Old Collingwood Posted May 7 #211 Posted May 7 Superb work Mike - All of it. OC. mikegr, Canute, Baker and 1 other 3 1 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
mikegr Posted May 8 Author #212 Posted May 8 For this model I recently got an extended PE set, even has gun "tube" as well as decals. After some washing I stripped down the model. I'm going to take my time on this. For today's work, was only the cut of the plastic and the addition of bridge windows thibaultron, Canute, Veszett Roka and 4 others 7 Quote
mikegr Posted May 12 Author #213 Posted May 12 The PE are good but they don't have instructions. The fit the heli deck properly I had to remove the hangar. I removed the side deck pieces and worked on them. Added doors, handrails and removed moulded life raft barrels. I will replace them with my own one. Sided pieces were joined together. Need to add boat facilities and other minor details. Main deck was painted with faded dark grey and hull sides with primer mtaylor, thibaultron, king derelict and 5 others 8 Quote
mikegr Posted May 17 Author #214 Posted May 17 The helicopter deck has been fitted. A third pipe was installed on both funnel caps. Hangar reconstructed. All major pieces have need added i only need to glue the forward bridge section yvesvidal, king derelict, thibaultron and 4 others 7 Quote
mikegr Posted May 19 Author #215 Posted May 19 One evening one piece. I decided to work on the main mast. While assembling the PE part it came obvious that while it was detailed, the tripod was too thin, more of a 2d shape. And since Ticos have a reinforced mast like Spruance class I decided to work on the original part. Work begun on SPS Radar. While holding the arm with tweezers and trying to attach the radar, it twisted and bended. I took another set from my spares, but proved very delicate and broke after a slight bend. Perhaps If i could use 10 sets I could have damaged all. An attempt to glue them failled, still looked wrecked. So basically I took the arm of the plastic piece and add the main radar plate on it. It was the best solution I could think after all other options have failed Canute, king derelict, mtaylor and 4 others 7 Quote
mikegr Posted May 21 Author #216 Posted May 21 I decided to work on the mast. Different materials used. PE parts, plastic rods,, rails and brush hair. After painting, time for dry fitting Canute, Old Collingwood, yvesvidal and 2 others 5 Quote
mikegr Posted May 24 Author #217 Posted May 24 after the mismatch of the rear 4 legged mast instead of tripod, i noticed that forward mast also is not on the desired shape. Also the room at the base of the forward mast is of a box shape not triangle as in the present model. You can see it here clearly From all pictures i studied i saw nowhere these mods to CG 52 here in 1987 with mast here is 2023 ,retaining the tripod with the triagled space behing navigation deck i don't know maybe this refers to another ship of the class. The fact is that if i fit the triangle part a new tripod mast must be made , the PE part should be omitted. mtaylor, thibaultron, Baker and 2 others 4 1 Quote
mikegr Posted May 26 Author #218 Posted May 26 I wanted to design and print the forward radar mast but my printer died. A replacement ordered but need to wait for a week. In the meantime I finished the forward section. Removed embossed anchor chains and install new. Added few manifolds, boxes. Also the two machine guns forward. Weathering with light gray, decals and light weathering with darker gray. I finally installed the gun. Canute, mtaylor, thibaultron and 3 others 6 Quote
mikegr Posted June 1 Author #219 Posted June 1 I printed some parts with my new machine. Turned out nice. SPG 62, Phalanx and barrel rafts Then I installed them king derelict, thibaultron, yvesvidal and 3 others 4 2 Quote
mikegr Posted June 4 Author #220 Posted June 4 Next part was the new set of Harpoons and the forward radar mast. I made only the complex lower part to save printing time, the upper I can built later. It was my surprise to find that it fitted perfectly. mtaylor, Baker, thibaultron and 3 others 6 Quote
mikegr Posted June 6 Author #221 Posted June 6 Small update While working on the mast I managed to fiinish the area around the forward mast adding some details mtaylor, Canute, king derelict and 2 others 5 Quote
mikegr Posted June 9 Author #222 Posted June 9 I can't understand why the orgininal instructions showed the forward leg of the main mast rest on the deck. Time to make some space and fit it properly The forward mast was made with the usual material, pe, plastic, brass, hair. I'm glad with the result but I can still work to improve my pe handling skills When the masts glued the model looks like a proper Tico cruiser. Baker, Canute, king derelict and 3 others 6 Quote
king derelict Posted June 9 #223 Posted June 9 The enhanced masts came out very nicely Mike. Great work alan mikegr, Baker, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote
Baker Posted June 10 #224 Posted June 10 Great work. Amazing what you do on this small scale mtaylor, thibaultron, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote Regards, Patrick Finished : Soleil Royal Heller 1/100 Wasa Billing Boats Bounty Revell 1/110 plastic (semi scratch) Pelican / Golden Hind 1/45 scratch Current build : Mary Rose 1/50 scratch große-jacht / Yacht D'Oro 1/50 Corel Gallery : Revell Bounty Pelican/Golden hind 1/45 scratch Shore leave, non ship models build logs : ADGZ M35 funkwagen 1/72 Einhets Pkw. Kfz.2 and 4 1/72 Autoblinda AB40 1/72 122mm A-19 & 152mm ML-20 & 12.8cm Pak.44 {K8 1/2} 1/72 10.5cm Howitzer 16 on Mark. VI(e) Centurion Mk.1 conversion M29 Weasel 1/72 SAM6 1/72 T26 Finland T26 TN 1/72 Autoprotetto S37 1/72 Opel Blitz buses 1/72 Boxer and MAN trucks 1/72 Hetzer38(t) Starr 1/72 Cleaning the 1/72 military collection Si vis pacem, para bellum
mikegr Posted June 15 Author #225 Posted June 15 (edited) I worked on the rear section adding details. In this interesting picture you can see the natural wear of the deck color along with some rust. Finally I managed to print some life rings with tripod base and rope Edited June 15 by mikegr Baker, thibaultron, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote
king derelict Posted June 16 #226 Posted June 16 Your printing is thoroughly excellent Mike alan mikegr, thibaultron, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote
mikegr Posted June 21 Author #227 Posted June 21 Sometimes it take me a century to move a small step forward. The boat sections on both sides are rebuilt from zero. I lost one boat so I took one from my stash, I cut it shorter and with sanding it took the desired space. Fitting rail bits was time consuming also. At least I had made some progress on my layout base king derelict, Baker, thibaultron and 3 others 5 1 Quote
mikegr Posted June 26 Author #228 Posted June 26 The model is almost done. Need to erase some imperfections especially shinny bits of PE parts, I can't get rid of them. Rigging and oil washing is the next step. A helicopter will be added also yvesvidal, Canute, thibaultron and 2 others 5 Quote
king derelict Posted June 28 #229 Posted June 28 It’s looking very good Mike. The sea in motion is excellent alan mtaylor, mikegr, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote
mikegr Posted July 3 Author #230 Posted July 3 On 6/28/2024 at 3:08 AM, king derelict said: It’s looking very good Mike. The sea in motion is excellent alan Thanks for the supportive comment. I have now finished the rigging. Added few details and some light-moderated weathering and a bit of dark oil washing. Final step before seamaking is the SH60 helicopter. Again a 3d printed item enchanced with PE rotor blades. For the landing system I modified a ww2 gear set, in V shape and glued the smaller wheel, on the rear. Baker, Canute, king derelict and 3 others 2 4 Quote
mikegr Posted July 9 Author #231 Posted July 9 Spent an evening to paint a few black dots and add few decals. Helicopter was landed safely. Then I followed the trusted method of making sea bed. This time the model shut forward with lot of space aft so I can work better the rear wakes Baker, thibaultron, yvesvidal and 3 others 2 4 Quote
king derelict Posted July 9 #232 Posted July 9 Nice work on the helo Mike Alan thibaultron, mtaylor, mikegr and 1 other 4 Quote
Baker Posted July 10 #233 Posted July 10 Another beautiful model sails out. Canute, mtaylor, mikegr and 1 other 4 Quote Regards, Patrick Finished : Soleil Royal Heller 1/100 Wasa Billing Boats Bounty Revell 1/110 plastic (semi scratch) Pelican / Golden Hind 1/45 scratch Current build : Mary Rose 1/50 scratch große-jacht / Yacht D'Oro 1/50 Corel Gallery : Revell Bounty Pelican/Golden hind 1/45 scratch Shore leave, non ship models build logs : ADGZ M35 funkwagen 1/72 Einhets Pkw. Kfz.2 and 4 1/72 Autoblinda AB40 1/72 122mm A-19 & 152mm ML-20 & 12.8cm Pak.44 {K8 1/2} 1/72 10.5cm Howitzer 16 on Mark. VI(e) Centurion Mk.1 conversion M29 Weasel 1/72 SAM6 1/72 T26 Finland T26 TN 1/72 Autoprotetto S37 1/72 Opel Blitz buses 1/72 Boxer and MAN trucks 1/72 Hetzer38(t) Starr 1/72 Cleaning the 1/72 military collection Si vis pacem, para bellum
mikegr Posted July 11 Author #234 Posted July 11 Work proceeded in the usual way. A comparison with a scratch built type 53H3 PLA frigate Definitely not the most practical place to store but at least it keeps the dust away. Maybe I should put some lights Canute, thibaultron, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote
mikegr Posted July 11 Author #235 Posted July 11 On 7/10/2024 at 8:26 AM, Baker said: Another beautiful model sails out. Thank you. This is actually the first part of the trilogy. In the future a Spruance and a Burke will be added so I can have a complete collection On 7/10/2024 at 12:38 AM, king derelict said: Nice work on the helo Mike Alan Thanks as always for your support and dedication mtaylor, Canute, Baker and 1 other 2 2 Quote
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