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HMS Lion by Ian_Grant - 1/150 - RADIO - RESTORATION - WW1 Battlecruiser


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You definately built that hull sturdy 😵. What is her empty weight (without that ballast)?

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15 hours ago, Javelin said:

You definately built that hull sturdy 😵. What is her empty weight (without that ballast)?

I wanted lots of framing because the skin is only 1/32" plywood.

 

Don't know the weight yet; by the heft of her there's more ballast under the after deck which I haven't torn off yet. 😶

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Removed the aft deck to find more ballast and more sytrofoam in the inaccessible aft compartments, and also a time capsule note for posterity...... 😏

 

Aft compartments, with rudder linkage.

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Here's how much metal ballast was enclosed aft.

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Speaking of posterity.....

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Here are the timing gears and belts involved in pivoting A and B turrets in unison.

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I laser cut a plywood baseplate to set A and B shafts at the correct centres for the first belt, and also set the micro servo's arm axis at the correct centres for the second belt to B shaft. I hope to assemble and test tomorrow.

 

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Short update. I needed to patch the bow but while doing so I found it is balsa ahead of the first bulkhead. Delicate choice; I decided to chisel off the balsa and will replace with pine. I did cut the curve of the forefoot into the proper shape . Before I removed the balsa she looked much better than the old squarish forefoot.

 

Also found a dip along about 4" of the port forward sheer while I was trying to align supports for the A/B turret baseplate. Clamped on a thin piece which I will shave.

 

This project has evolved into more work than I expected initially but I'm excited about the final outcome. Still thinking about the smoke unit.

 

We're going away until later in Nov so this log will be quiet for a while.

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Ian - 1977! - I think I can remember that far back. Interestingly I bought a set of plans for Hood in 1970 and they survived many house moves. About 2 years ago I went looking for them and they were gone. I blame my wife!

I love the archaeology.

Keith

 

Current Build:-

Cangarda (Steam Yacht) - Scale 1:24

 

Previous Builds:-

 

Schooner Germania (Nova) - Scale 1:36

https://modelshipworld.com/topic/19848-schooner-germania-nova-by-keithaug-scale-136-1908-2011/

Schooner Altair by KeithAug - Scale 1:32 - 1931

http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/12515-schooner-altair-by-keithaug-scale-132-1931/?p=378702

J Class Endeavour by KeithAug - Amati - Scale 1:35 - 1989 after restoration.

http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/10752-j-class-endeavour-by-keithaug-amati-scale-135-1989-after-restoration/?p=325029

 

Other Topics

Nautical Adventures

http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/13727-nautical-adventures/?p=422846

 

 

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A lovely time capsule! Can only imagine what it feels like to revamp your own project.

Incredible build quality for a teenager, hats off to you sir!

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2 hours ago, KeithAug said:

Ian - 1977! - I think I can remember that far back. Interestingly I bought a set of plans for Hood in 1970 and they survived many house moves. About 2 years ago I went looking for them and they were gone. I blame my wife!

I love the archaeology.

I think I had David MacGregor plans for Hood too!  Many more sheets than the two for Lion.

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2 hours ago, Mike Y said:

A lovely time capsule! Can only imagine what it feels like to revamp your own project.

Incredible build quality for a teenager, hats off to you sir!

Yes it was nostalgic to find the note, and remember my young self.  When the time comes I will put the note back, along with a new one dating the rebuild.

 

Full disclosure: build quality was helped by my dad. He turned the main gun barrels from aluminum in spare time at work, and made the turrets on a mill.

The secondary armament and fittings I bought somewhere. The rest was me. I think the funnels are balsa too; I recall wrapping them in silkspan to improve the finish.

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