SS Blagoev ex-Songa 1921 by Valeriy V - scale 1:100 - Soviet Union

[Valeriy V]

General view of the deck.

[Mirabell61]

beautiful work Valeriy,

 

I like the reinforcement brackets at the mid-island front area...

 

Nils

[KeithAug]

Valeriy, Is the originals hull plated and riveted?

[Valeriy V]

52 minutes ago, KeithAug said:

Valeriy, Is the originals hull plated and riveted?

Yes, Keith, the ship's structure is riveted. Welding at that time was just beginning its journey in shipbuilding.

[Valeriy V]

3 hours ago, Mirabell61 said:

beautiful work Valeriy,

I like the reinforcement brackets at the mid-island front area...

Nils

Thank you, Nils! They are needed for the pillars of the navigation bridge. There are none in the aft part of the spardeck.

[cotrecerf]

Valeriy,

deep admiration,....as was not else to be expected viewing your work!

Joachim

[Valeriy V]

Need help identifying the name of the room near the chimney.  

[Valeriy V]

On 12/1/2023 at 2:39 PM, cotrecerf said:

Valeriy,

deep admiration,....as was not else to be expected viewing your work!

Joachim

Thank you Joachim!  

Join us on the forum with your work!

[amateur]

As far as I can read it: Galley, also known as the ships kitchen….

 

Jan

Edited December 4, 2023 by amateur

[Valeriy V]

8 minutes ago, amateur said:

As far as I tead it: Galley, also known as the ships kitchen….

 

Jan

Thank you, Jan! I realized this is the "cook galley"  

[Valeriy V]

Hi all! And I continue to work on the hull.

  The process of depicting external cladding belts. Marking of lines on the hull of the model.

[Valeriy V]

Strips of masking tape are glued to the hull.

[Valeriy V]

After the car putty has dried, I check the thickness using a 0.12 mm thick plate.

[Valeriy V]

As a result, the hull looks like this.

[wefalck]

I am well aware of this method, but was always worried, that the edges of the putty may crumble. Automotive (spray) putty is quite strong on the surface, but it is actually a bit crumbly, so as to permit easy sanding.

 

I gather, once painted the edges of the strakes become much stronger?

 

[Valeriy V]

23 minutes ago, wefalck said:

I gather, once painted the edges of the strakes become much stronger?

 

Yes, undoubtedly, paint helps strengthen the edge.

[Mirabell61]

Very good looking result Valeriy,

The hull structured with these "belts" give the model a realistic look

 

Nils

[yvesvidal]

5 hours ago, Valeriy V said:

Yes, undoubtedly, paint helps strengthen the edge.

WOW. Incredible results that you obtained Valeriy.

 

However, I am not sure I would trust the automotive putty (even painted) in such small thickness.

Most definitely, the hull will require a lot of care when manipulated.

 

Yves

[Valeriy V]

23 minutes ago, yvesvidal said:

WOW. Incredible results that you obtained Valeriy.

However, I am not sure I would trust the automotive putty (even painted) in such small thickness.

Most definitely, the hull will require a lot of care when manipulated.

Yves

Yves, no need to worry!  
  This method has been tested in practice by more than a dozen ship modellers on floating ship models.  

[Roger Pellett]

Here in the US we call this stuff Bondo.  I have found it to be very durable.  I have a Navy Steam Cutter model that is 35 years old.  I made the cylindrical boiler by casting a blob using a pipe for a mold and then turning the casting on a lathe.  It is still as good as new.

 

The only problem that I have encountered recently is that it sets up so quickly that it would be impossible to spread it carefully.

 

Roger

[shipman]

Knowing what a clever chappy you are, Valeriy, I'm sooooo disappointed your hull plating strakes aren't all brass and riveted to scale.🤸‍♀️

[dvm27]

I’m not very familiar with ship construction of this period but your work reminds me of all those beautiful builders models in the finest museums. It is a pleasure to watch your build!

[Valeriy V]

5 hours ago, dvm27 said:

I’m not very familiar with ship construction of this period but your work reminds me of all those beautiful builders models in the finest museums. It is a pleasure to watch your build!

Thanks Greg!
  It is these models made at the beginning of the last century that inspire me.  

[Valeriy V]

10 hours ago, shipman said:

Knowing what a clever chappy you are, Valeriy, I'm sooooo disappointed your hull plating strakes aren't all brass and riveted to scale.🤸‍♀️

Sorry, I didn't mean to upset you!  But this means that I have room to develop my professional skills.  

[jerome]

Beautiful workmanship Valeriy.

I love this era of ship building.

[Keith Black]

21 hours ago, Roger Pellett said:

Here in the US we call this stuff Bondo

3M developed a UV activated Bondo and it sounded like the cat's meow so I purchased a can and proceeded to use it on filling the body panel on a car I was restoring (I can't remember which one). Once I had the panel filled I sat it out in the sun for the recommended amount of time and it was still soft. I allowed another couple of hours, still soft. I let that stupid panel sit for two days in the sun and it never hardened.  I finally had to dig and scrape every bit of that worthless product off the panel. UV activated Bondo sounds great and might work......if you live on Venus. 

 

 Roger, if you requiring more working time use less hardener. Work with small batches versus one large batch, slow and steady wins the race. 

[GrandpaPhil]

Incredible work!

 

Did you just layer up the masking tape to make thickness, and then apply the putty?

 

[Valeriy V]

49 minutes ago, GrandpaPhil said:

Incredible work!

 

Did you just layer up the masking tape to make thickness, and then apply the putty?

 

Yes, GrandpaPhill, that’s right.
  Strips of adhesive tape in 2-3 layers, depending on the required thickness of the putty strip. It must be taken into account that liquid putty has its own amount of shrinkage when drying.

[Mirabell61]

Valeriy,

thanks for sharing your technique in applying the "putty-belts".  I was`nt familiar with that methode before you showed it. You did a super job and its very inspiring and I asume it mut be a nice job for modelers who have experience and a steady hand with "Gips-Stuckarbeiten" structures. I am wondering if it may be possible to combine the way you do it and the way I usually do my hull metal-plating riveting

 

Nils

[Valeriy V]

11 minutes ago, Mirabell61 said:

Valeriy,

thanks for sharing your technique in applying the "putty-belts".  I was`nt familiar with that methode before you showed it. You did a super job and its very inspiring and I asume it mut be a nice job for modelers who have experience and a steady hand with "Gips-Stuckarbeiten" structures. I am wondering if it may be possible to combine the way you do it and the way I usually do my hull metal-plating riveting

 

Nils

Nils, I think that it is impossible to show the riveting of sheets using this method. Because after the putty has dried, it must be treated with sandpaper. During this operation, all riveting will be destroyed.