AJohnson
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Just a little update, the house it getting back to normal and the garage where I do my modelling is now emptying of "stuff", so I can get at the Trial again! 😀 I've not done much, but very pleased to be back doing even a little. Assembled the Prow and glued in place, holding it straight and true with plenty of elastic bands and a clip to hold it straight to the keel. Leaving this to cure a day or so before I progress, but I have been dry fitting the bulwark templates to see how they will sit, showing so far I need to do a little more fairing of the hull yet. Hoping to keep David @dunnock company now with his Trial build.
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Agreed, a great looking and unusual project Richard. Following along with interest, the engine came out really well, I hope you will be able to some of it when the rest of the superstructure goes on.
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Agreed that is a very fine model.
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That’s a very nice model Dan, well done!
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Agreed, this is going to be so impressive when completed!
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Looking good Alan, hope you don’t run out of blocks, can you get extra ones from anywhere?
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Coming together well, nearly there!?
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SU-85 WW2 Soviet Tank Destroyer by CDW - MiniArt - 1:35 Scale
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That 'frost'? effect on the larger plate is amazing, I know its plastic, but in looks like cold steel! 🥶 -
SU-85 WW2 Soviet Tank Destroyer by CDW - MiniArt - 1:35 Scale
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Ha! - Just how long did that hat last! Our pooch would have shredded it in no time, he looks great fun! 🐶 -
Hi David, I feel your frustration, brings back memories of my Sherborne. But as Chris says, people can get hung up on this stage of the build. I did line out and work out the plank widths on my Nisha, but that has a more forgiving bow shape!
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This will be good, I like the Whirlwind, often wondered if it would have done better or was more widely adopted if it had two merlin engines. 🤔
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I’m sure if Chris did that Ancestry DNA test that by my Admiral is so into, we would see a whole linage of Coyles from Gdańsk! 🤣
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Congratulations Chris on another fine example of the “Dark Arts” of card. Really outstanding and having tried card myself I really appreciate the skill and effort required to make yours look that good, wish I could get mine half way there!
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Good save David, now this just the sort of “help” I was hoping for as I sit having a beer in Menorca! I promise to be alongside, messing things up in my own way, making you look the master you are, as your Diana stands testament!
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Keith wherever I look on MSW you are shepherding us along!
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Good luck with the remaining garden jobs before Autumn arrives, after all Keith you live in one of the driest place in England! 😆 My shed re-roofing will have to wait until next year now, other events in the house have taken over this year. I admire the neatness of the first planking close-up picture of the stern, so looking forward to seeing your second planking.
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Yes, built like the proverbial "Brick Sh$*-house" as the crude old saying goes! 😆 Once all glued this is a very solid little model, it has been great fun so far and the hull form means I don't think planking will be too troublesome when we get to it.
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🤣 - we since got married and now have two "kids" at University, so every penny, included the ones down the back of the sofa, have been raided since 1999! This is just a penny we found recently, I have a little stash of pennies of various significant vintages for this purpose.
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Blink and you miss Greg! 😆
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Thanks all for the encouragement at the start of this build. Last update for a bit, the Admiral wants me to do some suitcase packing! And while I am away I am hoping David @dunnock will leapfrog me on his "Trial" build so I can shamelessly copy him! Given his just brilliant HMS Diana he has recently finished, I will be in very good company. 😁 So, trying to keep "waffle" to a minimum @Jack-in-the-Blue 😉 - onwards! I was keen to get the Stern parts on in order to protect the stern frames from my inevitable "accidents" so I got the stern counter, Stern bulkheads, Transom and raised stern platform glued on as soon as I could after adding the stern filling patterns (most of these patterns get sanded off later.) - Phew all on and no broken bits! 😀 The false deck is also in place now and drying, but not until I had placed a "lucky" penny as close to the mast position as I could (from 1999, they year the Admiral and me first met.) The front end of the false deck I put in a few pins for good measure where I couldn't clamp it. This is where things will sit and dry for a bit now while real life takes centre stage for a couple of weeks. Over to you @dunnock to keep the campers entertained!
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Congratulations on your Grandson Gabe! I hope you buy him plenty of model kits to build and keep him busy / away from smartphones/gaming consoles as long as possible when the he is older! You did well to get anything done on the Agassiz with all that going on! Looking good. 👍
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