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  1. Kevin
    Mark, good idea, i might see if parral beads from the victory spares box will fit
  2. Kevin
    Thats how the plans show it, im in two minds, as i can see it being a snag issue in the real thing, but if i cut them to terminate, they might look a bit short, so the jury is out at present
  3. Kevin
    Superstructure handrails and stations good evening everyone not made much progress recently, the williness to work on her is there, just not finding the time to put in on her however last weekend i managed to put the handrails on, made from single head statnions and the wire provided within the kit, i put them into position then used a bit of c/a to stop them moving, removed them and used a white primer on them, and put back into position presently making up the guard rails
  4. Kevin
    surprised they went for that when the 1/200 Trumpeter sells well, with the added PE sets, lots of other ships they could have done
  5. Kevin
    Lovely, some real nice detailed work
  6. Kevin
    the wife put it up whilst i was at work, knowing it would please me , so she could drop the bomb that we are visiting relations on Christmas day
  7. Kevin
    Good evening everyone, thank you for the comments and likes not having the bath tub size hull in the cave is certainly an advantage, not because of the space, but i am forever looking at it thinking, what the hell am i going to do with it anyway onwards i go Funnel area the choice of funnel colours is the admirals, and not to represent any port or company, just so happens to be the colours being used i made up the steam whistle pipework and the after pipe ( i believe to be a vent), and the made some bases for the cowls so that they can be moved to change direction the companionway has now got a pair of doors, but still to be finished and the turnbuckle for the after mast have been cleaned up and temp placed into position the turnbuckle for the after mast have been cleaned up and temp placed into position
  8. Kevin
    Good evening everyone Christmas is coming, My new builds have already arrived, but the hull of the St Nectan has been moved out of the way until the end of the festive season, but i still have the superstructure to work on Funnel i was not able to find out if the funnels had any type of protection on top to stop anything dropping down them like birds, wabbits or elephants, so i went out on a limb and decided that they must have, the mesh is from a old washing machine bag that i used to take to sea, the black is matt but still wet when the photos were taken
  9. Kevin
    Good evening everyone been a few weeks since my last post, m i went down with man flu, and has taken me a while to get over it after going as far as i could with the otter boards, i then went on to the gallows, from which the boards are worked tow pairs are made up and the fwd pair are different to the after set, the fwd ones are set at an angle going outboard, i wasnt able to work out if the other pair were then same, but i made them to the same angle anyway they fit in line to the hull ridges Masts having completed the main one a few weeks ago i wasnt happy with it so this weekend i made a new one and completed the foremast, both out of Evergrren tubing, which has allowed me to hide the wiring
  10. Kevin
    oh dear, that means you will be telling me off when i rig it all up wrong then lol
  11. Kevin
    Good evening everyone Otter Boards continued i went for the Flory Dark dirt, but a couple are in just grime, so i have a few options when it comes to putting everything in place i read after last nights post, that the outside edges were sheathed in metal to prevent damage to the wood when being dragged on the seabed, having scored one side of the wood to represent planks and then stained it i super glued the frame to it, then drilled holes though, turned it over, scored and stained then lined the other frame to the holes to represent the metal sheathing i cut a thin piece of card, attached it all round and painted now putting the bolts through and secure the heads on the opposite side next will be the brackets which will be this weeks work i not 100% sure where they fit, but here they are for tonight
  12. Kevin
    Good evening everyone Anchor winch the casting of this was quite bad in places so i will be doing a lot more work on it prior to primer Otterboards 6 of these are have to be made up, basicly two halves sandwiching a plank of wood, these have been cleaned up during the week after work primed with rattle can grey then being painted with the IDF Green (bought for the D9R) the boards is 2mm ply scored to represent planks and a Flory Grime wash to age it some are better than others, but all required cleaning up some of the cleaned off swarf ready for primer the paint gets darker as it dries various stains to find one im happy with
  13. Kevin
    Spent hours making this look ok, struggling with stable doors, nothing is fixed in position
  14. Kevin
    just recd an update of the build, 95% complete and looking far better than anything i could do
  15. Kevin
    It could be an early prototype before general release, i change things on my builds but never make a note of it
  16. Kevin
    So very very clever
  17. Kevin
    good evening everyone well i finished the main deck bulkhead braces this weekend was spent working aft, the stern light white metal moulding has been adapted to accept a 3mm led the boat deck supports have been adapted to fit and removed again, as they will be getting in the way, but they are marked where they fit as they are all slightly different, and have finally decided what colour's the build is going to be other than the hull boat deck edges being fitted now i have an idea of end colours lifeboat stations are pinned and marked out where the final position will be
  18. Kevin
    Thank you Gary, i do love big builds but she is a big lump, hopefully i can make a nice job of her,
  19. Kevin
    LOL the 100's of hours i have spent in red lighting, at periscope depth, and on the surface when at watch diving (the memories come flooding back) which is dimmed so much it then becomes black lighting
  20. Kevin
    another build of yours to follow, sorry i am not keeping upto date
  21. Kevin
    makes into a lovely looking build
  22. Kevin
    Great video, nice to catch up Jason
  23. Kevin
    While ago since i started this thread
  24. Kevin
    i will miss the updates when this build is completed, thank you for the work you have put into this
  25. Kevin
    WOW two updates in one day good evening everyone i finished the supports to the port side bulkheads, i will prime these and then paint red orche later typical not wained today and high pressure moving in, lol im back to work tomorrow any way time to dust the build off and let her get some Vitamin S

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