HMS Warspite by Old Collingwood - FINISHED - Academy - 1/350 scale - PLASTIC

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,    so todays operation was to fit two rafts then paint them,  also I  worked on one of the cutters, this just required abit of pe ontop, then two stands where constructed from two mirror image sections of pe,  these where mated together and glued - then they where attached to the bottom of the hull.

 

A few hours later I was able to paint the cutter a uniform mid grey color and some light sand color to pick out some wood seating inside, this was then attachd to the deck.

 

Its starting to look a little more busy now.

 

OC.

[cog]

I am much taken by your hand painting OC. well done

[Old Collingwood]

3 hours ago, cog said:

I am much taken by your hand painting OC. well done

Thank you sincerely carl.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

The wife is abit under the weather at the moment so Im up with her downstairs as she finds it easier on her breathing when she is hot,  so at the same time as looking after her - I decided  to do a bit more on the bench, so I continued with the mid deck gun tubs eather side of the old float plane track.

 

Here are a couple of pics -

 

Oh by the way  - the difference is size between the tubs is because I have run short of pontos ones so I have worked on the kit plastic ones, I sanded the centeres out a bit to try to thin down the tub armour thickness,  its helped a lot as the kit ones where well over scale, but they are clearly different from the pontos resin ones, but once they have the guns inside and painted up they wont look to bad.

 

OC.

 

Edited July 25, 2018 by Old Collingwood

[Old Collingwood]

Good day all,

 

Today marked another milestone  - completion of another section on the ole girl,  I finished off putting some more AA units in the tubs and giving them the appropriate paintwork,  however upon the ship receiving some light deck damage - two of the tubs had to be removed and two small wood deck patches where constructed.

 

So next stage will be construction of the hanger block - a mini build in itself.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

This will be the start of my next mini project stage of the build  - 

 

OC.

[popeye the sailor]

superb progress OC.......are you going to replace the two damaged tubs?   looking great!

[Old Collingwood]

17 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:

superb progress OC.......are you going to replace the two damaged tubs?   looking great!

Thank you kindly for the compliment,   nah  Im going to leave it with some artisitic license - gives it a bit of individuality that way,   same with ontop of the hanger near the funnel im going to put a patch there as it was a well documented area where she received some damage from an areial device that caused a lot of internal damage.

 

OC.

[Piet]

Well done on the progress OC.

 

Cheers,

[Old Collingwood]

Just now, Piet said:

Well done on the progress OC.

 

Cheers,

Thank you piet.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

The ole lady was nearly finished off with one of these bad boys, but her stuberness and resolute attituide saw her through despite sever damage and no power, not to mention taking on 5000 tons of water.

 

Photo curtosy of wikipedia.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

First steps with the hanger block,   in the process of dry fitting  I had to do some trimming away of the grey paper I had fitted to simulate steel deck sections,  while doing this and hand holding the the model - I managed to knock a few AA barrels off,  so I have removed them from the tubs, and when I can re charge my mojo I will have a go at the pe versions,  I will have to try to scratch them using the plastic pedestal parts as I do not have the pe pedestal parts.

 

Oh well  one step forward and two back.

 

Just the one pic.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

I  have been having a think about building the pe 20mm Oerlikon's,  but apart from missing the pedestals  I dont think I have the skill or dexterity not to mention finger skill to build the pe parts I have,   I may empty the tubs till I find another medium   perhaps  these  -  https://www.shapeways.com/product/PAL37YYSW/1-350-usn-20mm-oerlikon-mk4-shielded-set-x5

 

Photo curtosy of shapeways.

 

OC.

[CDW]

That's an absolutely wicked looking German bomb. I've got to admit, the Oerlikons are not an easy build, but not impossible either. You could probably cut some plastic rod to simulate the pedestals and get it pretty close. The real ones are tapered, but you'll probably not notice the difference at this scale.

You are doing a great job, OC. Just keep doing things the way you want it and you'll be fine. 

[lmagna]

36 minutes ago, CDW said:

That's an absolutely wicked looking German bomb

It was one of the first remote controlled glide bombs we are so familiar with today. This one was armor piercing to boot, making it extra nasty. It's biggest disadvantage was that the pilot had to stay in visible range of the target for the whole time it was falling.

Edited July 28, 2018 by lmagna

[CDW]

16 minutes ago, lmagna said:

It was one of the first remote controlled glide bombs we are so familiar with today. This one was armor piercing to boot, making it extra nasty. It's biggest disadvantage was that the pilot had to stay in visible range of the target for the whole time it was falling.

If I remember correctly, it was a fly by wire arrangement.

[Old Collingwood]

49 minutes ago, CDW said:

That's an absolutely wicked looking German bomb. I've got to admit, the Oerlikons are not an easy build, but not impossible either. You could probably cut some plastic rod to simulate the pedestals and get it pretty close. The real ones are tapered, but you'll probably not notice the difference at this scale.

You are doing a great job, OC. Just keep doing things the way you want it and you'll be fine. 

Thanks mate,   I do like the look of those pre-built Oerlikons by shapeways, think they would look the business.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

16 minutes ago, lmagna said:

It was one of the first remote controlled glide bombs we are so familiar with today. This one was armor piercing to boot, making it extra nasty. It's biggest disadvantage was that the pilot had to stay in visible range of the target for the whole time it was falling.

Yep   three where dropped on/near warspite  - one missed and caused no damage, one exploded on her starboard side and opened up her torpedo bulge, but the main one was a direct hit, it entered on her hanger boat deck next to her funnel, it went straight through three floors and exploded in one of the engine rooms (destroying the entire engine room)  and exited through her bottom hull,   she took on 5000 tons of water but managed to lock the water tight doors and limped to crete near greece.

[Old Collingwood]

This is a photo (courtosy of the internet)     of the exact aerial recon of the attack from the plane who dropped the bombs on the ole girl.

 

OC.

[cog]

8 hours ago, Old Collingwood said:

Oh well  one step forward and two back.

The dance of the model builder ... I'm missing the tune of Prokofiev's Dance of the Knights though, and see the oerlikons sway on the  music ..

 

Nice 3D, you found the website they've. got some real beautiful parts for 200/350/....etc If you don't want flat brass guns for example, or you managed to bomb your careful constructed ones, you might have a look there like OC did

[RGL]

Enjoying your build old boy! Don’t fret about the little guns, you can hardly see the things anyways. 

[Old Collingwood]

Bit more work today during the thunderstroms - I have built the lower section of the hanger along with a couple of ammo cupboards, and a pe door or two, then I gave the assembly a couple of coats of mid grey,  and on the top a few coats of dark grey.

 

I have also emptied the Oerlikon tubs and gave them a tidy up  ready for when I can save up for the beauties shown above.

 

Here are a few pics.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

13 hours ago, cog said:

The dance of the model builder ... I'm missing the tune of Prokofiev's Dance of the Knights though, and see the oerlikons sway on the  music ..

 

Nice 3D, you found the website they've. got some real beautiful parts for 200/350/....etc If you don't want flat brass guns for example, or you managed to bomb your careful constructed ones, you might have a look there like OC did

Yep they do some amazing parts.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

9 hours ago, RGL said:

Enjoying your build old boy! Don’t fret about the little guns, you can hardly see the things anyways. 

Thanks greg.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Next stage - work on the hanger insides,  I will be keeping one side closed and one side patialy open and will keep a ships boat inside, as no aircraft where kept onboard after late 1943.

 

OC.

Edited July 28, 2018 by Old Collingwood

[lmagna]

21 hours ago, CDW said:

If I remember correctly, it was a fly by wire arrangement.

I thought I read that somewhere a long time ago as well, but looking up the "Fritz X" all I can find is that they were radio controlled and as such were subject to jamming that after their original successes against the Italian Roma and Italia, and later the Warspite the allies started jamming as a standard measure. The need for the bomber to linger on a steady course also made them easy targets for fighter interception.

[Old Collingwood]

8 minutes ago, lmagna said:

I thought I read that somewhere a long time ago as well, but looking up the "Fritz X" all I can find is that they were radio controlled and as such were subject to jamming that after their original successes against the Italian Roma and Italia, and later the Warspite the allies started jamming as a standard measure. The need for the bomber to linger on a steady course also made them easy targets for fighter interception.

Indeed my friend,  I think  the ole girl was very lucky   mind you many accounts from sailors who served in her, said she was a lucky ship,   look at what happened with her demise  - she didn't want to be scrapped so she rammed herself on some rocks in Cornwall England.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

More goodies I have seen that I would love to get to super detail my build  - Love North Star goodies, at this rate I will have to re mortgage the house to pay for all these model bits and pieces.

 

OC.

[CDW]

1 hour ago, lmagna said:

I thought I read that somewhere a long time ago as well, but looking up the "Fritz X" all I can find is that they were radio controlled and as such were subject to jamming that after their original successes against the Italian Roma and Italia, and later the Warspite the allies started jamming as a standard measure. The need for the bomber to linger on a steady course also made them easy targets for fighter interception.

That's probably correct, Lou.

I think they might have had one type of bomb that was radio controlled, and another that was fly by wire. Can't recall which was which. 

[lmagna]

51 minutes ago, Old Collingwood said:

she didn't want to be scrapped

Apparently she didn't like going anywhere when not under her own power. She also broke all of her tow lines when going through the Straights of Messina on the way to Malta for repairs. She ended up going through on her own, sideways, before they could hook her up again.