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That is spectacular. That site has some gifted artists also Alan

Working on details today. I painted some of the ladders. I realised that I had neglected to add the railing around the companway to the lower deck from the bridge. It would have been a lot easier to install before fixing the bridge in place. A bit of fiddling with the dividers and I managed to place the stanchions and bend the handrails They are now ready to be painted and then fixed in place. I added braces to the underside of the radar walkway and then masked the lantern windows which have been painted gloss black. A dilute coat of clear coat will be added before painting to seal the masks Thanks for looking in Alan

Thank you very much OC. There seems to be a lot of repeat work on this one but I suppose its a learning process Alan

Thank you Todd, I am looking forward to seeing your model build. Alan

Wow. suddenly the scene is full of action and it looks terrific. Its only going to get better as more figures get added. Careful handling from here on out ! Alan

I'm still working on the corvette but it seems like I am going round in circles a bit. I painted the red block on the funnel and unmasked it to find that the red had crept under the masking. Its my own fault I knew that the rough surface of the model means that you don't get a good seal by just burnishing the tape. It really needs sealing with something like a matte coat. I scraped it off and resprayed the white and masked up again. This time i used too much clear coat I think and that pulled away with the masking tape and needed a further touch up. I think its acceptable now so I'll leave it to harden overnight and then mask it up for the blue elements. I found that the x supports for the bridge didn't fit properly because I had added some support strips to the hull and they interfered with the support braces and left them too high under the bridge. I tried trimming them but didn't like the result so I ended up reprinting them to be 4 mm less in height and painted them up and they fitted nicely. So the wheelhouse has been permanently installed with the x supports and the bridge added and glued down. The Oerlikons are only placed for the look. They need more paint but I think will look the part. The blast screen and several lockers were added. Theer is some artistic license with the lockers positioning given that I haven't found any clear images of the area. For some reason I can't turn these last two images vertical - sorry Still quite a way to go. I think I may try to finish the forecastle and have a break to make something small I printed and built up the depth charge racks and primed them along with a number of depth charges Thanks for looking in and for the likes. Its fibnally beginning to look like I may be making (slow) progress Alan

The sea is really well done. I like it a lot Alan

The light grey surfaces look really good Alan

It looks terrific. The lantern windows came out really well in spite of looking difficult to achieve a tidy result. You have placed it in a great location and should be very happy. Alan

Short Walk is a great book some real understated exploration and adventure Alan

I think it's a very tough trick to pull off. I've seen a lot of dioramas where casualties are essentially standing figures cut off their bases and placed lying down. They don't have the slumped look you see in paintings and photos and rather spoil the appearance. I think you have it sorted out. Alan

Looks very good OC. The pile will look very convincing when it's in place. It's going to be a cracking diorama

An excellent idea. I'm looking forward to learning for my little boat Alan

I'm glad you showed the details of the colour build up. I'm very interested in learning how to develop shading in painted surfaces instead of a bland uniform cost Alan

Moving along in a few areas I printed the parts for the 20mm Oerlikon and assembled one. It isn't too bad and painted up might work out. Its a curious thing; the left shoulder rest prints fine but the right one doesn't. Its a repeatable problem. I'll fiddle with the file and see if I can improve it. Both files have been modified to increase the print height which helped make the left rest useable but the right one is still a problem. At worst a spare left rest can be modified to become a right one. The railings at the back of the charthouse were added and painted. Its the first time I have used the Mr Metal Primer and the paint really went on nicely after it. I started masking up the funnel to add the band. There is a bit of variation in the photos and paintings of the band but I am going with what looks like a "W" code flag on the sides and an "X" flag fore and aft Thanks for looking in and the likes Alan

Thank you Todd. It seems to have been an unnecessarily long road to get this far but learning to get good results from the Ender was a tiresome business and I very nearly abandoned the whole enterprise. Thats partly why I reprinted the smaller scale version; it was partly to reassure me that printing was (generally) a fairly routine and controllable activity. Some aspects are still a bit frustrating but I have learnt a lot. I'm somewhat tempted to get the files for the Astute sub as the next print project. Alan

Impressive detail in those resin figures. Its easy to forget how small those figures really are. The photo of the lane with the injured soldier and the long shadows looks very convincing. The pile of casualties is quite a challenge. I look forward to the end result. Alan

The build is still in progress but I'm reprinting parts, touching up paint, not very interesting or photogenic. The chartroom has been glazed (I knew those old overhead projector transparencies would come in useful sometime). The wooden decks of teh bridge, chartroom and side decks have been finished, weathered and sealed. I used a variety of methods and they have come up looking pretty well used. The fore deck has been filled and the paint has been touched up. The model has had its number added and is now HMS Campanula (K18). I printed the numbers on thin copy paper, resized them and cut them out. The K and the 1 were easy but the 8 was a test of my free hand cutting. Glued and sealed with diluted white glue. The bandstand and four inch gun are now permanently attached. I still need to add handrails, ventilators and cleats to the foredeck along with the side shields. The bridge structure is just placed as a fit check I finished printing the scaled down hull and finished assembling it. The coamings were a tight fit but with a bit of fairing to lead them into place they worked well. The joy of printing each section successfully first time was a quiet triumph after the earlier struggles. I'm not sure how much further I will go with the 1/72 scale version. It was more an experiment in scaling. Hopefully the bridge srtucture is not far from being ready to add to the hull. Thanks for looking in Alan

Very tidy work Mike. i like the colour scheme a lot too Alan

Absolutely marvelous Egilman. You should be very proud of your work. It looks excellent. I can't believe how good the intake screens look. I'd be dancing around the room for that alone Alan

Great variety of facial expressions. I really like the hatless guy loading in the back row

The delicate mast work is so well executed. Another great model Alan

A wood working day today. I laid the planked sections of the side decks. I'm not sure why only a short section was planked but the plans show several Flowers with that configuration The wheelhouse side galleries have been planked Now the bridge and bridge wings are in progress It all needs sanding down and then weathering before sealing. Keeping the Flower motif going these two Flowers from Mirage (Poland) arrived today. I haven't found and 1/700 Flowers so these were the next best thing. They have some very interesting small ships so the credit card may escape from the wallet again. I got the Flower PE from White Ensign which looks really good (and very delicate in places). Spirea has a basic PE fret including railings but Zinnea has nothing and will probably get the full PE treatment. They are full hull kits instead of my usual waterline but I have an ambition (fantasy) to try to diorama this Thanks for looking in. Alan

looking very good Alan

Looks very good. Some interesting territory ahead of you. Alan