Oryol 1902 by GrandpaPhil - Orel - 1/200 - CARD - Russian Battleship

[GrandpaPhil]

On 1/1/2025 at 6:37 PM, SaltyScot said:

And that is the way it should be Phil. I find that enjoying it, as we so often do, makes the trickier tasks go easier. Very nice work sir. 

Thank you very much!

 

I have the conning tower built up and ready to paint.

Working on my old nemesis, ladders:

Slow but steady definitely wins the race here!

 

Edited Saturday at 11:24 PM by GrandpaPhil

[GrandpaPhil]

The conning tower is on:

She’s taking shape!

[SaltyScot]

She certainly is, Phil. Because I am not familiar with card models I have a question; how stable are these kits once they are put together and, do you have to treat them in any way so that they are not affected by, shall we say, humidity?

[GrandpaPhil]

I seal the models as I go with an acrylic clear coat to protect them.

 

As far as stability goes, once the hull is covered, they are quite strong.

 

The scratch built ones are every bit as strong and durable as a wood build.

 

The Orel kits are a little different than the scratch builds.  
 

The material is thinner and the pieces are much smaller due to the smaller scale of the models.

However, once built, I haven’t had any problems, although the Solferino, which is the only other Orel kit that I built at 1/200 scale, is only a couple of years old and is kept in a case.

Edited 3 hours ago by GrandpaPhil

[Old Collingwood]

Coming on nicely  Phil.

 

OC.