king derelict
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Hi Bill. I like the Flyhawk kits a lot. The detail is amazing and the range of subjects is good. This one is the biggest kit I have attempted and working out a sequence through the build that allows painting, wooden deck installation, PE additions and handling the delicate built up parts keeps me thinking hard. I really enjoy it. I have the Prince Of Wales somewhere in transit. Alan
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Looking very nice indeed. Its going to look spectacular on a base with the troops around it. Alan
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Slow progress today. I needed to rearrange the work space so I have a bit more room to lay out all the Geisenau parts and accomodate a tool chest within easy reach. I finished the PE railings on the upper part of the superstructure I started on the next section, installing the PE rails; very delicate and its not perfect but further fiddling was probably going to damage the very thin PE sections. It is another good exercise in what was referred to in my profession as "situational awareness". In this case trying not to put my fingers where I had just installed the PE. At this point I realised I was in danger of making it very hard to install the wooden deck onto these upper deck elements. I think I need to get painting before building up anything else. I am planning to do some basic masking to keep the paint off the wooden deck areas thinking it might stick to the bare plastic better than the paint. I have no idea if that is a correct assumption. I'll add the brass barrels to the secondary turrets and then get the airbrush out Alan
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Thank you OC. I'm still scared of the PE but I do a little at a time and when it is on it looks so nice; especially the railings. They really dress the ship up. I'm much happier using the Gators Grip glue. It gives a lot more time to finally locate a piece properly and it sets with a bit of flexibility so a bump later doesn't knock the part off as easily as when glued with CA. I've also found the rolling and bending tools helped me get a cleaner finish with the bigger bits of PE Alan
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Craig She looks beautiful. The details are so clear and well defined. Alan
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I made a little progress today. I'm still studying the parts and instructions to try to determine the most sensible subassemblies to build and paint. Also the ways to minimise handling damage as the delicate stuff goes on - there is a lot of it. So time goes by without apparent progress. It is still quite a daunting kit for me. There are so many parts that locating the piece I want is an exercise on its own. ONe sprue has 108 parts on it! I started the bridge structure and then began the descent into madness as the PE is folded and added. Threading the PE inclined ladder down to the lower platform was somewhat of a challenge for me. The first holes appear in the PE fret but there is another one of the same size as yet untouched. This is not going to be a quick build but its starting off as a very enjoyable project Thanks for looking Alan
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Thank You Andy The IBG Hunt class kits are nice little projects. I enjoyed building it and I am interested in the Polish history that is part of it. I also have the IBG HMS Harvester and HMS Ithuriel kits to build. They look rather more finely detailed than the Hunts; the mast in particular is a much more delicate piece and nearer scale. Alan
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After a frustrating morning trying to get the 3D printer to behave I made the first faltering steps with the Geisenau. There is so much stuff in the box it is quite an exercise finding the required parts. The metal bits are in a small box but that turns out to be packed with small bags with barrels of various calibres and rod to the masts. Its all a bit daunting but I plan to narrow the focus and work on one bit at a time. I removed the rain brows and filled the portholes below the upper tier and removed the tip of the prow asd indicated in teh instructions. I assume the kit shares a common hull with Scharnhorst. I added the metal barrels to the 280 mm guns and then the PE to the turrets. It was a bad afternoon (in keeping with the day) and Three small sections of the handrail pinged off the tweezers and lost without trace. I have made scratch parts from 0.2 brass rod and I think they will be indistinguishable once painted Thanks for looking Alan
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I knew there was a reason why I build waterline models 😄 Alan
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Yes. It will be another couple of weeks but it's moving at last. Grossman will keep me amused until then at least Alan
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Very tidy, precise work. I'm enjoying watching this a lot. Alan
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BE, thank you for the very kind comments. I have the utmost respect for the crews of the worlds warships who carried out their duties in the face of explosions, inrushing water and fires. The "black gang" of the engine room were especially vulnerable with all the watertight doors closed and they had no idea what was going on topsides other than the noise. Very much a special breed. I have a copy of "The Ship" but had forgotten the dedication. Thank you very much for reminding me. I have put it on my pile to reread. Its one of the classic great sea books. Its in my top five of those books with "The Cruel Sea" the outright best for me, and "The sea shall not have them" Alan
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Hi Craig I had a quick look on line and the Wiki people and a couple of other sites all show photos of three triple gun turrets on Geisenau so hopefully Flyhawk got it right. As you say - there are refits and I need to read up some more on her history Thanks Alan
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I see a lot of print levelling kits and also off the shelf auto levelling set ups. A lot to explore here - and I have a ship to build too Alan
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Yves Thank you very much for the video information. That's exactly what i was looking for. The levelling was very frustrating given the limited information that came with the machine but I think I finally got it set and the test piece printed OK last night and I didn't gouge the bed or wreck the nozzle. This looks like an exciting detour for me with a lot of new stuff to learn to keep the old brain ticking over It looks like Creality are well set up with spares and accessories which is reassuring although hopefully not needed Alan
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Well, I disappeared down the rabbit hole. My Ender 3 v2 arrived this afternoon. I assembled it in a couple of hours - actually several times thanks to the less than stellar instructions so rails were installed the wrong way round at first amongst other mistakes. I found the thumb drive after clearing up packaging afterwards and the included video would have helped quite a bit. It eventually got assembled and I was thrilled to find that it worked. I wasn't brave enough to dive straight into a corvette so I started it on one of the included test files. I am glad I did because I found that after a few minutes the flow of PLA stopped and became erratic and then the nozzle clogged. So I learned how to clear that and I think the problem was the PLA feeding off the spool with too much resistance and messing up the feed. It seems to be behaving itself now. I know two Ender owners and they love their machines so thank you so much for providing the impetus for me to get one and a Flower corvette to build Alan
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Not much progress today. I scanned the build instructions into the laptop and then printed them out at a larger size. There is a lot of information packed into the small diagrams. I then marked up the parts that will be replaced by the PE items so I don't inadvertently assemble some of the plastic parts. I'm afraid the rest of the day was lost as I disappeared down another rabbit hole. My Ender 3 V2 arrived. The lure of a corvette was too strong The idea is too use it as a background activity while paint and glue is drying elsewhere Alan
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Many Thanks for the kind comments Yves. The resin really made the diorama pop. I was a bit nervous about using it; it has the capability to ruin the whole diorama but I'm glad I tried it. Thank for the kind comments and support Alan
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Thanks Mike The diorama was an experiment for me, enjoyable and I am quite pleased with it. Your PE tips and tools suggestions were a big help too Thanks Alan
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Thanks for the great comments Craig. I'm still learning a lot as i progress though the builds. The diorama was fun and I would like to do more but they take up room. I need to get a display cabinet or something instead of using individual cases I hope I can live up to expectations with the Geisenau. It looks like another very detailed Flyhawk kit. Thanks Alan
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