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Been working on casting masters for a bit. Have made 20 so far. These are the most recent - boom winch and escape scuttle.
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1:12 scale landing craft [plans]
alross2 replied to tom q vaxy's topic in RC Kits & Scratch building
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1:12 scale landing craft [plans]
alross2 replied to tom q vaxy's topic in RC Kits & Scratch building
This will provide you with all you need: The Boat that Won the War: An Illustrated History of the Higgins LCVP by Charles C. Roberts | Sep 1, 2017 -
Put on the windshield frame and gave the pilot house/cabin its first coat of white. It's just sitting on the hull in these photos.
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Finally got the windshield frame figured out. There are ten pieces to the frame - two sets of five laminated. The window openings in the back pieces are slightly smaller than those in the front pieces, providing a lip upon which the laser-cut clear windows will sit. Once laminated, the frame will be pieced together with tape on the back, inserted into the pilot house shield, and glued in place. The tape will be removed and any gaps will be filled. The windows won't be attached until everything is painted.
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Added the .040" half-round moulding to the shield.
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Today is a drawing day. This one shows the steps in attaching the laser-cut pilot house/cabin sides to the resin casting.
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Started some of the construction drawings for the kit. Still have more material to add to these two.
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The next BJ kit, a 1/192 scale NS SAVANNAH (which I have already started) will also be a solid hull. The bulk of the superstructure will comprise lifts, so essentially it will be solid, as well.
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Alistair, I recently completed the development of the OREGON kit for BlueJacket. Same scale and format as MAINE and OLYMPIA,
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Was not happy with the first cabin, so I revised the master, made a new mould, recast the base and am assembling it. Paint is still wet in this shot. Also redid the master for the life raft cannisters and made new ones for the throttle body and the binnacle.
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Starting to put on some of the deck furniture.
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Got the hull and a bunch of details painted today.
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Deck has first coat of gray. Some of the casting masters to date: From top right - blue light, radar base, flag staff, 55 gallon drum, life raft cannister.
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Today, made up several casting masters including a 55-gallon drum, flagstaff, radar base, and the front section of the mast. The mast is soldered 1/16" brass and needs a bit of cleanup. Painted the hull and superstructure white, as well.
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Inset the bow lights, finished the bulwarks, and added the half-round mouldings. Like Comment Share
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Today was rather productive. Put together the revised superstructure, made the vents, and assembled the reel. Tomorrow, I'll make the recessed bow lights and glue on the aft bulwarks. Like Comment Share Lasered vents. Upper vent has flange glued in place. Small holes on the reel need to be moved inboard just a bit., Superstructure placed on but not glued to the deck.
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Started fitting the initial laser-cut parts to the superstructure. They need some adjustment but are generally a good fit. I'll modify them and Shane will cut me another round to apply.
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Cast base for the superstructure is done and fitted to the deck camber. Brass master for the rudders is done, rudder post tubes installed, and the propshaft/strut assembly has been fitted.
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Third coat of primer on the hull.
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The superstructure base will be cast resin with a facia of laser-cut laserboard. The pilot house will be molded up to the bottom of the windows and include the consoles. This is the master which I just put into the silicone. The mold will be ready tomorrow for a test cast.
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Now that I'm finished with the OREGON and WYOMING, I've started on the 1/64 scale 82' WPB kit. This will be a typical BJ solid hull kit with laser, resin, britannia, and photo-etched parts. Hull length is 15.5". The intent is to create a kit that will allow the builder to replicate any of the 79 boats built. The focus will be 82301, the first boat in the group, but will include additional basic details to modify it to later boats. This will include different radar, towing gear, and deck details, plus stuff to do the boats in Viet Nam. The hull master is done and Randy carved me a couple hulls with which to experiment. I've templated one and added the skeg so far. This is the basic kit configuration - WPB82301. That below, WPB82347 POINT BONITA, is one of the later boats. A third general arrangement drawing will show a Viet Nam configuration.
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You're doing a great job! I really enjoyed developing that kit and wish we still had the original display model. It's at the Naval War College in RI. The catwalks/torpedo boat skids are a fun detail.
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For those who attended the meeting and visited the BJ table, I'd like to get some feedback (positive or negative) on the OREGON and WYOMING kits, particularly the bound plans concept.
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