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Hi guys, and thanks for your likes (if thats a word now) 😬. i continued work on the boat racks, fitting them out and giving them a coat of primer. Before fixing them in place i needed to understand where the various steel ropes go (attachment points) as those need to be made and mounted first. For this i needed to make davits. The ones in the photo are raw prototypes for shape only. Originals are H-profiles 320x320mm. also made the first two fairleads (? Correct translation). Those were not flat on deck, but on a u-shaped profile. enough text 😎 cheers sascha
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Thought i‘d post a „nude“ picture too, as it is/was originally intended as rc model. Which is why lots of the superstructre is such a hassle. I want to at least sail it once before winter sets in (read: before i make all the parts that i will most certainly break off when handling it🤪). Engine/rudder trial worked nicely in the trim tank.
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Thank you for your nice comments gents. Progress to report is: made some of the hawser reels (? Correct english?). As you can see the smallest one (6mm dia) shows the limits of my fingers🤪. 4 more to do. Also some railing both fixed (steel tubes) and removable (chain). The „chain“ is two very thin wires extracted from an old cable and then twisted. Happy weekend
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Morning all, there isnt much to see in terms of progress as am working on small(er) parts and trying out things in the process. Re-making the boat racks thinner as i didnt like the old ones , starting to paint the dark stripe that was on the base of all superstructure and started construction of the main mast and spotting top (if thats the name). Currently wondering how to assemble lower and upper part so that they are exactly vertically aligned. cheers sascha
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Just a small update (not much time to buil) .deck torpedo tubes were made (no machines, so couldnt make gears etc). Spent time figuring out were the big vent goes (middle of picture) as model plan with which i started the build is very different from builders plans which i got some months ago. Also funnels are painted. As you can see, the colour is different. Shame, because its the ssme brand&code but they must have changed the recipe… annoying for work going forward (eg touch up, corrections). But this will be „crew re-painted on board“😎. cheers sascha
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Well Valeriy, your work ist certainly interesting and absolutely AMAZING,… but helpful ? 🤪 you are light years away from where i am. phantastic to watch but „a little difficult“ to emulate 😎. cheers sascha
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Hi all, the past months i had quite some work to do, so not much shipbuilding. Also study of the original builders plans revealed more differences to the model plan i started with. Long story short, i had to re-start with the entire bridge structure (lenght,width, position of supports, upper bridge has addtl deck level, steel girders for support, etc). Some photographs… still work inprogress, loosely arranged for pics.
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Again a little catch-up. Steel cables holding the mast i found to be wrong in my plan. Were drawn as passing the bridge structure, but that would have them blocking the LoS of the 6 in gun. Photo study showed they pass through the bridge…took courage and care to drill the holes without wrecking it. (Mast is just temporary for angle). Also started on the ammunition rails. cheers sascha
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🤪..yes. By the same logic playing the piano is easy: simply push the key with your finger - and voila - sound 😎
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Да , ты всё понял. Спасибо. and the construction of the plaform is your „usual“ soldering magic 👍🏻😎 very impressive. С.
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