HMAS Vendetta 1925 by cog, popeye the sailor, and RGL - FINISHED - Showcase Models -1/350 - PLASTIC

[lmagna]

50 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:

I think I need a bigger boat

That would just mean you would have to install more PE Denis!

[cog]

Denis, try to add the piece of railing with a piece of copper wire from either an electric appliance, or cat 5 (internet) cable.

 

When I see what you did and still do on ships/boats than you cannot get licked by some PE

[popeye the sailor]

Awe heck.......I have all that PE.......I'll think of something     icky mae    no worries Carl

 

yes Lou.......but the PE would be bigger   

[Kevin]

lol why do i pick kits that take me years to do, and you finish a group build while i mess around doing some planking

[cog]

1 hour ago, popeye the sailor said:

Awe heck.......I have all that PE.......I'll think of something     icky mae    no worries Carl

 

yes Lou.......but the PE would be bigger   

Bling bling for in the X-mas tree

 

1 hour ago, Kevin said:

lol why do i pick kits that take me years to do, and you finish a group build while i mess around doing some planking

At least you are planking! We only plant some PE ...

[lmagna]

3 hours ago, popeye the sailor said:

but the PE would be bigger

Not unless the scale was bigger or the item on the ship was bigger! You are doing fine, by the time you are done it will be old hat.

[src]

Hang in there Dennis, it will come to you. We have all seen what you have done with your other builds. I do want to know though, where did you get those Ginormous clothespins??? I could use those in my day job!.

Sam

[popeye the sailor]

thanks all.........I just spent 20 mins looking for a paravane!    I had it in my tweezers.........and then.......*poof*......it was gone!   I thought it got into Gibb's fur {he was laying in his favorite spot},  but no.   found it a foot or so away from my desk on the carpet.   the same thing happened to the machine gun that sits on a platform.   I had broken the barrel,  trying to trim away the sprue leaving,  and was gluing it back on,  when it too took a fly.  I though it was a gonner too,  but I found it.   hard to keep track of all these small parts.  the admiral says that she's beginning to see a pattern here 

 

just run of the mill clothespins Sam........must be that the parts make them look bigger than they really are    

[popeye the sailor]

not too much to report here........just that all six of the paravanes got their front fins cemented on.

that's the machine gun.......sick huh!?!?!   well......I ended up doing a barrel-ectomy on it.......cut the damaged barrel off and replaced it with something else {not sure what it was,  but it works.   I also did the modifications to the torpedo launchers......removed the railing on the platforms and fudged in another type of railing.  I'll show them when I get them painted.  I should have some sort of update up soon.

[cog]

An update will do Denis, "somesort" ... plain will be fine

[popeye the sailor]

then I shall deliver Carl..............the update....not Carl   {he knows where he is}.

 

so anyway........the repaired torpedo launcher platforms.   glad that I have the hood PE

...and painted.......

I assembled the life boats.....they still need more paint.

in the background,  you can see the machine gun platform.   odd turn of events........I though I had used the correct PE on the search light tower.....it seems that I was mistaken.   so I'm using a piece of the railings from the hood PE to enclose it.  that should get me out of hot water.   I added more parts to the four big guns.......a couple more and I can paint them too.  hope you can make it out OK,  but there is the repaired machine gun in it's pivot

still lots more to do........if I get any further,  I'll post it   

[Jack12477]

4 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:

  {he knows where he is}.

You sure about that, Denis!  

 

Nice work !

[lmagna]

56 minutes ago, Jack12477 said:

You sure about that, Denis!

[cog]

Nice saves, Denis. As you see, you'll be needing some additional PE ... strictly a kit bound set doesn't work ... Progressing steadily!

[popeye the sailor]

yepper Carl.......I'm not sorry I bought the extra PE.   it is nice though that kits are starting to include it.  it can be problematic to find it separately.   case in point is the Arizona.......to look at it,  it's a very bland kit.   the price of the kit isn't bad,  but one can see where they cut a lot of corners.  the railings are molded on the hull, which is probably the biggest let down.  I've already bought a PE set for it......but I have a sneaking suspicion that the railing aren't included......I may have to find another set do a complete upgrade.   the set I ordered will address the catapults and cranes........they are two aspects that look really fake.   solid plastic with molded detail.......they look terrible.......I hope to address more with the kit.   

 

I do thank you two for inviting me to explore PE and it's benefits....as with everything else,  I will get comfortable with it sooner or later.  even though the Arizona is a larger model,  I see I'll have to purchase one or two more of these 1:350 kits to use it up      I am surprised with how many kits are out there.

 

thanks Jack and lou for your comments.....and thanks to those who hit the like button.

[cog]

Denis,

You can find railings in PE for USN ships, or RN, etc. You can also buy stanchions in PE or metal and thread them yourself (like I did on the O16 build here), and Greg did on Yamato and a few others of his Japanese home fleet. The railing you can do with either very thin copper/brass wire, or thread, e.g. like I used on the Vendetta for the rigging ... you shall certainly work something out to make the Arizona shine, like she should and not be a cheap lookng model

[popeye the sailor]

I've seen them.......figured I could get the complete set in one fal swoop    if you saw the kit......that's exactly what you would think......cheap.  most model manufacturers put their logo on the inside of parts {like the hull}........the kit was produced in China........they have it on the outside of the stern >YECH<....so I will need to remove it.......   but this will b covered in the log,  when I get to it  

 

I will do my best not to make visits here 'in vain' Carl........getting through these sub assemblies and detailing them is taking an amazing amount of time.   once I get them all together,  putting them all on at once will fast forward the project.   I started way later than you guys too....that didn't help.   I cemented the pedestal legs on the machine gun platform.....I figured I'd wait to trim the sprue marks,  until the glue has set.

now that the torpedo launchers are painted and done,  they were cemented on the ship.  I noticed the forward one is a little off.....it was adjusted after the picture was taken  

the hood-like top was also cemented in place......to be painted after it dries.   the stand was painted and the name plate was attached during a prior session.  I have been painting some of the other parts,  like the ship's boats and deck tops.

....even the deck top of the machine gun platform.

the boats and the paravanes were painted.......the bottoms of the boats first,  and then stuck on sticky tape to paint the rest of them.

I notice that there are more davits,  than shown in the booklet..........since there were two 'C' sprue panels,  I'm sure that these are extras.   not all the ship's boats will be used either.   in the case of car models,  I usually relish saving spare parts {for customizing other car models}....... I will likely save these parts too.  they are painted as well

now to trim the platform........if need be,  I can reinforce the pedestals with gussets or a form of bracing.........I have quite a bit of spare PE to work with.

looks like I'll have to straighten the gun barrel on the machine gun again........painted a light gray.

 

[CDW]

You're doing great Popeye. Enjoy the journey, you're not in a race.

 

[cog]

Good progress Denis. You could paint the forwar gun dark grey, even both, when you look at the run of your camouflage. I replaced the "peddestal legs" with brass rod. Nice an strong, even at 0.3mm

[lmagna]

Nice work Denis. I like the way you dealt with big fingers/small parts by leaving them on the sprue until done. 

[popeye the sailor]

I do that even with the larger kits as well Lou........easier to hold if there are more than a couple of colors    I'm painting some of the parts in gunship gray.....that's a good idea Carl,  for when I do the structures.   yea......I went with the plastic pedestal parts....I thought it would be easier.  I have them trimmed fairly well,  but broke a few in the process.  I just glued them back on.   now for the masts,  I will do them in rod......I started to work with the plastic parts and saw how flimsy they were.  Am I correct in my assumption of the davits and the ship's boats?  anyway.......did a little bit this morning.......splitting time with the Nordzee.  got to run errands......but I'll be back  

 

thanks Carl,  Lou,  and CDW for the good word....thanks to all who hit the like button as well  

[cog]

although assumption is the mother of all FUs, you are right. only two sets my friend. That has got to do with the way they set up their spues, as little deviation as possible ...

Edited June 29, 2018 by cog

[popeye the sailor]

I'm gonna try and push this along.......you two are flying!  Greg's ship chop shop is in business,  and Carl is off planning to build his steel armada.  

 

so I did as much trimming as I could on the machine gun platform........said that's it and painted it.   according to the instructions,  the machine gun and the pivot is supposed to sit on this cone like part.   in cementing it in place,  I saw that it was too high...grrrrr.   it wasn't dry.....I had just done it,  so I took it off and chopped off the cone.   fits much better now.   the camera make the platform look terrible,  but to the naked eye {weird phrase}.....it looks OK.

the aft structure had two rod like parts cemented through it.  bit of trouble,  but of no consequence,  they are in place.   I did the camo for the structure,  but of course I'm dyslexic.....I did the wrong side.  I made the correction and left it at that.   there are some ladders that will go on next.

in the pictures,  you can see the start of the main mast.  I still have to cement on the yards,  so it's a work in progress..........gee,  just like the model     

I would have had the search light and tower in place too......but I spent a lot of time locating the search light.  yup.......popped out of the tweezers while trying to cement on the PE bracket.  fearing the worst,  since I didn't find it right away,  I expanded the search,  covering most of the computer room carpet.  I was near giving up........thinking about the diameter of the kit sprue...when I saw it.  it had never left the table........int landed on the tape that I have the ship's boats stuck to!  I felt like an idiot!  meanwhile,  the admiral is shaking her head.   so the search light is back in the tweezers............I know what your think'in........not to worry,  in cementing the stand to it,  CA got on the tweezers {it's glued to the tweezers}    I'm using one of the yards from the mast,  since they will not be used.  kind of a odd picture that don't show much,  other than to let you know that I have the part.  won't lose it again  >icky mae<

thanks for look'in in   

[lmagna]

Hi Denis

 

Great job as usual. Are you sure you don't want to borrow some of my ship yard Minions to help with your build? They screw up work cheap!

[RGL]

The hours we spend looking for ‘that’ piece! 

[CDW]

Have you started cussin' yet? Those parts flying all over the room are enough to make a preacher cuss.

[cog]

3 hours ago, RGL said:

The hours we spend looking for ‘that’ piece! 

Not to mention the pieces to go with that piece

 

2 hours ago, CDW said:

Have you started cussin' yet? Those parts flying all over the room are enough to make a preacher cuss.

He never stopped since he started!!! Mainly Greg and me ... or was that cursing ....?

 

Denis, we have a proverb: An accident sits in a small corner ... perhaps your tape is just that corner  I didn't tell you this, because I don't want anybody to know, but I can't count the times I've been inspecting the floor on hand and knees with a flashlight in my hands, even with a building lamp on the side to get that damned illusive piece ... especially the brass parts are a pain when they jump, you see them flying one way, and you find them in the opposite direction ... i.e. if you find them at all!!!

 

Nice save mate, but don't cut your efforts short, give the other side a brush of paint as you planned! It's not a competition, We want you to do good!!! Even with an admiral shaking her head ... be glad your little friend doesn't laugh behind his paw ...

[CDW]

31 minutes ago, cog said:

Not to mention the pieces to go with that piece

 

He never stopped since he started!!! Mainly Greg and me ... or was that cursing ....?

 

You curse, I cuss.

With my best southern drawl, it's pronounced "cuss". The "r" is silent.

 

[Old Collingwood]

On 29/06/2018 at 4:40 PM, lmagna said:

Nice work Denis. I like the way you dealt with big fingers/small parts by leaving them on the sprue until done. 

I agree with lou - great idea helps to get a better grip for close in painting.

 

OC.

[popeye the sailor]

thanks gents........and thanks for the likes.   I'm generally fairly mild........frustration goes with getting the part in the right place.......then I'm all smiles     if I recall,  I've thrown in the towel on one model,  through my entire model building life.   it was a Russian model - ICM....a Bomber.  to laughable to even consider assembling.   I have considered buying another one.......just can't live with the defeat........dunno,  maybe some day   

 

so far,  I haven't lost any parts.......ruined a few bits of PE,  but I have the hood PE to fall back onto    we're in for our first heat wave.......I've made it through the first day.......hope I don't turn into a bowl of mush by the end of the work week!

 

I'm OK Carl.......did you catch my humor?