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  1. Kevin
    Good evening everyone day 25 midships and stern joined over the last couple days perhaps put in about 4 to 6 hours work on the build, but very little to show for it the vets trip and visitors yesterday limited getting into to it that much and the visitors we had yesterday were the first in six month and we had a brilliant time, possibly first time i have laughed this year, so today was bit of a downer, anyway i have joined the midships section to the stern as there is some over lap in the double bottom frames, and as you can see, it has become well, big, hoping over this Easter weekend to get most of the tank tops put on (with the exception of the exposed viewing area)
  2. Kevin
    the boi's update thank you to everyone asking about Dobbie Pingate Periscope (aka the dobster, sock monster, nobs and many other random names) the boi is fine, he picked up a viral infection last year, which some how is possibly allergy related, to what we dont know, but it keeps recurring, i noticed a few signs over the weekend just gone, then some open sores appeared on his two front paws between the toes, but being viral it is finding a non steroid treatment that suits him, since august last he has all sorts of blood tests, and they all give different results anyway he is happy, and doing what he should be doing and thats making me and her indoors happy
  3. Kevin
    the boi has a vets trip this morning, he has an ongoing viral infection that keeps coming back, this might be unrelated but he has now got something very sore between his toes like an absits
  4. Kevin
    good evening everyone thank you for comments and likes Day 23 number 1 lower cargo hold im getting used to the grey now, after looking at it for ages Cubic capacity of number i lower hold is 85,500 cubic feet i had never heard of a tank top ceiling. its a extra layer of steel to cushion the deck from loading damage box birders fitted frames and longitudinals going in
  5. Kevin
    i can see this being extended this year
  6. Kevin
    good evening everyone thank you for comments and likes day 22 painting the fwd section grey continue tank top plates midships section after taking the advice offered grey is the new red box girders for the fwd section being made up in my head i want to show different parts opened up, so in the following few phots, i have where i am up to in putting the tank top plates down the ones not covered in the last few shots will be left open, these open frames may be pained red this is how it looks tonight
  7. Kevin
    looks like grey frames then, thank you
  8. Kevin
    maybe you are telling yourself to go back to the diorama, or create another with the tank
  9. Kevin
    looking great OC its great to be able to switch between projects isn't it
  10. Kevin
    thank you so if i was to do the frames red, light grey decking and white bulkhead (to enhance lighting I would not be shot, why was the lighting crap,? was it to reduce fire risk, and if i was to put lighting in, unseen would that also spoil the effect - lol asking for a friend
  11. Kevin
    now thats exactly what i would like to do with mine
  12. Kevin
    Good evening everyone Day 21 fwd section 1st cargo hold bulkhead midships tank top going on stern no progress making up the first Bulkhead bulkhead, scoring the card on different sids, allows the shape to be obtained tank tops going on the midships section forming the box girders to keep the fwd bulkhead in place and now its getting to big for the work bench
  13. Kevin
    good afternoon everyone on a new build of a 1960's cargo ship, what colours would have been used, this is for internal details, bilges frames tank tops/decks bulheads etc was thinking of white bulkheads, green decks and red frames
  14. Kevin
    thank you for the comments, been gardening today, so not much done on the beast, just prepping the tank top plates for the middle section, update tomorrow OC lol you make as much noise as you like, me boats fine
  15. Kevin
    build log day 19 forward section tank tops and lower forepeak good evening everyone thank you for comments and likes i should have just continued doing all the tank tops, but its nice to show the sections in different stages of development (well i think so lol), the lower forepeak was a bit of a change away from cutting slots the red is Halfords rattle can red primer, but i may go to a red/brown using the red primer in the airbrush, a hairy stick is out of the question the middle missing plate behind bulkhead 164 goes in when the pillar is put in the double bottom floors exposed are being left that way, as i make my plans for the cutaway sections
  16. Kevin
    @Nirvana thank you i cropped it a bit
  17. Kevin
    i will perhaps never build another big scale 1st rate, time is against me to do all the other builds i wish to do, unless @chris watton brings out the royal George, however i did enjoy the Caldercraft Victory, even if it took me 7 years
  18. Kevin
    i intend to leave some open, but finding it difficult to decide what bits to leave open
  19. Kevin
    good evening everyone thank you so much for comments and likes day 17 double floor frames are in and fixed, well about 95% rest will be done when joining the sections also started forward section tank tops here is a fwd section from the last time i attempted this kit, it wont be used as the colours will be altered, i will salvage the lighting and begone
  20. Kevin
    good evening everyone thank you for comments and likes day 15 fwd /aft tank top logitudinals day 16 fixing middle section double floor frames removing batches of 10 of the floor frames, trimming if necessary to fit over the bottom plate longitudinals and gluing into position
  21. Kevin
    looking great
  22. Kevin
    thanks everyone for comments and like, very much appreciated Day 14 double bottom floors are in its just a task now to remove each pair and adjust them to fit nicely the gaps are where the three sections overlap, i have about 10 to put in when they are joined up
  23. Kevin
    all put in loose, i would glue them but some need attention around the centre line Thank you OC im here to entertain
  24. Kevin
    Day 13 centre section double floor frames good evening everyone still ploughing through these, hope to complete the tomorrow, then its time to glue them in and get the centre line to be a lot tidier, im happy with the progress,
  25. Kevin
    i believe there are more double bottom floor frames fitted on the kit than the real thing, possible to ensure some rigidity i am not aware of any other kit, this complex in card, by having it as a cutaway, i hope to keep some of this detail for others to see NOT MY PHOTO

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