Kevin

mark at long last i have caught up with you log, i think it was June last year that i last did so, perhaps i should be thrown out of MSW for my absence, if however you wish me to stay, then i would like to say she looks brilliant well done

Sorry i never made my original post very clear, the lights are remote control but also adjustable , the phots show them at 100% but are dimable to off, plus different sequences, non of which are used much by the Royal navy in their lighting configurations, i might try a video this weekend to show how it works, although im not sure that this site allows it, but could YouTube it

far to bright but i can reduce that brightness down to 25%, and make it do all sorts of other things that RN warships are not known for doing

Good evening everyone what have i done this weekend Well i taught myself how to solder, (very badly though), but i am sure i can get better i wanted to sort the lighting out in the hanger so i used two brass strips as the connections and proceeded to attach the positive and negitives to seperate sides but with that came a load of failures, did some damage to parts i wasn't working on but nothing is lost and can be replaced, 3mm Leds for the white lighting and led strips for the red, both have there own power source and are both remote control this was a failure as i had to much wire and to many were crossing each other, so as a result the hanger roof didnt fit reverse side before a tidy up red lighting not so in your face

THE doors came from Fleetscale, I need about another 10 to go on the after superstructure

Good evening everyone been doing some detail work, with the help of a bit of artistic licence, this is the end panel on the flight deck

Good evening everyone I have an update it took a bit longer than anticipated, but im happy with it so far we left her in a bit of a sad state last weekend, when I realised that i had not read the plans properly, and as a result never took the superstructure in at the right place new infills panels and new templates for the platforms made the hanger roof is still removeable another primer coat to find bits thet require more work, LOL (lots of that)

Good evening everyone, are you sitting comfortably? i want to tell you a story...... once upon a time, well the last couple of days made a full top for the after smoke stack been sanding and cleaning joints for quite a while now and decided to give the superstructure a base coat, to see what needs to have more attention paid to it the other reason for this is that there are now bits that need to be added, like platforms etc and so i knew everywhere pior to that point will have had a least one coat of primer the hanger roof needed to have to extension added, simple enough but they never reached the sides as if they were to small, infact what this did was bring to light a mistake of my making when I made the superstructure out of MDF this is when I should have spotted the error this what i ended up with, although i never took a photo at the time i have cut a section out to the correct size this is where the error occured, this plaform is in the correct position, but i had to cut some of it off to sit flush and the correct width from the superstructure where the arrows are is where the mistake was made, the dotted lines are below the platform (and not ignored by me), this is the amount of hull i had to cut out and the amount off platform that had to be removed this is the only photo i can find to show you what i mean (just above the red vent) it is flush with the hanger roof extention this is the state of play until this friday

At a quess i would say that the sea training staff were riding and if it moved it was hidden, if rigid then it was painted

it is steel, but i have a lot of non slip strips to but on, doing it in evergreen (other makes of plastic strip are available from good model shops and the internet) like in this photo from the pointy end of the same class of ship The other bits will go on much later as i still have to make winches lockers etc NOT MY PHOTO

well recovered OC

Oc i wasnt aware of this kit, i have posted the link for anyone interested http://www.steelnavy.net/AtlanticGlamorgan350Bustelo.html

Good morning From the mancave

just catching up on all the logs i follow

i needs a bit of a tidy up in places, there is so much more detail that can be added, but for now i need to finish up the quarterdeck, here it is at present

One seaslug launcher, not finished, but other things to be getting on with, and first time ever posting from my mancave with the tablet

love the Prontos PE set, much better than just using the KA MK1

Well done Dennis

Seaslug loading, goes to show just how much space was reqired

Yes Dennis the magazine loading is just behind it but the whole space beneath the flight deck was the magazine, i will attempt the loading frame work later

Good evening everone Seaslug launcher decided its about time to go to the quarterdeck and see if i can make some progress there the launcher wasn't cheap but was aware of that fact before i started the build, being 3d printed it is fragile if incorrectly handled but sturdy if handled with care the instructions are clear, but there are not that many bits anyway, and i states that there is so much more that can be done to make it look like the real thing i have tried tonight to add a few bits on but the true effect will not be see until the rattle can have done its magic

quickly coming to life Dennis

i believe the hanger conversion gave a new lease of life to the 4 batch 2's of about 10 years, Changes in warfare tactics killed the GMD of for us, Her weapon systems just took up to much space, and with defence cuts they quickly got moved on

Just caught up again, wonderful work

OC i love the way she painted up, you have done a remarkable job on her, it was enjoyable to catch up on your build log