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  1. Old Collingwood
    Thanks mate , I am excluding the chains though to fiddly to fit with what I have. OC.
  2. Old Collingwood
    Gorgeous work pat - very very nice so much detail and so clean and tidy workmanship, I salute you. OC.
  3. Old Collingwood
    Indeed pat, I was concerned about the fitting of the rudder to the hull, as when I did a dry run I scratched some of the white paintwork on the hull, I had to put my "thinking cap on" to work out a tidy way of gluing the hinges , I was quite pleased how it turned out. OC.
  4. Old Collingwood
    Thank you kindly, after those pics were taken I have also worked on and fitted a "stuby" tiller/head arrangement, this was fashioned out of a piece of 3x2mm I drilled through near to one end then ran a box file through the hole to create a square cut out so it would fit over the top of the rudder post, then I shapped a small section with shoulders that shaped into a narrow stem, this was pushed into the narrow opening and glued ontop of the rudder. Pics tomorrow after it has had a bit of black paint, then it will be a case of creating some restriction chains and hooks. OC.
  5. Old Collingwood
    Great progress Lou and I feel your pain about our little hobby, some times it felt to me like I was making One step forward and two steps back, also I am in the same boat (excuse the pun) of having to canabalise on build to construct another. OC.
  6. Old Collingwood
    I have some spare hammocks if anyone is interested - might need some solid beams for all onlookers, who is in charge of the Rum "Must have the Rum" OC.
  7. Old Collingwood
    Hi all, I swollowed hard and found a way to support the rudder while gluing the hinges with ca, I used a thin wood stick to apply a thin coating of ca to the backs of the hinges then pressed them down one at a time, after all six where done I did a little bit of touch up - and here is the current stage minus fitting the tiller. OC.
  8. Old Collingwood
    She is looking so nice - really tidy work. OC.
  9. Old Collingwood
    Super close detail mate looking really nice. OC.
  10. Old Collingwood
    I just see a blank screen like there is nothing there. tried a few times with the same result. OC.
  11. Old Collingwood
    Hiya mate, she is coming along nicely, love the black hull, with your planes are you doing them as RC planes or just large statics? OC.
  12. Old Collingwood
    She is looking very smart and will really compliment your other builds, talking of other builds - have you been following my build lately? its still the same one you commented on some time back, its getting there slowly. OC.
  13. Old Collingwood
    Nothing much to report really apart from a a couple of coats of black and white paint applied to the rudder I made. OC.
  14. Old Collingwood
    Intersting, cant joint in however can I watch please, I have a chair ready. OC.
  15. Old Collingwood
    Thank you so much OC.
  16. Old Collingwood
    They came out of my corel HMS Peregrine kit that for now I am using its small parts for my build, tomorrow I will file the hinges to remove the detailing as its quite rough and crude, I think at this scale they will look better just plain and smooth. The next stage after filling the hinges will be to apply a couple of coats of dull black to them, then a few coats of flat white to the rudder, and black near where I will attach the tiller. Then when dry it will be a case of gluing them to the hull with ca glue (but as tidy as I can, not to get the glue on my white painted lower hull) OC.
  17. Old Collingwood
    Very nice work - she is looking superb. OC.
  18. Old Collingwood
    Eveniing all, more work on the rudder today -firstly I had to cut out (well flat box file) the three cut outs to house the hinge linkages, this was a system of several dry fittings and more filling, then I concentrated on the metal hinges that needed some light cleaning up, then It was a case of applying a light run of ca glue and placed the hinges into place, this was repeated three times, afterwards any overspill of ca glue was sanded off. Here are a few pics - OC.
  19. Old Collingwood
    Thank you pat. OC.
  20. Old Collingwood
    Superb work so nice. OC.
  21. Old Collingwood
    Great to see you back at work on her. OC.
  22. Old Collingwood
    Lovely work. OC.
  23. Old Collingwood
    Looking really nice. OC.
  24. Old Collingwood
    I even got the time to build the keel - made up from three pieces of 4 x 4mm, I glued these together then shaped the profiles - next will be to attach the hinges. Just the one pic so far. OC.
  25. Old Collingwood
    Thank you so much. OC.

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