Kevin

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

Good evening Dave the helo spent a lot of time in its cage, and was a real pain to get in and out, and dangerous in adverse weather her next owners (Chileans) did want we should have done and sorted that problem out, we also could have got a good few more years out of the Batch 2's the attached phots shows part of that process

Good advice, it does my head in some times, someone recently commented about my 1/72 HMS Fife build about the helicopter, and the fact that to him it was a time dedicated build, and to my build it was just an accessory

Thanks for the comments everyone, very much appreached

Popeye, just been reading through your log, she is coming alone very nice, i saw that you have recently had a few problems which brought to light the slow progress on my build, as i dont have any instructions at all, i am finding it very difficult to complete one part before moving on, every time i see another photo, i see something else to be added, although uncompleted the Victory was just the opposite, i had instructions, photo's but as my skill levels improved i kept going back and redoing things, to the extent i gave up and put her to one side, the Bismarck was so different, I started at part one and went through to the end, and added more details I went along

lol i didnt think anyone read my post anymore, i feel a bit lost on here nowadays not playing with wood,

Good evening Popeye, this is the odd looking launcher Corvus chaff launcher is a British Shipborne chaff decoy launching system manufactured by Vickers Ltd Shipbuilding Group. Corvus (UK service designation Outfit ULC) is a lightweight, quick reaction system for the self-defence of surface vessels against surface-to-surface and air-to-surface missiles. Chaff dispensing rockets are fired to form a radar decoy screen around the vessel. The system comprises two multi-barrelled rocket launchers, a launcher control and firing panel and Chaff (radar countermeasure) rockets. Corvus offers distraction and centroid operating modes, with the two differing from one another in the azimuth angle at firing and the range at which chaff is released. The equipment's firing and control panel is ideally located in the host vessel's combat information centre and has a maximum load of 16 chaff rockets provides protection against three missile attacks before reloading. Physically, Corvus features a cylindrical rotating structure that carries eight launching tubes mounted in two sets of three (one above the other) and crossed at 90° in azimuth. Two further tubes are set above this arrangement and are aligned midway between the other tubes, all at a fixed elevation of 30°. A deck-mounted pedestal supports the rotating structure on its training bearing and houses a self-contained electrical power conversion unit for the control circuits and associated electrical equipment. The training drive consists of a gearbox driven by a reversible motor. NOT MY PHOTO

will this be your permanent place from now on?

Good evening everyone the build continues, at a very slow pace, normally I only get the weekends to do anything, but thats my problem my last post was the vent, which in all honesty could be a lot better, so it has be filed in the bin yesterday i covered the MDF Decking Forward and aft in Plasticard, this will now allow me to get a nice finish where it attaches to the hull, in hindsight perhaps I should not have gone all the way back on the forward section as this will have a wood decking laid on it more work done on the forward superstructure, in finishing the portholes W/T doors and drilled hols for the handrail supports, also the top deck extensions have bee fitted, these are for the Corvus launcher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvus_chaff_launchers even a few ladders are going in place, the double doors, are access to a workshop, maybe these are the wrong type of doors to use

I seam to be for ever sanding, I might just add some grey paint to the superstructure to see the way ahead, I am getting snow blind at present LOL

at last i have managed to get a few days off, and a few hours in on the build having been corrected and forced to see the errors of my ways i did a bit of a revamp on the signal deck, for the time being is will now leave this and move on back to the superstructure i decided to define the port holes better than the original idea I had, and actually used the brass ones from the Amerigo Vespucci kit that i abandoned a good few years ago, they stick out of the superstructure more than they should but for now they will do, the liners for the square ones look ok, but one or two of them look slightly wonky Edited just now by KEVIN_ARIS

i will have to replace quite a bit of the planking, lol i am getting a lot of answers after i have produced the work, here is what it should have looked like, and the deck remained steel NOT MY PHOTO

Good morning OC i have been corrected since my last post, the platforms are correct, but the deck area is wrong, no big deal in this case

Good evening everyone more progress made this weekend but i think i went a bit over the top on the decking, so i may take some of it out and go to steel plates, i will wait for the rivet counters to rip my head off (on F/ that is) this is the bit I may have to do again, even though i dont think it looks out of place, This Vessels had a lot of wooden decks having done lots of sanding i applied a rattle can to the Signal deck area, this now shows the bits left to be resanded Search light pedistals the square platform is the area for the binacle some lighting going in, you can still see the areas that need working on, with filler and sanding

Good evening everyone Nearly completed the basic superstructure on my Fleetscale hull 1/72 HMS Fife County class destroyer, nearly time to start the real work on her, the Foremast shape was completed this weekend, and fitted quite well onto the signal deck area, the last bit i have left to create is the hex shaped bridge observation area

agreed Keith, but as i have have said, i would never have been able to make one, and with that in mind i doubt that i would have continued/started the build

Michael, just spent a lovely 30 minutes catching up on your build, your attention ti detail is outstanding

Never to late and a a pleasure to have you aboard, next on the todo list is to extend the forecastle, on which B turret sat, but had been replaced by the Exocet when i had joined her in 1978