Kevin

5 minutes ago, Roger Pellett said:

Looking good, Kevin!

thank you Roger

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Day 78 upper deck transverse beams fitted

well that went better than expected, each transverse beam now fitted to its relevant hull frame, and appropriate deck level beams, im amazed how well it is going together

Very nice Mark

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Day 76 fwd and midships top deck

although only in temporary for now the midships box girders and the upper forepeak are rechecked for final fitting, a few deck plates, lighting and fitting points for cargo to sort out oh and another bulkhead

im quite pleased with the way the build is going

forepeak frames

very nice, looks great  with the figures bringing it to life, might find mine out again one day

5 minutes ago, chris watton said:

Damn that's big! Am sure I could fit in that hull!

come along and try @chris watton LOL when the Indy is ready

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Day 74 cargo experiment failed

well i am on day 74,but not a lot has changed since my last update, part of the reason is the last update

i dont know why (it happens every build,) doing the cargo completely threw me out of my happy routine, it was about Tuesday when i took pipes and bricks out  and told myself to get on with the build. instant mojo back, i know what i want to do, just not thought hard enough about how i want to achieve it, 

today the tween deck is going in, im sure photos will follow tomorrow

out yesterday for a drop of sunshine

Tween deck Bulkheads

lovely work Mark

shame about the growler kit

good luck with the new 1/72

i broke the news to her this morning that this would be the next build, the compromise took less than 10 seconds, the 1/200 Titanic and KA mk1 will have to go

so overall length will be about the same as the 1/72 Jotika Caldercraft Victory

4 hours ago, Canute said:

Pin striping tape or the old Letraset tape makes for good strapping. Nice and flexible.

i certainly need to make straps up but also need to possibly redo the load/fill gaps, and give it some more depth, but i need to get my head around how much needs to be left open to actually see inside. at the same time i need these load out made now to ensure they fit, i seam to be in a catch 22 position (but a nice catch 22)

19 minutes ago, Jim Lad said:

Kevin, hate to be a wet blanket, but your bricks will need to be properly secured on the pallets; otherwise you'll have a jumble of bricks all over the hold on the fist roll.

 

John

They will be repacked and strapped John it was mainly an exercise to see if it could be done

2 minutes ago, Old Collingwood said:

I think you are over working Wilber  - all then bricks.

 

OC.

his job is to repack them tonight ready for load masters inspection in the morning, otherwise he will be on your pile of bodies lol

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day 69 illusions continue and reality check time

1/70 thats what im building, but only today did it sink in how big these vessels were, i now appreciate why model builders put figures into builds 

please meet Wilber, you will be seeing a lot more of him (Wilber is from the HMS Victory crew and at 1/72 scale)

on the upper deck by the after cargo hold

Engine room tween deck level

today 

we have a brick loadout, these and the pipes may never get used, but has given me a welcome break from paper cutting everyday for the last 9 weeks

using bricks from the Ardes Ars kits and the wooden Balcony from a 1/12 dolls house i have attempted to make a loadout of bricks

these are not finished and need banding etc

the top of the brick piles will not bee seen as a wooden loadout will sit of the hatch cover pontoons

this is all very much work in progress

comments are more than welcome

16 hours ago, Jim Lad said:

Kevin, your elastic bands will corrode over a relatively short time.  I'd rather use paper to simulate fabric bands.

 

John

noted and thank you, good point

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day 68 the illusion continues

the pipe loadout continues and I now have something that resembles a image i had in me mind

so now the frames for the port side can go in

straps are elastic bands

styrene rods with the glass from the Amerigo Vespucci port holes as post caps

22 hours ago, SigEp Ziggy said:

Fantastic Job!  I am glad to see this build because I wanted to see what was involved in building this kit, and Wow! you did a great job.  Beautiful!

Thank you Ziggy

6 minutes ago, realworkingsailor said:

Looks good, but ya need some dunnage! (And lashings!) That load of pipes looks like it’s ready to cut loose in the hold and smash through your fine handiwork!

If you really want to go all out:

 

https://www.walthers.com/products/accessories/super-detailing-parts/rolling-stock/freight/load

 

There’s a lot of railway car specific stuff (bulk loads and the like), but if you dig through, there are some other interesting items to fill your holds with. (If you use their dealer locator, Walthers has many locations in the UK, there should be someone near where you live).

 

Andy

Thank you Andy, very much appreciated 

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day 67 its just an illusion

having completed the after and midships section web frames (port) i need to start closing in the stbd side, i am not sure how to do this, in the cutaway format

however before that CARGO

last night i decided she would basically be a builders merchant carrier, and carry items of that nature, so to keep the weight down aft i went for pipes

leaving the shaft tunnel free, as i want that to be seen this is the best i can think of for now

1 hour ago, cog said:

Thanks Kevin, but far to expensive. I looked at aussie ebay - since RGL got his at just AU$ 100 -  and found a kit in France(!) for a mere 148.00 Euro, and 18.90 postage. Nevertheless, thanks for mentioning it.

i love guys who work in 1/350 much more variety out there in that scale, but to small for me, but my preferred scales are to large for diorama's as a rule

and yes it is expensive, that link i sent

6 hours ago, cog said:

I have been looking for that kit, I already bought the hospital ship - Hikawa Maru - but couldn't find this one anymore on fleabay. Lucky man. I bought the 1:700 fo make a diorama at that scale with those two subs I showed in my previous post.

Hasegawa 40082 IJN Submarine DEPOT Ship Heian Maru 1/350 Scale Kit for sale online | eBay

what a brilliant idea love the Heian Maru would look great in a bigger scale

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i was trying to reduce my updates to every other day, but i miss the being part of the community (if that makes any sense), yep i miss someone to talk to other than the wife or the dog, one of them is not that interested in what im building, the other one is asleep under the desk

day 66 midships upper deck box girders with port and stbd transverse beams done

3 hours cutting out, cutting slots and folding

the upper deck consists of about 180 pieces and took me two days build time (about 8 to 10 hours)

you are doing such a fantastic job on her