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Major milestone today, with the permanent gluing of the floor (Deck #4) of Module 4 on the hull: This piece of deck is very stiff and thick: 3 mm! It brings an additional stiffness to the hull (not that it would need it...). It is glued after careful placement of the forward sections of decks (#2 and #3). Deck #4 holds the tall funnel but more importantly the mast. As such it must be strong and resilient. Note that Deck #4 also rests and is glued to the large white couplings, used to connect the hull sections. The Deck section #3 holds the wheel house and the very top heavy deck. It is made of PLA of only 1.5 mm and may sag a little bit, under the load. To prevent this problem and make sure that the decks #3 and #4 sit perfectly flush, I have added some support in the front of Deck #4. This is made using the "Deck_D_Lip" part with a 1.5 mm strip of styrene on top: With this approach, the deck #3 sits perfectly flat and flush with deck #4. You could glue all the decks at once and be done with them. But then, working on each independent section becomes a challenge as this hull is large. I'd rather work on a small section at a time and then place it on the hull, once it is finished. Yves
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Fokker Dr.I by hornet - Artesania Latina - 1/16 scale
yvesvidal replied to hornet's topic in Completed non-ship models
There is a gentleman who made a replica of that plane in one of the local airports, Franklin County Airport, NC. That plane can take off within 50 yards and is a pleasure to see flying. Your model is remarkable. Yves -
Some pictures of the Galley: The galley combined with the other structure: Overall view of the beast, as it stands today. I have not glued the Module #4 yet. Most likely, I will first glue the floor, then each of the small superstructure on it. Then, there are still a few details to be added, dinghys, davits, stanchions and other little stuff. The mast will come later on as it quite prominent on that model. Yves
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Yes, I saw that on my book on the Flower Class Corvette. However, the Bensworx kit did not recreate that specific detail. Again, the kit is very generic and it would take a lot of time and efforts to turn it into an accurate model. Yves
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Yes, it is hard to find recent pictures. Here are a few old postcards of these endearing boats: Yves
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Wonderful model from a lovely place: Calella is a beautiful village on the Costa Brava and numerous boats of this type can be seen, there. My brother always take 2 weeks off in the summer time to enjoy that location. The food is delicious and the fish, freshly caught, are a treat. Even the supermarkets sell fresh fish every day, brought by these same boats that you will be building and depicting. Sorry, I hope I did not highjack your thread. The boat that you are building is called a "Lamparo", because it uses these high intensity lights to attract the fish, at night. It is quite a show to see all these strong lights at night, scattered on the sea. Yves
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Yeah, we ALL do love them !!!! One is fun, two a chore....then you need Valium. Yves
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Ras, this is an excellent choice. However, you should move your Log to the Scratch Built section. Yves
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I really like the shape of that ship. Greg, you do such a fantastic work: it could easily pass for the real thing ! Yves
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Imagna, Thank you for pointing this suggestion. It made me look into it and I realized that in fact, this little cabin is the "Galley" !!! The long and bent pipe exiting from it, is the Galley funnel, which supposedly had multiple access to remove the soot due to the cooking. I am modifying my previous post to reflect this change. Yves
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You did a fantastic job on the timbers. This will look very realistic. Yves
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A few progress on the Smoke Cabin (as it is called....). First the birth of the funnel: And its completion: That is a large part. It does require some sanding and care, too look presentable. Next, other parts required for this assembly, are printed: The funnel stack is somewhat crude and will need some additional details. The ladder is from the kit and three brass tubes are added around the funnel, to make it look more realistic. Again, using the same Calder Craft stanchions, the delicate building of the railings is started. Some 0.6 mm brass wire is used to fabricate the railing. It is then glued with CA and painted white to simulate the tubing found on the prototype ship. Wooden protections are added on the sides, following the 3D rendering seen previously. These parts are extra and not provided in the kit. The funnel is now added and this is a delicate task: all brass tubes have to go in their respective holes and the funnel has to have the correct inclination, which is helped by the printed part. On the deck various chest and cowl hoses are installed. The trunk located between the two cowls, is identical to what is provided in the kit, with its height reduced by 50%. The vertical lockers (see below) are identical to the lockers provided in the kit, but reduced to 50% of their width and length. The rigging is made with elastic wires found at Michael's or Jo-Ann's. This section is complete and I just have to install the painted cowls, on top of their respective tubes. Yves
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MODULE #4 (Galley and Smoke Cabins) This is the second module that I am building. As indicated earlier, the careful installation of the deck floors and precise setting, allow you to approach each module in an almost independent way. For our next installment, I have decide to concentrate on the Galley Cabin (where the mast find its anchor) and Smoke Cabin. Before showing the implementation, let's quickly review what the Virtual kit is offering us: Decks D and E are glued together and coupled with two joiners. I have printed the Dagger plates and the D lip but will not be using them. These parts are for RC builds, to allow an easy access to the inners of the vessel: The Galley Cabin is depicted below: And the Smoke Cabin below: Overall, these sub-assemblies are rather crude and need some pimping up. The mast is printed with long parts, the crow's nest and the top part. I have decided to use a mast made of a wood dowel, instead. The large smoke stack is nicely provided in the kit, with a ladder and the whistle pipes. Since I am trying to depict the HMCS Snowberry, I needed to find more details of these areas. Unfortunately, the archive pictures are very hard to study in this particular area and not of a great help. Fortunately, I found a 3D rendering of what the Snowberry could have been at one point or another: And this is what I will be trying to model. Yves
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Okay... I am giving up on this hobby... 😞 That is simply amazing. I am so glad to not work at 1/87th scale..... Your work is just incredible. Yves
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Beautiful!!! A 1/700th model always gains at being presented in a small diorama. Yves
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Beautiful kit. Very well made. Yves
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Here is a picture of all the parts going into the building of the windlass: The Deck #B, covered with fine planks of basswood and stained to show the outrages of the North sea: The main 4 inches gun will be part of Deck #C and is not described in this section. The platform has just been assembled to see how things fit together. Below is a picture of the Snowberry after her refit: And here is the model. I have tried to depict all the major components, visible on the deck. The large ring at the bow is a piece of brass tube (not provided in the kit) The cleat are from the kit but have been closed with small strips of styrene, to reflect the real cleats. The two round vents are not provided in the kit and are tack pins, inserted in the deck. The central mushroom vent is not bent...sorry. I am also missing the two tall and thin tubes located ahead of the gun platform. Not sure what they are.... The stanchions are 20 mm high, two holes and are provided by Calder Craft. They are inserted with a #60 hole and CA glue to secure them. The railing is done with Bead Stringing wire which is very realistic of a steel meshed wire used on the bow of these ships. Its diameter is 0.46 mm allowing it to pass easily into the 0.7 mm holes. That concludes the Module #1 (bow). I will be presenting another module in a few days. Yves
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MODULE #1 : the Bow Well, after finishing the hull, I had a very strong urge to start at least one section of the Corvette. Following you will find the suggested implementation according to the kit and my realization, based on the kit and on pictures of the Snowberry. The kit provides for a relatively detailed windlass: Anchors and guides are also provided in the kit and are very easy and quick to print: Overall, this is the end result: That bow is perfect for a generic Corvette and will fit most of the Lower Class ships and variants. However, the HMCS Snowberry that I am depicting after her upgrade is not exactly equipped in the same way. Finding historical pictures of good quality is a challenge, for that particular ship but a couple of archival pictures are in high resolution and offering numerous details. Yves
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A few updates. I have been waiting for more than a week for the stanchions. Age of Sails handled my request quickly, but placed my shipment on a ground Fedex carrier....$14.00 for an envelope of not even 2 ounces.... Anyway, patience is a must have when you try to build models during a Plandemic. As I mentioned before, the hull is now finished.... I am lying: I need to paint the rudder and the propeller and glue them to call it complete. I pretty much reached my objective which was to build the hull, with this new (to me) 3D printing technology. The long and tedious work done on the various pieces of decks and their perfect fitting on the hull, allows me to approach each segment of deck as a sub-project whenever I feel the urge to do it. That is important on a large model like this one....it is very easy to be overwhelmed. So, to display the hull and most importantly to protect it and be able to store it vertically, I have also built a display stand. The main board is a "step" made of pine of 4 feet long by 10 inches wide. It is your traditional step found at Lowes' or Home Depot. The good thing about these boards is that they are very sturdy and will not warp. On top of it are glued, 1/2 x 1/2 inches pieces of maple wood, colored with Cherry wood stain. The main board is stained with Natural color and varnished with Polycrylic Semi-Gloss, using a foam pad for application. Two #10 (5 mm) nuts are glued inside the hull to provide for a strong and discrete anchor: Yves
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Absolutely. All the other parts will be a piece of cake in comparison. I am looking forward to seeing your new hull develop.... Yves
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Lancia Assunta by maurino
yvesvidal replied to maurino's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1901 - Present Day
Lovely blue color. It reminds me of my incursions to the shores of the Mediterranean sea. Very well depicted. Yves
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