Kevin

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

good evening everyone

thank you for comments and like

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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Good evening everyone

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

good evening everyone

day 97 pointy end 99% complete

well that wasnt to bad in the end, after all its just card and easy enough to make bits that fit, even the Hawse holes lined up

On 6/24/2022 at 12:46 AM, Roger Pellett said:

What do people find so fascinating about these ships?  Compared to the Iowa’s they are rather ugly with their humpbacked sheer.  Both were sunk by aircraft and neither distinguished itself in battle.  And, they didn’t represent what many would consider to be a good cause.

 

My last comment would apply to Bismarck and Tripitz too.

 

Roger

at least we are getting choice of new retooled kits

On 6/24/2022 at 2:54 AM, Kelp said:

Same with the Titanic.  The Trumpeter model is beautiful, but I’m not sure if I’d like to look at a ship that had such a historic tragedy in my house every day.  Maybe Trumpeter can come up with a large scale Queen Mary?

 

 

Don

now thats a great idea 

Good evening everyone

Day 96 hull plating forward Port side

the kit is wrong and it messed me up quite a bit

some of the hull plates are marked up incorrectly and the hull plates that overlap the bilge plates are also incorrectly identified, and the wrong size, so i had to remove some and make others to fit, I think it is right now 

The dotted line on the F plates should be on E, and as a result i forgot to over lap the bilge plates, so ripped them out 

and did them again

all the G plates have to be made taller as they then forgot about the overlap 

tonight's experiment hiding the seam lines, paper tape and then varnished

the milky look is wet varnish

On 6/23/2022 at 4:16 AM, Old Collingwood said:

Kevin  - my word  my friend  you are doing an Amazing job   - of probably the most delicate  medium you could work in, to me its  looking genuine  and  realistic   just like a  ship would be.

 

OC.

thank you OC

here is the BBC report

thank you @AJohnson

USS Samuel B Roberts: World's deepest shipwreck discovered - BBC News

3 hours ago, uncarina said:

Or a Japanese restaurant! 😄

 

Cheers,  Tom

you mean the on that just sank lol

Hong Kong: Iconic floating Jumbo restaurant sinks - BBC News

SD14 day 95 port side hull plating

persevering with the build, although in all honesty it is not turning out as expected, however it is still enjoyable

oh no, 

no i must not, buy this

I dont build 1/200, (turned round to take a photo of my stash to prove it , and fell over the 1/200 Titanic) lol

8 hours ago, amateur said:

Impressive!

I know it is part of the fun, but it is a shame that alll thise frames and deck structures are disappearing behind the outer skin

 

Jan

morning Jan only on the port side, a lot of stbd will be left opened up, i, just finding a way around of doing it, without the upper deck collapsing under the weight

it wont be this much as  the bow/stern will be skinned

good evening everyone

thank you for comments and likes, the wife is much better now

day 91 stbd side hull and bilge plates

even though the wife was ill, i still made sure a did a bit on the the build every day, maybe an hour tops, but back on it today 

the kit is quite clever considering, its my modelling that lets it down, but even that seams to have been taken into account, and so far the plates have gone on ok

the sticky tape under the plates is my idea, and im happy i went down that road, i have ensured a better contact with the frames, and yes the tape has been glued as well so that the whole lot does not fall off

the bottom of the hull plates shows the position for the top of the relevant bilge plate

once i was happy the bilge plate was in the correct position i secured the hull plate over it

as we get to the pointy end smaller plates are laid under the sheerstrake, these take a bit of adjusting to sit properly i will tape over these butt joints later on

i just laid another coat of varnish over, hence looking a bit wrinkly 

hi guys 

thank you for comments and likes

been quiet in the boatyard the last week or so, the wife has been ill with a bad viral infection, although she is well on the road to sarcasm (a sign of being back to normal) 

very nice indeed

Very Nice indeed, he will look great looking over my shoulder whilst i build mine

wow , Don't that look good

good evening everyone

thank you for comments and likes

Day 83 deck and hull plates

continuing with the stbd side i have put a few deck plates on

i am using tacky glue which is just a thick PVA and i am finding it was dropping between the transverse beams, so i  changed the way i am doing it by putting a brown tape over the beams with ca glue and then pva on top of them to put the plates on, it seams to be going down ok

update

the plates that were dropping slightly between the beams has now sorted itself out now its dry

the hull plates are just tacked on, as the bilge plates are still to be found, cut out and put on

loving this build