baskerbosse Posted July 10, 2021 Share #1 Posted July 10, 2021 (edited) Found a half built 1/600 Airfix Warspite in the closet. Got WEM photoetch set. Let's see if I can finish this one.. 🙂 Looks a bit rough.. All those solid staircases will have to go. As will those thick platforms on the funnel. Edited July 10, 2021 by baskerbosse Bill Morrison, mtaylor, lmagna and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AON Posted July 10, 2021 Share #2 Posted July 10, 2021 OMG That was hiding in your closet? I've got to go check mine! 😁 I haven't followed plastic models, but I think I'll join you. This looks interesting. Canute, Old Collingwood and mtaylor 3 Quote Alan O'Neill "only dead fish go with the flow" Ongoing Build (31 Dec 2013) - HMS BELLEROPHON (1786), POF scratch build, scale 1:64, 74 gun 3rd rate Man of War, Arrogant Class Member of the Model Shipwrights of Niagara, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada (2016), and the Nautical Research Guild (since 2014) Associate member of the Nautical Research and Model Ship Society (2021) Offshore member of The Society of Model Shipwrights (2021) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baskerbosse Posted July 10, 2021 Author Share #3 Posted July 10, 2021 Yes, there's more in there. Needs an inventory. 🙂 A couple of findings, stern is the wrong shape, not sure what's with these trumpet barrels? Pretty sure she wasn't equipped with giant blunderbusses.. 🙂 Dryfit shows detail is pretty coarse. Removed and puttied funnel platforms. Stern walkway will have to go too.. AON, Old Collingwood, Bill Morrison and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canute Posted July 10, 2021 Share #4 Posted July 10, 2021 Yes, this one was designed back in the age of aztec stairs. The flared main battery is unique. Hopefully you run down a replacement set of turned brass or replce the complete turrets with 3D prints. mtaylor, lmagna and Old Collingwood 3 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...
baskerbosse Posted July 11, 2021 Author Share #5 Posted July 11, 2021 (edited) Yes, -not sure what to do with the guns. If not replaced, I'll see if they can be rescued. Here's the first photoetch. Also putty for the stern. Edited July 11, 2021 by baskerbosse Old Collingwood, mtaylor, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baskerbosse Posted July 11, 2021 Author Share #6 Posted July 11, 2021 More putty, Stern shape will have to change quite a bit or the photoetch stern gallery will not fit. Bill Morrison, mtaylor, Old Collingwood and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baskerbosse Posted July 11, 2021 Author Share #7 Posted July 11, 2021 (edited) That's better (I hope) I'm fixing the ugly portholes by drilling a hole and removing the lower half of the old outline. Should be good enough. I also removed the anchor chains. Edited July 11, 2021 by baskerbosse Bill Morrison, AON, Canute and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baskerbosse Posted July 11, 2021 Author Share #8 Posted July 11, 2021 Coat of nicer paint for the deck. Brushed enamel was rather horrible.. Bit of thinning here and there on superstructure parts, plus stair removal. lmagna, Old Collingwood, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baskerbosse Posted July 11, 2021 Author Share #9 Posted July 11, 2021 Dryfit, more staircase removals, more putty. (Huge holes for attaching boats filled) mikegr, lmagna, Bill Morrison and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baskerbosse Posted July 12, 2021 Author Share #10 Posted July 12, 2021 (edited) Bridge and funnel improving. Going to need quite a bit more work though. Very coarse out of the box. Edited July 12, 2021 by baskerbosse lmagna, Old Collingwood, mtaylor and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baskerbosse Posted August 5, 2021 Author Share #11 Posted August 5, 2021 Was a bit of pause there. Here's some photoetch.. lmagna, AON, yvesvidal and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted August 5, 2021 Share #12 Posted August 5, 2021 Some excellent progress - you are doing a fab job on what is an old kit - very nice. OC. Bill Morrison, lmagna, mtaylor and 1 other 4 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...
baskerbosse Posted August 5, 2021 Author Share #13 Posted August 5, 2021 Thanks, It is quite rough. Photoetch set is a bit old too and a bit sparse on the instructions.. Dryfit of stern gallery to make sure hull shape is ok: lmagna, AON, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted August 5, 2021 Share #14 Posted August 5, 2021 6 minutes ago, baskerbosse said: Thanks, It is quite rough. Photoetch set is a bit old too and a bit sparse on the instructions.. Dryfit of stern gallery to make sure hull shape is ok: I remembered having fun and games with the stern gallery on my Warspite build - raillings and roof struggled to agree where to meet. OC. lmagna, Canute, yvesvidal and 2 others 5 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...
baskerbosse Posted August 6, 2021 Author Share #15 Posted August 6, 2021 Stern gallery looks like a potential tricky area to get right. I was thinking I should not assemble it yet to get some playroom to get it to fit. I'm having second thoughts about that now. If I allow the vertical posts to be loose for adjustment, I'm really allowing them to move out of the vertical.. Now I am thinking that I should assemble it fully and make any needed adjustments to the hull instead.. Indecisive.. 😕 Bill Morrison, Canute, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted August 6, 2021 Share #16 Posted August 6, 2021 2 hours ago, baskerbosse said: Stern gallery looks like a potential tricky area to get right. I was thinking I should not assemble it yet to get some playroom to get it to fit. I'm having second thoughts about that now. If I allow the vertical posts to be loose for adjustment, I'm really allowing them to move out of the vertical.. Now I am thinking that I should assemble it fully and make any needed adjustments to the hull instead.. Indecisive.. 😕 Just keep test fitting the roof part against the railings/hull and adjust as you need to, as the railing is already glued in place - saves you having to adjust Two seperate pieces. OC. Canute, lmagna and mtaylor 3 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...
baskerbosse Posted August 6, 2021 Author Share #17 Posted August 6, 2021 Ah, sorry for the misunderstanding. I only did a dryfit. Railing is not glued yet. Bill Morrison, mtaylor, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegr Posted August 6, 2021 Share #18 Posted August 6, 2021 Reconstruction can be fun. I do the same although I take a break nowadays. I have many to choose from about 34 models, from tiny subs to fleet carriers. lmagna, mtaylor, Old Collingwood and 3 others 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvesvidal Posted August 6, 2021 Share #19 Posted August 6, 2021 What a collection. Impressive. Yves mikegr, Canute, Old Collingwood and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegr Posted August 6, 2021 Share #20 Posted August 6, 2021 6 hours ago, yvesvidal said: What a collection. Impressive. Yves You should see the unbuilt ones at my bunker... lmagna, mtaylor, yvesvidal and 3 others 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmagna Posted August 6, 2021 Share #21 Posted August 6, 2021 8 minutes ago, mikegr said: You should see the unbuilt ones at my bunker... I think almost all of us are guilty of that! Your built ones are impressive both in numbers and from what I can see in quality as well. You should pull them out and do a photo montage so we can admire them better. Bill Morrison, mikegr, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegr Posted August 6, 2021 Share #22 Posted August 6, 2021 53 minutes ago, lmagna said: I think almost all of us are guilty of that! Your built ones are impressive both in numbers and from what I can see in quality as well. You should pull them out and do a photo montage so we can admire them better. sorry for not finding time of painting my basement walls. As "the master of wood said" : Life is too short and models to many to make. And sorry to thread starter for the off topic mtaylor, Canute and lmagna 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted August 6, 2021 Share #23 Posted August 6, 2021 That Matchbox HMS Tiger is a rare one - Understand they have released some PE to enhance it now. OC. mikegr, Canute, lmagna and 1 other 4 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...
yvesvidal Posted August 7, 2021 Share #24 Posted August 7, 2021 (edited) 17 hours ago, mikegr said: Okay, you need some kind of psychological help, but I do have a lot of empathy for you ☺️ Yves Edited August 7, 2021 by yvesvidal mtaylor, lmagna, mikegr and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baskerbosse Posted August 7, 2021 Author Share #25 Posted August 7, 2021 A bunker! 🙂 My stash is more hiding on a top closet shelf, there's another old Airfix 1/600 ship. German destroyer.. Also a newer Akagi that will probably be next. mikegr, lmagna, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baskerbosse Posted August 7, 2021 Author Share #26 Posted August 7, 2021 The Warspite is not really a reconstruction since only the hull was assembled. I have some reconstructions under way though. A couple of ship models got crushed during my move to Australia. Here's a really old Victory.. mtaylor, lmagna, Old Collingwood and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegr Posted August 7, 2021 Share #27 Posted August 7, 2021 1 hour ago, baskerbosse said: The Warspite is not really a reconstruction since only the hull was assembled. I have some reconstructions under way though. A couple of ship models got crushed during my move to Australia. Here's a really old Victory.. I had the Heller 1/180 one. It included the tool for making rope ladders. My mother dropped it accidentally. I only partially restored it. Old Collingwood, mtaylor and Canute 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baskerbosse Posted August 8, 2021 Author Share #28 Posted August 8, 2021 Sorry to hear that. Was there a lot of damage? Here's another that got crushed. I don't have any 'before' pictures of this one, but it was worse than the Victory. The sails were crushed and needed edge-on-edge glueing of lots of pieces. Even then some were missing and were replaced by paper. A bit of Japanese kintsugi feel going on there, but without the gold..:-) Old Collingwood, Canute, lmagna and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baskerbosse Posted August 25, 2021 Author Share #29 Posted August 25, 2021 (edited) Cross tree PE assembled on fret: Edited August 27, 2021 by baskerbosse Old Collingwood, lmagna, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted August 25, 2021 Share #30 Posted August 25, 2021 Damn, that’s 10 lifetimes for me Canute, Old Collingwood, mtaylor and 1 other 3 1 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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