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  1. Kevin
    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
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    Lovely Work Ron, very nice indeed
  3. Kevin
    UGEARS’ journey began back in 2014 as a startup, in Kyiv, Ukraine. In 2015, UGEARS launched a hugely successful Kickstarter campaign, which yielded twenty times more than the original goal. UGEARS’ patented plywood joint design has proved to be popular among our models, as it makes them straightforward and simple to assemble, with no special tools required. UGEARS is a Ukrainian company with its own manufacturing facilities found on the outskirts of Kyiv. All of the UGEARS range has had a considerable amount of time being designed, developed, and brought to life through the hard work of all us who work at UGEARS. Today, the UGEARS range is represented by 25 unique models, which are forever growing. The UGEARS model kits have everything you need to assemble them. Our models are made from high quality, sustainably sourced wood – which are laser cut from plywood boards. All components are already cut, making them simple to detach from the boards. The instructions describe the construction of the model in a very detailed step-by-step process. They also come in full colour and in 10 different languages. UGEARS Models in United Kingdom 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
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    lm going to enjoy building mine. counting down the days
  5. Kevin
    Yeah im sure it is the British Summer heatwave we are suffering, 18 degs here yesterday LOL
  6. Kevin
    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
  7. Kevin
    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
  8. Kevin
    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
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    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
  10. Kevin
    at least we are getting choice of new retooled kits now thats a great idea
  11. Kevin
    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
  12. Kevin
    thank you OC
  13. Kevin
    here is the BBC report thank you @AJohnson USS Samuel B Roberts: World's deepest shipwreck discovered - BBC News
  14. Kevin
    you mean the on that just sank lol Hong Kong: Iconic floating Jumbo restaurant sinks - BBC News
  15. Kevin
    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
  16. Kevin
    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
  17. Kevin
    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
  18. Kevin
    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
  19. Kevin
    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)
  20. Kevin
    very nice indeed
  21. Kevin
    Very Nice indeed, he will look great looking over my shoulder whilst i build mine
  22. Kevin
    wow , Don't that look good
  23. Kevin
    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
  24. Kevin
    something like this still appeals to me
  25. Kevin
    the port side is quite secure now, i was going to leave a lot of the stbd side open (cutaway) but i may Have to put the frames in, to get the hull plates lined up, just to remove a lot of it, its just another of my idea's / intention, but not fully thought it through lol

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