Papa Posted June 5 Share #1 Posted June 5 The Enchantress was built at the J. Brown shipyard in Great Britain. Originally designed to be a convoy escort named Bittern, her purpose was changed during construction to an Admiralty Yacht and her name changed to Enchantress. She was launched December 21, 1934 and entered service on April 8, 1935. This is a card model from JSC and comes in booklet form. The basic kit has laser cut parts to form the hull and I also purchased a laser cut detail set. I separated the pages and put them with the instructions in plastic sleeves. This keeps everything neat makes it more difficult to misplace parts. GrandpaPhil, hof00, Canute and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted June 8 Author Share #2 Posted June 8 Cabin aft and main deck in place. GrandpaPhil, Canute, yvesvidal and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted June 9 Author Share #3 Posted June 9 (edited) The instructions say to apply the hull sides starting at the stern. When I did that the curve at the step in the deck didn’t line up. I had to remove the side, and ruined it in the process. Fortunately there are parts for different versions and I was able to switch to the B version (middle years, I was doing A, as launched). This time I started the sides at the step. Edited June 9 by Papa GrandpaPhil, Canute, ccoyle and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted June 10 Author Share #4 Posted June 10 Some of the assemblies are quite small. Canute, GrandpaPhil, ccoyle and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted June 12 Author Share #5 Posted June 12 I now have the front superstructure in place. This involved some very tiny structures. One card piece snapped out of my tweezers and ended up in the 4th dimension apparently. Fortunately its absence isn’t noticeable. GrandpaPhil, king derelict, yvesvidal and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted June 13 Share #6 Posted June 13 3 hours ago, Papa said: One card piece snapped out of my tweezers and ended up in the 4th dimension apparently. Should you ever find yourself in the 4th dimension, please have a look around for the various parts I have unwillingly contributed to the landscape over the years. Canute 1 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Salmson 2, Speeljacht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted June 13 Author Share #7 Posted June 13 I am sure that space is awash with tiny blocks, deadeyes, and other bits ccoyle and Canute 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted June 13 Author Share #8 Posted June 13 After cabin in place and the base for the funnel. yvesvidal, ccoyle, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted Saturday at 09:57 PM Author Share #9 Posted Saturday at 09:57 PM A lot of the work now has to be done with tweezers! The little deckhouse in the tweezers went under the overhang forward of the funnel. ccoyle, GrandpaPhil, yvesvidal and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted Saturday at 10:53 PM Share #10 Posted Saturday at 10:53 PM This would be a very tempting kit for me if it were offered in 1/250. Sadly, as you no doubt know, JSC publish primarily in 1/400, and their few 1/250 kits are mostly either merchantmen or battleships. Canute and Papa 2 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Salmson 2, Speeljacht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted Monday at 03:45 PM Author Share #11 Posted Monday at 03:45 PM On 6/15/2024 at 6:53 PM, ccoyle said: This would be a very tempting kit for me if it were offered in 1/250. Sadly, as you no doubt know, JSC publish primarily in 1/400, and their few 1/250 kits are mostly either merchantmen or battleships. To be honest I didn't pay any attention to the scale. I seemed like an interesting ship. If I thought about what 1/400 really meant I might have hesitated. The details are at the limit of my vision! Canute and ccoyle 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted Tuesday at 10:19 PM Author Share #12 Posted Tuesday at 10:19 PM A lot of tiny boxes on this ship. Also, the instructions with the detail set stated that the main instructions indicated which parts had laser cut versions. If they did I missed them and missed a few ladders. I replaced the card ladders and marked all the part numbers that had laser cut details. The only part I can’t fix is the search light tower. The card tower is not coming off without damaging the deck. Desertanimal and yvesvidal 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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