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  1. Kevin
    to be honest, i never thought about how good but unserviceable aircraft got back home, i need to read up on why this ship was used for it the PE work looks fantastic
  2. Kevin
    lovely to catch up on the build again, stunning work
  3. Kevin
    thank you
  4. Kevin
    the red brown sounds good as it will be end of life anyway
  5. Kevin
    good evening everyone day 8/90 managed to make up another deck today, the last one is going to have to wait as it is fitted directly to the deck plates, and i am miles away from that the corners i am putting a thin strip of paper to tidy them up, with loads of weathering i doubt they will be seen tonight, i primed one level in grey just to see how it looks, i have infact just ordered some white primer and top coat i have not seen a SD14 superstructure in any other colour than ochre or white @realworkingsailor what is the best deck colour? would it be green
  6. Kevin
    quite easy OC 1 card kit, shape blades, straight edge, decent paper glue and superglue to mend me fingers when the sharp blade a straight edge system dont work
  7. Kevin
    i have a lot of the fwd section made up, i may add some of the now useless midships section and complete her as just out of build, (start of her life)
  8. Kevin
    that looks fantastic OC
  9. Kevin
    i stopped the bleeding with a fast setting c/a and it got everywhere, never trust me with a sharp knife a few more of the diorama (NOT MY PHOTOS)
  10. Kevin
    good evening everyone day 7/90 - flying by i was inspired by this model many years ago, and will attempt something like this in my project, this is 1/144 whereas mine is twice the size NOT MY PHOTO looking on the net for cargo ship scrapping i came across this hence one of the reasons for add the extra cargo frames, never mind the foreground only 3 months to build 1/3 of a ship took a break from the frames today and played with the accommodation block, this brings in the full size of the build, here she is as of tonight NOT MY PHOTO
  11. Kevin
    thank you Andy i was trying to remember my Submarine training for feed water/ and distillers and everything my head had to remember, not to mention reactor recovery when sat in the ship control seat
  12. Kevin
    thank you for your reply, im not sure where the feed water comment came from, she is certainly a diesel driven unit built in the 1960, there are still some floating around i can certainly see a return to wind power
  13. Kevin
    good evening everyone day 6/90 well after the addition of the bulkhead, very little seams to have been done today, even though a put a good few hours in tomorrow i will be working on the shaft tunnel, as that area is getting well a truly battered from the moving around a bit of paint has made it look a bit better i now know where the three decks are going to sit engine room platform middle one is the tween/shelter deck (1/2 deck) and top deck all the tabs between the double floor frames will tidy up when the frames go in, it does make it look very untidy
  14. Kevin
    good morning everyone sorry about the confusion last night wrt to shelter/tween decks i have resolved my bulkhead issue, i used part of the midships section, which was beyond repair, and now in the process of joining them together to do that i cut back the bottom plates to gain access to the double floor frames, it now looks like the 3 part build will be a trwo part one, the front end as new and this end will be end of life at the breakers from the midships section i removed about 10 frames up to the forward cargo hold cut back the bottom plates to gain entry to the frames
  15. Kevin
    sorry john, my reply dont make sense, i never realised the two were the same (sheter/tween deck) even though it is in my opening comments, thank you for correcting me
  16. Kevin
    good evening everyone day 5/90 thank you for comments and likes i have a problem although available in three kits, it is not going to be easy to build the after section as such, as i have found out today, to keep its shape it needs the bulkhead, which is part of the midships section, which cannot be used as it has bowed from being in my garage for lots of years, also it would take me well past the group build timeline i am not allowed to purchase a replacement midships section (new years resolution, plus model dockyard has gone bust, and it looks like Marcle have as well, an email to them l keeps bouncing back so what's my options worst case is that i cut the midships section up and attempt to attach it to mine, or remove bits of it to try and duplicate, im not a big fan of either, today number 6 bulkhead has been made up and in place, an enjoyable project with lots of scoring to get the shape as you can see from the below image the engine room platform and the tween decks fit to the bulkhead but ultimately needs another one to take the weight and keep the shape, i don't think the frames will be enough to support the weight this is the midships sections been in my garage for well over 5 years tween decks level being made up away from the hull
  17. Kevin
    good evening everyone day 5/90 thank you for comments and likes i have a problem although available in three kits, it is not going to be easy to build the after section as such, as i have found out today, to keep its shape it needs the bulkhead, which is part of the midships section, which cannot be used as it has bowed from being in my garage for lots of years, also it would take me well past the group build timeline i am not allowed to purchase a replacement midships section (new years resolution, plus model dockyard has gone bust, and it looks like Marcle have as well, an email to them l keeps bouncing back so what's my options worst case is that i cut the midships section up and attempt to attach it to mine, or remove bits of it to try and duplicate, im not a big fan of either, today number 6 bulkhead has been made up and in place, an enjoyable project with lots of scoring to get the shape as you can see from the below image the engine room platform and the tween decks fit to the bulkhead but ultimately needs another one to take the weight and keep the shape, i don't think the frames will be enough to support the weight this is the midships sections been in my garage for well over 5 years tween decks level being made up away from the hull
  18. Kevin
    thank you as it will be in a cutaway, i will be aware now when it comes to the upper deck and access, it will be helpful then to see what types of goods would be held in this area, as i had presumed that the name shelter, meant that
  19. Kevin
    good evening everyone sheet 124 4/90 0ver 50% of the tank tops are now on, im just going around ensuring they are all secure to avoid any lifting tonight i have varnished the next load of sheets with a matte Modge Podge (maybe other makes are available) one of the major bulkheads goes in tomorrow onto frame 37
  20. Kevin
    good evening everyone Day 3/90 tank tops sheets 125&126 the very forward double floors are designed to interlock with the midships section of the kit, but as this is a being done as a separate section i added them in, should i change my mind in the future, it may be a problem then, not now, The tank tops are next to go on, but before that the shaft bearing pillars need to be fitted the forward section would normally be fitted to the midships section at this time but as it is a stand alone i put all the frames in one of the shaft bearing pillars in place first of the tank tops, this is the engine base area
  21. Kevin
    SD14: A STANDARD DESIGN CARGO VESSEL | Yorkshire Film Archive (yfanefa.com)
  22. Kevin
    good evening everyone day 2/90 everything was removed and during today they have been fixed back into place, as the Longitudinals are secured it is starting to tidy and firm up the tank tops will be next but i am unsure still at present what if anything i want to show in the cutaway, obtaining a mock engine would be beneficial right now lol
  23. Kevin
    good evening everyone well thats the double bottom floors in, they will now all be removed to ensure they fit properly, and most likely get a Modge Podge varnish on them as i would like to show some access to them, might just be an open tank top or go the whole hog and open one up to show a feed water tank to oil fuel tank, and if thats the case i need the varnish to allow some painting to take place then before the tank tops go into position all the Longitudinals need to be fitted no glue has yet been used, these go in next, which ensure everything is square all the folds against the centre line need to be trimmed back to avoid the bunching
  24. Kevin
    thank you for that info, i wasnt aware of that, i will try and remember that when i get to that part
  25. Kevin
    good afternoon everyone and for those i have not said it to, Happy New Year room made ready well i have officially made a start on this timed build, 3 months, and she will be in a cutaway format with lighting and as much internal detailing as i can get away with Frames 1 to 52 manilla sheets 119 to 123 these cover the Shell bottom sheets Double bottom Longitudinals Centre line Keelson Double bottom floors nothing is push out , everything has to be cut from the manilla sheets, in this update only the bottom plates are glued together, using the centre line keelson to ensure everything stays in line bottom floor plates with centre line

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