Massimo Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 On 19/2/2018 at 19:42, Courageous said: If your intentions are to put all that drawing detail onto a scratch built model, I'll be well impressed. If so, you can surely borrow Stuart's Nick name!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massimo Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 2 minutes ago, massimo said: If so, you can surely borrow Stuart's Nick name!!! Anyway, these big scale drawings are very tempting...this is whatthey are for!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 20 hours ago, Ex-FAAWAFU said: The possible Jecobin error is the position of the bulkhead ("wall" to any landlubbers!) which is just behind it - in shadow in the pic, aligned with the rear face of the mainmast. Purely on the visual evidence you provide here Crisp I would support your conclusion. In that first photo - allowing for perspectival displacement - that bulkhead definitely appears to match your interpretation. I say this with all the authority that years of experience travelling on the Ireland to UK ferry each summer for the hols can bring.... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 I'm laughing But also agreeing, I'd wager, sirrah, that you knew your own ship better than Jecobin And this comes with many years experience being ferried to France for Le Mans In other things... Autocorrect in Apple land, does it not give you the option of highlighting the 'wrong' result and then if you right click 'Add to dictionary' the way Android does? You'd be amazed at the dictionary of English in my browsers Any road, carry on skipper,the drawings deserve a wall in Tate St Ives, round the staircase at the entrance with a magnificent view of the water 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted March 5, 2018 Author Share Posted March 5, 2018 Progress with the starboard profile: More soon Crisp 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Can I ask Crisp, what software package do you use for this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted March 5, 2018 Author Share Posted March 5, 2018 Pixelmator, on a MacBook Air. Like all of them, it takes a while to learn (e.g. I only stumbled by accident onto the fact that it will do vector graphics), but it’s great to use once you know it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted March 7, 2018 Author Share Posted March 7, 2018 Starboard view almost done; just the flight deck / catwalks & quarterdeck to do. More soon Crisp 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewa Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 I never knew there was an open bridge option... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted March 7, 2018 Author Share Posted March 7, 2018 So you spotted my cunning plan, eh? (Better un-hide that layer, then!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted March 8, 2018 Author Share Posted March 8, 2018 Today's work - the flight deck & catwalk guardrails, plus liferaft racks, refuelling points etc: And the whole ship (with bridge restored!), with only the quarterdeck to do and a few details to sort (e.g. the forward draught marks): More soon Crisp 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted March 9, 2018 Author Share Posted March 9, 2018 OK, starboard profile now complete. First without LCVPs & Whaler: ...and then with them: One more sheet of detail stuff to do, and then these will be complete. More soon Crisp 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Amazing drawing work. Looking forward to you starting the build, obviously when your wing is fixed. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 (edited) Having finished the profiles of the whole ship, I am now concentrating on details - arguably the most important bit, since this is where differences are highlighted between various stages of the ship's life, differences between her & Intrepid, and so on. Already, after a few weeks of this, I have re-learned a huge amount about Fearless, which was part of the idea. My wrist is now at about 90%, but I have decided to finish these drawings before I go back to plastic, PE and resin - or they might never get finished. Since some of these are freehand drawings done from photographs, they take a fair amount of time. None the less, I will thank myself in due course when I actually build the model(s) of her! So, in no particular order, some details - still quite a lot to come: This last one is still unfinished, but is where I've got to tonight: More soon Crisp Edited March 15, 2018 by Ex-FAAWAFU 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Awesome work Crisp! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Did you train in technical drawing at all Crisp? This work is of such quality and depth that it fills me with admiration at the level of skill it displays each time I come back to it. Terrific. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Aris Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 i am starting to see equipment that was also fitted to my County class Destroyer HMS Fife like the Seacat and its directing gear, love your work so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted March 17, 2018 Author Share Posted March 17, 2018 (edited) Be careful, @KEVIN_ARIS - Fearless' Seacat system was GWS 20, the very early version, visually guided (i.e. no radar involved). The DLGs had a more developed version - GWS 22, which included a radar targeting system. Norfolk was the ship I left to join Fearless. I think the launchers were the same, but the directors were certainly different. Anyway... 40/60 Bofors finished ..and Seacat launcher done: Now moving onto the final element of this details sheet, namely the Sonar Type 182 - Towed Acoustic Decoys. Then there will be one more sheet to do, which will show vertical "slices" through the ship, illustrating some of the detail that's otherwise impossible to see. Still enjoying it! Crisp Edited March 17, 2018 by Ex-FAAWAFU 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Aris Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 1 hour ago, Ex-FAAWAFU said: Be careful, @KEVIN_ARIS - Fearless' Seacat system was GWS 20, the very early version, visually guided (i.e. no radar involved). The DLGs had a more developed version - GWS 22, which included a radar targeting system. Norfolk was the ship I left to join Fearless. I think the launchers were the same, but the directors were certainly different. yes Crisp i fully appreciate your reply, and yes, my build will have the GWS-22 fit, what i meant to say was that as i get into this scratch build mind set, and not just building a kit out of the box, i am starting to learn system fits 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 That wing of yours Crisp must be nearly cooked and soon it'll be build time! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted March 18, 2018 Author Share Posted March 18, 2018 (edited) You do realise, I hope, that the Fearless build will not follow straight on from these drawings! OK, the 1/700 L’Arsenal version might not be far away, but the 1/350 scratch build for which these drawings are designed won’t happen for quite a while yet. I have 1/48 Walrus, Seafire 47 and Seafang builds that were in progress when I hurt my arm, plus a 1/350 Ton Class... and when they’re done, there are 1/48 Seaking and 1/340 [1/350, really] Ark Royal projects, both paused for months. So don’t hold your breath just yet! Edited March 19, 2018 by Ex-FAAWAFU 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xffw45343tg Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 3 hours ago, Ex-FAAWAFU said: ... 1/340 Ark Royal project... Didn't realise you were enlarging it too!! - or is that just what happens when you give it a "cold wash"? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 4 hours ago, Ex-FAAWAFU said: So don’t hold your breath just yet! Sorry Crisp, I was being a bit presumptuous, just looking forward to the build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 20 minutes ago, Courageous said: Sorry Crisp, I was being a bit presumptuous, just looking forward to the build. He's been a tad coy about a Barracuda that I know that he has lurking in the cellars of Maison Crisp too.... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted March 19, 2018 Author Share Posted March 19, 2018 (edited) I think the Barra may yet get a total re-start; I have several of the kit, and there are several areas of my original effort that could do with major improvement. I hadn’t been back modelling long when I was working on that one! Edited March 19, 2018 by Ex-FAAWAFU 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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