Viking Neptun by Javelin - 1/1250 - Subsea Construction Vessel

[Jim Lad]

Yes, a splash of paint certainly makes it shine!

 

John

[KeithAug]

Roel - Amazing at this scale and such rapid progress. I am gobsmacked.

[Javelin]

Thanks for the reactions everyone. 

I've now come into a detailing phase, lots of work and little to show for it. 

 

Prepared a lot of items for primer and final white coats. Cranes are nearly finished, the control cabins are also sprayed, but I still need to add the windows before mounting them on the cranes. They will also get fly tying thread wires. 

 

 

 

 

As you can see, the cable lay installation is started. A lot items are left out. 

below you see the stern chutes (shoots?) in progress. They are probably the most fiddly parts I ever built. Mostly built up of 0.3mm styrene sheet and just 1 single straight edge on the whole thing....

 

In between I'm doing some "quick" items like davits and the large yellow boarding ladder (called a "surfer" to transfer people from small craft at sea). On other ships its either near the stern (bad when the vessel is pitching) or permenantly on the side (annoying when mooring since it requires decent fenders and often interferes with shore fenders). So here they seem to only hang it over the side when they use it.

 

 

The helicopter deck is also cut and primed. 

 

The reason it's all still dry fitted is that I'll need to repaint the deck in a slightly darker shade of grey (as well as the bridge top, chutes etc.)

[Keith Black]

 Amazing, Roel. Absolutely amazing. 

[Jim Lad]

Absolutely beautiful work, Roel.

 

John