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I've slightly lied and decided to follow the order of the magazines for the time being. I'm now up to issue 21. The decks at the bow and stern are now fixed in place, with the only removable section now in the middle holding the superstructure. I've now added the basic skeleton for level one of the superstructure. It's several sections of plywood fixed together but still loose from the deck. The sections are then removed and the corners are sanded round. Later etched brass is added to give some details to the bulkheads and doorways etc. The next few issues will be starting the planking of the hull. I need to do a fair bit of sanding first though; the deck needs smoothing and then I need to do a bit of fairing on the frames. At least it wont be as drastic as the tall ships need to be near the bows. Oh and it looks like the ship's cat is slacking off. Hope rats don't get in the stores......
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Mechanical Solar System by jim_smits - Eaglemoss
jim_smits replied to jim_smits's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Hey, The 'instructions' to set the dates are actually engraved planetary positions on the base plates. To do a birthday I would find an online planetarium site and plug in the dates and use that as a guide. -
Wow. The auction for 100 issues which included the six issues I needed went for £310 in the end. Whilst I could probably eventually sell on the other 90 odd issues in excess that I would have received, I don't have that amount of cash floating around spare at the moment. Looks like the search will continue....
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Mechanical Solar System by jim_smits - Eaglemoss
jim_smits replied to jim_smits's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Hi, Next update finally! Next set of gears have been added and therefore I can add the planet Uranus (no jokes please....) to the Orrery. The gearing ratios are really kicking in and the last couple of planets are barely moving. It will be interesting once the motor has been added and I can playing around with the speeds.
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Hi all! It's been a busy week and finally got the last of our stuff out of the old house and handed the keys back to the letting agents yesterday. However still managed to find 20 mins here and there everyday to keep the hood build going. All the frames are complete and I've glued the main skeleton of the build together. Lego blocks and clamps were used to make sure everything was as true as possible. The build has also been screwed a base board to keep everything in place during planking. I've tested the frame positioning with the deck pieces and everything is largely correctly in place. A few of the deck pieces will need a little extra sanding to get a nice fit, and a couple of the pieces are ever so slightly warped so they will need a little soak and reshaping. This takes care of the first 10 issues or so. The next few issues start deviating to parts of the superstructure but I may skip and proceed straight to planking the hull. I just need to do some reading ahead and make sure that nothing is missed. Further updates to follow....!
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Sigh! The missing issues I need are part of an eBay listing of 100+ issues. Already well over £100 with five days to go. Think I'm going to miss out..,,
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Only 6 issues required. 119 132 136 138 139 140 Does anybody know of any potential sources? Already scouring eBay and Cashforpartworks.co.uk. Do model shops keep partworks subscriptions at all?
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I've completed a few of the frames now and started doing a dry fit along with a few side brace pieces. Fits together very well. I'll probably complete most of the frames and dry fit the majority of the skeleton of the hull before committing to gluing it together, but so far so good.
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Hi Eamonn! Its going to be around 1.5m bow to stern, so yes a big old build. This will be living in the workshop even after completion.....
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Next part of the build involves assembling and gluing the various frames together. The build has the option of having a removable deck if you want to build as a remote control model. I am not going down the RC option but I will leave the deck pieces removable for the moment to allow flexibility. To allow for a removable deck, wood blocks are glued to the frame and a deck support then sits in the subsequent cradle that is produced and can be removed as required.
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Well, onto the actual build itself then. I have now acquired 134 out of the 140 published issues, so I am almost there. I am keeping a very close eye on eBay and on a site called CashForPartworks for the missing issues. Now I have a table to work on I have made a start. I've bought a 180cm length of wood to act as a build board for the time being. The advantage in collecting all the issues after the finish of the partworks run is that I can dry assemble a large section of the parts to check fit. Here I have cut the bottom of the keel from the plywood sprues and dry fitted to start getting an idea of size. At this point I am very impressed with the quality of the laser cut pieces. It's going to be a big boat.......
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Hi all, It's been a while but we are now largely moved into our new house. No major problems apart from the usual hiccups with a house move and now an extensive list of redecoration wishes.... The workshop will take a while to get into any useable form, if only because I need to go through planning permission rigmarole before I make any changes. Technically, it is a car port at the moment as it is open to the elements on two sides. To enclose fully as a 'garage' requires PP from local council. In the meantime, the kitchen diner table has been commandeered and will do nicely for now.
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Looks like a good start. I finished this model a few months back so feel free to have a look at my log and ask questions. Best of luck.
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I now have 128 out the 140 issue series. I am currently now looking for the following: 101-104 106 111 119 132 136 138-140 Would appreciate any leads or possible sales offers. Also does anyone know of any news agency distributors that may have stored back issues. Thanks all.
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I don't have any actual build progress to report unfortunately but I do now have a confirmed move date of April 1st. Hopefully, I can find a temporary building area whilst I install my workshop. In the meantime I have been busy collecting issues of the magazine and I now have 128 out of 140. I have been through all of them and filed the magazines and boxed up all the parts. I have pretty much two lever arch folders full and a packing box full of wood, plastic and metal parts. I have also got a hold of a copy of Anatomy of the Ship for the Hood. And finally bought a cheap and cheerful 1:720 scale plastic Hood model. I have put it together to give me a nice little reference point, even if it isn't highly accurate.
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Unfortunately two reasons why not. 1) I need parts 1-7 which are the bottom keel section and main ribs 2) I'm moving in just over two weeks and now packing up the house So I will continue teasing for a little while!
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Got the first of my deliveries today. Issues 8-19 have arrived. Here is a quick teaser picture.
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I think locating the magazine editions is going to be as big a part as the build log. However, I have had a very productive afternoon and actually saved a fair bit of money. A supplier on eBay listed a huge number of back issues and I've managed to grab another 78 issues for £3 each. I'm going to get a few big deliveries....!
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Offer declined. I'm not going to increase my bid but the item is listed for another 4 weeks. I'll offer again towards the end if it hadn't been bought in the meantime.
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Fantastic looking work. You're providing an excellent standard to follow when I come to build Diana myself. Keep it up!
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Right. Did a slightly different search on eBay and may be coincidence but a guy in Newport had just listed the entire collection on a buy it now or best offer listing with no postage cost. Is it any of you.....??? Just sent a message with an offer that I will collect and save a lot of postage cost and hassle. He asked for £780 which is only just under the original total cost. Made a lower offer. Let's see if he accepts......
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Hi, I have started a build log for the Hachette partworks model of HMS Hood. The original run was started around four years ago and therefore I am not subscribing but collecting 2nd hand, so I am in search of any unused copies that people might have lying around. Happy to negotiate cost and postage etc. Please give me a shout.
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Yes, I did notice there were some seriously fiddly photo etch parts from reading some old build blogs online. I have had some practise by building some of the range of metal earth models.
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Hi Jason Not as yet. I'll post some pictures once I receive what will be two large parcels...
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Success! Just managed to win issues 8 to 19. With each issue as a separate item to bid on, with a 40 second gap between the end of each item, it was a slightly frenetic 10 minutes! That gives me a good block of issues to start with now but the hunt will continue.....!
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