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  1. Kevin
    a pair of adjustable shelfs put into an alcove and cover the front
  2. Kevin
    lovely work, nice to catch up on your projects again, i have been very quiet for the last couple of years doing non wooden ships and found it very hard to keep up with builds that i was previously following
  3. Kevin
    well as stated above i have gone back to the Victory, i quess i am a person with ideas way above my skill sets and dreams way above storage arrangements, and that is partly the reason for this build being laid up for two years, perhaps some one will remember i was looking at a diorama, well like this one but had the ships launch pulling her to find a light wind well 7 years down the line reality has kicked in and i am just unable to complete that task, so i looks like, well a build without sails, having accepted that fact i have spent the last day cleaning her off, repairing a little damage on the bowspit again (always getting in the way) and now setting the two yards fitted to it
  4. Kevin
    its just over 2 years since i did any work on the Victory, so as of today she is back on the work bench, new mancave and my fav build, what more could a 60 year old ask for
  5. Kevin
    hello my friend nice to see you posting again, lol i have actually finished my build of the Bismarck (although it is the only one i have finished) permission to follow again
  6. Kevin
    Thank you, I had a very nice day ( infact a long 6 day weekend), my birday pressie was treating ourselfs to the conservatory being rewired for some non messy boat building within the house, will post photos later
  7. Kevin
    yes a very good review, but wish Resin looked better, to me it always looks like so much work is required to get a semi decent result
  8. Kevin
    So that is a no then LOL
  9. Kevin
    lol did i read somewhere that you were going to do a group build on 1/72 flat top?
  10. Kevin
    lovely work everyone
  11. Kevin
    nice to hear from you Andy
  12. Kevin
    Display cases, lol i shudder even just thinking about them, my 1/200 Bismarck and 1/72 HMS Victory are my smallest builds
  13. Kevin
    Good evening everyone, its been nice to have a weeks holiday, very few DIY jobs done, apart from clearing our conservatory and booking an electrician to do some work to allow me to work permanently indoors (no spray painting or sanding allowed) more work on the build today as i work on the main deck support beams, this will lead on to the pointy bit, and there is a lot to do up that end,and so much scope to enhance it my new mancave which will allow me to work indoors, but proper electrics and pc connections needed first with decent led strip lights be placed in
  14. Kevin
    Yes Jim i have that to build up when i get there, sorry i didn't make my self clear but was referring to the covers on the tween deck
  15. Kevin
    umm LOL the wife was cleaning the bathroom at the time, and was quite concerned that when she turned around to use one of the items it wasnt there as for the cut out section i tried both ways but there is a lot of straight lines around that section, but i loves other peoples input
  16. Kevin
    the cargo hatches, 5 of them to make i think, look like they would be extremely heavy in real fife, would they be craned in and out of position and were they physically removed from the ship or just swung around and left on the deck, i presume they actually formed part of the ships structure when in place, or did i dream that
  17. Kevin
    agreed, i may try another set in the forward part of the hold, or incorporate another cutaway section to let light some through from the tween deck, im presently googling cargo's and or the best wat to represent some cargo on the port side as thats the side which will be fully plated
  18. Kevin
    i am starting to get my head around working with card, and starting to enjoy it rather than having an attitude of its only card, well the tween deck has been laid and fits ok, can people please give their views on the cut out section, i hope to do this all over the build, but only if it looks ok to others,
  19. Kevin
    thank you i just want it to show any storage in the hold,im nor sure if theses ships had any hold lighting
  20. Kevin
    Good evening everyone i have been doing quite a lot on the build over the last few days, and photo progress as i go along, but i dont quite know whats going wrong wrt to the photo quality when i come to do an update, out side has been quite bright with tge nice sunshine we have been having, inside is cool and dingy so the flash jumps in, and i think thats part of the problem, everything is being washed out with the light anyway 99% of the frame up to the forward line of the cargo hatch, some has be left out so that i can work inside the cargo space the tween deck was made away from the hull so that i could paint it before fitting some led lighting has been fitted, as i was to be able to show it on completion the deck is not fitted yet and needs some more work to allow that,also i am working out how to cut some of it out to display the structure this is frame 138 with the after part of the wt bulkhead adapted now to hide the led lighting wires most frames fitted and the tween deck still being worked on tween deck and bulkhead in place but not fitted still quite a bit to do before that happens and limited lighting, as i did nit want it looking like a show boat
  21. Kevin
    not much of an update, the frames are taking me forever, plus i have not been 100%
  22. Kevin
    welcome from a retired Royal Navy Submariner
  23. Kevin
    Lovely to see another update
  24. Kevin
    the build slowly gets bigger, and with a combination of planning what needs to be painted and what will be removed at a later date, im quite pleased with it the tie bars on the stbd side are waiting for the frames to be put into place, then it will all be repainted
  25. Kevin
    i will try and get some better photo's, the ones above make it look far worse than it is, and the flash has washed to colour of the frames out, i am thoroughly enjoying this, i love the scale, and have a big build that is manageable in what will be 3 sections

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