Jeff59
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It’s a lot of work at this stage of build Herby , the model becomes more and more delicate from this point. Little point to watch for that l had problems with is the actual fitting of masts to ship, the fixing point isn’t particularly strong and can easily work lose, which is rather difficult to repair once in position, guessing this isn’t suitable for this rather heavy piece of metal construction, worth having a look at for a remedy. I tell you, you do forget how much work this model actually is, doing a brilliant job. 🤛 👍
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Done a lovely job on this Tim 👍 hope you are keeping well regards Jeff 🤛
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Very well done, love the weathering, really effective, specially the anchors 🤛 not to far away from completion 👍
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Great progress on your Mikasa Herby, think everyone who completes this model should get a medal, it’s such an involved built, certainly a gem for the ones who love to work with photo etch, it’s good to watch others tackling it especially when the pain is behind me 😂 doing a splendid job Herby 🤛
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By the way, the deck finish and texture is excellent. 🤛👍
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Thanks Jolle, extreme ? no more than what you did with your own Bismarck model and indeed on your own Mikasa build, incidentally on that, you were puzzling over the coal scuttles in boat deck, might have some left in my second set if that could help you? Anyhow am kind of committed to this now, am sure it will make a difference, the positive side is if it works or looks good it might make manufacturers pause before putting out a hull that’s not correct on Tirpitz, l hope so cause l don’t want to do this twice 👀 🤛 Thanks for having a look 👍
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Thanks Mike, think just marking of the hull for the plating would make a big difference if you’re up for that 👍 Thanks for looking in 🤛
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Thanks Yves, you’re right, a ton of work, but l suppose the way lm looking at it, between the hull, deck and the first two deck structures this amounts to about half the model so know it’s going to take a while, don’t think l will get board though, shall enjoy the challenge 👍 thanks for your input 🤛
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Another little solution for hull profile was this 5mm screwed rod and nuts with pipe to use as jacking system then glue in place when happy, think this shall help me as well as it progresses, that’s me for now thanks, got a lot to be getting on with 😵💫👍
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My solution to hull profile was splitting hull and forcing apart and building up outer profiles with styrene stock then dressing down the plastic till close to required shape, then when happy use thin styrene sheet to wrap on the outside of hull using liquid cement gradually forming around hull, then it’s down to filling and sanding, when satisfied it’s back to lightly engraving hull detailing back onto hull, yip, this is going to take a while 👀 on a lighter note the degaussing strip on outside of hull, 1mm half round styrene strip fitted around hull, straight out of packet, perfect , what a doddle 😂
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This lets you see my reference points, next thing was to trace the hull profiles from the drawings for frames l was requiring then transfer this onto 2mm plastic styrene sheets and cut these out so l had the outer profile of hull at these points. Then it was a case of marking of the hull, this really does show a clear difference on the hull. Next stage is how do l fix this. This is were you cringe, after pondering for a while l decided best plan was to cut through hull and force hull apart till it got closer to my template, ended up with similar solution for the shaft housings for port and starboard propellers, they were totally the wrong angle, shall put some more photos up before you go daft reading this.
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As you can see , had to change a few design ideas from earlier attempts as it progressed. Probably wouldn’t have went down this road if l hadn’t decided to mark off the hull detailing from Stefan Draminski’s excellent book, looking at drawings details highlighted the errors in the Trumpeter hull so have kind of been sucked into this approach on the model, not everyone is daft enough to cut their expensive model to bits, takes a certain madness 🫣🤪 Put some pictures up showing how the drawings work for hull profiles, right hand side is looking from stern starboard side, this is were I’ve started, this part being the worst part of Trumpeter hull, you can see the hull profile numbers at the top, these numbers correspond with the drawings on previous page showing their position on hull. Obviously the left hand side off this drawing shows the profiles looking from the bow starboard side 👍
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Happy New Year guys, hope it was a good one for everyone 🤛 said l would post when the bottom of ship was back in place so have been quite busy, made some good progress, we’ll progress for me that is, able to dedicate a bit more time to this now being retired, wished l had retired thirty years ago, would have been on my fifth model by now 😂, anyhow, still haven’t found the model mag that highlighted the Bismarck hull being wrong, it’s not Tamiya or Fine Scale Modlers for sure, hopefully shall find it eventually. On the flat bottom, two 3mm plates made up the outer part and a further two were used to strengthen and thicken this up to add strength and required thickness. I marked of the hull plating and drilled out all holes and apertures prior to laminating both sides together, ended up quite sturdy. It was then a case of carefully dressing till it all fitted back into hull then gluing in place, hull starting to look different even with this done, shall put up some photos cause know how it can be tedious reading without these to make it interesting, like a book with pictures 😂
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Almost a shame to paint over all that lovely woodwork but necessary, very tidy modelling. Impressive 👍
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Love seeing models built from wood, it’s a very artistic skill, think you’ve done a really nice job on hull 🤛
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Had the same problem Jolle, only cured this when l purchased a second Pontos set to solve my dilemma that required two crane jibs and pulleys so ended up with spare parts for the other shortages around the model, could have a look and see if l have some of these these left over if you wish ?
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Love this to bits, brilliant absolutely brilliant 🤛
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This should keep you busy for a while, she’s a lovely looking ship. Micro Master do quite a few parts that might interest you 👍
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Your doing another great job of the Mikasa, love that lighting, must look fantastic in the dark 🤛 👍
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Found this part of the build a slogging match, very time consuming, brilliant little guns though, bit of a pity they can’t be seen to much considering the effort that goes into them 😵💫 great to see you’ve been busy 🤛 painting awesome as usual 👍
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All this hull plating must be driving you nuts 😂 not to mention the strain on your eyes. A really exceptional model indeed. I just know this is going to be very special.👌
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Thanks Hof, my own one has been in storage for twelve years or more, so finally getting dusted of and started. Think us modellers all have the same problem, too many models in stash and not enough time for modelling 😂
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Good to have you on board Peter, always need advice from previous builders, am only at start and enjoying it already, one of my favourite looking warships since l was a small boy off eight or nine, must have built this kit at least four times, remember leaving it in front of coal fire thinking this will help dry the glue quicker. Not one of my better ideas, as you can imagine, looked more like her at her end shall we say. 🤛
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