RGL Posted July 12, 2018 Author Share #121 Posted July 12, 2018 Sigh, to prove a point that Pontos did not use the KVG for their KVG upgrade, the bridge piece is s not the same. I’m about cross eyed from the wind deflectors. It is easier to break the piece apart and instead of a 1 piece requiring 15 bends, it’s 5 pieces requiring about 3 bends each. As you can see i had to use a razor saw on the flybridge to get the side panels on. The Instructions say this piece is flat. Piet, Dubz, popeye the sailor and 12 others 15 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted July 12, 2018 Author Share #122 Posted July 12, 2018 Now it feels like I’ve done a lot on this ship, until I do a dryfit harvey1847, mtaylor, Piet and 16 others 19 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted July 12, 2018 Share #123 Posted July 12, 2018 The chinese make it look easy at Pontos - must be thier small fingers. OC. lmagna, popeye the sailor, Jack12477 and 5 others 8 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDW Posted July 12, 2018 Share #124 Posted July 12, 2018 This brings back memories. mtaylor, Piet, popeye the sailor and 5 others 8 Quote Completed Projects: USS Fletcher 1:144 Scharnhorst 1:350 USS Independence LCS-2 1:350 1:32 J7W1 Shinden Interceptor/Fighter Fairey Swordfish Mk. II 1:48 Harbor Tug Box Scale Albatros D.V 1:32 Ala-Kart 1:25 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder 1:24 S-100 Schnellboot 1:72 Mercury Capsule and Atlas Booster BR-52 Steam Locomotive 1:35 Triumph 3 HW Motorcycle 1:9 Scale F-16XL-2 Experimental Fighter Bomber 1:48 Rafale 1:48 F-15E Strike Eagle 1:48 Petlyakov PE-2 Soviet Dive Bomber 1:48 TBM3 Avenger 1:32 1931 Cadillac 1:25 Scammell Pioneer SV2S Heavy Breakdown Tractor 1:35 M-50 Israeli Sherman 1:35 Military Wrecker 1:32 Delahaye 135 1:24 Toyota Sard Supra GT 1:24 Enzo Ferrari 1:24 1970 Baldwin Motion Camaro 1:25 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 Stock Car 1:25 American LaFrance Eagle Fire Pumper 1:25 1940 Ford Standard Coupe 1:25 VolksWagen Dragster/Dune Buggy/Street Rod 1:25 Kawasaki Ninja H2 Carbon 1:12 Porsche GT-1 Evo 1:24 Scharnhorst 1940 1:700 IJN Akitsushima Seaplane Tender 1:700 HMS Hood 1941 1:700 Prinz Eugen 1942 1:700 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BANYAN Posted July 12, 2018 Share #125 Posted July 12, 2018 You have certainly mastered the manipulation of PE Greg; looks great! That shot of the dry fit sure shows how much detail was on these beasts. A wonder you don't get RSI from all that PE folding. cheers Pat Canute, Piet, mtaylor and 4 others 7 Quote If at first you do not suceed, try, and then try again!Current build: HMCSS Victoria (Scratch) Next build: HMAS Vampire (3D printed resin, scratch 1:350) Built: Battle Station (Scratch) and HM Bark Endeavour 1768 (kit 1:64) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted July 12, 2018 Author Share #126 Posted July 12, 2018 OC, they’re Korean Banyan, the eyes start to cross and the concentration just goes completely which just means you have to stop. Piet, Old Collingwood, Jack12477 and 5 others 8 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cog Posted July 12, 2018 Share #127 Posted July 12, 2018 Pat, he gets HSI, and ESI At least you got value for money, Greg, kept you busy for quite a while ... See you got rid of that humongous signature too, I hated the thing, every build meant I had to update. I know what I build, it shows (or not, depending on the quality, so very little shows) popeye the sailor, Old Collingwood, Canute and 4 others 7 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted July 12, 2018 Author Share #128 Posted July 12, 2018 Secondary guns, easiest thing so far Old Collingwood, cog, Dubz and 13 others 16 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye the sailor Posted July 12, 2018 Share #129 Posted July 12, 2018 amazing the amount of PE that went into these two structures so far. looks great so far Greg really nice the way you boxed off that bridge part. judging from all the PE scattered around........your amassing quite a stock pile. super job so far! Piet, Canute, lmagna and 4 others 7 Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cog Posted July 12, 2018 Share #130 Posted July 12, 2018 46 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said: your amassing quite a stock pile I think his house will fall apart when you yell "P EEEEE" Mine starts to look a lot like that ... popeye the sailor, Jack12477, Piet and 4 others 7 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye the sailor Posted July 12, 2018 Share #131 Posted July 12, 2018 you probably have a good amount as well. have you done anything more with that IJN ship you were working on? Old Collingwood, mtaylor, Piet and 3 others 6 Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cog Posted July 12, 2018 Share #132 Posted July 12, 2018 yes, but not worth an update mtaylor, Jack12477, Piet and 5 others 8 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted July 13, 2018 Author Share #133 Posted July 13, 2018 Octtuplet 20mm cannons. Over a day’s work to do 6 of them, individual barrels, ammo cans, brass and resin. I wanted to do these up first to see how they fit on top of the main and secondary guns to measure up the railing stanchions that go on top of them. You can see the three piece gun in the centre is just no comparison Jack12477, Landrotten Highlander, cog and 9 others 12 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted July 13, 2018 Share #134 Posted July 13, 2018 7 minutes ago, RGL said: Octtuplet 20mm cannons. Over a day’s work to do 6 of them, individual barrels, ammo cans, brass and resin. I wanted to do these up first to see how they fit on top of the main and secondary guns to measure up the railing stanchions that go on top of them. You can see the three piece gun in the centre is just no comparison Those are Superb greg, I have them on my warpy kit in the pontos set. OC. popeye the sailor, lmagna, Canute and 7 others 10 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canute Posted July 14, 2018 Share #135 Posted July 14, 2018 Jewels versus tinker toys with those 8 x 20mm cannon. Cross-eyed yet? Piet, lmagna, Jack12477 and 3 others 6 Quote Ken Started: MS Bounty Longboat, On Hold: Heinkel USS Choctaw paper Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1 Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section Member Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted July 14, 2018 Author Share #136 Posted July 14, 2018 And a bit shaky lmagna, Piet, Canute and 3 others 6 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted July 14, 2018 Share #137 Posted July 14, 2018 5 minutes ago, RGL said: And a bit shaky You need some rum. OC. Canute, Piet, mtaylor and 3 others 6 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted July 14, 2018 Author Share #138 Posted July 14, 2018 Bit early, maybe tonight Canute, mtaylor, popeye the sailor and 5 others 8 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted July 14, 2018 Author Share #139 Posted July 14, 2018 The main guns. As you can see from the reference there are multiple panels on the rear of the turrets, I imagine, for servicing. The kit and Pontos makes no reference to them at all. I have Soo many spare IJN ammo boxes I had an idea. harvey1847, Old Collingwood, Piet and 9 others 12 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted July 14, 2018 Author Share #140 Posted July 14, 2018 So Pontos barrels and ladders, handrail stanchions will be added after painting to keep them very fine. Pilot holes drilled, 1 unbroken.3mm left..... The A turret is simple, just needs some stanchions added for handrails, I added a hatch on top, and some windows at the front of the range finders. The B and Y turrets will have 20mms on them. Pontos gives you the option of the ‘’as Built” useless rockets for the ‘41 version. I trimmed off the blobs on top on top that were proporting to be ammo boxes which I’ll replace later. The back of the turrets have access hatches added. Masts and cranes to go as major build pieces. hexnut, Piet, Canute and 10 others 13 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cog Posted July 14, 2018 Share #141 Posted July 14, 2018 6 hours ago, RGL said: You can see the three piece gun in the centre is just no comparison Aye, so much better ... 1 hour ago, RGL said: I have Soo many spare IJN ammo boxes I had an idea. Eureka ... that happens once every while ... You have made some great progress blinging things up. When you look at it, the barrels are not really a challenge, neither a vast improvement, but the additional, undelivered pieces, e.g. the hatches at the back of the turrets, you use, to finish it,make it complete ... the cherry on the pie. Marvelous Jack12477, Piet, Canute and 4 others 7 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share #142 Posted July 15, 2018 Today’s effort, the fore mast. These things are always a pain to build. I added the type 293 radar to it which used to sit between the forward secondary gun directors. The little radio room is not glued in yet (none of it is for ease of painting, so there needs to be several more ladders s added later plus more rigging. Landrotten Highlander, lmagna, pjofc4 and 14 others 17 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDW Posted July 15, 2018 Share #143 Posted July 15, 2018 Real nice job on that mast, Greg. It's a tough one to do. mtaylor, Old Collingwood, Canute and 5 others 8 Quote Completed Projects: USS Fletcher 1:144 Scharnhorst 1:350 USS Independence LCS-2 1:350 1:32 J7W1 Shinden Interceptor/Fighter Fairey Swordfish Mk. II 1:48 Harbor Tug Box Scale Albatros D.V 1:32 Ala-Kart 1:25 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder 1:24 S-100 Schnellboot 1:72 Mercury Capsule and Atlas Booster BR-52 Steam Locomotive 1:35 Triumph 3 HW Motorcycle 1:9 Scale F-16XL-2 Experimental Fighter Bomber 1:48 Rafale 1:48 F-15E Strike Eagle 1:48 Petlyakov PE-2 Soviet Dive Bomber 1:48 TBM3 Avenger 1:32 1931 Cadillac 1:25 Scammell Pioneer SV2S Heavy Breakdown Tractor 1:35 M-50 Israeli Sherman 1:35 Military Wrecker 1:32 Delahaye 135 1:24 Toyota Sard Supra GT 1:24 Enzo Ferrari 1:24 1970 Baldwin Motion Camaro 1:25 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 Stock Car 1:25 American LaFrance Eagle Fire Pumper 1:25 1940 Ford Standard Coupe 1:25 VolksWagen Dragster/Dune Buggy/Street Rod 1:25 Kawasaki Ninja H2 Carbon 1:12 Porsche GT-1 Evo 1:24 Scharnhorst 1940 1:700 IJN Akitsushima Seaplane Tender 1:700 HMS Hood 1941 1:700 Prinz Eugen 1942 1:700 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cog Posted July 15, 2018 Share #144 Posted July 15, 2018 1 hour ago, RGL said: Today’s effort, the fore mast. These things are always a pain to build Tell me about it ... often not just the fore mast, sometimes the rear as well. Despite the pain, it turned out rather well ... popeye the sailor, mtaylor, Piet and 4 others 7 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share #145 Posted July 15, 2018 Well, pain over, main mast done. 2 more main assemblies to do being the cranes. Canute, hexnut, BANYAN and 11 others 14 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted July 16, 2018 Author Share #146 Posted July 16, 2018 Ships cranes. Instructions tell you what the parts are and where they sit but not how to put the thing together. Just horrible. Not intuitive, not like the real thing either. I wanted them moveable but it just does not align properly, do doubt it’s my fault but instructions would have helped. A lot. Canute, Old Collingwood, lmagna and 11 others 14 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cog Posted July 16, 2018 Share #147 Posted July 16, 2018 Despite your frustrations, they look good. I wonder if you would be able to get them "fully" functional, since you would have needed a certain amount of friction which you do not really get with PE, or loose real fast. You can still make them twirl though ... RGL, Jack12477, popeye the sailor and 4 others 7 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piet Posted July 17, 2018 Share #148 Posted July 17, 2018 Real nice work Greg. That pe really makes a difference for detail. Cheers, cog, lmagna, popeye the sailor and 2 others 5 Quote Piet, The Flying Dutchman. "Your greatest asset is not the quantity of your friends , rather the quality of your friends." (old Chinese proverb) Current Builds: Hr. Ms. Java 1925-1942 VOC Ship Surabaya Planned Builds: Young America Diorama - scale 1:3000 Future Builds: KPM ship "MS Musi." Zuiderzee Botter - scale 1:25. VOC Jacht in a 6" lamp, Buginese fishing Prauw. Hr. Ms. Java - Royal Navy Netherlands Cruiser. Completed Builds: Hr. Ms. O16 Submarine Hr. Ms. O19 - Submarine Royal Navy Netherlands Ship Yard Diorama with Topsail schooner - Friendship Sloop Gwenfra Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack Golden Hind - Cutte Sark (both not in this forum) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDW Posted July 17, 2018 Share #149 Posted July 17, 2018 Can't recall exactly what I had to do because it's been more than a year since my DoY build, but I used fine wire as pins to hold the crane boom to the cab as well as the piece attached to the boom and all the pieces were movable including the swing pivot/shaft that went into the deck. If I remember correctly, I may have had to re drill the holes in the deck for those to fit. Is that where you had problems getting things lined up, Greg. At the deck? mtaylor, popeye the sailor and Old Collingwood 3 Quote Completed Projects: USS Fletcher 1:144 Scharnhorst 1:350 USS Independence LCS-2 1:350 1:32 J7W1 Shinden Interceptor/Fighter Fairey Swordfish Mk. II 1:48 Harbor Tug Box Scale Albatros D.V 1:32 Ala-Kart 1:25 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder 1:24 S-100 Schnellboot 1:72 Mercury Capsule and Atlas Booster BR-52 Steam Locomotive 1:35 Triumph 3 HW Motorcycle 1:9 Scale F-16XL-2 Experimental Fighter Bomber 1:48 Rafale 1:48 F-15E Strike Eagle 1:48 Petlyakov PE-2 Soviet Dive Bomber 1:48 TBM3 Avenger 1:32 1931 Cadillac 1:25 Scammell Pioneer SV2S Heavy Breakdown Tractor 1:35 M-50 Israeli Sherman 1:35 Military Wrecker 1:32 Delahaye 135 1:24 Toyota Sard Supra GT 1:24 Enzo Ferrari 1:24 1970 Baldwin Motion Camaro 1:25 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 Stock Car 1:25 American LaFrance Eagle Fire Pumper 1:25 1940 Ford Standard Coupe 1:25 VolksWagen Dragster/Dune Buggy/Street Rod 1:25 Kawasaki Ninja H2 Carbon 1:12 Porsche GT-1 Evo 1:24 Scharnhorst 1940 1:700 IJN Akitsushima Seaplane Tender 1:700 HMS Hood 1941 1:700 Prinz Eugen 1942 1:700 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted July 17, 2018 Author Share #150 Posted July 17, 2018 If it’s out by .5mm it’s all over. Does not matter, just wanted a bit of flexibility for what I have planned for the completed model. Anyways, I calculate it will suck up this many Carley Floats. Jack12477, Piet, Landrotten Highlander and 8 others 11 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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