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Awesome production Yves. So crisp and clean. 

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We are getting very close to the end of this project as far as we can ever finish a ship model, especially when using a large scale such as 1/48th.

 

The Module #6 (the rear deck) is almost complete, with its depth charges, chutes and ejectors: 

 

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I understand that for some modelers, this rear deck seems a little bit empty and I completely agree with that opinion. I wish the kit provided the famous "Smoke Float Canisters" which are usually sitting on top of the depth charge chutes. I tried to study a few pictures of the stern of Snowberry, but could not get much in term of details or equipment. Most of the pictures I have seen are crowded with sailors, making it difficult to see what is installed on the deck. I should definitely place some ropes, laying on the deck....

 

A view of the rudder: 

 

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The flag is made with silk paper printed on a color laser printer. This technique has been described by Chuck, a few times and provides a nice rendering  of a "floating in the wind" ensign.

 

I will try to post more overall pictures of the model, to conclude this build log.

 

Yves

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convincingly life like

BZ

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12 minutes ago, yvesvidal said:

I understand that for some modelers, this rear deck seems a little bit empty and I completely agree with that opinion. I wish the kit provided the famous "Smoke Float Canisters" which are usually sitting on top of the depth charge chutes. I tried to study a few pictures of the stern of Snowberry, but could not get much in term of details or equipment. Most of the pictures I have seen are crowded with sailors, making it difficult to see what is installed on the deck. I should definitely place some ropes, laying on the deck....

 

Would this help:

 

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(HMCS Sackville for those who are curious)

 

There's a closeup photo in this article

 

Andy

Quando Omni Flunkus, Moritati


Current Build:

USF Confederacy

 

 

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Super super model! I still think it would make a magnificent RC model.

 

Pardon my ignorance on corvettes, but I'd have thought they'd carry as many depth charges as possible. The visible count seems low to me. Were more reloads stored below deck?

 

EDIT Out of curiosity I googled it 🙄 the flower class carried 70. I guess some were below.

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8 minutes ago, Ian_Grant said:

The visible count seems low to me. Were more reloads stored below deck?

If you looks at walkthroughs of HMCS Sackville you will see that they are slowly placing additional DCs in all kinds of places along companionways at each "upgrade" in her restoration. I suspect that this was the case in WWII as well and when the ship left port it would have them stuffed into any nook and cranny that worked, I think this is a work in progress.

 

 

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Lou

 

Build logs: Colonial sloop Providence 1/48th scale kit bashed from AL Independence

Currant builds:

Constructo Brigantine Sentinel (Union) (On hold)

Minicraft 1/350 Titanic (For the Admiral)

1/350 Heavy Cruiser USS Houston (Resin)

Currant research/scratchbuild:

Schooner USS Lanikai/Hermes

Non ship build log:

1/35th UH-1H Huey

 

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2 hours ago, realworkingsailor said:

 

Would this help:

 

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Not really. Sackville is a completely different beast and much more modern vessel. I have studied the pictures of Sackville and I have to say that I am really impressed by how the Canadian museum association have restored that vessel.

 

In retrospect, building the Sackville instead of the Snowberry would have been a lot easier. However, the virtual kit does not have a lot of parts that can be found on the Sackville.

 

Yves

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Sackville is only a year newer😜

 

I was more trying to help with the smoke cans on the stern, which are visible on her. Was there some drastic change in equipment?

 

Andy

Quando Omni Flunkus, Moritati


Current Build:

USF Confederacy

 

 

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Yves, great job!  For the stern area, have you looked at the instruction manual for the kits that are out there?  They might be of some help.  I have the 1/72 and 1/144 Revell kits if you need any of that info.

 

Someone on Shapeways has a number of Flower Class Corvette detail items too if you're interested.

Mike

 

Current Wooden builds:  Amati/Victory Pegasus  MS Charles W. Morgan  Euromodel La Renommèe  

 

Plastic builds:    SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48  Five Star Yaeyama 1/700  Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama  Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700  Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32  Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72  IJN Notoro 1/700  Akitsu Maru 1/700

 

Completed builds :  Caldercraft Brig Badger   Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle  Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700   Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350

F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72  Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48  Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48  Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48

Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya  Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16

 

Terminated build:  HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn)  

 

On the shelf:  Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits

 

Future potential scratch builds:  HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans)

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Its all part of Kev's journey, bit like going to the dark side, but with the lights on
 

All the best

Kevin :omg:


SAY NO TO PIRACY. SUPPORT ORIGINAL IDEAS AND MANUFACTURERS.
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HMHS Britannic by Kevin 

SD 14  - Marcle Models - 1/70 - March 2022 -  Bluebell - Flower Class - Revel - 1/72   U552 German U Boat - Trumpeter - 1/48  Amerigo Vespucci     1/84 - Panart-   HMS Enterprise  -CAF -  1/48     

Finished     

St-Nectan-Mountfleet-models-steam-trawler-1/32 - Completed June 2020

HMS Victory - Caldercraft/Jotika - 1/72 - Finished   Dorade renamed Dora by Kevin - Amati - 1/20 - Completed March 2021 

Stage Coach 1848 - Artesania Latina - 1/10 -Finished Lady Eleanor by Kevin - FINISHED - Vanguard Models - 1/64 - Fifie fishing boat

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Its all part of Kev's journey, bit like going to the dark side, but with the lights on
 

All the best

Kevin :omg:


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HMS Indefatigable 1794 by Kevin - Vanguard Models - 1:64 - Feb 2023 

 

 

HMHS Britannic by Kevin 

SD 14  - Marcle Models - 1/70 - March 2022 -  Bluebell - Flower Class - Revel - 1/72   U552 German U Boat - Trumpeter - 1/48  Amerigo Vespucci     1/84 - Panart-   HMS Enterprise  -CAF -  1/48     

Finished     

St-Nectan-Mountfleet-models-steam-trawler-1/32 - Completed June 2020

HMS Victory - Caldercraft/Jotika - 1/72 - Finished   Dorade renamed Dora by Kevin - Amati - 1/20 - Completed March 2021 

Stage Coach 1848 - Artesania Latina - 1/10 -Finished Lady Eleanor by Kevin - FINISHED - Vanguard Models - 1/64 - Fifie fishing boat

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I'm easily distracted.... and a bit bored with what I'm doing today 🙂. You should be able to print these in FDM, probably want to put some supports for the side holes. I have no idea what these look like in the flesh so did one with a bottom, one without, and the F360 file is there too in case you have someone to tweak it.

smoke float.zip

Current builds:

1) HMS Victory 1:100 (Heller)

https://modelshipworld.com/topic/23247-hms-victory-by-kevin-the-lubber-heller-1100-plastic-with-3d-printed-additions/

 

2) Bluenose II 1:100 (Billing) - paused, not in the mood

https://modelshipworld.com/topic/30694-billing-bluenose-ii-1100-no600-by-kevin-the-lubber/

 

3) Cutty Sark 1:96 Revell

https://modelshipworld.com/topic/30964-cutty-sark-by-kevin-the-lubber-revell-196

 

Stash:

Revell Cutty Sark 1/96 (a spare for later)

Revell Beagle 1/96 (unlikely to ever get built!)

Revell Kearsage 1/96 (can't wait to get started on this)

Revell Constitution 1/96

 

If at first you don't succeed, buy some more tools.

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Thank you Kevin for the drawings of the smoke float and Kevin-the-lubber for this great 3D rendering of the devices. I have made some progress with Meshmixer and know how to move, rotate, resize and cut planes. I will get to these devices to finalize the Corvette.

 

Yves

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Well, it is also time to conclude on the building of this virtual kit. Overall, it has been a fantastic journey and it has given me an opportunity to learn a lot of new technologies and become familiar with 3D printing.

 

The kit in itself may seem crude but it provides a wonderful platform for an infinite amount of details and variants of these legendary vessels. It is not exactly inexpensive, but compares very favorably with the vast majority of 1/350 or 1/200 plastic scale models with their PE pimping kits.

 

Let's do a quick recap of the cost: 

  • License with hundreds of parts: $ 50
  • 3 spools and a half of PLA filament: $ 67
  • 2 cans of automotive primer for the hull: $ 20
  • Tamiya: Five large bottles of Flat White, one  bottle of Matte black, two bottles of dark grey and a couple of various colors.
  • Lots of glue for plastic and CA glue.
  • About $30 of wood strips and dowels
  • 100 Caldercraft stanchions - 10 bags at $9 each - By far the most expensive item....
  • Amati propeller in bronze $12
  • Hundreds of printing hours and assembly....but that is part of the fun.

The kit can be made with basically three spools of PLA if you are very careful and do not waste any. PLA is very affordable and is actually the cheapest material in this kit. It also offers the characteristics to bio-degrade if you ever bury your model in the dirt: after 50 years, not much will be left. This can be important when compared with Polystyrene kits and models that will not disappear unless they are recycled and turned into bumpers, plastic bottles or other consumer parts.

 

The BENSWORX virtual kit comes with an excellent assembly guide and offers a plethora of parts, with a few minor exceptions. Most of the parts can be printed on a PLA printer. I would recommend fine and detailed parts to be printed in a resin printer, for better surfacing. Although it was not my objective, I really enjoyed pimping up this kit and trying to improve it in some simple ways. It offers a great foundation for modelers willing to recreate mini action scenes and large dioramas at 1/48th scale. More than anything else, it provides a terrific platform for Radio Control and navigation on a lake or pond. For rivets counters, procuring some parts (at great expense) from Shapeways or other printing shop may be a great way to sink your bank account and turn this virtual kit into a museum piece.

 

From Spools to model: 

 

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I am going to stop at this stage, even though more hours could be dedicated to this model. I may add the smoke floats that were kindly provided by the two Kevin's from England, at a later time.

 

Will there be another Virtual kit presented on this forum? You bet there will and parts are already printing.... It will be another crazy and very unusual project. But in the meantime, I'd like to go back to HMS Bellona and make some progress on it.

 

Yves

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Meshmixer... you're doing better than me, that programme is still a dark art to me. But apparently very very good when you know how to use it. These were a very simple and quick job in F360, it honestly only took about 10 or 15 minutes, so if Meshmixer doesn't give you what you want I'll happily modify at this end. Just post a sketch or message me.

Current builds:

1) HMS Victory 1:100 (Heller)

https://modelshipworld.com/topic/23247-hms-victory-by-kevin-the-lubber-heller-1100-plastic-with-3d-printed-additions/

 

2) Bluenose II 1:100 (Billing) - paused, not in the mood

https://modelshipworld.com/topic/30694-billing-bluenose-ii-1100-no600-by-kevin-the-lubber/

 

3) Cutty Sark 1:96 Revell

https://modelshipworld.com/topic/30964-cutty-sark-by-kevin-the-lubber-revell-196

 

Stash:

Revell Cutty Sark 1/96 (a spare for later)

Revell Beagle 1/96 (unlikely to ever get built!)

Revell Kearsage 1/96 (can't wait to get started on this)

Revell Constitution 1/96

 

If at first you don't succeed, buy some more tools.

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Final photo shoot, the 1/48th scale fleet: 

 

Corvette and U-Boot: 

 

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And a trip in time back to the XVIII century: 

 

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Comparing these vessels is quite interesting.... the 74 guns period ships were just monstrous !!

 

I hope you enjoyed the Virtual kit building and my wish is that more models and kits will slowly become available. It is definitely a technology that deserves a lot of attention.

 

Yves

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very well done, lol wats next?

Its all part of Kev's journey, bit like going to the dark side, but with the lights on
 

All the best

Kevin :omg:


SAY NO TO PIRACY. SUPPORT ORIGINAL IDEAS AND MANUFACTURERS.
KEEP IT REAL!

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On the build table

HMS Indefatigable 1794 by Kevin - Vanguard Models - 1:64 - Feb 2023 

 

 

HMHS Britannic by Kevin 

SD 14  - Marcle Models - 1/70 - March 2022 -  Bluebell - Flower Class - Revel - 1/72   U552 German U Boat - Trumpeter - 1/48  Amerigo Vespucci     1/84 - Panart-   HMS Enterprise  -CAF -  1/48     

Finished     

St-Nectan-Mountfleet-models-steam-trawler-1/32 - Completed June 2020

HMS Victory - Caldercraft/Jotika - 1/72 - Finished   Dorade renamed Dora by Kevin - Amati - 1/20 - Completed March 2021 

Stage Coach 1848 - Artesania Latina - 1/10 -Finished Lady Eleanor by Kevin - FINISHED - Vanguard Models - 1/64 - Fifie fishing boat

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You have certainly created an inspiring model Yves. I have no idea how you resisted the temptation to RC it and the ability to see it operate in it's proper element now and then. But all that aside the achievement and the talent it took to obtain it is nothing short of amazing.

 

I bought my grandson a 3D printer for Christmas and we put it together a few weeks ago. Your build makes me want to sneak into the other room and take it over for my own nefarious ends!

 

Can't wait to see what you print up and build next.

Lou

 

Build logs: Colonial sloop Providence 1/48th scale kit bashed from AL Independence

Currant builds:

Constructo Brigantine Sentinel (Union) (On hold)

Minicraft 1/350 Titanic (For the Admiral)

1/350 Heavy Cruiser USS Houston (Resin)

Currant research/scratchbuild:

Schooner USS Lanikai/Hermes

Non ship build log:

1/35th UH-1H Huey

 

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Absolutely beautiful Yves. You took the base kit to a whole new level of detail and finesse. Having worked with the PLA plastic I can really applaud your finished model. It is difficult stuff to work with.

I need to continue along the road with my more pedestrian effort. I use your build log constantly for inspiration.

The virtual kit is a great concept and I would like to see more development in the field. 

Alan

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Great job Yves!  Thanks for sharing the adventure with us - it demystified a lot of this 3D printing stuff for me.  Looks great next to the sub!

 

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Mike

 

Current Wooden builds:  Amati/Victory Pegasus  MS Charles W. Morgan  Euromodel La Renommèe  

 

Plastic builds:    SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48  Five Star Yaeyama 1/700  Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama  Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700  Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32  Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72  IJN Notoro 1/700  Akitsu Maru 1/700

 

Completed builds :  Caldercraft Brig Badger   Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle  Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700   Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350

F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72  Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48  Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48  Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48

Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya  Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16

 

Terminated build:  HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn)  

 

On the shelf:  Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits

 

Future potential scratch builds:  HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans)

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Wow... that made a great model and as for the fleet.... I'm speechless.

Mark
"The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me

Current Build:                                                                                             
Past Builds:
 La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD           Triton Cross-Section   

 NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit                                                                            HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64               

 

Non-Ship Model:                                                                                         On hold, maybe forever:           

CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed                                                   Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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I was just weighing the Corvette model and it came at 3.163 Kgrs.

Knowing that each spool of PLA is 1 Kgr and that I had to use 3 spools, the amount of PLA seems right.

The excess weight are the stanchions, wood parts, propeller (brass 60 mm diameter) and paint.

 

Yves

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You've turned out a beauty, Yves. Well done. 👍

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

 

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