RCN H-class destroyer by cog - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/350 - PLASTIC

[lmagna]

Sorry about your loss Carl. Hopefully time will make it easier.

[popeye the sailor]

condolences my friend..sounds like it was unexpected and sudden  

[Canute]

My condolences, Carl.  Any changes like that are always tough.

[RGL]

Sorry to hear mate, stay distracted 

[popeye the sailor]

nice!   he's probably 'threading' the railings right now

[Old Collingwood]

3 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:

nice!   he's probably 'threading' the railings right now

Another genious with xray vision  - some days I have trouble finding my boat sitting on the sideboard,  then I put my glasses on and it comes into focus but still a slight blur.

 

OC.

[mtaylor]

3 hours ago, cog said:

Thanks Jack, OC. Part of life one might say, nevertheless it doesn't make it any easier ...

Sorry to hear about your Uncle, Carl. I do agree that it's never easy.  

[cog]

Thank you Lou, Denis, Ken, Greg, Chris, and Mark. It's always good to come back here amongst friends!! In that respect people at MSW are unique ... so far I haven't seen that anywhere else ...

 

Denis, nope, not yet threading, I had another superstructure to pre drill ... so far I wasted 4 bits on fourty holes ... that will be fun when it comes the real work foc'sle, and deck ... probably need to restock on bits ... and as for keeping distracted, Greg, I've got some fun work today ... writing a script to convert the Lambert72 coordinates to WSG84 (or EPSG:4326 to EPSG:31370) and vice versa ... in short convert Lattitude Longitude to the Belgium datum and back ... if any time remains ... railings on the for'ard superstructure, and finishing the bridge with, some say, necessary atributes ... weathering the deck round B turret, and I found some railing from Eduard, which I can apply after cutting as a handrail on both sides of the superstructures, still a lot of work to be done gents, I for one will certainly have my share of distraction.

 

Cheers

[RGL]

Whatever you said about converting script lost me completely. With you language skills I’m sure you’ll figure it out. 

 

Welcome to my world of breaking drill bits. Once you start you will never go back. 

[cog]

That's more for cartographers, geo-nerds

 

You're hooked you mean. Probably because of all the little bits that are still anchored in the build ...

[Canute]

I seem to need a standing order with my drill bit retailer. Just got another dozen #78 drill bits. They're 0.016 in/.44mm diameter. Launched a few into Nevernever Land and left two embedded in resin parts I was drilling. Digging them out was a pain in the you know where. Carbide drills are too brittle for me to hand drill; use High Speed Steel ones.

 

Different map projections; yeah, too esoteric for here. I'm a trained navigator, so I learned it many years ago.

[lmagna]

I think I understood Longitude, Latitude, and Belgium. Outside of that was a complete mystery, Might as well be a foreign language.

[cog]

Ken,

Thought you should know, considering your stay in Europe ... not much esoteric about, but mostly over complicated. A single system would be nice for a change ... but hey, why do it the easy way, when you can do it the hard one ...

 

Lou,

As far as I'm concerned it is a foreign language ... the only problem ... my boss wants me to speak it

Edited September 23, 2018 by cog

[cog]

The non build issue kept me more distracted than the build ... still managed to do a few more stanchions ... ruler for size ...

 

 

on the right side which is the for'ard of the structure, there will be two 2pdr pom-poms at the X turret a 4" (102 mm)/45 Mk.16 twin guns. I've ordered the pom-poms, though I have to make them single units myself (took something rather big to chew on, despite it's size that is) at the upper structure I still need to find out what to "install", but I'll get there in the end. I need to make a fixed railing on the top, whilst the lower stanchions had a cable as top. If I can't manage to make the single pom-poms work, I may switch to oerlikons as those have been part of her armament at one time ...

[lmagna]

4 hours ago, cog said:

the only problem ... my boss wants me to speak it

And write it apparently! Fluently.

[cog]

3 hours ago, lmagna said:

And write it apparently! Fluently.

Ah, yes ... apparently ... appearances deceive, Lou ... having no navigational skills, for what's driving a car ... even without navigational software, it is hard to turn your hand to it

 

Thank you for the likes gents, as always very much appreciated

Edited September 24, 2018 by cog

[cog]

In between work, garage cleaning, garden chores, cooking, and all the other usefull activities we endeavour,  I managed to squeeze some modelling. Some wobbly handrails on both structures (to be painted as goes for the other minor additions), an antenna at each side of the bridge, port and starboard lights, the canopy structure on the bridge, gave the guns their final colour, and closed two of the guns with a trapaulin (tissue works great) against rough weather ... leaves me another two

 

[cog]

Snipped the plastic handrails of and replaced them with brass, started on the wire for the stanchions (EZ Line fine version)

 

 

[RGL]

It’s amazing how time just evaporates when you try and get the end of rubber rope into a metal hole, like a marshmallow into a coin slot! 

[cog]

I'm just glad my metal hole isn't a hole  It's a mere indentation on the stanchion ... and as you will know by the scale ... hardly visible at all, even with a visor ... and yes ... time just vanishes into thin air ... as Tommy would say. I'm getting quite good at it you know ... I can do an inch in about an hours time must be a record of some sort ... glad I can practise on something small like a superstructure. The stanchions on the deck's edges will be even more fun

Edited October 3, 2018 by cog

[Old Collingwood]

15 minutes ago, cog said:

I'm just glad my metal hole isn't a hole  It's a mere indentation on the stanchion ... and as you will know by the scale ... hardly visible at all, even with a visor ... and yes ... time just vanishes into thin air ... as Tommy would say. I'm getting quite good at it you know ... I can do an inch in about an hours time must be a record of some sort ... glad I can practise on something small like a superstructure. The stanchions on the deck's edges will be even more fun

I thought railings were hard enough😦

 

OC.

[cog]

6 hours ago, Old Collingwood said:

I thought railings were hard enough😦

 

OC.

Depends on what your interpretation of "railing" is ... and the way you build it ... I thought about doing it the easy way, you know, cut some railing resembling brass from a sheet, and stick it on the ship ... but why should I do that if I can accomplish, a probably lesser result, the hard way ... it is all about agony right ... 

[channell]

Looks like you made the appropriate blood sacrifices to the tiny drill gods...  😋

[cog]

1 hour ago, channell said:

Looks like you made the appropriate blood sacrifices to the tiny drill gods...  😋

Quite so. Already ordered a few more boxes to ascertain a steady flow of drill bits to the waste basket

[Canute]

Finally dawned on me to limit using carbide drills. I've sent way too many into Never Never Land. High speed steel drills work.

[cog]

I have to "waste" quite a few carbide drils for a single high speed steel one ... besides ... haven't found a supplier nearby as yet ... for the steel ones.

[popeye the sailor]

so this is what you do,  beside moving the equator and creating Bermuda triangles?!?!  I just got a new set of bits myself...as soon as they hit the table,  I'm on the look out for more.....I know what will happen......sooner or later  

 

...and I thought I had patience.......does it come with the bits?   look'in good though! 

[cog]

Thanks for the likes gents, gives a bit of energy ...

 

1 hour ago, popeye the sailor said:

...and I thought I had patience.......does it come with the bits?   look'in good though! 

Patience ... nope ... I've been looking at you building a lot but mainly because I'm tired of working 

 

Thanks for the vote of confidence

[ESF]

Carl,

Just checking in for the first time.  I'm sorry for your loss.  I've had parents, relatives and friends pass fast and slow, and it's never easy, but I take comfort that their spirits are alive and well and with us always.

 

Back to boats.  The build looks great.  I'm particularly interested in railings with separate stanchions since that will be a big part of the Vance build.  Have you had any experience with a technique called heat sinking for the stanchion installation, in lieu of drilling and gluing?  The kit manufacturer describes it as holding a soldering iron tip to the side of the PE stanchion, while gripping the stanchion with tweezers.  Supposedly the stanchion gets hot enough to melt the plastic as you push it down.  I have no idea whether it works, or if it would scorch a previously painted deck.

 

Thank you

 

Steve

[cog]

Steve,

Welcome aboard. Glad you found my hidden build. I take comfort in the knowledge those passed have a ball (somewhere) with ones they love. Thanks for your support in this

 

Ships most would call them here ...  back to the plastic tubs ... I know of it, but I'm afraid my stanchions would incinerate at the size they are 0.16" high, width ... 0.04". If I heat it, I will probablynot be able to press it in the plastic, for it would bend to easily. Besides I have painted the deck in it's final colour as I need to put on furniture before I add the stanchions. I don't think the particular cheap plastic furniture likes the touch of a red hot stanchion ... I think it could work on a 1/200 or larger build though ...

 

The scorching of the deck depends largely on the heat you need to apply to press the stanchion in without breaking or bending it, and furthermore the resistance of the paint to heat. I would suggest to test it. You will certainly have a piece of your build's plastic left and you can try it on bare, and painted plastic. It should be faster if you get it to work, for strength I can't say, as I use CA

 

Cheers