Scharnhorst by greyhawk - Hachette - 1:200 - parts work

[greyhawk]

I was thinking of doing one half skinned and the other half showing internals.

[yvesvidal]

Back to the Scharnhorst..... 

 

For the Stuka and large planes, there is this site: http://www.largescaleplanes.com. These people do marvels, too.

 

Yves

 

[greyhawk]

Thanks for link Yves. 

[greyhawk]

Scharnhorst issue 30

Installed more brass on the middle decks structure to simulate netting. Also extended the areas between the curved sections with a grating and railings.

[greyhawk]

 

Scharnhorst 31

 

We're finishing up work on the middle deck structure for now by adding doors and air conditioning equipment to the walls. This is a step up from the Bismarck, where things were done the other way around. Doors were added first, then the walls were bent and the doors plinged off into oblivion.

 

We also get to make two rope drums.

 

Next time, we start planking the hull. No, really, we do.

[greyhawk]

Almost forgot it's Wednesday.

 

Scharnhorst issue 32

 

 

As announced we finally begin planking the middle of the hull with the 32 first planking strips. At 3mm width these are the slimmest planking strips I've ever used, making them both the easiest and most tedious to work with. Easy because it's really simple to have them follow the lines of the ship without watering or prebending. Also chamfering becomes unneccessary. On the other hand, you have to put down a lot more strips than usual.

 

Tall ship builders might be wondering why the strips are not layed down in a pattern. With the strength of the MDF hull skeleton theres no need to pattern for more stability and as the hull is made of steel plates in the original anyway we actually don't want a pattern of planks to show.

[popeye the sailor]

in most cases the way the hull is shaped,  will determine the width of the planking used.  the turn of the bilge {chines} is quite drastic on this ship,  so a narrow plank would be better suited.   you wouldn't be able to use a wider plank....it would look terrible.   you have double bulkheads......that will strengthen the joints.   perhaps you could purchase planking to continue....seems a pity that you can only go so far and stop.  will they supply plating to lay over the planking?

[greyhawk]

On 22.2.2018 at 5:58 PM, popeye the sailor said:

in most cases the way the hull is shaped,  will determine the width of the planking used.  the turn of the bilge {chines} is quite drastic on this ship,  so a narrow plank would be better suited.   you wouldn't be able to use a wider plank....it would look terrible.   you have double bulkheads......that will strengthen the joints.   perhaps you could purchase planking to continue....seems a pity that you can only go so far and stop.  will they supply plating to lay over the planking?

There will be a second layer of planking, then the whole thing will be practically doused in filler and sanded to perfection.

 

Scharnhorst Issue 33

When it comes to planking there are two very different groups present in the ship model building community. There's the ones like me, that find an almost meditative quality in the work involved and then there's the second larger group of ship builders that absolutely DESPISE planking getting increasingly annoyed at doing the same task over and over again with hardly any progress seen, oh God, why won't it END?

 

To accomodate the second group, this kit has sporadic intermissions where we do something different to break up the planking work a bit. Here's the first one already.

 

With this issue we clad the area around the drive shafts with preformed ABS parts. Like the stern and bow, this area would be very very hard to build out of wood. We also extend the keel a bit with a wood strip we received a few issues ago.

Edited February 28, 2018 by greyhawk

[greyhawk]

Scharnhorst issue 34

 

 

More planking on the middle hull section. This issue teaches us about the difference behaviour of wood strips on a flat surface versus a curved one.

[yvesvidal]

I would run to my hobby shop and get more wood to finish the planking. Your level of patience is commendable.

 

Yves

[popeye the sailor]

I said the same thing Yves......I wouldn't wait for them      I'm thinking you have the basics down.......go for it!     looks really good!

[greyhawk]

If this was my only project of this scope, then I'd probably run out and do this. As it is, this is only of several megaprojects, so I'm not going to run out of things to do soon

[greyhawk]

Most of my time is going into this beauty actually

[popeye the sailor]

there is no picture?!?!?!

[greyhawk]

Strange. Let's try this again

[CDW]

8 minutes ago, greyhawk said:

Strange. Let's try this again

 

 

4 hours ago, greyhawk said:

Most of my time is going into this beauty actually

I see both pictures quite nicely. 

[popeye the sailor]

is it the Sovereign of the sea?   looks very well done   

[greyhawk]

It's the Soleil Royal. Or at least she will be at some point.

 

[Everest]

For a wealth of information on the SCHARNHORST go to www.maritimequest and click on links on the title page.Some good stuff there.

[CDW]

27 minutes ago, Everest said:

For a wealth of information on the SCHARNHORST go to www.maritimequest and click on links on the title page.Some good stuff there.

Thanks for a great resource link.

 

[greyhawk]

Scharnhorst issue 35

 

Finishing up planking of the middle section of the hull, we learn how to cut strips to size so they will fit in gaps. Afterwards all the nails are pulled and the planked section is given a once over with sandpaper to smooth it.

 

We've reached the 25% landmark in the build, so it's time to have another look at the whole thing put together so far.

[popeye the sailor]

looks great so far   

[greyhawk]

Thanks popeye

 

Scharnhorst issue 36

 

 

We start planking the second section of the hull. Now that we know HOW planking is done, the instructions speed up things a bit and so we lay down about double the amount of strips then we did in the sessions before. 

[greyhawk]

Scharnhorst issue 37

Time for an intermission. We get to take a break from the planking marathon to fit a first batch of photo etch to the forward upper deck structures.

[greyhawk]

Scharnhorst issue 38

 

 

Closing up the second hull section. Nothing much to say about this really.

[popeye the sailor]

well...yes,  that more of the hull is now covered      gonna be sweet to see it completely covered!

[greyhawk]

Not too far off now. The entire hull (minus citadel armor) will be done by issue 43.

[CDW]

I love this model. If they offered the series here in the USA, would subscribe in a heartbeat. The planking looks great.

 

[greyhawk]

Scharnhorst issue 39

 

 

A big step ahead. We get to plank the entire third hull section. With about 110 strips layed down in the last two issues next weeks intermission is going to be quite welcome.

[greyhawk]

Scharnhorst issue 40

 

 

As announced we're taking a short break from planking. Instead the port side of the forward deck structure is kitted out with brass. As you can see fit is not perfect, but with a bit of filler this should close up nicely.