ccoyle Posted September 7, 2021 Author Share #31 Posted September 7, 2021 1 hour ago, CDW said: Starving cows don't make a good steak. Neither do dairy cows. Don't ask me how I know. 😜 GrandpaPhil, Old Collingwood, mtaylor and 4 others 1 6 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted September 12, 2021 Author Share #32 Posted September 12, 2021 Not much to show for today. The big headache at this point was creating the eight mooring posts. These were originally to be made of card, obviously, but they are so tiny that folding them properly was a real pain, and I didn't like the results. So I decided to replace the paper parts with wood square stock. The kit includes microscopic angle braces for the posts, but I have omitted them, because they are just way too tiny to work with. I also did the little deck at the stern, the rub rails, and the aft companionway. Now it's on to the main superstructure. Captain Slog, thibaultron, mtaylor and 11 others 14 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted September 15, 2021 Author Share #33 Posted September 15, 2021 With this update, I'm now finished through Step 5 of the construction process. The forward companionway and the locker aft of it were easy enough. The superstructure was more challenging. It consists of of two sections, which I prefer rather than having the whole thing as one piece. The forward half had joiners to bridge the gap between the port and starboard walls. But once I got both halves finished and placed them on the deck for a test fit, I discovered that the walls of the forward half were about 1mm too long on each side. So, I had to remove the joiners, trim off the excess length, and re-do the folds -- nothing too difficult, but it took a little time to do carefully and make sure everything fit correctly. I then glued the two sections of wall to the deck, added a replacement joiner to the forward section, and also added some thick cardboard to the insides of the walls to make them straighter and more rigid. Next up will be the various life jacket lockers. Incredibly, they actually have the words "life jackets" printed on them, which -- at this scale -- can only be read under high magnification; at normal viewing distances, they just look like a smudge. 😜 Canute, Captain Slog, thibaultron and 11 others 14 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lad Posted September 16, 2021 Share #34 Posted September 16, 2021 She's coming along very nicely, mate. John thibaultron, Egilman, ccoyle and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted September 16, 2021 Author Share #35 Posted September 16, 2021 56 minutes ago, Jim Lad said: She's coming along very nicely, mate. Thanks! I daren't mess up, or I may catch it from you antipodeans! 😉 Richard44, Old Collingwood, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lad Posted September 16, 2021 Share #36 Posted September 16, 2021 Yeah! We're watching you Chris!! John Egilman, Richard44, thibaultron and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted September 16, 2021 Author Share #37 Posted September 16, 2021 An observation I made last night while working on the life jacket lockers is that the locations for these are not marked on the printed kit parts. Typically on a card model like this one, the locations of things like lockers are marked by white spaces, which is why we card modelers call this part of the construction sequence "killing white spaces." But if you look closely at the model, you can see the uninterrupted printed coamings around the various deck structures where the lockers will be placed -- no white spaces. I presume that the life jacket lockers are required by the ship's current status as an excursion vessel; I'm guessing the way the kit is printed was purposefully done to allow a modeler the option of building Waratah more as she would have looked as a working vessel, e.g. sans life jacket lockers. Another nice touch about the kit that I don't think I have mentioned yet is that all of the printed parts needed for particular sub-assemblies are grouped together inside printed boxes on the parts sheets. This eliminates much of the hunting for parts that is required for most kits. EricWilliamMarshall, BobG, clearway and 6 others 9 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lad Posted September 17, 2021 Share #38 Posted September 17, 2021 You're right there, Chris. No life jacket boxes needed when she operated as a tug. John ccoyle, Old Collingwood, Canute and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted September 17, 2021 Author Share #39 Posted September 17, 2021 Now finished with Step 6, lockers and gallows. The particular gallows (correct term?) shown below was a bit of a challenge. Again, the kit includes printed posts and crossbeam, but I replaced these with wood. The two bowed pieces are from the laser-cut detail set. The set included a hook as well, but it was tiny and kind of clunky looking. No matter -- my stupid tweezers tips slipped and flung the tiny part into another dimension. I tried cutting out the printed hook, which was a fruitless endeavor. The solution? A tiny strip of curled paper soaked in thin CA. Hard to see it in this photo. Heck, hard to see it period. And because David likes something in the photo for scale, here's a pic featuring one of my digits. No, I did not used forced perspective -- my finger was actually that close and the model really is that tiny. 😉 Next up: THE WINCH! 😮 Richard44, Egilman, GrandpaPhil and 8 others 4 1 2 4 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lad Posted September 17, 2021 Share #40 Posted September 17, 2021 Not sure whether it a gallows or towing posts, Chris. looks really nice. John Canute, ccoyle, Egilman and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slog Posted September 17, 2021 Share #41 Posted September 17, 2021 Wow the finger puts it into perspective. I imagined it was at least 4 times larger than it actually is! thibaultron, Egilman, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ HM Bark Endeavour (First Wood, On Hold) Borodino (1:200 Card, Current Build) Admiral Nakhimov (card 1/200) Mazur D-350 Artillery Tractor (1:25 Card) F-8 Crusader (1:48 Aircraft, Plastic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandpaPhil Posted September 18, 2021 Share #42 Posted September 18, 2021 Your Waratah is looking great! Your card builds keep making me want to build another one. I would love to build some of the HMV kits, but shipping to the US is not cheap. Regarding the starving cow look, I ran into the same problem during my build of the Prince de Neufchatel (a LOT worse than yours). For my next card build (the Hannah), I made the deck a double thickness, to greatly reduce the starving cow look. I laminated two pieces of poster board together. It worked well. Canute, thibaultron, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Building: 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted September 18, 2021 Author Share #43 Posted September 18, 2021 If you have an Amazon account, you can get HMV stuff here, with free shipping. Egilman, EricWilliamMarshall, Old Collingwood and 4 others 6 1 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandpaPhil Posted September 18, 2021 Share #44 Posted September 18, 2021 Very cool! Thank you very much! Egilman, mtaylor, Old Collingwood and 2 others 5 Quote Building: 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted September 19, 2021 Author Share #45 Posted September 19, 2021 Step 7 complete -- forward deck furniture: winch, vent, anchors, anchor davits. The winch has 21(!) pieces. 🥴 Today, my stupid tweezers launched one of the anchors -- TWICE. 🤬 Happily, I was able to find it both times. Tweezers launches don't always have happy endings. mtaylor, Captain Slog, yvesvidal and 9 others 7 5 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lad Posted September 19, 2021 Share #46 Posted September 19, 2021 She's really looking 'the goods', Chris. John mtaylor, thibaultron, Canute and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted September 19, 2021 Author Share #47 Posted September 19, 2021 Hey, all you antipodeans: Before I go too much further with this build, I need to pinpoint where the turnbuckles for the funnel guys terminate on the superstructure deck. The rigging diagram is a bit fuzzy on this point, and I haven't been able to find any pictures online that clearly show that area. Anybody know of any? Thanks! Egilman, thibaultron, mtaylor and 3 others 6 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lad Posted September 20, 2021 Share #48 Posted September 20, 2021 Chris, can't help you with turnbuckles, but this photo shows pretty clearly where the bottlescrews are located (it is the antipodes after all). All the photos show just one funnel stay on each side. John ccoyle, EricWilliamMarshall, Egilman and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted September 23, 2021 Author Share #49 Posted September 23, 2021 I was able to find some photos that show where the turnbuckles (bottlescrews) terminate on the superstructure deck, so I made some pinholes in which to glue the guys and then glued the deck onto the superstructure. The stack is also complete, though only dry-fitted in this photo; I will attach its guys before gluing it down permanently. Captain Slog, Egilman, Matt D and 7 others 10 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lad Posted September 23, 2021 Share #50 Posted September 23, 2021 She's really starting to look like the 'Waratah' now, Chris. John mtaylor, Egilman, Canute and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDW Posted September 23, 2021 Share #51 Posted September 23, 2021 Chris How were the railings done. Are they laser cut? They look so small to cut with a scalpel. Egilman, Canute, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Completed Projects: USS Fletcher 1:144 Scharnhorst 1:350 USS Independence LCS-2 1:350 1:32 J7W1 Shinden Interceptor/Fighter Fairey Swordfish Mk. II 1:48 Harbor Tug Box Scale Albatros D.V 1:32 Ala-Kart 1:25 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder 1:24 S-100 Schnellboot 1:72 Mercury Capsule and Atlas Booster BR-52 Steam Locomotive 1:35 Triumph 3 HW Motorcycle 1:9 Scale F-16XL-2 Experimental Fighter Bomber 1:48 Rafale 1:48 F-15E Strike Eagle 1:48 Petlyakov PE-2 Soviet Dive Bomber 1:48 TBM3 Avenger 1:32 1931 Cadillac 1:25 Scammell Pioneer SV2S Heavy Breakdown Tractor 1:35 M-50 Israeli Sherman 1:35 Military Wrecker 1:32 Delahaye 135 1:24 Toyota Sard Supra GT 1:24 Enzo Ferrari 1:24 1970 Baldwin Motion Camaro 1:25 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 Stock Car 1:25 American LaFrance Eagle Fire Pumper 1:25 1940 Ford Standard Coupe 1:25 VolksWagen Dragster/Dune Buggy/Street Rod 1:25 Kawasaki Ninja H2 Carbon 1:12 Porsche GT-1 Evo 1:24 Scharnhorst 1940 1:700 IJN Akitsushima Seaplane Tender 1:700 HMS Hood 1941 1:700 Prinz Eugen 1942 1:700 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted September 23, 2021 Author Share #52 Posted September 23, 2021 8 hours ago, CDW said: Are they laser cut? Yes. And they're fairly sturdy for such spindly structures. CDW, Egilman, thibaultron and 2 others 5 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearway Posted September 23, 2021 Share #53 Posted September 23, 2021 love these old steamships they have soooooo much character (even the workaday ones). Keith ccoyle, mtaylor, Egilman and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted September 24, 2021 Author Share #54 Posted September 24, 2021 Tonight's progress: funnel guys attached (to stack only, not to deck), bridge added, and one of the pesky cowl vents completed (one more to go). The vents are printed black on the inside, but all of the photos I've seen show red inside the cowls, so I painted red over the black, though it doesn't show up well in the photo. I have deviated slightly from the construction sequence shown in the diagrams -- working on superstructure elements from the middle towards the edges, so that the guys won't be in the way of anything that needs gluing. Space is very tight in some areas. BTW, I did not elect to use the kit's optional bridge interior elements, which include interior walls, engine telegraph, compass, and wheel -- just too many tiny pieces for my liking. Sorry! yvesvidal, Old Collingwood, Canute and 8 others 11 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lad Posted September 24, 2021 Share #55 Posted September 24, 2021 Looks like you're nearly there, Chris. John mtaylor, Canute, thibaultron and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted September 24, 2021 Share #56 Posted September 24, 2021 Amazing work - especially for card. OC. thibaultron, Canute, mtaylor 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...
ccoyle Posted September 26, 2021 Author Share #57 Posted September 26, 2021 Okay, here she is! I had a few issues: I started with the port-side laser-cut railings, and it shows. The starboard side looks better. The awning is optional; I chose to add it. I like awnings, and this is the first kit I've done that actually includes the awning, not just its supports. You'll note that the mast has no rigging. I meant well -- even had all of the relevant lines attached to the mast. But then came trying to belay them. Yeah, that was an absolute booger, and I decided that for the sake of my mental health, this was a detail I could live without. Sorry! You antipodean purists may notice that the bell is on the wrong side of the mast. There simply wasn't enough room between the mast and the forward vent, so this captain had his crew shift the bell aft. Here's some pictures -- my little cell phone camera is not the best at taking close-ups of tiny subjects. Hope you enjoyed this little excursion into the card modeling world. Now, off to think about my next project! Captain Slog, Old Collingwood, oneslim and 10 others 13 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slog Posted September 26, 2021 Share #58 Posted September 26, 2021 Very nice Chris, it looks so clean and crisp. I look forward to seeing your next project. Cheers slog Old Collingwood, Egilman, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ HM Bark Endeavour (First Wood, On Hold) Borodino (1:200 Card, Current Build) Admiral Nakhimov (card 1/200) Mazur D-350 Artillery Tractor (1:25 Card) F-8 Crusader (1:48 Aircraft, Plastic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lad Posted September 27, 2021 Share #59 Posted September 27, 2021 She's come up very nicely, Chris. John Egilman, Old Collingwood, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted September 27, 2021 Share #60 Posted September 27, 2021 Hard to believe that model is as tiny as it is. Wonderful work, Chris. ccoyle, Canute, Old Collingwood and 1 other 4 Quote 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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