Mosel 1872 by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Paper Shipwright - 1/250 - CARD - German Monitor

[Dan Vadas]

Hi all, here's a simple free download from Papershipwright of a German Monitor named Mosel. I'm building this while waiting for my next "real" model. It should only take me less than a week to build this one.

 

Work starts with the bottom of the hull. This is a Waterline model, which simplifies everything a lot . There are five tabs on either side in the almost straight midsection :

 

The internal bulkheads were fitted next :

 

Then the three decks were laminated to 0.3mm card and fitted to the hull :

 

Next the model was attached to a piece of heavy card as a "building board" using double-sided tape, and the sides were fitted. The support struts were rather flimsy until I glued a second piece inside them :

 

I've made the Turret "turnable" :

 

So far it's taken me 3 days to get to this stage.

 

Danny

[cog]

31 minutes ago, Dan Vadas said:

So far it's taken me 3 days to get to this stage.

Your getting old mate ... you used to finish a model in that time frame ... I see you are back to your usual high standards ...

[amateur]

You glue quicker than I can read

 

Jan

[Dan Vadas]

Believe it or not - I've finished this boat already . That only took 4 1/2 days.

 

There are extra hatch covers which can be glued to the deck to make them look more realistic than simple printing :

 

The bridge had some rather flimsy legs, but it all turned out OK with a bit of care :

 

I've used some PE railings left over from one of my previous builds. This comes out a lot better than trying to make them from thread as the kit suggets :

 

The ship's wheel took a lot of careful cutting. It's only 5mm in diameter between the tips of the spokes :

 

I used my hole punch kit to make the various diameters of round pieces of the Capstan :

 

The middle deck Ventilators. There are two smaller ones on the fore deck :

 

The funnel has 3 steam pipes attached, which I cut from paper :

 

The Galley and two Heads were pretty straight-forward, although I cut all the tabs off and edge-glued the various joins :

 

The Bollards are the smallest ones I've made so far that use a rolled paper tube :

 

If I thought the bridge legs were flimsy, they paled in comparison to the Awning Supports. I wicked some CA glue on the edges for strength :

 

The Anchors and Chain. I used 40 link-per-inch :

 

The ship's boat was quite easy to make. It consisted of a mere 4 parts :

 

The tiny Navigation Lights were a bit of a pain to make :

 

And some overview pics of the completed model. It is only 200mm long :

 

The Companionway in this pic is also left-over PE. There is another behind it on the middle deck :

 

And the last piece fitted (as usual) - the German Imperial Flag :

 

I still need to make a base for the model. It will be a simple piece of Card, painted blue.

 

My next model arrived yesterday - just in time . It's a WW2 German tank, a Stug 40. A link to the build log for it will appear in my signature when I get started on it.

 

Danny

[cog]

You've got far to much time on your hands Danny!!!

 

Lovely build though ... especially for the time it took you ... but 4.5 days and not yet finished ... the base is mandatory!!

[Reg]

Another nice build.  You needed something quick because those paper armor builds seem to take a long time. 

 

Greg

[amateur]

Ofcourse we believe.

we already saw your tank!

 

Jan