HMS Fife by Kevin - Fleetscale - 1/72 - County-class destroyer - SOLD

[popeye the sailor]

quite a ship...no doubt about it!  off to a very good start Kevin...fun project to follow along  

[Piet]

Caught up with your progress Kevin. She's beginning to look like a ship. Nice work.

 

Cheers,

[Kevin]

Stage 3 building the after superstructure in Plasticard

 

I purchased A4 and A5 sheets of card from Amazon/Ebay in 0.5mm, 0.75mm and 1mm

 

made a better light box by using a sheet of glass placed over a lamp

 

 

over the plans I layed a thin sheet of plastic and traced the plan lines onto it, this then also act as a floor 

 

I managed to obtain a few photos of the hanger internal details, as i want to display it with the hanger door open, i may also go for a few other bulkhead door to be open as i proceed so i am having to think ahead, plus i am having to think about where the wiring for the radars and lights be be going 

 

i actually spent a bit to much time playing with the hanger, she has an office and oil store opposite the hanger doors with sliding doors so i have tried to  create this, but still needs a lot of work to pass the rivet counters, from there it was quite easy to continue with the rest of the after superstructure at main deck level

 

office and oil store

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 22, 2017 by Kevin

[Old Collingwood]

Amazing work she is coming along superbly.

 

OC.

Edited August 22, 2017 by Old Collingwood

[Old Collingwood]

Did you see this guys build  

what he did with re building Warspite at such large scale is amazing.

 

 

OC.

[popeye the sailor]

such a nice start on the superstructure...looks really good !

[Kevin]

Good evening everyone, just mended my PC by putting a new power supply in, so i can make a post tonight 

 

not happy with my first attempt at the superstructure in Plasticard, so last weekend i started again, it is going together much better this time, the problem i am finding is that the plans, for the cost are well poor, i have found lots of mistakes, but the worst part is that some of the lines are as thick as the plastic i am using, so having to be very careful each each cut could be at least 1MM out
also references are not as plentiful as anticipated, on the forward end of the hanger by the doors there are lots of air vents/exhausts, and at present i am unable to work out haw the fit
thoroughly enjoying this,
Stbd side aft this is where the replenishment at sea rig (RAS) was fitted, but removed at some point around 1980

 

 

the offices located in the hanger are to tall, so will have to be adapted/replaced

aft of the hanger the RAS rig is the pillar on the right

this was created as one piece on the two previous attempts, worked out much better as a seperate module

 

 

the basics of the after mast has now been made, it is hollow too allow for a motor and wiring 

as off last night 

 

 

 

Edited September 5, 2017 by Kevin

[Kevin]

Hope i am not offending people, im just trying to show certain areas where i am currently working

[Piet]

Nice progress Kevin, glad your retry is working out better. Please, no apology required on my part. This clarifies where you are in the build.

 

Cheers,

[popeye the sailor]

comparing the picture above with this one,  it appears that the hangars are too far back.   they should be flush with the aft section of the structure,  and appear more boxy.   is there a port side outer wall that you haven't added yet?   no offence either......always good to know where you are with your project.   it is from that picture though,  that I see this.......perhaps something you haven't though of yet

[Kevin]

2 hours ago, popeye the sailor said:

comparing the picture above with this one,  it appears that the hangars are too far back.   they should be flush with the aft section of the structure,  and appear more boxy.   is there a port side outer wall that you haven't added yet?   no offence either......always good to know where you are with your project.   it is from that picture though,  that I see this.......perhaps something you haven't though of yet

good evening popeye

thank you for pointing the out of sequence photo, 

the hanger door has still to be made and i have added a photo of version 1 (in card) and version 2 which is being remade 

[Kevin]

Popeye

this is not my build, but hoping to show you the basic shape from aft you have the radar complex then the hanger which opens out before the after funnel

[KeithAug]

23 hours ago, Kevin said:

the problem i am finding is that the plans, for the cost are well poor, i have found lots of mistakes

Kevin - are they Jecobin plans? I built a type 22 to their plans but supplemented them with a lot of photographs.

I built the superstructure from 1/32 thick plywood - it has a deal more stiffness than plasticard.  Here's my type 22 for interest.

I'm enjoying your build, its coming along well.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 5, 2017 by KeithAug

[Kevin]

Lovely work keith, have i seen this build on the Fleetscale forum?

 

[KeithAug]

Kevin - its my age, I of course meant type 22. I have never used fleet scale plans but I did find Jecobin to be generally fine. Not sure why it would be on the fleet scale forum - but anything seems possible in this virtual world.

[Kevin]

1 minute ago, KeithAug said:

Kevin - its my age, I of course meant type 22. I have never used fleet scale plans but I did find Jecobin to be generally fine. Not sure why it would be on the fleet scale forum - but anything seems possible in this virtual world.

Sorry Keith I presumed it was a fleetscale hull, they have a lot of builds on their own forum, I am using Jecobin plans, 

[KeithAug]

Kevin - you can see more detail of my type 22 here - you may have to join to see it. http://modelwarshipsuk.informe.com/forum/post41038.html?hilit=hms cornwall#p41038

 

Modelwarshipuk is a pretty good site for Royal Navy warships.

[Kevin]

1 minute ago, KeithAug said:

Kevin - you can see more detail of my type 22 here - you may have to join to see it. http://modelwarshipsuk.informe.com/forum/post41038.html?hilit=hms cornwall#p41038

 

Modelwarshipuk is a pretty good site for Royal Navy warships.

lol I knew I had seen it before - just the wrong forum Thank you

[popeye the sailor]

yup.....that's what I figured Kevin........the first progress picture was what I was thinking of     you hadn't made that port side wall yet.  I didn't want to comment...but my curiosity got the best of me.   that will make for some really neat detail inside.  

[Kevin]

4 hours ago, popeye the sailor said:

yup.....that's what I figured Kevin........the first progress picture was what I was thinking of     you hadn't made that port side wall yet.  I didn't want to comment...but my curiosity got the best of me.   that will make for some really neat detail inside.  

looks like there will be a bit of artist licence in the detailing but I have managed to source these few snaps

[Dan Vadas]

Wow she's a Biggie Kevin - makes my 1.3m Bismarck look tiny . I'll be following this build with a lot of interest.

 

  Danny

[popeye the sailor]

amazing how they can get the helo in and out of there    you've shown two possible ways to detail it out......either way,  there's a lot to the interior.   my son found me a 1:400 Heller kit of the Jeanne D'Arc.   the kit comes with four Helicopters.   have you found any helicopter kits that will fit the scale of your vessel?   lots of ducting,  the shelf/rack at the fore end and the rotor rack above.   the model pictures look great.......but they forgot the no smoking sign  

 

you have your work cut out for you  .....I'm sure you'll do a stunning job of it!  

[yvesvidal]

1/72nd helicopter kits should be easy to find. Airfix has a bunch of them and it is the most used scale for aircrafts.

 

Yves

[Kevin]

one of the reasons for picking the 1/72 version over the smaller 1/96 was the availability of the wessex HAS3 Falklands Helo 

http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234983812-westland-wessex-has3-falklands-war-172-italeri/

 

[popeye the sailor]

cool looking helo.......what year are you planning on the Fife?    back in 1987 the flight deck was enlarged so it could carry two helos.   

[Kevin]

Popeye she was heavenly converted after being sold to Chile and renamed

The Royal navys idea of the side entry hanger, was quite silly, and the conversion allowed her two helo, it was the Seaslug system that dictated the design this had become very outdated very fast

the top photo is how she was when i served on her with the Exocet system fitted where B turret used to be

 

before

After

Edited September 8, 2017 by Kevin

[Kevin]

Good evening everyone 

 

the hanger idea did not work for me, when the door is cut the whole superstructure became to flexible, so back to the drawing board

the solution I came up with was to make an internal hanger to fit inside the main body

this has firm everything up and it is removable 

helicopter arrived

 

[Kevin]

the office has been remade (3rd or 4th time) most likely the 10th 

just one door and put a desk inside not that you will ever see it 

and then put a platform in, to see if it looks in scale i taped some of the helo together  

[Kevin]

today i detailed a few bits, very much artistic licence, but if the rivet counters want to pick me up, LOL it means they have a photo, that being the case I will  change it 

[cog]

Great work Kevin. I like the the way you are trying things out ... nice take on the "insert" hanger.