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

[lmagna]

1 hour ago, ccoyle said:

I might be able to use

I ALWAYS find something I didn't know I needed! I'm even worse in book stores. 

 

I think your build of this ship is more than just a little awesome. I have the  old 1/249 Revell DE kit in plastic and I would be afraid to build it and try to compare it with yours. I don't know when or if I have ever seen a paper model kit done as well as this.
 

 

Edited April 14, 2022 by lmagna

[ccoyle]

1 hour ago, lmagna said:

I don't know when or if I have ever seen a paper model kit done as well as this.

 

Oh, I could show you plenty! But I appreciate the thought.

[Egilman]

19 minutes ago, ccoyle said:

Oh, I could show you plenty! But I appreciate the thought.

There is some awesome stuff out there... (if you can do it in plastic, there is someone doing it in paper)

Edited April 14, 2022 by Egilman

[lmagna]

7 minutes ago, Egilman said:

There is some awesome stuff out there

I think you are just being modest Chris

 

I'm not talking about what is available out there. I am certain there are some awesome kits available. It's what has been done with this one that makes it stand out, even under a closeup lens, and we all know how that normally goes. 

[Veszett Roka]

19 hours ago, ccoyle said:

I have to admit that from a stand-off distance, it's looking pretty awesome.

Nah. It's f..kin awesome in any distance.

[ccoyle]

FINALLY . . . after over three weeks of painstaking work, numerous itty bitty parts lost and remade again, and liberal usage of 'special words', the stack is done. It was a real slog (no offense to Captain Slog), and I'm relieved to be done with it so that I can at last move on to something else -- literally anything else!

 

 

 

[druxey]

Certainly the results merited the time - and language! Well done, Chris.

[Captain Slog]

No offence taken lol. Beautiful work!

Edited April 18, 2022 by Captain Slog

[GrandpaPhil]

Amazing work!

[BrianK]

Beautiful Chris. The level of detail just screams patience to me on your part too!

 

What were those naval architects thinking putting all those exposed pipes there like that anyway? 😃

 

BrianK

[lmagna]

3 hours ago, BrianK said:

 

What were those naval architects thinking putting all those exposed pipes there like that anyway?

Made little difference. They could have run them inside the stack or in a second false stack but why bother. It would have just made things harder and more costly and would have had little advantage other than aesthetics as the stack is not armored/ 

[ccoyle]

A few vents, lockers, and other miscellaneous bits bring Step 18 to a close. As you may recall, the instructions recommended doing Step 19 before finishing off Step 18, so the next update will feature Step 20.

 

[AJohnson]

Well worth the effort Chris, those intricate details are outstanding! 👏

[ccoyle]

Step 20

 

Step 20 begins with adding the aft rangefinder platform. Twenty-one parts for that bit.

 

[ccoyle]

Step 20 is finished off with a couple of lockers, a binnacle, and what I assume is a torpedo hoist, given its proximity to the eventual torpedo launcher.

 

[ccoyle]

Step 21: Torpedo Mount

 

England carried 21" torpedoes in a triple mount. This sub-assembly consisted of 31 parts, 17 of which are from the laser-cut detail set.

 

BTW, I think the mount pedestal is upside down, but the diagram didn't give any hints about which side should go up. Don't tell anyone!

 

 

[Dion Dunn]

Fabulous work Chris.  An artist once told me that the best way to judge the quality is to take an up close pictures of one's work, and your work isn't hiding from any cameras!

[Egilman]

13 hours ago, ccoyle said:

what I assume is a torpedo hoist

Yep You would find them pretty much on every destroyer and DE built from 1936 on, any ship that carried trainable torpedo tube launchers... 

Image courtesy of HNSA.... 

[Landlubber Mike]

Sorry to have just now found this build log - wow Chris, you've gotten to be really good with these card models!  Fantastic job!

 

I like the idea of the resin frame.  That must have saved quite a bit of time and angst in trying to get everything square and stable.

[ccoyle]

Step 22: Bow Details

 

Step 22 shifts the action to the bow, starting with a couple of bin-shaped stowage nets (I think life preservers were stored in these). Three laser-cut brackets are attached to the superstructure wall, and a bin sits inside these.

 

 

As you can see, the printed part makes a solid structure, which isn't a very convincing stand-in for the real thing. Darius built the prototype bins using some kind of actual mesh, perhaps tulle. That option seemed a bit intimidating, so I hit on a compromise. I made photocopies of the original parts, then cut away an original part's solid top and used one of the copied parts to create a double-sided mesh bin. I think this mid-level of detail is acceptable.

 

 

Cheers!

[GrandpaPhil]

Looking good!

[Wawona59]

Interesting.  I've built a few card stock model aircraft that I downloaded off of the internet.  I was never satisfied with my meager results.  Your ship is really coming along and better than I could ever do.  Nice work!

[lmagna]

Those baskets were filled with float nets Chris. the nets were designed to float free of the ship, (hopefully) if it was sunk giving survivors something to grab onto in the water.

Edited April 22, 2022 by lmagna

[ccoyle]

28 minutes ago, lmagna said:

Those baskets were filled with float nets

 

Ah . . . I see that these can be purchased online as after-market details, but not in 1/250 scale. This actually gives me an idea on how to up the detail on the baskets.

[Kevin]

lovely work, she is coming along very nice

[ccoyle]

So, got the float-net baskets done. Two on the forward superstructure . . .

 

 

. . . and three on the aft superstructure.

 

 

The 'floats' are just pieces of painted styrene rod -- if you use your imagination and don't look too closely, they do kinda look like strands of floats. I also discovered that the faux floats hid most of the basket interiors, so the printed interiors weren't really necessary, just a coat of paint. Interestingly, the aft float baskets are shown in some drawings, but not indicated on any diagrams. But there were parts for five baskets, so I hunted around until I found them in the drawings.

 

Next up will be the hedgehog! Sadly, it only includes the spigots -- no mortar bombs. Sorry! And no, I don't plan to add them -- they would be absurdly tiny, so don't ask!

[lmagna]

4 hours ago, ccoyle said:

they would be absurdly tiny, so don't ask!

Oh come on Chris, where is your masochistic streak? Great job on the baskets.

[amateur]

Mid-level of detail. Yeah…..

Labelling this as ‘mid-level’ reveals your true ambition level. 
But although it is only midlevel detail, it is top-quality as far as I’m concerned.

 

Jan

[Dion Dunn]

Chris - just curious, what do you use for gluing?  fine needle point syringe?  I never see a single glue mark on any of your pics!

[ccoyle]

32 minutes ago, Dion Dunn said:

what do you use for gluing?

 

I recently got an applicator bottle with a very narrow dispensing tube, which is handy in many situations but still tends to dispense too much glue for really tiny parts. Most of the time I use a very small brush, like a 0000 detailer, for applying glue. The type of glue plays a part as well, which is why I have grown fond of the Evergreen Canopy Glue -- it dries remarkably clear and with a matte finish.