a reaction from RGL in HMAS Vendetta 1925 by cog, popeye the sailor, and RGL - FINISHED - Showcase Models -1/350 - PLASTIC
The USS Houston
Ever since I first read about the early actions of WWII and the possibly stupid but heroic actions of ABADFLOT over thirty years ago I have wanted to build her. I have always been upset by the plethora of Bismarck’s and Graff Spee's and other ships that had met glorious ends but the Houston who was involved in almost every battle of the opening days of the war was never offered.
With the build of Piet's Java that desire has resurfaced and so I went out and bought the Trumpeter Indianapolis. (Like I needed another model on the shelf)I chose that over the Academy kit because it looked like it would be much easier to retrofit to early war looks. The differences between the Northampton and Portland classes is almost indistinguishable, especially at 1/350 scale.
Like I said not an out-of-the-box build but I think a doable and worthy model.
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lmagna reacted to RGL in HMAS Vendetta 1925 by cog, popeye the sailor, and RGL - FINISHED - Showcase Models -1/350 - PLASTIC
Your favourite being.......?
no rush C, stock up. I have another battleship to build yet, just awaiting some reference stuff.
That gives us us time to gang up on Cog.
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lmagna reacted to Old Collingwood in HMAS Vendetta 1925 by cog, popeye the sailor, and RGL - FINISHED - Showcase Models -1/350 - PLASTIC
Not pinching my goodies I have stealth (im invisible)
OC.
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lmagna got a reaction from Canute in HMAS Vendetta 1925 by cog, popeye the sailor, and RGL - FINISHED - Showcase Models -1/350 - PLASTIC
I was wondering where my stash was going! I appears he is sneaky too!
It sounds like the Seydlitz will be a nice build but unfortunately not one I would be interested in personally building. As usual my favorite would be MUCH harder to do. But I will follow with extreme interest.
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