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  1. Kevin
    good evening everyone thank you for comments and likes day 58 port side frames going in Midships section bit of a disaster yesterday so quite a few hours wasted, making up the frames for the tween deck and spent ages lining them up, went to fit then on the build when i realised it did not look right at all, i had successfully put them all on the upper deck position, not the tween deck, what a numpty, some were damaged beyond repair, but i had a few spare from a previous build also made up a set of tween deck pontoon hatch covers, to ensure my corners were square (spot on)
  2. Kevin
    keep up the great work
  3. Kevin
    a mass of dead people, might be easier said than done, unless you were to use a modelling clay with bits of the soldiers added
  4. Kevin
    @Jim Lad yes it does look delicate, well today i started to resolve that issue good evening everyone thank you for comments and likes day 56 front end on, and back off again, stbd side frames going in instead But first of all i made an attempt to join the front end on, after 24 hours of daring not to sneeze i decided, its far to early as there is nothing solid yet to secure it to, other than the keel plates, however with a bit of string along the centre line, it is spot on right lets get the port side sorted, 157 frames to varnished on both sides, the reverse to be painted grey, cut and folded frames going in, my next project for a few days front end is getting in the way, rather than damage anything it has been taken back off
  5. Kevin
    i was looking at one of these on fleabay, did you ever sell this one?
  6. Kevin
    looking very nice
  7. Kevin
    it is actually very firm now, where the transverse beams are attached to the box girders onto the bulkheads, what is surprising is how flimsy the stern frames are that have been put in, no doubt when the other side are in it will make them look better
  8. Kevin
    Good evening thank you for comments and likes been a few days since my last update, been busy with family, but still managed to do a bit every day day 54 engine room flat and tween deck level now have decks on front end repainted to the colors i am using hand painting the bilges in black, looks awful, and needs doing again hand painting the box girders and looks worse than the black in the bilges first of the hidden lighting tween deck 1/2 bulkhead on 54 frame, this will then keep the upper deck frames at the correct level engine room flats port side going in before i forget them
  9. Kevin
    that my friend is stunning
  10. Kevin
    it was a rattle can from a car colour range, on white primer Halfords Ford Signal Yellow Car Spray Paint 300ml | Halfords UK
  11. Kevin
    good evening everyone thank you for comments and likes day 49 continuation of tween decks one or two transverse beams missing, may find them outside if the boi has taken them i am finding this build to large to get any decent photos, i may have to drag a wide angle lens out tomorrow i think i will start to frame the stbd side, this is possibly the most enjoyable build i have ever done SD14: A STANDARD DESIGN CARGO VESSEL | Yorkshire Film Archive (yfanefa.com) top deck stbd side stern section at last the tween deck is sitting in its correct position, this now shows the height to the top deck
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    thank you OC
  13. Kevin
    good evening everyone thankyou for comments and like comments day 48 tween deck transverse beams a lot of progress made in the last few days i decided to make a lot the internal decks and deckheads in modules i have found, for me it works very well, and allows me to get all the longitudinals quite straight, also allows painting a lot easier lots of transverse beams ready for fitting these are for the stbd side midships engine room lower level ready for paint tween decks level nearly complete, looks sqiffy due to the fact the decks are just placed on, and not slotted into position
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    slightly better than on the dustbin
  15. Kevin
    lol thats a no then
  16. Kevin
    Good evening everyone thank you for comments and likes, and feedback about if i should do so many posts, im presently averaging about 4 hours daily Day 44 tween decks box girders made upto frame 99, all lower deck cargo bulkheads made up
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    i will continue going down the port side with the occasional bit on the stbd side to keep it from getting out of shape, but any input from anyone about anything you see wrong or suggestions i will be grateful, this is my one chance to make this something a bit different
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    good evening, everyone thank you for comments and likes let me know if you are getting bored with my posts, please day 43 tween deck box girders frames 54 to 99, upper deck transverse beams port side 17 to 54 painted cargo hold deck and bilge tanks Kevin’s shipyard paint schedule - machinery spaces green decks customer requirement – green decks in all cargo holds forward of the engine room and machinery spaces (this is just as well as I painted them wrong) the transverse beams are attached to the longitudinals but not the box girders
  19. Kevin
    just say kev told me to buy it
  20. Kevin
    hope you are feeling better this evening the diorama is looking fantastic
  21. Kevin
    good evening everyone thank you for comments and likes no dog photo bombs tonight day 42 port side engine levels corrected, bulkhead 84 made up and fitted everything with a clip is just a temp hold, not glued
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    Contracting & delivering SD14s (rina.org.uk)
  23. Kevin
    if i was able to find a correct engine i would try to obtain one,
  24. Kevin
    Good evening Jan just the hull, framework and superstructure no prop, anchors or internal detail i do have some links for a few compressors, but US supplied and costly i have a engine but needs to be rescaled down to 1/70
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    good evening everyone thank you for comments and likes day 41 engine room levels as the port side will be fully enclosed i started putting in the engine room levels for that side everything seams to be lining up so far put some paint down as well today green and white for machinery spaces, grey and grey with white box girders and deck heads for the holds i had some decent outside photos of the engine room until i realised i had put the i had put the flat level in the wrong position, oh and the boi wanted a mention lol couple of the better photos from today with the engine room level in the wrong position

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