Kevin

i just wish i could decide if to go with sails or not

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Main mast shrouds upper and lower

been a great couple days, and just fell back into the build routine, having left a list of what I was doing and what was planned to do next save a lot of messing around

most of the back stays are also in just another 3 to do both side, then i will have to think about making up the mizzen 

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well the scratch for a non ship build has been scratched 

a lot of members (well one) was hoping i would just continue with the SD14 but i do miss the wood and string, and as i will be purchasing the Vanguard Models HMS Indefatigable, i thought i would pick up where i left of last October/November time on the AV

so the shrouds for the main mast lower are now complete,, i then put in the main back stays before realising i need to do the upper shrouds on the main mast, what a great way to waste a couple of hours

Lovely work

good morning

i have this and the KA MK1 set, im not sure if i will ever build it though

there is so much after market stuff available now, to update and upgrade another of Trumpeters failings

i have a couple of links and will delete them if you wish me to do so

Model products | Trumpeter Titanic upgrades 1:200 - Woodys Model Works

RMS Titanic 1:200 - Minibrass

yes i know its facebook but a whole wealth of info here

Titanic model China 3D prints 1/200 - 1/350 sales and show ONLY | Facebook

Trumpeter & Academy R.M.S Titanic model builders group | Facebook

thanks guys, was going to purchase a clock, but decided to leave that to modellers 

calling this finished, great kit, just pathetic painting let it down

a whole cargo load of inspiration would not go amiss

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Thank you for comments and likes

will be glad to get this out of the way, the trailer still needs another sand down  re-prime and top coat, at least my itch for wanting to do something different has been scratched

do i go back to the SD14 or back to wood and get the Amerigo Vespucci further along 

26 minutes ago, mtaylor said:

Good looking truck, Kevin.  I won't mention the visit or the macerator.

Lol please dont

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still working on this project, But just wish i had taken a week off and done something away from the mancave, it would have saved me enough to pay the postage for @chris watton HMS Indefatigable, nothing wrong with the kit at all, i loved putting it together, and it is so well engineered, it is just the painting 

anyway, lets at least finish something so here are a few outside shots taken tonight, dont look so bad in the distance, Oh and the wife loves it

as for yesterday please do not mention mum visits and her blocking the Macerator 

@yvesvidal that is looking brilliant

1 hour ago, Old Collingwood said:

Looking good mate, reminds me of a wood verision of Meccano.

 

OC.

it has served a purpose, just a reminder that i need every few months that im rubbish at modelling and worse at painting

4 hours ago, Canute said:

That trailer hitch is called a fifth wheel, over on this side of the pond, Kevin. It allows the tractor or cab you're building to haul a semi trailer. The semis have a pin on the bottom as the other part of the hitch.

Thank you Ken

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ugears truck day 6

fantastic build, let down yet again by me painting, hairy stick with cheapo acrylic tube paints

wheels being made up prior to painting

Bonnet being built up approx 50 bits, a great interlocking system

same for the cab roof

Chassis

trailer hitch (or what ever its called

rebuilt  the engine now free with out snagging

steering rack in and works

test fir of cab sides

varnish , spirit based gloss

pose for photo, nothing fitted

Great updates thank you @James H

8 minutes ago, yvesvidal said:

If you manage to have this engine spin, you are a champion.

 

Yves

it is spinning with my fingers on the ends of the crank, but thats not the same as spinning from the transmission train lol

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Truck day 3 cab, front chassis and engine

engine was a fun little project, everything has to be left a loose fit

even temp clamps are  to allow the pistons to be fitted into the head with out falling out, they are then removed 

front chassis build up, with moving steering rack

spare wheel on cab roof fitted and connected to the rubber bans tension unit

Lovely Work Ron, very nice indeed

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heavy truck day 2 

something different from me as a break from the SD14

i know nothing about truck, and possibly less about ships, but this kit looked a nice kit to put together

its not hard to assemble but bits to get right are, it takes quite a time to get the gears to mesh properly, but so satisfying when it does work

each kit they produce get give a build time to put together (10 hours on this one) 3 difficulty level  this being a 3  and number of  parts (541) on this one

below the cab is all the running gear which gets its energy from the rubber bands which are tensioned via the spare wheel on the cab roof

lol i have already put in more than 10 hours but rather than leaving the plain wood my will be painted

lm going to enjoy building mine. counting down the days

17 minutes ago, hollowneck said:

True.

Finding ships plans in the "updated" site has become a struggle and there are a number of sad MSW members who've expressed frustration about this new reality- including myself.

 

However, I was searching "ships paintings" just today and had surprisingly good results - albeit a slog as their host server(s) are obviously over-burdened and it was very slow; worst case, the RMG site breaks as is the case this evening, at this very moment as I enter this post. The site currently is not functioning. I suspect the part of this problem is the massive amount of high-resolution content that the servers struggle to deliver to one's browser.

 

Perhaps there's a dreadful Summer heat wave in the U.K.? Or, perhaps they were hacked by an angry FSB? Hot, in' it?

 

 

Yeah im sure it is the British Summer heatwave we are suffering, 18 degs here yesterday LOL

Love the way you are able to remove big lumps adapt  and slot them back in, i know its not easy however you make it look easy

here is something that might appeal 

1:200 WWII Japanese Navy Mogami Heavy Cruiser Model Kit – 3D-WILD

US$ 600.00 - 1/200 Scale Japanese Mogami Heavy Cruiser Assembly Model & RC Upgrade Set CY521 - www.timosmodelworld.com

After reading  naff comments about the release of the Yamato i just found this

1:200 WWII Japanese Navy Mogami Heavy Cruiser Model Kit – 3D-WILD

US$ 600.00 - 1/200 Scale Japanese Mogami Heavy Cruiser Assembly Model & RC Upgrade Set CY521 - www.timosmodelworld.com