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after the accident yesterday with the SD14, i still wanted to continue with the 90 day group build i was taking part in on another forum, i had bought this incase the SD14 wasnt allowed due to being a 1/3 of a kit
anyway i started it tonight and see how i get on, its not the same as the Marcle kit, this actually has some detail in it
taken from wikki
HMS Prince of Wales was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy that was built at the Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead, England. She had an extensive battle history, first seeing action in August 1940 while still being outfitted in her drydock when she was attacked and damaged by German aircraft. In her brief but storied career, she was involved in several key actions of the Second World War, including the May 1941 Battle of the Denmark Strait where she scored three hits against the German battleship Bismarck, forcing Bismarck to abandon her raiding mission and head to port for repairs. Prince of Wales later escorted one of the Malta convoys in the Mediterranean, and then attempted to intercept Japanese troop convoys off the coast of Malaya as part of Force Z when she was sunk on 10 December 1941, two days after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
She was sunk alongside her consort, the battlecruiser HMS Repulse, by Japanese bombers when they became the first capital ships to be sunk solely by air power on the open sea, a harbinger of the diminishing role this class of ships was subsequently to play in naval warfare. The wreck of Prince of Wales lies upside down in 223 feet (68 m) of water, near Kuantan, in the South China Sea.
- Old Collingwood, mtaylor, mikegr and 2 others
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just watched, very interesting
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perhaps the phoenix will be an appropriate name
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Good morning everyone
i was bitterly upset and very grumpy last night, and felt extremely silly with myself, it was nothing more than tripping over my own feet, as i swung around off my bench,
the damage is/was completely beyond repair, i looked to see if the keel was fit to use, even the floor had ripped as my full weight went through the frames
Anyway, what to do next
well the Admiral decided for me, just do it again,
the full kit is on order and being posted today, this thread will be renamed and i will just restart a full build
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yes im fine just gutted, i was thoroughly enjoying that
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- ccoyle, Haliburton, king derelict and 12 others
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10 minutes ago, Jim Lad said:
Only a hundred frames/ Shouldn't take long, mate!
John
tell the truth it dont look much different to sat photo, and honest I put loads of transverse frames in today,
i can honestly say that this has been really enjoyable build so far, and if given the chance i would do all 3 sections together with open frames and no hull plates
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good evening everyone
day17/90
the build is now going from 28" to 38 as i have taken another section from the redundant midships section, not fixed yet
everything is now starting to fall into place including the stern as the transom gets fixed into position
i now have in excess of 100 frames to fix into position so i know what i will be doing tomorrow
- king derelict, Canute, yvesvidal and 7 others
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and on the 16th day @Kevin took the day off
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45 minutes ago, Canute said:
It's starts out looking hapzard, but once you've glued and painted the various sections, it looks good. Keep on truckin' 😁
true, its not the way to build this, but the main bits i want are around the engine room, the rest may be left open to the cutters
- Old Collingwood, Canute and mtaylor
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On 12/4/2021 at 4:29 AM, CDW said:
Are the session boxes purchased separately or are they subdivided that way in the whole kit? Quite nice the way it's broken up into sessions, reminds me of the way you worked on the 1:48 Corvette in modules. It makes a large project like this seem much more manageable.
Beautiful ship, and huge!
The link to CAF is on the home page
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im hoping from today everything will start to tidy up and straighten out
- Old Collingwood, mtaylor and Canute
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Good evening everyone
day 13/90
engine room flat, engine room tween deck frames 37 to 54
thank you for comments and likes
well today i managed to get the two levels of the engine room done, primed and painted red, i can now get the upper deck longitudinals fitted to keep the main bulkheads separated
after that, proceed aft and finish off the shaft escape tunnel, and the continue aft back to the rudder stock
a few photos of todays work and others for my benefit of deciding how to display this in a scrapping diorama
i would love some ideas (please) wrt the build
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13 hours ago, pittlimey said:
I just found this article ... an absolute stunner .... that was my first ship in 1971... what memories it brings back..... is it for sale? please
i had forgotten about this build, the new owner finished her prior to the plague, i have not seen any photos of her on the water, and i have no idea if he still intends to keep her, i may just message him and find any info,
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good evening everyone
day 11/90 up to main deck level
thank you for comments and likes
not quite as much done today as planned, but the height certainly increased as the tween deck on the shortened middle section went up to the main deck and i was able to put the main longitudinal in, this will help me get the alignment right, for everything going aft the ribs for shortened middle section are not strong enough to support the weight yet, i may have to rethink that area
having done that i went to the after peak and went up another deck again to the main deck level, the longitudinal should go in tomorrow
very little of todays work is glued yet
i placed the accommodation blocks on top in more or less the correct position there is another level to be made up,
it is certainly going to be a nice sized diorama
im pleased with it so far, perhaps it looks naff to some,
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wow but what a 12 years, and i still advise people to look at your upgrade kits, thank you for your contribution towards this hobby
- Mexspur, Gahm, Hubac's Historian and 4 others
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i love this kit, and what you have done to her
Prince of Wales by Kevin - GPM - 1/200 - Card - started and abandoned Jan 2022
in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1901 - Present Day
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this is a 1/200 card/paper kit from GPM, it comes with the hull and superstructure in laser cut formers, which are marked very well to place the bulkheads
the large book contains lots of instructions (all in Polish) (which is my 2nd language NOT) and pages of identifications of the 2nd 1/2 of the book which is the actual kit
a few photos to show contents and a start has been made, yep bigger than the freezer