Kevin

before putting it away again i managed to get some more work done of the forecastle, at present i don't know when she will come back

good evening everyone

i went back to the stagecoach this week, im finding it very hard to get into anything at present, last week it was building and painting a couple of dolls houses for the wife, 

circumstances in Europe, loosing my main ship build in Jan and storm damage to my property last week have certainly played a big part

stagecoach 

i stripped the frame work down again and re-primed it and bought a decent yellow rattle can rather than brushing on acyrilics

1 hour ago, Hsae said:

Glad to see you back on your Bluebell, Kevin!

Great work,

 

Hermann

 

PS: I hope you didn’t glue the wooden panels at the deck yet. You have to switch sides. 😉

lol i didnt notice, nothing glued yet

good evening everyone

work continues, i am still trying to get the wood to look like teak, perhaps i never will

not the upper deck is the right colour it is starting to look right, but still so much to do, im hoping that most of it will be complete by middle of march, as i dont want to put her away uncomplete again (lol i must finish her)

i think there are two areas up there, i was racking me brains earlier, as to whether i ever went up there, i was always action planesman, so drove to boat in and out

I also was normally required to dive the boat if at diving stations, (first dive after the procedure for opening up for diving is carried out through the submarine), there are two us us at the planes, a fore -planes man who controlled the rate of dive, and me on the after planes controlling the afterpains (ensuring the boat was kept fairly level) and steering. if at high speed the after planes did both as the dynamics of the boat render the fore-planes useless

watch diving, however was carried by anyone on watch qualified to do so after an initial dive, and the boat was known to be in a good trim and flood free.

i was then required to become a ship controller,( sat behind the planesmen controlling the trim and ballast of the boat, making the preps for periscope runs, being aware of the emergency procedures in all events etc etc, but whilst on my last ever patrol a friend of mine on another submarine witnessed two deaths at sea (all over the headlines at the time, and i knew my Chief Petty Officers pension was safe so i refused  do the final test, and awaited my punishment

BBC NEWS | England | Sub deaths caused by 'failures'

sorry ranting on there

the old Polaris SSBN were about 8,000 tons the same more or less as the County class destroyers, Polaris (UK nuclear programme) - Wikipedia

the trident are about 16,000, 

planned Dreadnaught will be about 19,000

the layout in Trident is quite strange ( messy) in the forward section as  it  has an extra deck level compared to the American designed Missile compartment

personally i preferred the older Polaris class

in normal conditions, one officer and two look outs, entering and leaving port it could be the captain with 3 or four others

mast were again dependant on conditions with scopes up for navigation, wt for contact  might have radar and maybe an induction mast slightly raised, 

some hand rails were put up to help with health and safety, 

tiles they always looked ok going out after maintenance, but always came back with some missing, never looked black (but should be), always looked very dark grey, 

here she is in 2007 passing Helensburugh going out on patrol, with the other crew (my photo)

not my photos

Vanguard was my last sea going home for two years, left her in 2010

1 hour ago, Hsae said:

Thanks Kevin!

is that a Vanguard class

wow the water looks fantastic

ooooooooh - im pleased with that, very little clean up required

good morning everyone

once dry the white had become, like, well matt white, and apart from the dam paint runs, looked better than i thought it was going to turn out like

decided to get the water line marked out, and now waiting for the red Vajello primer to dry

sorry i missed the restart of you log, great to have you posting again, 

lovely build, the planking looks fantastic

your new build, would it involve space flight?

3 minutes ago, yvesvidal said:

 

Vallejo is not allowed in my house !!! I know that may come as a big surprise (and insult to some), but their paints are very difficult to properly spray. Their primer is okay on plastic but will peel on PE and other metals parts. I am sticking to TAMIYA acrylic paints and mixing when the color is not available.

 

I feel for you Kevin.... with that shiny hull. It will be fine in the Monaco harbor at five o'clock for the tea !! 🙂

 

Yves

god i hope it tones down, that was taken 2 mins after going on

good evening everyone

thank you for comments and likes

it perhaps comes as no surprise to those of you that follow  stop start builds that i have another build arriving, even after the new years resolution which was broken within the 1st week of Jan

to that end i will continue this build to mid march when the package is delivered

as for this 

i have made two holes in the keel to attach the build to a display stand

i am using valjello paints in the airbrush, i am struggling to get any consistency, but apparanty so do others, so i am just going for it, the primer was very patchy, and did not flake off, but had a  couple of runs, but sanded well

Tamiya dark grey for pre-shading, perhaps to much, and lines to thick

Vajello matt white top coat, looks like gloss, and has run like the grand national hos race, will have to wait a see what it is like tomorrow

amazing work

very nice indeed

Admiralty Paints is very good, if in the UK the Halfords rattle can red primer is very similar in colour

Caldercraft Admiralty Waterbased Paints from Cornwall Model Boats

wow she is looking the part, sorry i have missed a couple updates

Good morning everyone

thank you for comments and likes

Bilge keel

one side was broken in the kit box, strengthened with a bit of wire

they are far to long, so 16 cn was taken from the forward section, and now looks right

far to long

16cm removed

Portholes

part of the GLS (Great Little Ships) set, put on with PVA glue the eyelids are also included

 vajello white primer

lovely to see an update from you, shame i just cannot get back into mine

very well done, lol wats next?

any more progress on this build ?