catopower Posted Saturday at 09:45 PM Author #61 Posted Saturday at 09:45 PM 5 hours ago, ccoyle said: You gotta go wherever the mood leads! I know, but when you're a moody person, it can get you into a lot of trouble... 😶 These paper models are friggin' addictive! And, unfortunately, I'm finding the Avangard kits to be too alluring. Now that I've posted that picture of USS Aaron Ward, I'm thinking it's an awfully interesting looking build. But, I was also realizing Avangard's other Treaty Era destroyer kit, USS Farragut, is also calling to me, as the ship has the Mare Island connection of having been named after the first Commandant of Mare Island, David Glasgow Porter... Clearly, there are way too many interesting models to build, and I can't go fast enough. I've been working on the construction of the Bagley's large searchlight, located amidships, and it's slow going. Lots of parts. In between work on that, I've had to take breaks and work on things less involved. However, if this keeps up, I'm going to run out of those less involved assemblies, and it's going to be nothing but tiny, tiny details with lots of parts in a pretty short time. Just not yet! Searchlight base construction... Various searchlight parts assembled. Not shown are the seats for the operators, and two little pieces that fit on top of the searchlight... This short tower is where the searchlight will be mounted. There are also 5 other small instruments that fit up here. I don't know the details, but they kind of look a lot like the instruments you would find on the bridge. was this a backup, in case the main bridge was damaged? Note above and below, I was relieved to discover that the hatch wheels were provided in the laser cut details set. I'd been trying to figure out how I was going to make these wheels look decent, given that they are just way too small for me to cut the individual spokes of the printed parts, and those areas between the spokes were plain white as provided. The printed wheels were black. I don't know what color they would have actually been. I just left these laser-cut parts unpainted. They all come in basic gray. Anyway, this is an example of one of those less demanding details, gluing on the hatches, ventilator grilles, etc. sheepsail, GrandpaPhil, druxey and 5 others 8 Clare Hess He's a -> "HE" Current Builds: USS Bagley Kitamaebune - Japanese Edo Era Trader Atakebune - Japanese Sengoku Warship Recent Builds: V108 Yacht Mary 1660 HMS Wolf 1754
James H Posted Saturday at 10:16 PM #62 Posted Saturday at 10:16 PM That really does look very nice 🥰 Canute and Ryland Craze 2 On the bench: HMS Surprise - (Prototype) - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Future work: HMS Agamemnon - (Prototype) - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Ongoing: Tender Avos - Master Korabel - 1:72. My other builds: https://modelshipworld.com/topic/38761-a-place-to-post-your-long-signatures/
catopower Posted 3 hours ago Author #63 Posted 3 hours ago Thank you James! No time to work on USS Bagley until tomorrow, but here's how she looks today, with deck structures test fit. Long ways to go... I'm now considering how I want to deal with the railings. I have some PE railings I purchased, but it would be nice to make railings that have their stanchions in the right locations. That might be a bit much for me to deal with though. On V108, I used PE railings and modified them in places, so that I had stanchions properly located at corners. I suppose I can try that on this model too. Just have a lot more corners to worry about here. Ryland Craze 1 Clare Hess He's a -> "HE" Current Builds: USS Bagley Kitamaebune - Japanese Edo Era Trader Atakebune - Japanese Sengoku Warship Recent Builds: V108 Yacht Mary 1660 HMS Wolf 1754
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