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1:12 scale landing craft [plans]
NavyShooter replied to tom q vaxy's topic in RC Kits & Scratch building
Here's a starting point for you. You would have to scale these up and print them to the proper dimension to use as a reference.
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Panard EBR 11 by RGL - FINISHED - Hobbyboss - 1/35
NavyShooter replied to RGL's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
The Australian Armour and Artillery Museum just started the refurbishment/repair of one of their 2 Panhards to Static Display condition. The first video in the series on it was released on You Tube last evening. Worth a look! NS -
You should have seen me going at her with the chisel to get the old Skegs off....that was scary. It is, however, necessary. The old skegs were unsupported at the ends, the props unbalanced, and the shafts were not sealed. I could have tried adding A-frames, but that would not have been correct for scale, and would still not have rectified the not-sealed shafts that leaked. NS
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OK, so here we go....I did a test fit with the shafts and the alignment block and motor mount block, and observed the rather poor fit. So. 30 minutes with a drill and a razor saw later, we have some nice open holes that the shafts will float freely in. Now I can simply align the blocks on each end and then do some epoxy work.
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And....the official launch has happened as well. We used a tug to push her out into the pond, then the tug 'christened' the ship with her water monitor. Some photos from our Guild "Fun Float" yesterday morning. Yes, I realize that the flag is far from the right scale size, but I felt it was suitable as a 'battle ensign'.... it gets the message across!
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OK, the finishing touches have been applied - the ship's nameplate is painted and attached.
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Really well done! I was out in Edmonton the other week, and came across their local Aviation Museum, wherein they had a Mossie, and had it setup in a 'full scale' diorama, with a ground layout, a start cart, a bomb cart, tools, etc. It was reminiscent of your display! Great work!
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And, we have a successful float test! I shifted some of the ballast around between these photos - the first picture is the final ballast positioning. I took almost 4 pounds out from where I started. She's back in the garage for two final touches - name plate and a flag. On Saturday, we've got a fun float with the model ship Guild, so I'm going to bring her out and we'll push her about with a tug-boat! Should be fun!
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OK, here's the hull, stuffed with foam so she won't sink, with the threaded rod added and the nyloc nut on top holding the superstructure on!
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Here you see the drilled and tapped hole for the 1/4-20 threaded rod. I'll pick that up on the way home from work tonight along with some blue foam insulation to slice and dice and fit into the hull for floatation. Second photo shows the 'bits' being held down after the layer of epoxy has been added. VERY pleased with the progress. A couple of days for the epoxy to cure and we'll be having a float test, and adjusting ballast!
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Final layer of epoxy added tonight. Superstructure hold-down system created (I just need some 1/4" threaded rod now and a nyloc nut) Name Plates printed - ready to paint and install.
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There will soon be space on my workbench for the Bonnie again. I've been working on the HMCS St Thomas build for the past few months, as well as helping a friend get his Liberty Ship functionally RC'd. Those two tasks have been almost completed, so I can foresee some more progress on the Bonnie. In fact, I started working the other night on reprinting the Stbd Forward radio mast which I did in December, then stalled on when the print didn't work out. We'll see how it looks this time around. Here's the St Thomas, and one of the other projects that's coming off my 3D printer...I'm making some training aids for my Army Reserve Unit as well.
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All the bits are glued on....needs a few more items finished up... 1. Epoxy final coat (hull numbers and superstructure details) 2. Name plate 3. Glue on gun tubs and Funnel 4. Make hold down for bridge (seal to deck) 5. Float test - adjust ballast 6. Add foam inside to prevent sinking Then she's ready for the pond! NS
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OK, here's how she looks after tonight. The bits on the table still have to get glued into place, then I need to add ballast, water test, then fill the remainder of the interior with foam so she's not likely to sink. I have to do up the K488 and paint that on still as well. I figure maybe a week or two of work?
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OK....the spray on clear coat was a bad idea. Got a bit of bubbling. So. Another batch of West System epoxy got mixed up, and it's now curing on the superstructure... Please recall, this is destined to be a stand-off display model that first and foremost has to survive for several months in a pond.
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Whilst I wait amidst the humidity for the paint to fully cure, I have been plugging away at assembling the superstructure. The 'fiddly bits' got some attention last evening, with the forward superstructure seeing almost full completion. I glued on the mast, the 20mm guns, the searchlight platform, etc. Then I added some detail painting to the inside of the bridge area. The Pelorus stand got glued in, brass/gold finish with the appropriate red/green markers on each side for the compass correction balls. The phones were painted red and yellow, the indicators and 'buttons' on the panels were painted as well. Some touch-up white to cover a few little mistakes when I did the deck 'wood' faux finish. Gluing on the doors, painting the hinges and handles, adding the life-preserver rings, painting the port-holes...it was a good night. In looking at the superstructure, and comparing it to the hull, I have pondered adding a layer of the clear epoxy to it...but I think instead I'm going to put a few layers of clear gloss spray paint onto it instead. I'll do a test-shot of that tonight and see how it looks. With all the small nooks and crannies...I don't think the epoxy will do a good job coating things. 2-3 layers of clear gloss paint? That should suffice...I hope. Worst case? I have to re-print the superstructure in a year or two and re-paint things. Best case? It lasts. NS
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Barncave Shipyard by mbp521 - Scale 1:1
NavyShooter replied to mbp521's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
VERY nice layout. I see that there's still big Dillon press yet to be mounted there. I like how you did the formica work surfaces. My reloading bench is a 550 pound steel workbench with a 3/4" G1S sheet of ply that's been varnished on top with the whole thing bolted to the wall for sturdiness. -
Masked...and sprayed. Now to dry it for a few days, then another layer of clear epoxy coat.
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I never found out his plane's actual markings - I never saw his logbook before he passed. Alas. That said, I did send him a completed 1/48 Tamiya model of the Beaufighter while he was still with us. NS
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My Great Uncle Harold flew with 404 in WW2. He was a Beaufighter pilot.
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OK. A mistake I made a few steps ago has come back to bite me now. As you can see, there's some bleeding going on...I put on a layer of West System epoxy to give the hull a really good seal coat...and the blue marker that I used to mark the waterline has bit me again. The marker reacted with the epoxy and bled blue. Damn. All I can see to do is to let it dry, then put on a touch-up layer of white, then do another sealing layer of epoxy. Dang.
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David, I'll reference this website: 1/72 scale wood deck for Flower Class | Ships of Scale And this image. There were sections of decking on the Flower class that were wood. I am assuming that the same was true for the Castle class. I'm OK with being wrong...but suspect pretty strongly that I'm correct that they had wooden deck areas, (OK, wood covering steel decking...whatever...)
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I went over the ship last night, and put all the bits and pieces in place. I think I have all the parts printed. Most of the parts are painted. Some of the parts are glued in place. The next step will be finishing the painting of the 'bits' and gluing any of them in place on the superstructures that I can. After that, I plan to put on a layer of West System Epoxy over the painted hull - as a protective and sealing layer. The last paint went onto the hull over 2 weeks ago, so it should be fairly well dry by now. Because the model is destined to be in a pond for several months, floating on display, I need to be certain that she won't leak. My plan for retaining the superstructure is to mount a threaded rod on a block that I'm going to affix to the keel on the inside, and have a hole protruding through the top of the superstructure. I'll then be able to tighten it down with a nylock nut to hold it in place. The inside of the hull will get the rest of the ballast added to bring her closer to a correct depth, then the voids will be filled with foam, so that if there is a leak, it will NOT see the ship end up on the bottom of the pond.
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NavyShooter replied to GRATEFUL LITTLE PHISH's topic in New member Introductions
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