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Thank you Chris. After the rugged start it is nice to start seeing something like a ship materialising Alan

A beautiful paint and decal job. It looks stunning. I'm almost scared to try an aircraft build seeing the high standards set Alan

So far I'm continuing with the Gold label CA and no adverse effects. Of course the inevitable happened. I upset the tattoo cup containing the CA. Luckily it only spilt into the container lid. So I got the drill out and created a holder for the tattoo cups which should be harder to spill. It even has a well to hold the pins 😁 The cup can be popped out to be replaced I added some gunmetal and bare metal paint to the pulleys and hooks of the hoists and added them to the ship along with the depth charge throwers and the stowed depth charges. The binnacle was also added, Its beginning to look a bit busier While this was going on I also printed four new rafts which came out quite well. The printer is printing nicely although the extruder is still slipping at intervals and the Benchy test print fails part way through. I think I may have the nozzle too close to the print table or over extruding slightly. Or both. Or something completely different. So back to the air brush tomorrow and maybe get out the Mig Oilbrushers and start adding rust. Thanks for looking in Alan

Great work on a difficult kit Alan

The colour variations re very effective. Great job Alan

Yesterday was not a very productive day. I think I am becoming sensitized to CA glue and I have been using a lot on this build. I spent a lot of yesterday with streaming eyes and nose which thankfully disappeared overnight. I don't like CA glue and try to minimise my use of it. Generally a small dab if I have a piece of PE that is too big for Gators Grip to hold immediately and can't be clamped in place somehow. This build has seen me use an entire bottle of Gorilla Glue gel CA. So today I decided to try a bottle of Gold low odour CA which I had struggled to use because it is so thin. This time with a few drops of the glue in a tattoo ink cup and applying with pins I was able to get reasonable results. This may be the way forward for the future. The returned to the printer to print the last (maybe) parts for the ship. The side pieces for the rope and hoe reels for the aft deck and davits. I printed the davits at 75% to scale them down a bit So far the voodoo is holding and I seem to be able to print without a brim which results in a much cleaner print for items like this which would be tedious to trim the brim away. Rather than print the drums I used short sections of styrene tube which was on hand These will be wrapped with thread for the rope drums and insulated wire for the hose reel. The depth charge hits were painted and the remaining two were rigged The rafts have been painted and now need washes. Now that I think I have the printer adjusted a little better I printed a raft for comparison The man rope definition is better so I think I am talking myself into reprinting them and painting them. I guess I can experiment with washes on the original set. Shame really, although the manropes didn't paint up well I was very pleased with the way the bottom boards came out. Hopefully its repeatable. This is a recurring issue with this model. Where to draw the line about reworking and replacing earlier less competent prints. I should have taken more time to really learn about the printer before diving in. I ordered a pair of 1/48 scale Lewis guns by Eduard. They are aircraft guns but should serve the purpose. Thanks for looking in Alan

Thank you very much Per. It has been a bit of a saga The davit frames are printed from the "kit" files along with the bases in the case of the hoists. I used sections of styrene rods drilled down the centre to make the pulleys along with some brass rings and hooks from my wood model bits and rigged them with rigging thread. The bare frames looked a bit unconvincing Alan

Thank you all for input regarding the anchor chains. I think I can do better than the above options so now I'm waiting on the postman. Today was spent continuing with the details; rafts, hoists, depth charge throwers and painting the stowed depth charges. The binnacle is painted and I need to make some serious revisions to the pelorus (seen lurking in an embarrassed way at back top right of the photo below The forward hoists and the depth charge hoists are in progress. he pullies are styrene rod cut and drilled. It is still a bit simplistic but generally follows the images I have for them. Its better than the bare hoist frame. As usual I have trouble getting thread to behave like rope. A few coils will be added to finish them off along with a bit of metal painted onto the pulley surfaces The rafts are almost finished with the basic paint. I think they need some washes to break up the uniform canvas colour. Thanks for looking in Alan

Thank you so much Lou. I think you found the best option. I ordered two of their offerings. They are stud link chains and one of them should work. Just have to wait for the boat from China now. Alan

Thank you for the link Egilman. I think too small also. I looked at YX resin chains and theirs are much too small and Caldercraft have some I think the sizes are either too big or too small. Alan

Thank you Chris. I had overlooked the stud link isue so your input is very helpful. I think I have a better option now Alan

Thank you very much Brad. The chain photos are really useful. The links are smaller than I thought but I have only seen carrier chains up close and they would be a bit excessive on a corvette. Alan

She is waiting until there is rigging to play with. No point in showing your hand too early Alan

Thank you. I think the large is too big and the small is too small. I am trying a couple of better options Alan

Thank you Egilman. Please don't ever leave the forum. You are a complete and comprehensive reference source Alan

Thank you Mark. I think she is quite tolerant of my mistakes. Thanks for the chain vote too. The small one is really too small Alan

Another great face Alan

Everything Dan said. I look forward to a steady stream of high quality reference information from you for many years ahead. And I wat to learn how to do the metal finish for my Vampires Alan

The build continues at a slow pace. It seems each detail requires hours of research before placement. Some of the results are still frankly guesswork or borrowed from the layout of other ships Thankfully the dockyard inspector passed the work to date "One good nudge should test his sense of humour" The raft racks have been painted and installed. Lockers have been placed around the ship. See the comment above about guesswork! I decided that trying to print and use the mast would probably result in tears so I made one up with hardwood dowel and is dry fitted. The last four stanchions have been used to add railings to the aft end of the foredeck and now need painting. I found some decent drawings showing the man ropes on the dinghies and added them It seems very variable whether a given ship had man ropes on their dinghies but I liked the way it added detail to the boat - which should have been clinker built anyway😁 The rafts were given a cream coat to simulate the canvas covers in the weather and I started painting the man ropes. It is hard to get a neat finish because of the rough texture of the printed part. I probably should have scraped them off and added ropes made from thread. I found two candidate anchor chains (jewelry supplies but they look reasonable). I need a little feedback on which is the more appropriate. The smaller link scales out at about 6 inches full size which I think is too small. The larger size is about 11 inches full size which seems a better fit. Any input would be very welcome I'm working on adding details to the davits and painting the stowed depth charges and the throwers. I'm almost at the point of weathering and shadowing the ship. That scares me a little but I'm also looking forward to it. Thanks for looking in Alan

Beautiful seascape Alan

Nice clean cutting work there. It looks very good Alan

I think you are right. It works if you can smooth it into a thin gap and wipe off any surplus. It tends to tear when sanding I find and I hate the way it peels if you try to use it to smooth out a step on the surface and then profile it when dry. Alan

Wonderful work OC. That bugler is especially excellent. The detailed painting is so tidy. Alan

Very nice PE work sir Alan

A step backwards to start the day. I realised that my interpretation of the forward raft rack did not really capture the look of the rack in the picture in the previous update. It was too far forward so I disassembled the Mark 1 version (after sticking it in the freezer for a while - thanks for the tip) and rebuilt it to look rather more like the real thing They have been primered and dry fitted and look quite a bit better. I have a bit more room for the boats too which is a help. And with the rafts temporarily in place. Thanks for looking in and the likes Alan