USS ENGLAND (DE-635) by ccoyle - FINISHED - HMV - 1/250 - CARD

[Keith Black]

 The stays turned out peachy, Chris. The whole ship is looking fantastic. 

[Egilman]

They would have been built red, but soon re-coated in black before it's first assigned deployment... (the red hull was too conspicuous to leave as is)

 

She looks absolutely stunning Chris...

Edited September 4, 2023 by Egilman

[ccoyle]

Thanks for that confirmation!

[Egilman]

One more thing Chris, the boat would be secured inboard when in port, outboard when at sea.... I know that sounds backwards, but it was standard navy practice... Essentially making the boat easier and faster to launch in case of emergency at sea....

[GrandpaPhil]

Chris,

  England is looking great!

[Canute]

This is a master build, Chris. Hard to believe it's card. 👍

[ccoyle]

11 hours ago, Egilman said:

One more thing Chris, the boat would be secured inboard when in port, outboard when at sea.... I know that sounds backwards, but it was standard navy practice... Essentially making the boat easier and faster to launch in case of emergency at sea....

 

That makes sense. Surfing the internet sources, there are photos of ships with their boats stowed in that fashion, but many others have them stowed inboard -- maybe their commanders weren't up to snuff on naval practice. It's an option to think about, and would definitely make mounting the boat easier.

[ccoyle]

So, I decided to stow the boat outboard, as Egilman suggested. I like the effect. The kit did not include any blocks; in real life, the falls included rather massive blocks-and-tackle. I imitated these with some punched paper disks. Interestingly, the ship did not have railings on the starboard side of the superstructure where the boat was stowed -- I gather that the boat itself acted as a kind of railing when stowed inboard, and the railing would have been in the way when the boat was being swung outboard.

 

 

There is now only a single white spot left on the entire model, where the jackstaff goes. 😮  We are getting closer!

[ccoyle]

All Done!

 

The last few bits to install were the:

• main deck railings
• anchors (with chain from the laser-cut detail set -- I bought some chain from Hobby Lobby, but even the smallest I could fine was too large)
• chain stopper (not included in the kit, but shown on a diagram; it's pretty tiny -- if I didn't tell you about it, you'd be unlikely to notice it)
• jackstaff
• flags.

A tip for draping paper flags: they are much easier to fold if one scrapes most of the paper fibers from the back before gluing them.

 

Speaking of glue, I have come up with what I'm calling Coyle's Law of Gluing: "The amount of time it takes for glue to set between two parts is inversely proportional to the amount of time it takes to align the two parts correctly after applying the glue." I have found this law to apply regardless of the type of glue used. And along with Coyle's Law goes Corollary #1: "If a part must be glued at two ends, one end will bond perfectly on the first try, while the other end will take four to six attempts to get it to stick."

 

Enjoy the pictures!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[clearway]

way to go- i have to keep reminding myself of the scale and it is a card kit!

 

Keith

[Thukydides]

Wow this is fantastic, I would have never have guessed this was card from the photos.

 

Fantastic job!

[Keith Black]

She's a remarkable beauty. Congratulations, Chris. 

[mtaylor]

Wow, if I hadn't seen the log I would not believe it was card.  Supurb work, Chris.

 

I do like your "new" laws.  Very fitting and profound.

 

 

[druxey]

Excellent result, Chris. It kind of begs for a setting....

 

Your Coyle's Law and Corollary are spot-on - unfortunately!

[Dave_E]

Outstandingly, unbelievably superior card modeling! Top shelf! 👍😀

[Veszett Roka]

Congrats Chris, she is really a masterpiece.

[Ryland Craze]

Congratulations on finishing your DE.  You are a master at building card models.

[AJohnson]

Congratulations Chris on another fine example of the “Dark Arts” of card. Really outstanding and having tried card myself I really appreciate the skill and effort required to make yours look that good, wish I could get mine half way there!  

[GrandpaPhil]

Chris,

Congratulations!  Very nicely done!

[LegoKing5522]

nice job!!! that is unbelievable, looks so much like a regular model even though it's a card kit. love it!! 

[amateur]

That one turned out really well. Sure you aren’t coming from Poland or somewhere from that region?  

[AJohnson]

44 minutes ago, amateur said:

That one turned out really well. Sure you aren’t coming from Poland or somewhere from that region?  

I’m sure if Chris did that Ancestry DNA test that by my Admiral is so into, we would see a whole linage of Coyles from Gdańsk! 🤣 

[ccoyle]

17 minutes ago, AJohnson said:

I’m sure if Chris did that Ancestry DNA test that by my Admiral is so into, we would see a whole linage of Coyles from Gdańsk!

 

Sorry. The closest I come to having any Polish ancestry is a 3rd-great-grandfather who was born in Pommern, which is the German word for Pomerania, now in present-day Poland.

 

Except my ancestor wasn't born in that Pommern -- he was born in a tiny village of the same name located in Rhineland-Palatinate. So, close but no cigar. Actually, not really that close at all and still no cigar. 😂

[AJohnson]

5 minutes ago, ccoyle said:

 

Actually, not really that close at all and still no cigar. 

No, I still think you are entitled to a whooping great Churchill  Cigar! 

[RGL]

Well done mate 

[Canute]

Nicely done, Chris. A great example of how good card modeling is. 👍

[ccoyle]

I've been thinking about what to build next. I started by going through my card model stash and pulling out all the kits that 'spoke' to me. That narrowed the possible choices down to seventeen. 😑

[Egilman]

Beautiful Job Brother....

 

As far as the next one? Isn't that Lightning speaking to you? {chuckle}

[ccoyle]

16 minutes ago, Egilman said:

As far as the next one? Isn't that Lightning speaking to you? {chuckle}

 

Nope. 😅 

 

But I did manage to pare down the list to three frontrunners . . . at least for this evening.

[Canute]

Your fans are waiting with bated breath, Chris. 😁