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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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sorry i missed the restart of you log, great to have you posting again, lovely build, the planking looks fantastic
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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
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Red Ochre Paint
Kevin replied to starlight's topic in Painting, finishing and weathering products and techniques
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 -
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
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lovely to see an update from you, shame i just cannot get back into mine
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good evening everyone, thank you for comments and likes i have had a couple of days off, to do some DIY, lots planned for this year this evening i completed the railings and did a bit of weathering on the funnel assy, tomorrow i will hopefully do the the funnel guy ropes and more patching up of the hull
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