Kevin Aris Posted March 8, 2018 Author Share Posted March 8, 2018 Well apart from purchasing a few wheel/handles, i am calling this one, sorry it is not brilliant, but i tried my best, oh and but the way im pleased with it 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnWS Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Looks great Kevin. That's a lot of stuff wrapped in a small package. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 That's some amazing building right there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Aris Posted March 8, 2018 Author Share Posted March 8, 2018 thank you for the comments leaving the scratch side of things for a while, i want to try and sort the main deck out, and find my self in the chicken or the egg dilemma i dont want to spent anything on the hull at this time like running gear, but want to get the superstructure attached but once that is done i cannot access the hull so well to put in shafts rudders motor and battery packs so this evening i have started to join the big 3 main deck panels together with epoxy, with the intention of having the build with one very large deck removable, then place a sheet of plasticard over the top so when the deck is placed onto the hull the lip will cover the the edge of the hull no doubt by tomorrow morning i will have changed my mind taken a few months agp 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris B Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Excellent work Kevin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Aris Posted March 9, 2018 Author Share Posted March 9, 2018 possibly my last update until next weekend, today i sat the main deck into the hull properly, and put a sheet of pasticard over the top, this also cover the hull edge, and now allows me to remove the whole deck off in one go so a few photo's of how she looks at present the Exocet, dont look right. they are not staggered on the plans, 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Wow! It is a beast, that SeaSlug launcher on it's own is impressive. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdave22014 Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 That little winch by the seaslug launcher is a thing of beauty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Aris Posted March 11, 2018 Author Share Posted March 11, 2018 49 minutes ago, Bigdave22014 said: That little winch by the seaslug launcher is a thing of beauty. Thank you Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Aris Posted March 18, 2018 Author Share Posted March 18, 2018 Good afternoon from a snowy Bridgwater in Somerset I wanted to do some work on the 1/4 deck this weekend, but the only way ahead was to decide how to do the non slip pattern on deck, the plans differed from photos, and the same ship pre and post refits showed changes, so I went a did my own thing this is a museum exhibit and totally different to the palns the area was marked to the shape i wanted the pattern to follow 350 strips later and a rattle can grey primer to show what touching up is needed, im quite pleased how it turned out 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Unfortunately I have very few photo's of when I was on the Fife but perhaps there are some details here that might help. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Aris Posted March 18, 2018 Author Share Posted March 18, 2018 (edited) 41 minutes ago, Roger Newsome said: Unfortunately I have very few photo's of when I was on the Fife but perhaps there are some details here that might help. thank you Roger, i wonder if that hinged apparatus next to the ladder is a working platform for the Seaslug might be to far away though Edited March 18, 2018 by Kevin Aris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 (edited) Lol, I assumed it was a ladder for divers, I don't know now you've said that. Definitely too short for a diving ladder I think. Edited March 18, 2018 by Roger Newsome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard E Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 An amazing level of detail Kevin, particularly when compared to that found on some "museum class" models on public display. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robgizlu Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Astonishing progress Kevin - I envy you your work rate. It's leaped everytime I come back - and quality work Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Aris Posted March 18, 2018 Author Share Posted March 18, 2018 1 hour ago, robgizlu said: Astonishing progress Kevin - I envy you your work rate. It's leaped everytime I come back - and quality work Rob Rob i have a very understanding wife, but i still only do anything at the weekends an holidays, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncarina Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 You are doing an amazing job, and have some serious patience to install those antiskid walkways. Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Aris Posted March 19, 2018 Author Share Posted March 19, 2018 31 minutes ago, uncarina said: You are doing an amazing job, and have some serious patience to install those antiskid walkways. Cheers, Tom Tom the pointy end looks like , well interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Aris Posted March 25, 2018 Author Share Posted March 25, 2018 good god its its time for another update the bridge the last big module and i messed up the lower middle windows dont need to be there, but being a fool i put them in as they are on the plans, it appears they were moved at the time the B turret was replaced by the Exocet missile system, as a result the two outer ones were bang on top of the supports forming the shape and there is a notch missing where the knife slipped, oh hum the blast deflectors will cover the two lower windows so i added two more 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Aris Posted April 2, 2018 Author Share Posted April 2, 2018 bit of a surprise this weekend, my DIY was completed in two of my four days off, im not going to bore you with that, so that meant some boat building Exocet Missile System the bits that i bought were not the fit for use, or the wrong shape do they were modified instead of being stepped the modules were in pairs, so two banks were joined together and then added to a deck plate, i scratched two blast deflectors with 0.5mm plasticard and added them with the aid of some hidden supports to keep them in place at the end of the missile pods some extra detailing and a whip aerial 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morty_3333 Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 (edited) Hi Kevin! Just catching up with Everybody's builds, Your flying along on this! Keep Sticking! Cheers, Pete PS. Every time I read the title I fancy a banana.................................................. Edited April 7, 2018 by morty_3333 Typo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Aris Posted May 28, 2018 Author Share Posted May 28, 2018 Good evening everyone the forward bulkhead was completed as was template for the wooden decking around the 4.5 gun the following photos have been shown to prove it has not all been plain sailing, this has taken me a few weekends, and last sunday it was all removed the reason why was because the white template showing the area the should not be covered in anti slip tread pattern, quess what just after this photo was taken, the dog ate it and i forgot to replace it, so the deck was stripped back to the mdf and a new one put on yesterday, the hawse holse are now better placed, and the evergreen for the new anti slip has arrived Edited 5 minutes ago by Kevin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Funnily enough, I was wondering how you were getting on with this: now I know. Lovely work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Aris Posted May 28, 2018 Author Share Posted May 28, 2018 12 minutes ago, Beard said: Funnily enough, I was wondering how you were getting on with this: now I know. Lovely work. I nearly cried when it was all removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 That anti-slip area must have taken you ages to do, must have been very frustrating to have to remove it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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