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Kevin
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Stage 3 building the after superstructure in Plasticard I purchased A4 and A5 sheets of card from Amazon/Ebay in 0.5mm, 0.75mm and 1mm made a better light box by using a sheet of glass placed over a lamp over the plans I layed a thin sheet of plastic and traced the plan lines onto it, this then also act as a floor I managed to obtain a few photos of the hanger internal details, as i want to display it with the hanger door open, i may also go for a few other bulkhead door to be open as i proceed so i am having to think ahead, plus i am having to think about where the wiring for the radars and lights be be going i actually spent a bit to much time playing with the hanger, she has an office and oil store opposite the hanger doors with sliding doors so i have tried to create this, but still needs a lot of work to pass the rivet counters, from there it was quite easy to continue with the rest of the after superstructure at main deck level office and oil store
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although it does not look any thing fantastic, a lot of work was required, just to get her to this stage, all the card has been painted in modge podge, which allows me to paint the surface popeye, it has about 4500 pieces
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Good evening Danny, i have failed to update the log, I will try to address my shortcomings as soon as possible, Im not presently working on her at present, but I take bits to work with me and if i find time during my lunch break then i tend to do a bit of cutting out all my free time at home is on my HMS Fife build
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Lovely to catch up on your build, must look at mine again soon
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im also interested in following this build, i found this, Im happy to delete if you want me to, I will be following, good luck https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiral_Brommy_(Schiff,_1851)
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OC good morning at sometime in the near future i need to make a decision as to what will go into the hull, because as you can see in the photo the extension of the flightdeck has a structure beneath (Seaslug missile loading hatch) it which ties into the 1/4 deck in my little dream world i want the launcher, capstan and stern lights working,then there is access to the rudder and shafts required, possibly might be able to have one removable section that will give me access into that area
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good evening everyone have now completed the hull bracing and most of the temporary MDF decking,
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Congratulations, on a truly remarkable build, I am so pleased to have been on the journey with you
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Lovely work, just caught up on your log Hope you are having a great holiday
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Good evening everyone Have decided that i have the ability to understand the plans, but a slight change to the way I will replace the card, No longer will it be 1MM Plasticard, I decided that 3mm MDF will not flex so much, to proceed with the superstructure I need a main deck so i used a template of 4mm Mdf (3mm) and decking to put blocks in against the hull to support the 1/4 deck and main deck, these will remain removable for the time being, so that i can assess where any access points need to be support beams 4mm from the ledge
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good evening and thank you for the comments, I have plenty more phots of the build, the weathering was kept quite simple with a few pastels sticks and Flory washes, i used the KA MK1 pe set
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oooooooooooooh I see what you mean thank you Grant
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good evening everyone All the main deck superstructure modules have now been made once in card, I can now start the research and deciding what is right and wrong with what i have for the time period of 1978-1980, can anyone point me in the right direction for RC work, i dont know where to start or what i want, I dont want her for water work, but someone else might after me, initally I just want all lights and moving bits, but want it controlled by a handset
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most of the big modules are now completed first time around in card, bridge area and foremast still to do and as she stands tonight
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Good evening everyone As i continue building the superstructure first time around in card, it already seams to be coming together, I covered the hull in card for now, but this hasnt worked, as it has sagged, I did not put any support under it (lesson learnt, but gives a very rough platform to work with I have been using a combination of tracing paper or card taken directly from the plans, I adapted a card making light box, by putting in a larger wattage lamp, rurning it upside down and covering with glass to enable a bigger copying area
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ej just caught up with your lol, it is hard to believe how much has changed in your build since Feb, wonderful work, sorry i have not been around more often
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Good morning it is on my shopping list
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as I am building out of card to ascertain the layout, I have simply broken the superstructure into modules, so i have now done a mock up of the bridge, there is simply mno point in putting in windows at this time, I am keeping the card version as simple as possible, the final version will have a internal bridge layout with lighting
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Carl good evening Im pleased to have you following the build
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Zoltan good evening yes there is plenty of bits around for this scale, and yes I will be using it as when I can
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Good evening Piet, lovely to hear from you there will be no fast pace on this one, I changed my job in January, and actually have to work for a living now, but will spend as much time on her as possible and keep the log updated
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Old Collingwood LOL you are getting more excited about this build than me, i originally failed my medical for joining as a radio operator, as they found I was colour blind, (blessing in disguise), so i entered as a Stores accountant, and progressed through to Chief petty officer on HMS Vanguard, having gone into subs on leaving HMS Fife in 1980, My first ship was the type 42 HMS Sheffield, but decided against doing a 1/72 scale version of her I have the work space for her, and plans on how I would like to progress the build,
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Way ahead Hull will be left alone at this stage, deck will be made at a later date, but for now the plans will be traced and placed onto a work board Superstructure Research is going to be the name of the game for this build, from the plans i have to find decent photos to back them up, there are lots of photos out there finding the right ones is harder i will be building everything in card first, this might work for me, as I am already finding things that dont quite work first time around, I purchased a load of A4 and then A3 sheets of styrene from Ebay, in 0.5, 0.75 and 1mm sheets, but im not in a hurry to use it So lets make a start Hanger the hanger on Fife was off set with the doors on the port side so i got to work the first attempt had a few mistakes, this is just the basic shape, the finished one will have open doors with hanger details and internal lighting (if i knew how) needs to be altered to accommodate the funnel, but im happy with what i tried to achieve
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Fleetscale also provides a lot of fittings and running gear, but no deck or superstructure, which creates a dilemma for me - whilst I own this build it will not be going anywhere near water, the closet it will get will be my cup of coffee on the work bench, but i still need A frames and and props, so do i still fit a full set of running gear in case someone else has this build after meI also need to make stabiliser fins and rudders, but i also wanted to put in water inlets, outlets and grills which invalidates the previous paragrapha company in the states apparently makes superstructures to order, but i am going to scratch build my ownfittings i will sources as a when required, the sea slug system alone though is about £100 the Wessex helicopter is available in 1/72
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