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  1. Kevin
    A lot of work sometimes to keep us all under control
  2. Kevin
    good evening everyone thank you for the likes the bowsprit, foremast and main are mainly complete now, with the exception of blocks mizzen is ready to be assembled came across another hurdle to cross today, the whole kit and that of the Santa Felipe is only supported with one size of block, 4mm singles and doubles, and they are not very good ones at that BUT im not slating the kit, it just that its odd that if they want to encourage others into the hobby, do they want newbes to think one size fits all anyway i have ordered some more cheap blocks from Cornwall Model boats 2mm singles, and 3mm singles and doubles, and then i quess i am going to have to think about rigging thread sizes
  3. Kevin
    so pleased to have watched your journey with this build, Congratulations
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  5. Kevin
    how did you know the full upper deck layout, did you have a set of plans or just photos i may have missed the post that gave the answer
  6. Kevin
    good evening everyone im back, well i never really went away, just got lost in the mists of real life and bring two young dogs up, so apologies for those that follow me and i will be back with my regular updates and general bad model making and sillyness the copper tiling on the hull was completed, i may have undersized to tiles, and seam to take ages to complete, sealed with a matt acrylic varnish in tried to make her up as in the museum photo, with guns run out and lids shut, but the cannom muzzels are to thick to fit through the port, so i put each barrel in a drill and turn them on a file after and before they fitted ok, but were then not high enough (1.5mm) so i fitted some feet on, and a few brass rings to break up the amount of black this hull has the last few photos were taken yesterday, with the lower main mast done, but that brings her UpToDate. the bois Odin on the left 5 months and Apollo 14 months
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  8. Kevin
    the sizes given in the email reflect those of the 1/200 trumpeter American battle ship
  9. Kevin
    Morning Chris, its good to be back
  10. Kevin
    final reveal Halfords Grey Primer for everywhere Halfords black stain for chassis Halfords S9-070 Beige - body work Halfords British Racing Green - crane, wheels green stuff World for the Chrome i give the kit 7/10, for quality, very heavy tabs attach parts to sprues i give 3/10 for my attempt to build it pain to get the glass in place on the front of the cab i never dealt with seam lines properly to much not allowing primer to dry propely before adding top coat an enjoyable week, with a finished kit
  11. Kevin
    Bedford Vehicles - Wikipedia fully intended to be OOB and have her done as soon as possible here are some of the build photos
  12. Kevin
    good afternoon everyone been a pants year, and as a result i pretty well lost my mojo for anything, even contemplated packing up building altogether, But I seam to be over that now and to get me in the mood, i was looking for something interesting and a relativity quick build. Jadlams came to the rescue, by selling all four of the Emhar 1/24 Bedford trucks set with 60% off a week or so back so i purchased them very little flash, minimal detailing, no PE, seams like a basic Trumpeter kit, when you open the box the four kits in the set are two short wheel base and two as long wheel base, and as a result the two versions share a lot of the sprues, like chassis and cabs all the simulated wooden panels are discarded for the set, just the Chassis is used
  13. Kevin
    Very nice indeed Jim
  14. Kevin
    wonder why the glow plugs are not supplied
  15. Kevin
    good evening everone thank you for comments and likes put a rattle can spray over the stern section to see what needs to be sorted, and to be honest it was mainly OK apart from around where the PE had been added, she will remain like this for a while whilst i go back to the the forward sections what comes first the chicken or the egg, the hull needs doing before the compartments go in, but i need the compartments doing as i dont want to damage the hull the hull work won that argument, on the port side i cut out all the free flood holes and area to be replaced with etch, painted inside matt black and rattle can grey external, i have messed the top deck up big style, and went way to far on the cutting out, but not the end of the world, just a lot more work, to reinforce when infact should be getting on with the Belle Poule
  16. Kevin
    she looks fantastic @James H
  17. Kevin
    Stern Section nice easy section to build up, have added some extra details in to show some interest, But only half the equipment comes with the kit ie main motors switch board etc, i understand why, but shows nothing as to how these vessels operated/space, cold, dark and very cramped The stern hull is a separate section to the rest of the boat, i guess to reduce the size of the box, but it also differs in that the whole hull section is in a one piece clear plastic, where as the rest of the Port side hull is grey plastic but i have a plan the inside of the hull will be matt black to avoid any light seepage with grey primer external before any top coats the enhancement kits replaces a lot of the moulded free-flood holes and require cutting out and the PE being inserted i have also cut the top out to replace with the new PE deck and opened up a viewing panel oh and put some lights in
  18. Kevin
    Thank you OC
  19. Kevin
    two young dogs in the house has slowed any model making progress this year, after all they come first, but now they are old enough, im slowly getting back into a routine, but for the next week or so i have gone back to plastic and brought the Trumpy 1/48 U552 back to the table which was last seen 3 years ago, the engine room is now slowly heading towards completion, for this section i modified the Port Engine and put it on the other side, a lot more weathering and detail still to add
  20. Kevin
    I used plates on my Victory and tape on the Indefatigable, not sure i will go back to tiles again
  21. Kevin
    i agree, brilliant idea
  22. Kevin
    Just cut over 1500 tiles with my cutter, and the first one is exactly the same size as the last, The mat cannot be turned as it has location pins to line it up, however, i dont know if it can be reversed/ turned over though. The handle did tighten up quite a bit, but i slightly loosened the heavy duty bolt, and added a few drops of light oil, much happier with the result. Ordered through AK Interactive with a price tag of £90 using PayPal 1in 3, and came directly from Spain For reference WRT price, this will last for many years, as its a very well made tool,
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    I was unable to find the right size, so i looked at what was used on the Indy @1/64 and scaled from there the cutter is very good, here is the review @James H did Cutter/Mitre Tool - RP Toolz - REVIEWS: Model Shipwrighting Tools, Parts and fittings - Model Ship World™
  24. Kevin
    coppering was done with 4mm tape into 12mm strips, one side is completed as off today on the recommendation of @James H i bought the RP Toolz Mitre cutter, brilliant tool
  25. Kevin
    as for the build, it has been a slow progression, of trying to do some everyday, in my last post i was attempting to fit the gun port in the closed position the stern galleries took a bit of fine tuning to get them symmetrical i wanted to get as much deck fittings and chain plates done before coppering

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