HMS Terror by Seems ok to me - FINISHED - OcCre - Scale 1:75

[Seems ok to me]

I am late to the terror party but I figured I’d add my build log to the pile and see what happens. Bulkheads went up easy and the deck was pleasing to build. I penciled in the caulking. The YouTube videos show some sanding after this but it just seemed to smear my pencil around so I aborted this plan. Sprayed with satin urethane. Then set out to label all the parts. One huge difference between ship and plastic models (at least for this one) is the “parts” list seems to be all the parts you need for each sub-assembly and not a straight list of parts in the kit. I seem to go back and forth between that list and the directions constantly. 
 

I also seem to have a brown E8 for whatever reason. Thanks I guess? 

[Wahka_est]

Hi,

 

The party just started so no you are not!

Really nice progress. I like your deck planking.

 

Some questions about your build:

1) What glue you used for deck planking?

2) Did you draw the lines for deck after glueing or did the sides before installing the planks?

3) Will you paint the model?

 

Wahka

[Seems ok to me]

I used good ol’ Tightbond 1.  It gives you a little time to move things around but grabs nicely. Easy water clean up unlike CA.  I penciled a few planks before laying them down but it just didn’t seem to show up enough to be worth the effort. Maybe next time I’ll use a graphite stick instead of a pencil. Painting - depends on how much I muck up the planking. I’d really like to keep it natural but we shall see. 

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To get into the mood for this build, I’m listening to “In the Kingdom of Ice”, about a polar voyage. Holy moly the suffering of those people. Makes you appreciate central heating on a -10 day. 

[ObviousNewbie]

Still trying to see the AMC show I heard so much about, not available over here unfortunately. Saw some trailers on YT though, seemed intense 🙂

[Seems ok to me]

Have you guys found a color/stain you like for B1/2?  I tried Varsthane maple (too orange) and now red oak. What do you think?

[ObviousNewbie]

Trying out some stuff I use for my garden furniture later this week, reddish brown coloured stain. I'll let you know how I get on.

[Seems ok to me]

Finished first planking later. Not terrible for my first time but a “little” filler was used to smooth things out.  

[Wahka_est]

Hi,

 

Really nice for the first time.

I would suggest to sand it more so that 2nd planking would be smoother.

Also what I didnt do is checked how keels fit to hull. I suggest to do that and do some corrections with sanding if needed.

 

[Seems ok to me]

Thanks. The keel fits nicely thus far - I had been dry fitting it during sanding. I’ll give it another few passes to smooth things out. Thanks for the advice. 

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Been a while since covid has allowed any time for creativity. Trying to get back into the swing of things. So glad I went through all the wood stain choices when it all get painted black and white in the end. Oh well. Made a bunch of tiny things tonight: 

[Seems ok to me]

Also, why make it longer if you just want me to cut it shorter?

[Seems ok to me]

I agree with other terror builders that the directions have blind spots - that is putting it gently. I can just imagine the layout team - “how about just a bunch of square and rectangular pictures with no numbers....and  one picture of us just gently stroking the side of the ship with a brush...brilliant!”

[clearway]

i basically hardly ever refer to the instructions as they have the deck fittings wrong, but i do have many years and builds to draw on🙂.

 

Keith

[ObviousNewbie]

On 9/12/2020 at 7:14 AM, Seems ok to me said:

Also, why make it longer if you just want me to cut it shorter?

Hi there, mind this is not an instruction to cut, but to drill a 1,5mm hole in order to fit the rudder beam. Just so you know...

[Seems ok to me]

14 hours ago, ObviousNewbie said:

Hi there, mind this is not an instruction to cut, but to drill a 1,5mm hole in order to fit the rudder beam. Just so you know...

Gah!  Thanks. I didn’t cut it thinking it looked fine thankfully. 

[Seems ok to me]

Paint hides my shame!

[Geowolf]

Whooohh very very nice finish, well done!! You're running quickly with your model 😃

[Seems ok to me]

It certainly doesn’t feel that way from a primary plastic modeler but patience grasshopper, patience, I tell myself. Tonight’s entertainment: rivets!

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I, like others it seems, am having trouble making chain plates out of the brass wire. Making each one even vaguely symmetrical is apparently beyond me and I have ordered some from Billling boats. While awaiting these, I moved onto starting the masts. Thanks to all who did this already as your photos have been incredibly helpful.  Using a Dremel or drill as a pseudo lathe has been great. 

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Shop cat agrees progress has been made... 
 

...and the chair is hers apparently. 

 

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It is odd how quickly the masts are coming together.  I’m going with the white yards/masts with a touch of black theme it seems.  

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Making the masts and yards is pretty sweet. I started just glueing down both ends but didn’t like how it looked.  Apparently I am using something called “common whipping” and it works great to hide the ends. Thanks to animatedknots.com for giving a nice visual. 

[clearway]

looking nice- not sure how prototypical you want to go but occre have the rigging wrong in places 😒.

 

Keith

[Seems ok to me]

The rigging pictures are a wash of red lines I haven’t even started to decipher. For my first major build, I may be in the “finish it and learn” category vs “historical accuracy”. Thanks for the head’s up. 

[ObviousNewbie]

On 9/28/2020 at 11:34 PM, Seems ok to me said:

The rigging pictures are a wash of red lines I haven’t even started to decipher. For my first major build, I may be in the “finish it and learn” category vs “historical accuracy”. Thanks for the head’s up. 

 

They can be an. absolute maze. the way I dealt with it was one step at a time, following the instructions (although not correct). Start with the shrouds first, then ratting them up, then the stays. By that time you'll have some experience with dealing with rope and you're good to take on the next step: rigging the yardarms.

 

I dreaded rigging, but I realised for me this was one of the most satisfying parts of the building process. You really see the ship growing from a rough model to something more realistic.

 

One thing I didn't tackle though were the sails, partly because I liked the look for Terror without them, partly because the rigging schemes didn't make sense. I'm getting the courage together to equip Diana with her sails, as this scheme seems to be a bit more logical (although more complex). But that's still a long way away.

 

Good luck roping her up 🙂

 

[Seems ok to me]

Got the masts up and ready. 

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So. Many. Chainplates. 

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More progress!  By golly, I may actually finish this thing. I think I should have blackened the brass parts as it is looking a bit shiny but there’s always next time. 

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A few more deck fittings are needed but it is finally coming together.