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  1.    EricWilliamMarshall reacted to a post in a topic: HMS Terror by Keith S - OcCre - scale 1:75 - as she (dis)appeared on her final mission 1845 - first wooden ship build
  2.    EricWilliamMarshall reacted to a post in a topic: HMS Terror by Keith S - OcCre - scale 1:75 - as she (dis)appeared on her final mission 1845 - first wooden ship build
  3.    gdollow reacted to a post in a topic: HMS Terror by Keith S - OcCre - scale 1:75 - as she (dis)appeared on her final mission 1845 - first wooden ship build
  4. gdollow
    Thanks for the info, what is the book you are using. I have pre-ordered HMS Terror: The Design, Fitting and Voyages of the Polar Discovery Ship: The Design Fitting and Voyages of a Polar Discovery Ship by Matthew Betts, which is due out on the 30th May. This is a description of the book from Amazon If it lives up to the description it should be very useful.
  5.    Keith Black reacted to a post in a topic: HMS Terror by Keith S - OcCre - scale 1:75 - as she (dis)appeared on her final mission 1845 - first wooden ship build
  6. gdollow
    Hi, I have just caught up with this build, the ship is coming along nicely. I am currently build this model. I have the plans from the Royal Maritime Museum, and I have modified the belaying pin racks around the fore mast. This has altered the attachment points for the rigging. Looking at the belaying pin rack by the main mast, is totally different from the Occre plans, again altering where the rigging is tied off. Do you have a rigging diagram which shows where the ropes would be tied off using the modified belaying pin racks?
  7.    GrandpaPhil reacted to a post in a topic: HMS Warspite by gdollow - Academy - scale 1/350 - PLASTIC
  8.    GrandpaPhil reacted to a post in a topic: Bismarck by gdollow - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/350 - ​PLASTIC
  9. gdollow
    Thanks for the comments, mtaylor - It does look futuristic, It was at least twice a big as the RN equivalent
  10.    gdollow reacted to a post in a topic: S-100 & Flak 38 by gdollow - Revell - 1:72 - PLASTIC - with PE
  11.    gdollow reacted to a post in a topic: S-100 & Flak 38 by gdollow - Revell - 1:72 - PLASTIC - with PE
  12.    gdollow reacted to a post in a topic: S-100 & Flak 38 by gdollow - Revell - 1:72 - PLASTIC - with PE
  13.    gdollow reacted to a post in a topic: S-100 & Flak 38 by gdollow - Revell - 1:72 - PLASTIC - with PE
  14. gdollow
    Latest progress, need to do some touching up
  15. gdollow
    More photos
  16. gdollow
    Here is an update, I've been taking pictures, but haven't had a chance to upload them
  17.    gdollow reacted to a post in a topic: RMS Titanic by popeye the sailor - Academy - PLASTIC - 1/400 scale
  18. gdollow
    More shots, I've bee busy today
  19. gdollow
    Here's an update. The breech for the torpedo tubes as done, even though most of it will be covered by the bridge armour. The hull and deck are together. still need to paint the hull to complete this section of the build
  20. gdollow
    Steve I think that they are good, a mixture of brass and resin. They make a nice replacement for the Tamyia molded box with 4 barrels. I did not use it in the end, but that was because I was getting bored with the model and wanted to get the model finished as quickly as possible, not because of anything wrong with the gun kit. If you do use them you will need to invest in a 0.2mm drill bit to drill out some of the resin for the barrels.
  21. gdollow
    The interior of the bridge is complete. I have to put some decking on the rear of the bridge, but I need to paint it first, which will happen once I have completed the PE on the exterior of the bridge.
  22.    gdollow reacted to a post in a topic: S-100 & Flak 38 by gdollow - Revell - 1:72 - PLASTIC - with PE
  23. gdollow
    A bit of progress on the bridge and the main and fore decks. The main deck needs a bit of TLC as the raised part of the deck did not fit too well as I removed too much plastic, so there is a lot of filler.
  24.    gdollow reacted to a post in a topic: Bismarck by gdollow - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/350 - ​PLASTIC
  25. gdollow
    More photo etch done. The hatch has been replaced as has the ridge around the gun tub and lined with photo etch. The torpedo rails, I have made 8 brackets and 4 centre supports, and one completed torpedo rail​
  26.    gdollow reacted to a post in a topic: S-100 & Flak 38 by gdollow - Revell - 1:72 - PLASTIC - with PE
  27. gdollow
    Here is some progress on the deck superstructure which is replaced totally with photo etch. I have burnished all the PE as it means you do not have to use a primer. The decking is only placed on for the photos. The colour of the deck was done by 1 coat of pale umber (artist acrylic paint), a thinned down Tamiya deck tan, then a wash of wood brown (walnut), followed by a wash of dark grey. I only let the base layer dry, before putting the rest of the layers on in quick succession.
  28. gdollow
    A new build for the S-100 torpedo boat. Enjoy the pictures so far. Here are the sprue and photo etch pictures. This is using the Griffin Models PE. The first picture is of the torpedoes
  29.    gdollow reacted to a post in a topic: Bismarck by gdollow - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/350 - ​PLASTIC
  30. gdollow
    I have completed the bismarck now here are the rest of the build log. I had to buy extra PE to do the bits that were missing from the Eduard PE. All I can say is that the amount I spent on PE for this model I could have bought the Revell Bismarck and one lot of PE.

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