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Kevin got a reaction from Tigerdvr in Diorama for St Nectan by Kevin - 1/32 - DIORAMA
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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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 BobCardone in Diorama for St Nectan by Kevin - 1/32 - DIORAMA
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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Kevin got a reaction from mtaylor in Naparima by Kevin Kenny - FINISHED
love the ladder vid,
your build looks fantastic
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Kevin got a reaction from lmagna in Diorama for St Nectan by Kevin - 1/32 - DIORAMA
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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Kevin got a reaction from FriedClams in Diorama for St Nectan by Kevin - 1/32 - DIORAMA
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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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 reacted to Kevin Kenny in Naparima by Kevin Kenny - FINISHED
Hi Tom
my wife and I had lots of crystal we got when we got married and never used. Last year we decided to start using it and you know what happens, they are getting broken. However before I throw them away I grind them down and use them in the shop.
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Kevin got a reaction from Old Collingwood in U-552 by yvesvidal - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/48 - PLASTIC - Type VIIC U-boat
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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Kevin got a reaction from popeye the sailor in U-552 by yvesvidal - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/48 - PLASTIC - Type VIIC U-boat
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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Kevin got a reaction from hexnut in Diorama for St Nectan by Kevin - 1/32 - DIORAMA
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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Kevin got a reaction from Edwardkenway in Diorama for St Nectan by Kevin - 1/32 - DIORAMA
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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Kevin got a reaction from thibaultron in U-552 by yvesvidal - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/48 - PLASTIC - Type VIIC U-boat
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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Kevin got a reaction from Jack12477 in Diorama for St Nectan by Kevin - 1/32 - DIORAMA
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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Kevin got a reaction from lmagna in Diorama for St Nectan by Kevin - 1/32 - DIORAMA
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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Kevin got a reaction from mtaylor in Diorama for St Nectan by Kevin - 1/32 - DIORAMA
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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Kevin got a reaction from Old Collingwood in Diorama for St Nectan by Kevin - 1/32 - DIORAMA
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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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 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 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 mtaylor in U-552 by yvesvidal - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/48 - PLASTIC - Type VIIC U-boat
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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Kevin got a reaction from yvesvidal in U-552 by yvesvidal - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/48 - PLASTIC - Type VIIC U-boat
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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Kevin reacted to yvesvidal in U-552 by yvesvidal - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/48 - PLASTIC - Type VIIC U-boat
Module is almost completed. A few more details, the ceiling/pressure hull and it will be over. In the meantime, enjoy some shots:
The fuel tank (below) surrounding the batteries room:
The sleeping quarter, also used for eating and relaxing (as far as you can relax inside a submarine):
Galley, pantry and toilet room:
Lots of magazines (propaganda) and Nazis ideology posters on the walls:
Magazines are made of a cover printed at scale and glued on a thin cardboard sheet. All covers are authentic Kriegsmarine and Adler publications from the early 40's.
Girls are the Olympic champions of 1936, held in Berlin.
Aerial view of the galley:
I still have to solder some electrical wires, glue the ceiling and fill up the tank. Some painting on the outside and the main air hose to be added on top of the pressure hull, and the module will be ready to rest in the hull.
Yves
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Kevin reacted to BobCardone in U-552 by yvesvidal - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/48 - PLASTIC - Type VIIC U-boat
Awesome.
You're blending together a whole spectrum of techniques here with great continuity. I bet if you had the resources, you could probably build a real one when you're done with this.
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