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  1. king derelict
    Slowly moving forward with the foredeck. Most of the fittings have been painted and the steam winch has been assembled The hatches and bollards are in place. I have ventilators and the chain leads to add and well as hose reels. Overall it should look quite reasonable when the paint is tidied up and some weathering is added. Although I am getting better print quality now I am not happy with the detail in some prints. I don't know if its file errors or printer settings. But there is extraneous filament build up in places. As usual the choice of culprit (if its the printer) is wide. Printer speed, extrusion rate, nozzle temperature, nozzle size. etc. And it could be the filament I'm thinking of investing in some smaller nozzles to try that out. The pictures show the halves of the four inch gun and the 2 pounder aft gun. You can see the rough quality of the printing especially in the 2 pdr. So I am printing test prints now to see if I can improve quality - back down the rabbit hole for a while. I am not convinced that I can print the Oerlikons acceptably even if I can up the quality so I looked at Micro Masters. They have a four inch gun in 1/48 at $129 the Oerlikons are $30 and the 2 pdr is $40. I will wait and see how the rest of the ship comes out before committing too much to get one or two parts looking good. Thanks for looking in Alan
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    The mast and arrays are spectacular. That sets a standard to aim at. Alan
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    I used acrylic paint to add the wake and the bow waves and occasional white cap. In the background I removed the Wasp from the build base. The heavy duty double sided tape was great for holding teh ship firmly to the base but separating them was a bit scary. Steady gentle pressure got the tape peeled back. In future I'll used smaller pieces A coat of gloss medium was then added to give depth and bring it to life The big moment - a trial placement of the ship I need to add a bit of disturbed water at the waterline and some more foam in teh wake and I think I will call it finished Thanks for looking Alan
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    I'm still working this is a rather disjointed fashion but I think all the foredeck components have now gone through primer and paint stages. Unfortunately the two sections of the foredeck separated while i was masking up the deck to paint the breakwater but its back together - trying CA glue this time. I used grey shades of oil paint to weather the wooden section of the deck. It has dried a bit lighter than I expected but it still looked well used. I'm looking forward to adding some details now Thanks for looking in Alan
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    And now OPR for a gas turbine is up in the order of 35 to 1
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    The 3D modelling of the engine is looking really very good. It opens up a whole new perspective to enhance the model - and a whole new skill to learn. I'm still excited if I get a rescaled part to come out properly. Huge respect for what you are doing. Alan
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    It looks very good with the farm now parallel to the front of the display. Your second photo looking along the road and the front wall of the farm shows how good it is all getting with some figures really starting to add atmosphere Its going to look superb when all the figures are in place. Alan
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    For what it's worth I use PVA In a situation like this it works for bonding extruded polystyrene to perspex based very well Alan
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    And maybe upgrade the springs on the bed adjusting screws Alan
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    I like the nice, subtle weathering Alan
  11. king derelict
    I'm having a bit of trouble getting back into the rhythm of this one. There seems to be so many things to do that I start one element and then get distracted and go off to play with something else and then again off to research and read up on Flower corvettes. Hopefully things will start to settle down. I had been lazy and had grouped a lot of the deck fittings together into a single print. On closer examination a lot of the parts were a bit messy; maybe because of the cooling of layers as the print head moves between all the pieces. I printed out some individual parts and they were much nicer so I went back and printed them all again. They only take 10 - 15 minutes so printing them is a bit of a distraction; removing teh completed part, reheating the bed and starting the job over again. I printed the remaining items needed to complete the foredeck section Sheer curiosity had me also print the propellor. Here it is as it came off the printer still with brim and support structure. Once that was removed it looks quite nice. Parts are getting a primer coat and hopefully we will see some more orderly progress as I build up the foredeck I hope everyone has a great weekend. Thanks for looking in Alan
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    The first coat of gesso showed up some lines where the pieces of foil overlapped so I corrected that with some diluted glue and toilet paper and when dry added a second coat of gesso. That looks good now and has knocked most of the sharpness off the crumpled foil This morning I started colouring the sea. I'm aiming for a dark deep ocean look. Something similar to this The first colour was a coat of navy blue and while it was wet I worked some black into the troughs. I'll let it dry before deciding if anything neeeds to be lightened and also adding the wake and bow wave I ordered the display case pieces from TAP Plastics on Saturday. The pieces were cut and packaged for shipment the same day and the parcel arrived today. They are a great resource; their prices seem to be holding and they turn orders around very quickly. They also have an interesting range of acrylic rods and tubes, cubes and spheres that you just know with be useful for something I started gluing the case up but found I don't have large enough clamps to hold the top piece in place while gluing so its off to Harbor Freight. I hope everyone has a great weekend Thanks for looking in Alan
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    Continuing to look very, very good OC Alan
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    Hi Kevin It amazes me how the printer seems to shift out of alignment for no good reason. Maybe because it was moved during the down time. Anyway it seems to be back in the groove today I upgraded the bed springs a while ago, I use a filament heater too. The metal extruder seems to be well worth the money so far. I installed a capricon Bowden tube. I'm thinking of new rollers if I can find a solid reccomendation. There seems to be a lot of options around and they all get very mixed reviews. A new motherboard is also up for consideration. Alan
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    Thanks Mike I did that before too with the Montrose seascape. I wanted to try something different this time with a much calmer sea. I think it might cost me a lot of gesso though. Alan
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    Will do Thanks Mike alan
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    After a longer than planned break i summoned up the courage to deal with the demon printer again. Of course having been sat idle for four months I had to spend an hour levelling the bed again and the first few prints required further adjustments but I think its about right again. Hopefully the new feed system will continue to produce consistent results. I'm working on detailing the foredeck area and the bandstand before installing it on the hull. I had printed quite a few of the details but I'm reassessing some of them now that I am getting better print quality. I printed a selection of hatches, the reels and the windlass parts. The earlier windlass is in the background and looks tatty by comparison with todays effort. I need to source some anchor chain now I'm trying to get away from using epoxy glue and would prefer to not use CA all the time. I bought a tin of MEK and tried it and was not impressed. I later found that it is MEK substitute which might explain it I think most of the heavy printing is done so it should not be a major part of the continuing build but there are quite a few small parts to print out. Thanks for looking in Alan
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    The brickwork is fantastically real. Great work there Alan
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    Slow progress waiting for glue to dry. I added a layer of diluted white glue and also some toilet paper where I need to form bow waves and wake. I think I'll give it a coat of gesso to see what it looks like before painting it. Thanks for looking in Alan
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    I would agree with you Craig. They also complicate the build flow trying to keep paint off them and can need masks. Once you start to weather them I think a painted deck can be just as effective. That fit issue is a real risk Alan
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    I'm here with my multi pack of Crunchie bars at the ready Alan
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    I started the seascape by cutting a base front a piece of extruded polystyrene insulating board. I used the lower hull piece to mark out the position of the ship I then used PVA glue to add a layer of crumpled foil to create some depth and random wave patterns I will add a layer of PVA glue to soften the sharp edges and then some toilet paper in places soaked in a water and white glue mix to define the wake and bow wave. The objective is to produce a nice easy sea well within the initial operational envelope. Not this sort of thing Although I would like to try this with a small destroyer at some point. Thanks for looking in Alan
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    I have to agree. By the time you have finished with a model you now know how to build it properly - but its too late. That is the value I see in a lot of the logs; getting some idea of the build flow - or not! On the complicated builds I find that very hard to plan out. I also find it a very nerve wracking experience to add the delicate PE clad structures to the deck; especially with wooden decks added which can intrude into the base of the structures. I Have started test fitting all the superstructure blocks before detailing them up. Its a shame to see this log parked, I was enjoying the progress and admired the model as it developed. I thought it was looking very good. I;m excited to see the Waterloo diorama back though. Alan
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    My favourite build log. Its great to see it back Alan
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    Thank you Joe. These little Flyhawk destroyer kits are lovely little models. I still have HMS Legion and HMS Kelly to build. Alan

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