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

[GrandpaPhil]

Alan,

  Thank you very much!

 

The main structure of all six secondary turrets are done:

I need to clean them up, paint them all and make/add ladders & railings.

 

These have been very slow going.

 

Each of those turrets will have about fifty pieces each when complete.

 

That makes for approximately 300 pieces between the six turrets.

 

That’s just part of these models though.

I am enjoying this build very much!  It is a good challenge!
 

Edited July 2 by GrandpaPhil

[SaltyScot]

15 hours ago, GrandpaPhil said:

Each of those turrets will have about fifty pieces each when complete.

 

Really?!? I admire your consistency here, Phil. They look great.

[GrandpaPhil]

Mark,

  Thank you very much!

 

Half of the turrets are fully assembled with railings, handles and ladders now:

The shaping of those railings is tricky.

 

They still need painted and sealed.

Edited Saturday at 01:58 PM by GrandpaPhil

[Keith Black]

Way cool, Phil. The railing turned out great. 

[Coyote_6]

The railings and ladders are incredible Phil!

Edited Saturday at 07:40 PM by Coyote_6

[king derelict]

Super job detailing the turrets. I still can’t believe how you do the railings.

alan

[GrandpaPhil]

@Keith Black, @Coyote_6 and @king derelict, thank you all very much!

 

Thank you to all who have hit the like button or just stopped by!

 

Those railings are quite time consuming, but worth it.  It lets me make “photoetched” parts without the photoetch.

 

The turrets definitely gave me a run for my money, but I am very happy with how they turned out.

 

Here is the Oryol with the secondary battery complete and installed!

 

I am currently working on installing eyebolts to take the rigging.

 

Then I will rig the stacks, make and install the 47mm guns and searchlights, install and rig the masts/yards, add the ship’s boats, add the rest of the fittings away from the main superstructure to include the hull fittings and then add the flags, tentatively in that order.

 

I’m working from the inside out to avoid having to work in an any more enclosed space than I have to.

Edited Monday at 06:23 PM by GrandpaPhil

[Keith Black]

She's looking great, Phil. 

[GrandpaPhil]

@Keith Black,

  Thank you very much!

 

The stack stays are up and installed (first actual rigging of this model):

Moving on to the 47mm guns and the search lights!

Edited Tuesday at 11:30 PM by GrandpaPhil

[GrandpaPhil]

20 x 47mm guns, some assembly required:

The straight pins are stock for the gun barrels.

 

I have already folded over all pieces that needed doubled or in the case of the shields, tripled.

 

The Russians adapted this ship from a French design, hence the French whale-back design, so I’m assuming that the 47’s are the same weapon that the French, and those they supplied, used up until the beginning of World War II as an antitank gun.

 

That line of reasoning would also indicate that the 75mm guns on the hull casemates were the same weapon that the French used as artillery up until the beginning of World War II as well.

 

They weren’t as good as Krupp, but then nobody out-Krupped Krupp until the modern day.

Edited 16 hours ago by GrandpaPhil