rvchima

Hi All,
Small update:
A small update is better than none....
 
(I got the Bow/Stern "Air Recognition Markings" on.
This process worked o.k and I can now see the valur of Gloss Polyurethane as a "Grounding for the Decals.
I also rate the "Micro-Set."
 
The Decals are still drying and I may go over the Bow Decal with "Micro-Sol" later. (It depends on how the Decal dries over the raised Fore Deck areas.
 
I am reasonably happy with my efforts today and am preparing the Stern Hatches for installation hopefully tomorrow.
Initially, I liked the Deck without the Decals but am coming round to the idea that it adds a bit of color. 😀
 
Cheers....HOF.
 
Photos:
 
 
 
 
 
 

Thank you OC, James and Kevin for your responses.
I have had a PM or two with Rod (rvchima) with reference to his build. (Thanks once again Rod.)
 
Rod advised Decals first and then Hatches followed by a paint touch-up.
I made up a tracing paper template for the Hatch positions first.
I have separated the decals from the sheet and carefully trimmed to the Decal edges and Test fit with the template, looks about right.
 
I painted Gloss Polyurethane on the Rear Decking, (I'll do the first), and I'll let this cure overnight. Ill affix the Decal with Mirco-Sol and do the Micro-Set after this. 
(It's been a very long time since I played with Decals....😀)
 
With regards to your replies above, paint and masks I did consider but purchased Decals from "Custom Hobby Decals" anyway as I felt it was a little too late in the game to be worrying about major paint works.
 
I am well aware also that the Ship had her markings painted over on May 21st 1941 I had already painted the Baltic Stripes on the Hull and I did not wish to have a huge Grey stripe across the Decks.  😀
 
So, I guess the model will be representative of early morning, May 21st 1941 before the crew got out the paint. 😀
 
In the last couple of days, I attempted to fix the Stern Anchor Chain in place, I did not like the result so removed and will attempt again after Decaling. (Just as well I have plenty of small chain as the kit did not provide very much....)
 
Anyway, enough from me today. I'll post some photos as soon as I have something decent progress to share. 😀
 
Happy New Year to all!!
 
Cheers and Regards,
 
Harry.
 
 
 
 
 

Take care Harry. Get better and finish the Bismarck soon.

Received the parts from Hong Kong and finished the model. I am mostly pleased with the results. 
 





 
 


 

Take care Harry. Get better and finish the Bismarck soon.

Take care Harry. Get better and finish the Bismarck soon.

Take care Harry. Get better and finish the Bismarck soon.

Guns factory: 
 

 
Putting together the remaining 18 pounders and starting some 9 pounders to go on the quarterdeck: 
 

 

 

 
Yves
 

A quick update on the Quarterdeck, with a small improvement and modification of the original kit: The National Maritime Museum model presents a nice molding above the rear bulkhead.
 

 
That molding is not present in the CAF Model kit and I wanted to add it: 
 

 
I used one of the 2 x 2 mm strips in the Session #4 box and after scrapping it with the correct shape, came up with this sandwich. Instead of the sub-floor going directly against the balusters/columns, I think it offers a little bit more realism for the stern of that ship.
 

 
You can see (above) how the molding is placed: a 2 x 2 strip sitting on top of the bulkhead and a 2 x 2 strip scrapped and glued to it. It does not cover entirely the top of the balusters, but once the top deck is in place, it will be impossible to see that.
 
Because of the introduction of that decorative molding, the top deck is raised by another 2 mm. At that point, the beams supporting the top deck must be raised to accommodate the change: 
 

 

 
This is easily done by placing a 2 mm thick piece of wood on top of the elbows, supporting the beams: 
 

 

 
Once everything is sanded smooth and cleaned, the poop deck fits nicely with just a slight curvature to eliminate the standing water: 
 

 
Note that the installation of these beams is part of the last Session #5.
 
Overall view of the rear section and quarterdeck: 
 

 
Time to move back to the Gallery and the bow. Thank you all for your comments and encouragements, as they are very much appreciated.
 
Yves

The next phase is the building of the screen bulkhead. Here I wanted to depict it as close as possible to the National Maritime Museum model, which is basically painted in white. I only used some light gray for the windows and the wainscoting of the panels. Inside. the wood is just stained, lightly: 
 

 
The white putty is used to provide a very tight seal between the bulkhead and the planking. This prevents the light to go through.
 

 
 
 

 
The rear screen bulkhead is slightly convex in shape.
 
Yves
 
 

At this stage, I can finally finish sub-floor and planking of the rear quarterdeck. But before we install the sub-floor, the rudder must be set in place and connected to the spring for an automatic neutral positioning: 
 

 

 
A little bit of vacuum cleaner to get rid of the dust and the sub-floor can be installed: 
 

 

 
Planking can be completed at this point: 
 

 
As usual, 0.5 mm maple planks, glued individually, sanded with 400 grit and treated with three coats of Wipe On Poly for depth of color and protection.
 

 

 
Yves
 
 

Seguin - FIINISHED, 170 hours, 75 days
 
Today I finished my Bluejacket Seguin model, and I must say that it is one of the prettiest models that I have. All the stained wood, mahogany, and brass make for one beautiful model.
 
After all the research and discussion above, I decided to rig the masts without the gaffs. I simply couldn't figure out what they were supposed to do, and consequently I wasn't sure how to rig them. Instead I decided to hang three navigation lights on the fore mast and a US flag on the aft mast. When the Seguin was built in 1884 the US flag had only 38 stars for the 38 states.
 
I took a few photos of the mast construction and rigging, and then deleted them by mistake when transferring them from my phone. Here then, are photos of the finished model.

Port side. I did add a nice coil of rope on the aft grate.

Starboard side.

Cabin, wheelhouse, pilot house, and rooster. Tugs traditionally had American eagles on the pilot house, but the Seguin had a rooster. The rooster was not there at first, and I could find no photos of the Seguin with both gaffs and the rooster. So the gaffs had to go.

Companionway (stairway.) I added a brass rail all the way to the upper deck.

Fore mast with three navigation (towing) lights. Almost every photo of the Seguin shows towing lights.

Aft mast with the 38 * flag.

Stack with stays and steam whistle.

Mantua lifeboat. Easy to build and I love the way it looks. It's going to be tricky swinging the rear davit past those mast stays, but that's how they're shown on the plans. The davits were made from some thick brass rod that I flattened and drilled. The kit included some photo-etched brass cleats that I soldered to the davits. The plans and one early photo show the blocks hooked together above the boat, but I rigged them ready to lift. I was also surprised that all the mast stays impinge on the cabin roof.

Brass stanchions (railing uprights) by Krick. The Seguin was rigged with wire cable, and the kit came with a spool of very nice, 0.25 mm braided wire. I could have used that, but I had a spool of 0.38 mm plastic-coated bead-stringing wire, a package of crimp beads, and a crimping tool and I used that instead. No good reason.
Seagull's eye view.

Front view.

THE END. (Aft view with the Raeboesch prop.)
 

I love the photos of the ladder emerging between the grates. Did you scratch build the ladder? That's beautiful work on a tiny piece. And how did you mark the treenails on the planks? With a pencil perhaps? Those little details sure make a big difference.

Harry,
I have to find a hobby that takes more time and less space. Sounds like one end of the space-time continuum.
Rod

Seguin - FIINISHED, 170 hours, 75 days
 
Today I finished my Bluejacket Seguin model, and I must say that it is one of the prettiest models that I have. All the stained wood, mahogany, and brass make for one beautiful model.
 
After all the research and discussion above, I decided to rig the masts without the gaffs. I simply couldn't figure out what they were supposed to do, and consequently I wasn't sure how to rig them. Instead I decided to hang three navigation lights on the fore mast and a US flag on the aft mast. When the Seguin was built in 1884 the US flag had only 38 stars for the 38 states.
 
I took a few photos of the mast construction and rigging, and then deleted them by mistake when transferring them from my phone. Here then, are photos of the finished model.

Port side. I did add a nice coil of rope on the aft grate.

Starboard side.

Cabin, wheelhouse, pilot house, and rooster. Tugs traditionally had American eagles on the pilot house, but the Seguin had a rooster. The rooster was not there at first, and I could find no photos of the Seguin with both gaffs and the rooster. So the gaffs had to go.

Companionway (stairway.) I added a brass rail all the way to the upper deck.

Fore mast with three navigation (towing) lights. Almost every photo of the Seguin shows towing lights.

Aft mast with the 38 * flag.

Stack with stays and steam whistle.

Mantua lifeboat. Easy to build and I love the way it looks. It's going to be tricky swinging the rear davit past those mast stays, but that's how they're shown on the plans. The davits were made from some thick brass rod that I flattened and drilled. The kit included some photo-etched brass cleats that I soldered to the davits. The plans and one early photo show the blocks hooked together above the boat, but I rigged them ready to lift. I was also surprised that all the mast stays impinge on the cabin roof.

Brass stanchions (railing uprights) by Krick. The Seguin was rigged with wire cable, and the kit came with a spool of very nice, 0.25 mm braided wire. I could have used that, but I had a spool of 0.38 mm plastic-coated bead-stringing wire, a package of crimp beads, and a crimping tool and I used that instead. No good reason.
Seagull's eye view.

Front view.

THE END. (Aft view with the Raeboesch prop.)
 

Harry,
I have to find a hobby that takes more time and less space. Sounds like one end of the space-time continuum.
Rod

Thank you Nic. I have my eye on the Oregon so I may have to wait a while.
Rod

Seguin - FIINISHED, 170 hours, 75 days
 
Today I finished my Bluejacket Seguin model, and I must say that it is one of the prettiest models that I have. All the stained wood, mahogany, and brass make for one beautiful model.
 
After all the research and discussion above, I decided to rig the masts without the gaffs. I simply couldn't figure out what they were supposed to do, and consequently I wasn't sure how to rig them. Instead I decided to hang three navigation lights on the fore mast and a US flag on the aft mast. When the Seguin was built in 1884 the US flag had only 38 stars for the 38 states.
 
I took a few photos of the mast construction and rigging, and then deleted them by mistake when transferring them from my phone. Here then, are photos of the finished model.

Port side. I did add a nice coil of rope on the aft grate.

Starboard side.

Cabin, wheelhouse, pilot house, and rooster. Tugs traditionally had American eagles on the pilot house, but the Seguin had a rooster. The rooster was not there at first, and I could find no photos of the Seguin with both gaffs and the rooster. So the gaffs had to go.

Companionway (stairway.) I added a brass rail all the way to the upper deck.

Fore mast with three navigation (towing) lights. Almost every photo of the Seguin shows towing lights.

Aft mast with the 38 * flag.

Stack with stays and steam whistle.

Mantua lifeboat. Easy to build and I love the way it looks. It's going to be tricky swinging the rear davit past those mast stays, but that's how they're shown on the plans. The davits were made from some thick brass rod that I flattened and drilled. The kit included some photo-etched brass cleats that I soldered to the davits. The plans and one early photo show the blocks hooked together above the boat, but I rigged them ready to lift. I was also surprised that all the mast stays impinge on the cabin roof.

Brass stanchions (railing uprights) by Krick. The Seguin was rigged with wire cable, and the kit came with a spool of very nice, 0.25 mm braided wire. I could have used that, but I had a spool of 0.38 mm plastic-coated bead-stringing wire, a package of crimp beads, and a crimping tool and I used that instead. No good reason.
Seagull's eye view.

Front view.

THE END. (Aft view with the Raeboesch prop.)
 

A Few Photos of Parts Stacked Up

Seguin - FIINISHED, 170 hours, 75 days
 
Today I finished my Bluejacket Seguin model, and I must say that it is one of the prettiest models that I have. All the stained wood, mahogany, and brass make for one beautiful model.
 
After all the research and discussion above, I decided to rig the masts without the gaffs. I simply couldn't figure out what they were supposed to do, and consequently I wasn't sure how to rig them. Instead I decided to hang three navigation lights on the fore mast and a US flag on the aft mast. When the Seguin was built in 1884 the US flag had only 38 stars for the 38 states.
 
I took a few photos of the mast construction and rigging, and then deleted them by mistake when transferring them from my phone. Here then, are photos of the finished model.

Port side. I did add a nice coil of rope on the aft grate.

Starboard side.

Cabin, wheelhouse, pilot house, and rooster. Tugs traditionally had American eagles on the pilot house, but the Seguin had a rooster. The rooster was not there at first, and I could find no photos of the Seguin with both gaffs and the rooster. So the gaffs had to go.

Companionway (stairway.) I added a brass rail all the way to the upper deck.

Fore mast with three navigation (towing) lights. Almost every photo of the Seguin shows towing lights.

Aft mast with the 38 * flag.

Stack with stays and steam whistle.

Mantua lifeboat. Easy to build and I love the way it looks. It's going to be tricky swinging the rear davit past those mast stays, but that's how they're shown on the plans. The davits were made from some thick brass rod that I flattened and drilled. The kit included some photo-etched brass cleats that I soldered to the davits. The plans and one early photo show the blocks hooked together above the boat, but I rigged them ready to lift. I was also surprised that all the mast stays impinge on the cabin roof.

Brass stanchions (railing uprights) by Krick. The Seguin was rigged with wire cable, and the kit came with a spool of very nice, 0.25 mm braided wire. I could have used that, but I had a spool of 0.38 mm plastic-coated bead-stringing wire, a package of crimp beads, and a crimping tool and I used that instead. No good reason.
Seagull's eye view.

Front view.

THE END. (Aft view with the Raeboesch prop.)
 

Thank you all for the compliments on my Seguin model. It really was a beautiful ship that can't help but become a beautiful model.

I love the photos of the ladder emerging between the grates. Did you scratch build the ladder? That's beautiful work on a tiny piece. And how did you mark the treenails on the planks? With a pencil perhaps? Those little details sure make a big difference.

I love the photos of the ladder emerging between the grates. Did you scratch build the ladder? That's beautiful work on a tiny piece. And how did you mark the treenails on the planks? With a pencil perhaps? Those little details sure make a big difference.

Thank you all for the compliments on my Seguin model. It really was a beautiful ship that can't help but become a beautiful model.

Seguin - FIINISHED, 170 hours, 75 days
 
Today I finished my Bluejacket Seguin model, and I must say that it is one of the prettiest models that I have. All the stained wood, mahogany, and brass make for one beautiful model.
 
After all the research and discussion above, I decided to rig the masts without the gaffs. I simply couldn't figure out what they were supposed to do, and consequently I wasn't sure how to rig them. Instead I decided to hang three navigation lights on the fore mast and a US flag on the aft mast. When the Seguin was built in 1884 the US flag had only 38 stars for the 38 states.
 
I took a few photos of the mast construction and rigging, and then deleted them by mistake when transferring them from my phone. Here then, are photos of the finished model.

Port side. I did add a nice coil of rope on the aft grate.

Starboard side.

Cabin, wheelhouse, pilot house, and rooster. Tugs traditionally had American eagles on the pilot house, but the Seguin had a rooster. The rooster was not there at first, and I could find no photos of the Seguin with both gaffs and the rooster. So the gaffs had to go.

Companionway (stairway.) I added a brass rail all the way to the upper deck.

Fore mast with three navigation (towing) lights. Almost every photo of the Seguin shows towing lights.

Aft mast with the 38 * flag.

Stack with stays and steam whistle.

Mantua lifeboat. Easy to build and I love the way it looks. It's going to be tricky swinging the rear davit past those mast stays, but that's how they're shown on the plans. The davits were made from some thick brass rod that I flattened and drilled. The kit included some photo-etched brass cleats that I soldered to the davits. The plans and one early photo show the blocks hooked together above the boat, but I rigged them ready to lift. I was also surprised that all the mast stays impinge on the cabin roof.

Brass stanchions (railing uprights) by Krick. The Seguin was rigged with wire cable, and the kit came with a spool of very nice, 0.25 mm braided wire. I could have used that, but I had a spool of 0.38 mm plastic-coated bead-stringing wire, a package of crimp beads, and a crimping tool and I used that instead. No good reason.
Seagull's eye view.

Front view.

THE END. (Aft view with the Raeboesch prop.)