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possibly my last update until next weekend, today i sat the main deck into the hull properly, and put a sheet of pasticard over the top, this also cover the hull edge, and now allows me to remove the whole deck off in one go so a few photo's of how she looks at present the Exocet, dont look right. they are not staggered on the plans, -
i could not make a decision of the diorama that i had in my mind, and LOL i question of space
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i keep looking at my Victory build, lol she longs for me to make my mind up on what to do with her
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Lovely work, and will look great with all of your other builds, do you have anything planned as a next build
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thank you for the comments leaving the scratch side of things for a while, i want to try and sort the main deck out, and find my self in the chicken or the egg dilemma i dont want to spent anything on the hull at this time like running gear, but want to get the superstructure attached but once that is done i cannot access the hull so well to put in shafts rudders motor and battery packs so this evening i have started to join the big 3 main deck panels together with epoxy, with the intention of having the build with one very large deck removable, then place a sheet of plasticard over the top so when the deck is placed onto the hull the lip will cover the the edge of the hull no doubt by tomorrow morning i will have changed my mind taken a few months agp
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Well apart from purchasing a few wheel/handles, i am calling this one, sorry it is not brilliant, but i tried my best, oh and but the way im pleased with it
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still very much WIP but trying to get the towed array module to look feasible again just brass rod some plasticard and some old spares, and lol some imagination
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the rig will have to stay like that for now, until i can get some decent photos of it, so it might drastically change in the future Towed Array Winch fitted on the 1/4 deck offset to the stbd side i think i made a smaal control box out of 0.5 plasticard a few brass pipe inserts and a couple of amerigo vespucci Porthole
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Good evening was not happy with the rig so re did it again to make it look more like the plans, Blue Peter never had this problem with Tracey Island
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one of the best hints i read was to forget about the templates that cover the portholes , and paint spray on the white stripes instead
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good morning, i abandoned my build of this many years ago, look forward to watching you progress, i never bothered with trying to make the hull watertight, so did not use the cloth material for the hull covering, perhaps the thing i hated most was the poor brass fittings and the inability to get the main deck access correct
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good evening everyone The tower at the after end Stbd side of the hanger was a Seaslug missile RAS (Replenishment at sea) Rig, and Fife was the only one to have it fitted, but was removed after i left her in 1980 although not brilliant as the plans seam to be quite different to the photo i have made something that for now will do, it has already been modified several time tonight the brass bits have come my odds and sods box this is a porthole glued to a capstan i was working to this
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Good evening everyone, its Sunday so must be time for an update still working on the after superstructure, so carried on making AC units, and adding doors, most of the vents around the hanger doors are now in place on top of the hanger is a capstan/winch, i have very limited plans for this and not yet found a photo, for any pipework some plasticard and a few bits found in my spares box, and i came up with this next is the Sealslug RAS RIG which was only fitted to Fife, that fits onto the tower , early in the making of this project,
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Coca by DavidG - FINISHED - Amati - 1:60
Kevin replied to DavidG's topic in - Kit subjects built Up to and including 1500 AD
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WOW, what an exciting project, i have taken over the front seat to watch, and will not be providing any popcorn LOL
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i watched this kit being built on another site, with internal leds as well, i will watch yours come to life as well
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from my early test to see if things fitted
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Mark the doors will be fixed open, i would never have the skills to make and operate sliding doors
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Sorry i am late to the party, can I pull a seat up and watch, I will provide the popcorn
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Lovely work, and will be a fine addition to the boat yard when completed, its the small details that make all the difference
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i have a weeks holiday starting this coming weekend, i think it will be time to sort out how I am going to join the superstructure to the hull, then i can think about the supports to the director platform and positioning of the davits, which funnily enough were fitted to the real ship before even fitting out commenced NOT MY PHOTO
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NOT MT PHOTO from the angle of my last photo, i managed to find this
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Good evening everyone, and another little update, and another apology for not catching up on others work, still continuing on the after superstructure all doors in place at deck level hanger door in folded position are made but not yet secured vents in the process of being scratched the smaller ones around the hanger door pillar, were bought from Modelling timbers, and 4 of the 12 are fitted hanger doors, i made the required then put spacers inbetween to give the desired look, not 100% sure how i will fit then yet I need to make quite a lot of vents, im fine with the big ones, and practice is making me better at it the lower one will not be seen very much, so of the three i made today, this one was not 100% to my liking and will go there for now tonight she looks quite a lot like this
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She looks great, is the admiral still talking to you?
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i am following as well, brilliant start
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