Kevin

good evening everyone

thank you for comments and likes

day 129-3 copper plating done

well that was an enjoyable couple of weeks, 

1 hour ago, yvesvidal said:

Great work Kevin. Have you thought about protecting the copper or will you let it oxidize naturally?

 

Yves

im going to let it do its own thing for now, and see what its like later on in the build, it is tarnishing much quicker than plates do

day 128-3

hope to complete this task tomorrow

40 minutes ago, Old Collingwood said:

Hiya  Kevin,   I have caught  up  now,   you  are doing a  lovely  job   -  you saved  that  sanding issue  really well,  and  your paintwork  looks  proper   loverly,    what  really stands  out  to me  is  the  genuine  scale  correct-ness  the  canons  and ditance behind for  running in/out  and the  over all  beam  of the  ship  - just looks  so right.

Oh  and  loving the  tiles.

 

OC.

lol the praise goes to @chris watton with the time and effort he put into the designing

12 minutes ago, Blue Ensign said:

Looking good Kevin, should be completed by the weekend.👍

Are you intending to keep it bright or weather it a little?

 

B.E.

Thank you, I am going to let her tone down for a while, bit to bright for me

and so it continues 

day 127-3

brilliant save, well done

lovely work

now to do it all again on the other side

Just now, Kevin said:

google translates this to

 

Your best friend with four paws and a short tail seems to really like your ship. He is proud of them!😜

this is Dobbie Pingate Periscope 8 year old English Cocker Spaniel

36 minutes ago, Obormotov said:

Вашему лучшему другу с четырьмя лапами и коротким хвостом, похоже, очень нравится ваш корабль. он гордится ими!😜

google translates this to

Your best friend with four paws and a short tail seems to really like your ship. He is proud of them!😜

good evening everyone

thank you for comments and likes

day 123-3 port side coppering complete

thats another 5 hours of coppering done, im quite happy with how it turned out

well im happier with it than England's performance in the Ashes test

4 hours ago, Obormotov said:

🙂Good afternoon, MSW, Kevin and everyone who is interested in ships... I am very glad that you, Kevin, are doing well and you continue to create your beautiful ship... I understand very little about ships, and therefore my question may seem ridiculous to you . and yet I'll try to find out: on the ship Indefatigable, two rows of "clusters" where the guns are located (I don't know how to say it correctly, in the maritime language.) The top row ends right next to the cabin, it turns out that the guns are in the cabin campaign? (I'm not sure if this room is a campaign room). By the way, it's the same on other ships, for example, HMS Victory. I think this is a little strange? Or maybe I don't understand something. This is not so important in the course of models, I just want to understand why this is so? I hope you have time to answer. thank you in advance! best wishes! Egor.

thank you for your question, the after cabins were all opened up when the ship was closed up at battle station's i was looking for a video, but at present this is the best i can find for now

,Bing Videos

4 hours ago, aliluke said:

Hi Kevin

Been watching from the sidelines. This is all coming up really well!! If you don't like shiny copper there is a way to make it otherwise - see my Fly log. User beware...

im grateful for anyone to watch my shoddy building, i will certainly look at yr fly log

good evening everyone

Day 122-3 still coppering

im sure most of you would have completed both sides by now, i have lots going on, in RL but daily progress is being made

4 minutes ago, yvesvidal said:

Come on Kevin!! Since that hull is very similar to the 72/74 guns warships, it only take 2400 tiles. You are almost there.... 🙂

I agree with your assessment about the rivets/nails. At that scale, it would be hard to see.

 

Yves

well one side is 

4 minutes ago, Blue Ensign said:

So, you could be up for another 30hrs work to complete both sides, a testing exercise Kevin, and that's without any consideration of copper nail heads.🫤

She will look good tho' with the copper against the black.👍

 

B.E.

yes something like that, i think im starting to learn that detail like rivet heads is wasted on this scale vessel i have yet to see any that are realistic, unless done by scratch, IMHO 

good afternoon everyone

thank you for comments and likes

day 119-3

each row, to cut and place into position is taking me about 45 to 60 mins, but i have other non boat building jobs on the go presently like gardening 

1 hour ago, Blue Ensign said:

Looks to be going on ok Kevin,👍
Are you cutting individual plates, or applying longer strips, and marking the vertical plate joins post fitting?

 

B.E.

im cutting individual 18mm plates, i tried cheating with longer ones, but i dint work for me

good evening everyone

day 118-3

thank you for the comments and likes

the copper application is going ok, i wasnt impressed at the start, but then again, i wasnt going to copper at all, until i made the sanding error, oh hum

any way the jig im using to cut the tiles is version 3 and for me works ok, having the old metal blade at the base, stops the tape being pushed into the cut, so each one is fairly clean

i think i will have about 15 full rows to place, and the any infills at the water line

very neat and tidy

i used a combination of pva and c/a

5 minutes ago, Blue Ensign said:

Mrs Kevin looks a natural for coppering, a good job to sub-contract me thinks.

 

B.E.

it certainly helps to have an extra pair of hands on the first keel row, after that photo she retired from the coppering and gone to do knitting

good evening everyone 

thank you for comments and likes

day 113-2

upper deck work is nearly complete, so its time to move to coppering, i used two strips of 6mm on the keel, with allowed me to turn it over, so hopefully avoid any gaps

mrs kevin is allowed to help

no cheeks on the port side, no its not a mod, they fell off

8 hours ago, Glenn-UK said:

Fabulous. I'm very impatient to restart my Indy but I must wait to allow time for my back to recover.

health is far more important, she will still be there when you feel you can progress her