V108 by catopower - Digital Navy - 1/200 Scale - CARD - Torpedo Boat - MSW Tutorial Build

[catopower]

Not much news on the V108 build, as I've been trying to make some progress on other model fronts. But, the V108, being a paper model, is so easy to sit down and work on. So, I did get a couple of the ventilators made and started working on the masts.

 

Biggest news is that Orlik just refunded my order of the USS Bagley kit. So, that's no Orlik, no GPM, and no Fenton's. I think that's the last hope I have of getting it, unless something changes regarding the tariff situation. ☹️

 

 

 

[GrandpaPhil]

Orel, HMV and Schreiber kits are still available on Amazon.  Hopefully the other card kit sellers figure out the tariff situation and adjust their shipping policies/prices accordingly.

[catopower]

Hi GrandpaPhil,

 

I believe those kits are being sold by importers, which can deal with customs on large scale shipments from Europe. But, even these, if you look at customer ratings, seem to be showing signs of shipping problems/delays.

 

If that Amazon store Plastic Models Store, which appears Ukraine based, would only carry he Ukrainian brand Avangard, I'd be set!

Edited 17 hours ago by catopower

[catopower]

I swear I worked on the V108 for hours this week, but it just doesn't look any different, really. 

 

... and, I still have a lot of parts still to go!

Added brass rods to the ventilator bases, to secure them to the deck. 

 

Made the masts from very thin wood dowels and sized them down about as much as I could. The cross yards need to be even finer, so I used very fine brass rod. I added the yard on the forward mast, but waiting on the aft mast, until I get the booms installed. Or, do you still call them foremast and mainmast? Seems weird.

Masts aren't permanently installed yet. Need to finish adding details to the aft mast. The provided parts for the mast bands at the doubling wouldn't fit, my yards are too thick. So, I scavenged some other parts off of one of my spare printed parts sheets.

 

For the antenna wiring, guy wires, etc., I thought I'd try out EZ Line, so I bought both available sizes in black. EZ Line is elastic, but it's flat, not round. The Fine stuff is so thin, you don't really notice it's flat. The Heavy line's flatness is really noticeable. Anyway, it looks too thick for the model, so I'll just use the Fine line for everything. Well, assuming I have the skills to make the stuff work for me.

 

I'm planning on starting with the funnel guy wires, but not until I get the remaining paper parts on the model. Still have all the bridge and gun details to go, plus a few other items.

 

 

 

 

[ccoyle]

11 hours ago, catopower said:

I thought I'd try out EZ Line

 

I purchased a different brand a while back, but it turned out to be the same stuff. One of these days I will have to get hold of some of the very fine fly-fishing tippet line that is out there.

[amateur]

Coming along nicely. Those things on the reardeck are not vents: 

 

just staircases to the lower deck (at least, ghey are in the dutch Z1, that was designed and build after the first Z1 became v108)

 

Jan

Edited 59 minutes ago by amateur