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Kevin reacted to yvesvidal in U-552 by yvesvidal - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/48 - PLASTIC - Type VIIC U-boat
A couple more pictures to situate the action:
This is the left over space in the hull that will accommodate the two compartments under construction.
View of the Control Room floor. Notice the hole drilled and the tube allowing the attack periscope to slide down in the guts of the beast:
View of the main ballast, before any sea water is poured into it (below):
The tank located under the control room *below):
And the two ends of the rear fuel tank:
You can notice the different appearance of the resin mixed at (too) low temperature (left) and at correct temperature (right). Since these two sections are separated by the outside hull and not much of them is visible, it does not come as a blatant contrast. Still, I wish I had waited one more day before pouring that very sensitive resin. One day was in the 50's, the following in the low 80's.
Yves
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Kevin reacted to yvesvidal in U-552 by yvesvidal - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/48 - PLASTIC - Type VIIC U-boat
Yes, very true. You described the mechanism very well. Here is a picture to illustrate the concept:
Yves
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Kevin reacted to yvesvidal in U-552 by yvesvidal - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/48 - PLASTIC - Type VIIC U-boat
The next compartment is the Control room. All these compartments are linked to each other by the fuel tanks located underneath. It is therefore essential to build them almost at the same time for a perfect continuity. Thus, I started the Control room which is probably the most ambitious project as you will see.
The lower level of the Control Room is composed of: Front Fuel tank....Main Ballast....Rear Fuel tank. Of course, Trumpeter did not see the need to represent any of these three sections and instead gave us a "semi" container for the periscope mechanism and well, and a few bulkheads. The result is a pale approximation of what this compartment is about.
So, let's look at how we can improve on the kit:
I decided to build a pressure hull and to install in it, the three tanks referenced earlier. I am using a lid from a NEST packaging (cut in half, to represent the convex bulkheads facing the fuel tanks. Tat lid is exactly of the right diameter and fits perfectly against the Trumpeter bulkheads. It does take a lot of fine tuning and adjustments to make it work, but I think I managed to create something that looks realistic. The pressure hull is made with a sheet of 0.5 mm thick, 16 cm long and about 11.5 cm wide.
Above, you can see the front section of the rear fuel tank (extension of what is around the rear batteries compartment). From the other side, this is what we have:
With both convex bulkheads installed and the resin poured in the rear fuel tank:
Of course, the level of fuel matches the level we saw in the previous compartment:
The main ballast structure requires a lot of work, cutting and sanding to bring it to something slightly more prototypical:
Everything is glued under the control room floor. A tube (left on the picture) is added to represent the well of the attack periscope. That detail is missing from the Trumpeter kit (anybody surprised ?)
The main ballast is painted with anti-fouling color:
And the pressure hull is slightly opened to show the intricacies of the main ballast structure:
Next step: glue the control room floor and start populating the rear bulkhead with all its details, before installing the front bulkhead and pouring resin in the front fuel tank.
The main ballast will also have some water "poured" into it, for extra realism.
Yves
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Kevin got a reaction from mtaylor in Diorama for St Nectan by Kevin - 1/32 - DIORAMA
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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Kevin got a reaction from hexnut in Diorama for St Nectan by Kevin - 1/32 - DIORAMA
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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Kevin got a reaction from mtaylor in Diorama for St Nectan by Kevin - 1/32 - DIORAMA
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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Kevin got a reaction from Edwardkenway in Diorama for St Nectan by Kevin - 1/32 - DIORAMA
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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Kevin got a reaction from Jack12477 in Diorama for St Nectan by Kevin - 1/32 - DIORAMA
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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Kevin got a reaction from dvm27 in Diorama for St Nectan by Kevin - 1/32 - DIORAMA
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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Kevin got a reaction from Old Collingwood in Diorama for St Nectan by Kevin - 1/32 - DIORAMA
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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Kevin got a reaction from mtaylor in Diorama for St Nectan by Kevin - 1/32 - DIORAMA
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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Kevin got a reaction from FriedClams in Diorama for St Nectan by Kevin - 1/32 - DIORAMA
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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Kevin reacted to Old Collingwood in Diorama for St Nectan by Kevin - 1/32 - DIORAMA
Kevin its looking mighty fine - take no notice what others think, your attention to detail and workmanship is outstanding in everything you build.
OC.
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Kevin got a reaction from hollowneck in Lady Isabella by James H - FINISHED - Vanguard Models - 1:64 - Zulu prototype
what a stunning build
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Kevin got a reaction from hexnut in Diorama for St Nectan by Kevin - 1/32 - DIORAMA
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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Kevin got a reaction from vaddoc in Diorama for St Nectan by Kevin - 1/32 - DIORAMA
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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Kevin got a reaction from Tigerdvr in Diorama for St Nectan by Kevin - 1/32 - DIORAMA
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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Kevin got a reaction from yvesvidal in Diorama for St Nectan by Kevin - 1/32 - DIORAMA
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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Kevin got a reaction from chris watton in Lady Isabella by James H - FINISHED - Vanguard Models - 1:64 - Zulu prototype
what a stunning build
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Kevin got a reaction from mtaylor in Lady Isabella by James H - FINISHED - Vanguard Models - 1:64 - Zulu prototype
what a stunning build
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Kevin got a reaction from JayCub in Diorama for St Nectan by Kevin - 1/32 - DIORAMA
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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Kevin reacted to Old Collingwood in Diorama for St Nectan by Kevin - 1/32 - DIORAMA
Excellent work Kevin - loving the idea.
OC.
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Kevin got a reaction from BLACK VIKING in Diorama for St Nectan by Kevin - 1/32 - DIORAMA
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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Kevin got a reaction from lmagna in Diorama for St Nectan by Kevin - 1/32 - DIORAMA
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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Kevin got a reaction from vaddoc in Diorama for St Nectan by Kevin - 1/32 - DIORAMA
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