LPH-11 USS New Orleans by Spaceman Spiff - Iron Shipwrights - 1/350 - RESIN

[Spaceman Spiff]

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! 
 

Stalled a bit now because I have zero idea how to make that mini mast. Zero. 😂

[GrandpaPhil]

Happy Thanksgiving to you too!

 

Wire and toothpicks are your friends for making small masts and spars!

 

The stiff wire that comes in balsa model plane kits for landing gears is perfect for that.

 

Toothpicks and bamboo kitchen skewers can be shaved down to very thin diameters and are some of my go to sources for masts and spars.

 

 

Edited November 29, 2024 by GrandpaPhil

[ddp]

are you talking about the one that you posted a picture of at the top of pg 5 or on the island? 

[Spaceman Spiff]

This one. Two different attempts just plain sucked 

 

[ddp]

what is going wrong as i thought we worked out how you are going to make it?

[Spaceman Spiff]

It’s the “connector” area where the two mast and spar/boom/whatever meet 

[Spaceman Spiff]

I think I’m getting close on the little mast. I cut decal paper to make the connectors. It’s a start - let me know what you think…

[ddp]

wrong shape as looks like it should be a 4 point diamond as in baseball with home & second base the verticals & 1st & 3rd the horizontal bar as that is what it looks like in your previous picture. what are you going to use for the angled supports as thinner then the horizontal bar which is thinner then the main vertical post?

Edited December 3, 2024 by ddp

[Spaceman Spiff]

Working on a fix and should have the next version tonight. For the supports and part going above, I’ll use stretched Sprue, if that doesn’t work then maybe lead wire but I believe the sprue will be fine. For the loops at the end s, I’ll use lead wire. Great stuff that I use in wheel bays and cockpits of the planes 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Little mast part 2. Hypodermic needles, lead wire, decal paper, speaker wire, and styrene all were used. Still needs work, but thoughts? 

[ddp]

the model's crossbar seems to be wider then in relation to the 1 in the photo on the ship. is the height of the mast from base to crossbar the correct scale height because if it is then it can be used to calculate the correct width of the crossbar? 

[GrandpaPhil]

Looks good to me!

[Spaceman Spiff]

Thanks. Going to set that mini-mast aside for now and think about what I want to do. May just leave it as is. Started on the cable/fuel/fire reels PE by White Ensign - I’ll use lead wire and/or black thread for the hoses.Then on to the helos - the supplied ones were so bad I just purchased someTrumpeter birds. Oh, and since there are practically always crew on deck, picked up a set of 1/350 black cat sailors. Now this should be fun. Once all that is together to include the PE railings/ladders/etc , mask off the black waterline stripe and flight deck and start with the haze grey (MRP lacquer)

 

Edited December 14, 2024 by Spaceman Spiff

[Spaceman Spiff]

Small update. The end is in sight. Sorry for the crappy pic quality - I will have better ones later. Except for a few more bits of PE, the ship is almost finished. Still have to add the mini-mast. Tomorrow I’ll seal the deck and decal it, then weather (my second favorite part after painting) it. The air wing needs to be finished. Then it’s on to making the sea dio. Is it perfect? Far, far from it. Dad likes it and that’s all that matters. Y’all have no idea how’s much I hate this kit 😂

 

Edited February 13 by Spaceman Spiff