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ty i have had a look, but with 24 of thinking i have come up with a few ideas already
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the Fife has wooden decks pretty well along the main deck but stops i think just before the hanger, but i need to find an acceptable way of securing the deck to the hull first, i may have to rethink the process that i have presently and attach it permanently with access below the main superstructure, as for my build all not much is going in there, a couple of shafts maybe as i have to fit the props to something i believe the deck was in teak, i am using some lime (and not very good lime at that) so that will have to be coloured, then some paint will bring the pointy end to life, lots of green with white fittings, thats after sourcing capstans, anchor chain, bow steaming light, lol im sure there is lots of other stuff like hydrants etc -
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OC thank you i am tempted, i can get the hull in 1/96, but would possibly do Fearless, intrepid of the Tiger http://www.sirmarfittings.com/british warships.html but for this project i would like something a little different but bridging a time gap, the wife just mentioned the SS great Britain
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Thank you Chris i of course have looked at the Amerigo Vesspucci, i ruled Warrior out due to scale size (not because its Billings) i have also considered Lumberyards kits but i dont have a milling machine or fully understand the imperial scales, but i do love that Kanrin Maru and the scale is good lol i called rename it to sound British thank you for your reply
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Good evening everyone This year I am 60 years old and possibly 3 years away from retiring I came back to modelling a few years ago after a 40 years break, and currently have a few large scale builds on the go My 1/72 HMS Fife which should be completed within the year My Caldercraft HMS Victory, which I am desperately wanting to get back to, now that I have a way ahead for her And my 1/80 SD 14 Cargo ship in card (ongoing) I love the 1/72 scale, I may be bad at doing it and the size takes me for ever but when im in my man cave I love it, I am looking for another build, maybe a little different, I don’t want another 1st rate what I am after is something in the 100 year time scale before or after the Victory, British in 1/72, in wood, I would love a plank on frame, but don’t have the tools for milling, and I sold my unused brynes thicknesser/sander last year Any suggestions , because at the moment everything I look at does not fit into the bracket
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thank you for the replies and likes the one great advantage about this build, is that it is big enough to restart sections, or treat sections/modules alone without interfering with another, this section shows that example quite well. the gun deck i made a card template of the area being worked on, and covering it with lime strips, the edges to represent caulking i am using my tried and tested permanent marker, i personally dont mind a little bit of bleeding as it soaks in due to the pen being held into position for to long, i hope to have this completed this week the inner circle is steel, so i may just expose the deck below it or put a circle temple into the middle spray the same as the deck colour if for any reason this build is put onto water then it can be removed
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HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Kevin replied to DORIS's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
WOW Doris its been a long time since i looked in on your work, (shame on me)- 1,035 replies
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dolphins are awarded on completion of part 3 training on your first Sub, i got mine back in 1980, on a conventional boat HMS Odin, all in all i had only 6 hull but did about 24 years in them of the 28 years in subs plus another 6 years in surface vessels, hence the building of my HMS Fife
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kit review 1:80 Endeavour - Ship Model Okumoto
Kevin replied to James H's topic in REVIEWS: Model kits
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here is a photo of Sceptre secured alongside the Diligence in Jordan would make an interesting diorama
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wrt your question, i need to look it up, but the area you are looking at is part of the sonar array areas, and although still covered i believe i a different type
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S Class (this is Sceptre) i have some more if you want to see some external detail
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Good evening everyone been away from the build for a couple of weeks, lol i am getting old and work has worn me out, and being tired had resulted in a few mistakes being made on the build so having taken the forecastle back to MDF, all the hawse were filled in and reset to their proper positions, the deck was relines and new breakwater made one side of the centre line is a little out in the fibre glass process, (ie both sides are not identical )so oi had to be a little creative with some of the non slip tresds to make it look the same i may do a little more of the pattern towards the front the bollards on the centre line are the incorrect size, i need to order/make some this is as much as i can do at the pointy end for now, i have to order some bits and obtain paint, most of this will be green and white made a paper template for the next section between the superstructure and the breakwater, as most of this is decked out, this allowed me to make some plank edging by getting the shape from the template onto lime sheets
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it was nice to get an update done last night, i have found myself doing less and less posting recently, and thats not the way i want it to be anyway, the new evergreen strips would have arrived today but they require a signature and no one home so will be picked up on saturday the two smaller hawse holes have been filled in as they were not 100% in the correct position, and the repair did not look great so everything is now back to the mdf and I will restart the front end this weekend and it is a bank holiday yipeeeee
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Good evening everyone i had been doing quite well on the build, the forward superstructure was marked out, the decking area around the 4.5 looked tidy and the forcastle over the last few weeks has been worked on to put on all the anti slip pattern but only this weekend i realised that i would have to redo the whole of the front end due to not allowing for the anchor chain area, which does not have the anti slip pattern, it was impossible to remove with out looking naff, so has now been scrapped off into the bin this is some of the area that should have been kept clear last Saturday before priming Breakwater in place, into the sunshine and back to square one again
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Victory Miniatures https://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/acatalog/Victory-Minatures.html
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just seen this https://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/acatalog/Victory-Minatures.html
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really nice work OC, i have been fairly quiet on the forums, but still here watching the progress
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another fine build, in the offering I see, Good luck, i will be here, watching
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I have had a great time watching you bring this build to life, she looks great, CONGRATULATIONS
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