Old Collingwood
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Evening all, I have had another one of those days today, I cut a length of papar to act as my tarp for the railings on the funnel, this was glued to the railings usings gaitor pva glue, the problem after painting it and taking a couple of pics - its all wonky and tipsy turvy, the railings/tarp slope inone direction, the lower level slopes in a different direction, it all just looks a mess to be honest. I spent a good few hours I thought my idea was good but my building skills messed it up abit, so Im wondering how to correct it as I dont have a replacement funnel/parts to replace with, I might try to file down the side thats too high and bend down the lower level. Here are pics showing the error. OC.
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"Did someone mentions treats" I like those icecream desearts - "yummy.........." OC.
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I wonder if my friends and any other kind people could help me with some research please? on Warspite the two searchlight platforms on the funnel are maned when needed, but however I try I can not find out how the crew can gain accsess to the platforms, from all the research I have done I can not find any details of ladders going upto to platforms, the center column is not wide enough to act as an accsess tube. The location of the funnel is quite close to the forward super structure - a gap of a few feet from the main flag deck to the funnel, but there is a drop of about twenty feet to the main deck below from there, so I couldn't see then just climbing across. I wonder if anyone can help with this please. OC.
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What will be my next move will be to put some tarps around the searchlight platform railings, as these were fitted when she was at D Day. OC.
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Yes mate - on the wheel marked WB you should be able to set it to WB then another menu should show or you select, in that there should be a menu of Auto, Tungsten, Daylight, Cloudy, Shade, Fluorescent, Auto is normaly ok for most things except strong internal lighting from strip lights. Hope this helps. OC.
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Hope your ok kevin sorry to hear you have not been too good. OC.
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Hi all, today I started work on the funnel cap and internal fittings, I decided to follow the design of of the shipwrights model above, this shows a closed off ledge just under the cap, this contains a few box like and round internal funnels, I firstly worked on the kit cap - I decided to have a go at thinning down the profiles in the cap, I used my scalpel and fine file and worked on the sections. Next I created a floor to go inside and on this I fitted a few box like structures and a couple of thin round funnels, these were painted flat black then when dry I glued the floor underneath the cap, then gave it a couple of coats of flat black. Then I glued it to the funnel body and that was glued down on to the boat deck. Here are a couple of pics. OC.
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Thanks carl, you are true about the scale and us builders being the perfectionist. My inspiration is the massive architects model that a fellow builder on her was building. Im sure he wont mind me posting a few of his pics of his model (scale replica more like) OC.
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Thanks mate, there are just a few blemishes like slight mounds from the ca glue, and dust from brush painting, even with me keeping a clean routine static attracts the dust molecules, then there is our macro cameras enthersizing the blemishes, I know when its all assembled and photographed from a couple of feet away as a whole model, small blemishes wont be noticable. OC.
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Evening all, more work on the funnel (fiddly time consuming job) first I had to find and cut out the search light platform hand rail, this was easy enough till I tried to bend it to follow the contour of the platform, no chance it broke in a couple of sections - so I decided to cut it in three sections, two round at each end and one in the center, thesse were fiddly to hold in place and glue. I eventualy managed to get the rails to stick, so next was to apply a couple of coats of paint, next was to construct the upper platform using both the kit part and a top pe part, these were glued together then the assembly was glued to the funnel. Next off was a ladder going from the search light platform up to the top one. Just a couple of pics its not as accurate as I would have liked it and there is a bit of dust that needs cleaning off. OC.
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That would have been interesting - wonder if they would have gone for NJ or Iowa type re-build. OC.
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Looking really smart you have done a marvelous job on the paintwork and weathering. OC.
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Evening all, more progress today starting with the correction I did last night, I checked the side wall/front hanger door situation - and I had corrected it ok, I then attached a circuler device on the rear of the hanger deck (not sure what purpose it serves). Next was time to start on the funnel (warspite only has the one) this is built in various sections including a searchlight platform and sub deck below that, my thinking was to use the kit part with the pe plating ontop, but to fit the sub deck out of pe, these platforms are fitted to two colums with the searchlights fitted ontop of these. The photos show the platforms fitted to the funnel but not fitted to the boat deck, there is still quite a bit of pe work and scratch building to be fitted. Thank you for all the continued interest in my build and the comments and likes. OC.
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Looking forward to seeing your next build piet. OC.
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Thank you sincerely piet, yep I love the ole girls history, and where she ended up was for me important for my building her, as I have swam in the same waters in the bay where she was scrapped (at a different time though when she had beeb consumed to the breakers) would be fitting to think her keel may have been left in the sand under the shallow sea there. OC.
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It has just dawned on me looking at the last pic of the hanger doors - the open side shutter is not sitting tight against the frame. So it bugged me I had to correct it so i went downstairs and applied some pressure and some glue on the inside, and have it sat braced over night. I think putting the roof/boat deck on had opened the gap. OC.
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