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good evening everyone, from a lovely locked in, self isolating Somerset, i dont have the plague, just retired and enjoying being at home, hope everyone one id safe and well out there well i now have the pier frame work made up, i will need to cut some bits out, as it will form the support for the build, and contain the electrics, forgot the photo, but what was there before, now has a top to form the jetty deck, thid is it the whole unit will be covered in plasterboard, lighter materials are available in the shops, but i dont have any, and the shops are shut, this has been cut into small sections, although i cannot remember why, the top paper removed (very messy) and brick work cut in (even messier) the board was then sprayed in grey primer as i was going to use acrylics with lots of dry brushing the primer would also keep the dust down and act as the base colour for the grouting after quite a few hours experimenting with different stone effects, some worked better than others, then i made a mistake, well accident, and spilt some wash which i was using to tone down the grouting, and the result was better than anything i had done so here are a few photos. still very much WIP
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Good evening Everyone The top of the wooden jetty is complete (when i say complete, it means lots more still to do) i now have 4 feet of stone jetty to think about, the pier legs are not secured, as i dont have a definite height yet
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yet again the memories of the ballast/ fuel tanks came flooding back (see what i did there) on the 1960 RN diesel boats numbers 3 and 5 ballast tanks served this purpose, giving a fuel capacity of 99,000 gallons of diesoil, enough to go around the world the fuel was taken from the top of the tank, and went to the engines via seperators
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yes i will stagger the rails, i should have enough to go the 6 foot required, i was going to spray grey with silver dry-brushing, with a grime wash over the bottom of the rail and get a polish finish on top
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good evening everyone i will move the boat in the morning for a photo shoot to show better what is is all about, but today has been continuing the wood pier / jetty i dont want a pristine looking area, i want it to looked work and battered, here is the start
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TY Jon, i am getting some negative comments from other place i use, so i need to show better what i am trying to achieve, LOL i need to work on smaller scales
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Good evening everyone taking advice, i have scaled the plans back, what i am aiming for now is just a harbour wall with a wooden jettey, this will serve as another point of interest and as a stand, there will be no water, or beach the white unit will be used as a prop for now, and serves as a guide for height and width for the wooded jetty which is being built first, it will stand above the height of the build(as if the tide was out and the end of a jetty train track way the boat reminds just how much work i have myself in for practising wood effects on balsa, sprayed black with brown drybrushing and getting an effect i like using a wire brush before paint jetty platform.is quite big track base going in, this is from the trumpeter BR52 war train i was building the sleepers were treated the same as the balsa tonight the track bed is laid, the other side although will be a working jetty i want it to be a lot cleaner as she stands tonight
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wow that has come on a long way since i looked in a few days ago.
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agreed, and thats one of the reasons i keep having to have a reality check, trains wagons and btuilds have been removed from the list today my wife would just like to see a jetty down the back and one side, with a unloading scenario being undertaken
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good evening everyone i have just created a new thread wrt a diorama setting for this build https://modelshipworld.com/topic/23648-132-diorama-for-my-fishing-vessel-st-nectan/
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Good evening everyone some of you may know that i have this build going on, but as part of the build i want to put her into a fishing dock diorama i would like to use this thread to test ideas, and get new ones, at 1/32 i will have a board that at present that is 7'x2', and will grow a bit at the end of the project this is what the ship should look like and at present mine looks like this my idea (i have plenty) needs reeling in occasionally as it keeps getting out of hand at present i want to put the build in a harbour setting, with the tide out, reason for this is to enable being able to see the jetty, and i dont know how to do water, plus it is to large an area to do tied up alongside a wooden jetty, the jetty will run along 2 sides with scope for plenty of detail, and have a project that may never finish here are some photos where at present some of my ideas are coming from these are not my photo's today, i built up a temporary base to enable sizing everything up, i will post more photos when this is in place
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lots of ideas for the diorama, but i may start a new thread for that, so i can attack some comments, who dont see my long build lpgs but for now i have got a boat to build and finish, the radar mast got some attention today, the radar will have to be removed in the future quite a lot has changed since the mast as completed painted silver with a black wash over the top the radar dish is from the kit, will one day put something in its place that looks like one
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lol OC this is your fault i have now decided on how to display the build how do you intend to display the build kevin? i hear you ask well in a diorama of course here are a couple of ideas i have version 1 in this version i like the right hand side idea, of the vessels tied up against a wall these two appeal to me, may be a combination of the lot any other ideas will be accepted. i will have about 6 foot by 4 foot and plenty of height to play with
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great idea, but the water would be a problem for me anyway, due to the size of the build, although certainly not ruling the idea out
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i was concerned over the scale of them, but decided they could be for anything
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Good afternoon everyone been thinking of how to display this 6 foot monster, and what configuration i would like to display, any ideas gratefully accepted anyway with that in mind, i did a few detail bits made the lockers look like they opened, still to be painted a stash of barrels and the ash chutes are fixed into position
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just a thought, if you wanted to show some of the battery tank detail, could you open up a section of the galley deck, i was unable to see where access was gained to the tank, but doubt it was there due to the anount of water from the ranges
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thats a real shame, sorry to hear
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lol, thats just my poor modelling skills, but seriously im happy the way she is coming on, having things just off line, untidy ropes, chipped paint and some flory washes, is paying dividends for me
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Good morning everyone Thank you for the likes and comments the boom rigging will be done at a later date when i have a better understanding of where all the lines go, also depending on how she will be displayed work progresses on the build, and i am thoroughly enjoying it, yesterday the stanchions above the ladders were completed,sprayed with white primer and a grime wash put on top the big parts that were made up a few months ago and now being fitted, another week or so, i may have to put her on hold, as the hull will then require work and its just too wet/damp to do it,
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thank you, she is coming along now,and getting a lot more attention, this dual isolation/retirement is suiting me. the pulleys are white metal from the kit, i have still not rigged them, but i was looking through your trawler build log, the other day, to see how you did yours
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Good evening everyone well both side are rigged for now, i dont see the need at present to do them for the third time presently i am researching the way the booms are rigged, the plans are a bit vague, it appears that the the lift is controlled via a series of blocks and tackles, personally, i would have thought that would be slow going to pull a net in that way,
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coming along in leaps and bounds, very nice, love the mossie factory photo
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