HMS Agassiz 1941 by Johngr - FINISHED - HMV - 1:250 - CARD

[Johngr]

Hello,

I decide to start another card ship kit, this time for the HMV, the Flower Class HMCS Corvette Agassiz 1941.

 

The kit is very detailed with many parts and add the Laser cut detail set from same company. So for start I cut the main parts for the cross sections, glued and left under some weight to straighten out. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ccoyle]

For anyone interested, this kit is designed by Darius Lipinski, the same gentleman who designed my recently completed USS England kit.

[Johngr]

I made some progress today. The main part glued on 4mm acrylic base. The cross section were cut, glued as well as the decks. I also decided to modify all the portholes by drilling holes and creating the glazing with PVA glue. We'll see how it goes when they dry. Luckily the kit has two ships on board as option. 😄

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Johngr]

Little progress these days due to workload. Stairs from the sets were placed, as was parts et bulkhead.

 

 

[Johngr]

Hi,

Back to the construction of the ship that stayed in the !shipyard! for so many days without any progress.

At this stage many small objects had to be prepared and put in place. 

For some of these I used plastic rods. The problem with using other materials is that they have to be painted, which I try to avoid, but the ease of using such small objects outweighs it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ccoyle]

Those depth charges drove me bananas on the 1/100 scale Modelik kit.

[Richard44]

Very impressive. How did you form the "J" shaped pieces? Are they styrene?

Cheers

[Johngr]

9 hours ago, ccoyle said:

Those depth charges drove me bananas on the 1/100 scale Modelik kit.

Hi Chris, your work is an inspiration to me.

 

[Johngr]

5 hours ago, Richard44 said:

Very impressive. How did you form the "J" shaped pieces? Are they styrene?

Cheers

Thank you Richard, are from the laser cut set.

[Johngr]

Some other parts prepared and glued.

 

For the bridge i decided to cut the windows and replaced with transparent plastic form a package of one of my tools!

 

 

I'll probably have to use another method for cutting , maybe a micro chisel. 

 

And the final result

 

 

 

But before bridge installment i put some equipment and furniture. 

 

And the one of the deck in place.

 

 

[Johngr]

Over the weekend I prepared the second deck in the same way by cutting out the windows and installing clear sheeting.
The rest of the bridge elements were also installed and I painted the edges in several parts of the deck.
For the torpedoes I decided to use plastic rods but first I had to calculate their diameter.
The circumference was measured close to 8.93 millimeters, so with the formula d= C / π (8.93 / 3.14159) the diameter = 2.84mm. 

I have 2.5mm and 3mm rods, and I will probably go to 2.5mm. I think it's closer to scale.

 

 

 

 

[ccoyle]

Lovely work so far! The 'torpedo' you refer to is a float, part of the ship's minesweeping gear. Later in the war, the Flowers had their minesweeping gear removed.

[Johngr]

10 hours ago, ccoyle said:

Lovely work so far! The 'torpedo' you refer to is a float, part of the ship's minesweeping gear. Later in the war, the Flowers had their minesweeping gear removed.

Thank you for the clarification. Your knowledge of the subject is impressive. I did a quick search to find out more and it brought up the name Oropesa.

From wikipedia

An Oropesa is a streamlined towed body used in the process of minesweeping. The role of the Oropesa is to keep the towed sweep at a determined depth and position from the sweeping shipOropesa are standard devices used on Avenger-class mine countermeasures ships.

The device derives its name from the ship on which it was developed, HMS Oropesa, a converted British Steam trawler.

[Johngr]

On 11/26/2023 at 10:06 PM, Johngr said:

Over the weekend I prepared the second deck in the same way by cutting out the windows and installing clear sheeting.
The rest of the bridge elements were also installed and I painted the edges in several parts of the deck.
For the torpedoes I decided to use plastic rods but first I had to calculate their diameter.
The circumference was measured close to 8.93 millimeters, so with the formula d= C / π (8.93 / 3.14159) the diameter = 2.84mm. 

I have 2.5mm and 3mm rods, and I will probably go to 2.5mm. I think it's closer to scale.

 

I try to shape the plastic rod but in the end i use milliput. As I saw in the pictures on the internet, their shape is something like this. Some light sanding and is ready.

 

[Johngr]

Primer first and sanding for the final step

 

with the end result

 

also i make the cranes ready for gluing 

[Johngr]

Various sub assembles made and glued in place on the stern.   I preferred to place the cranes in an extension outside the hull with the prospect of hanging some smaller equipment later.

 

 

[Johngr]

It's been a while and I was able to finish some builds in between.

 

 

[Johngr]

For today i prepared the cranes for the two boats adding some extra details as pulleys. I also uploaded a short video of the model in its current construction phase.

 

 

 

 

[Johngr]

Very busy these days but I was able to partially fit the cranes and pulleys and shape one of the two main gun from brass tube.

 

 

[Johngr]

And the rear 2pdr gun ready for final assembly.

 

 

[Johngr]

I don't know  🤔 the use of this "equipment" but I used styrene that I sanded to get the right shape.

 

 

[Johngr]

The 2pdr gun and support structure  prepared 

 

 

and putted in place.

[druxey]

Just stumbled across your build log,John. Very impressive small detail!

[Johngr]

11 hours ago, druxey said:

Just stumbled across your build log,John. Very impressive small detail!

Thank you druxey,

and apologize to all members for the poor picture quality since I'm take them from my cell phone in a hurry!! As a long time photographer I have to post better photos at the first opportunity.

[Johngr]

I prepared the ammo for the 4" main gun from 0.63mm styrene rod about 1mm long. Strangely in the manual although they are pictured there are no instructions or material for making them.

 

 

 

[Johngr]

For the main gun i decide to use some spare parts from Micromaster 3D. The details in the  parts are remarkable!

 

 

 

 

[ccoyle]

46 minutes ago, Johngr said:

For the main gun i decide to use some spare parts from Micromaster 3D.

 

Hey, that's cheating! But I would totally do it, too, if it were me. 😉

[Johngr]

3 hours ago, ccoyle said:

 

Hey, that's cheating! But I would totally do it, too, if it were me. 😉

I know, I know, but I couldn't resist 😀

[Johngr]

Today cranes and other equipment added next to 2pdr Gun. Many other parts need to prepared as two single-mounted .303 Vickers machine guns or Browning 0.5-calibre machine guns for anti-aircraft defence and two twin-mounted .303 Lewis machine guns . I have to decide if I will place them and how I will build them..

 

 

 

 

 

[Johngr]

I will probably sin again 😄