Phil Reeder Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 This is a great project,very well executed.It`s going to be one great model of a great Ship. In awe ,Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 Fascinating work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okdoky Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 Am Luvin it !!!!!!! Nige Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray S Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Looks really good. I had been wondering how all you scratchbuilders skin the hull and now I know! I would like to try something along these lines like a destroyer or WW1 Cruiser as a start. Subjects like yours can only inspire! Well done, keep up the good work, and thanks for sharing. Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iang Posted August 3, 2010 Author Share Posted August 3, 2010 Thanks for the kind words. This is my first complete scratch build and I'm learning a lot as I go. I haven't found any of it really difficult so far - though it has been tricky in places (i.e. needing two or three goes to get right) and I've made a few mistakes. For example, the knuckle at the stern is not as pronounced as it should be and the flight-deck over-hang is slightly too deep at the extreme stern. These are impossible to rectify now without wrecking the model. Other faults, such as the the shape of the quad machine gun platforms, I can sort out later. I may have been better advised to start with something simplier, but I think the hard part is now done and it matches the plans pretty well. The only part I'm uncertain of is scratch-building the 4.5" gun houses, as I've been unable to find really good photos of the mounts. I believe that these mounts were unique to Ark Royal and Scylla. I've decided to splash out on Master 1/350 products (brass pom-pom guns, quad machine guns etc), and Admiralty RN boats. I've also got a small stash of OOP WEM 1/350 Swordfish and Fulmars, though the Fulmars might not get used, as I'm looking at the feasibility of converting Trumpeter Dauntless into Skuas. An earlier time-frame would also mean that I'd get away without a degausing coil. The rest of the details will be time consuming more than anything else and it progress will be slow now for a few weeks (holidays etc). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thanos Mentzelopoulos Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Pretty amazing up to now!!!!!!!! Keep up the good work!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Hi Ian, I hope I'm not too late in finding this for you but I came across this very good photo, taken from a shipping magazine dated 30 December 1938 It shows off the massive overhang very well, plus the widths of the bulwark strengthening inside the quarterdeck area and also the sponson strengtheners. The netting and fencing around the stern of the flight deck is worth noting also. HTH Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMS Excellent1967 Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 This is a great project,very well executed.It`s going to be one great model of a great Ship. In awe ,Phil Hi Ian, I have to agree there. Incredible work. Cheers, Hugh Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest raiderhall Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 Hi Ian, any updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iang Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share Posted April 25, 2011 It's been a while since my last confession. Having finished the basic construction on the hull, it was clear that there were a number of problems to sort out. The cable deck needed redoing, the port midship pom-pom sponsons were mounted too high, the flight-deck overhang over the quarter deck was not even on both sides of the hull and the forward knuckle was too pronounced. It had got to the stage where I was heartily sick of the project, so ignored it for a few months, before picking it up again over the Easter holiday period. The cable deck now looks like this: It is probably good enough since it will only be seen through the hull openings. I removed the poor attempt at a steam pipe on the roof of the cable-deck before fitting. I cut out the midships pom-pom sponsons and made a new set and which are now back in the hull at the correct depth: I also used milliput to finish the 4.5" sponsons, which still need a bit of attention to make even: The flight-deck above the cable deck is now glued to the hull with the cable deck masked with foam peanuts and tape. The water-line shows a repair to the bow where I manage to drop the model onto a brick floor: I haven't finished sorting out the area above the quarter deck, but the hull now looks like this: The next task is the quarter deck and flight-deck over-hang. After that, all of the light AA and searchlight platforms need bracing supports and the hull openings and crane deck need detailing and boxing in. I'm still undecided about whether to bother to reduce the forward knuckle. Here's a slightly older view with the 1/600th kit for comparison. Hopefully the interval until next update won't be as long 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Tango Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Looking great now, boy, that is some monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Hewitt Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 (edited) its huge,keep up the good work Edited April 27, 2011 by Chris Hewitt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iang Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share Posted June 2, 2011 A small update. I've been busy correcting the obvious faults on the hull. These are the angle of the round-down and the forward 4.5" opening (of which more later). Compared with plans and photographs, the round-down fell away too sharpely. The old Airfix kit has the angle right, so I decided to razor saw through the hull under the round-down and insert a wedge. You can see the cut in the photo. With the wedge inserted, there was a slight buckle in the flight-deck, which I've corrected. Now that I'm happy with the shape, I've started to detail the stern. The first job was to cut openings in the hull above the quarter-deck. These still need to be sub-divided with plastic card. I also detailed the search-light position, fitted a deck to the opening in front of the round-down and added splinter shields to the 0.5" gun positions and the main 4.5" sponsons from brass sheet. The search light and 0.5" sponsons are braced to the hull of the ship, but I'll add all these more delicate structures later. Finally, I've started to add the re-inforcements to the hull under the round-down from micro-strip. . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moaning dolphin Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 So glad to see your back on this, must say it is looking good so far! Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest raiderhall Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob 1 Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Thanks for the kind words. This is my first complete scratch build and I'm learning a lot as I go. I haven't found any of it really difficult so far - though it has been tricky in places (i.e. needing two or three goes to get right) and I've made a few mistakes. For example, the knuckle at the stern is not as pronounced as it should be and the flight-deck over-hang is slightly too deep at the extreme stern. These are impossible to rectify now without wrecking the model. Other faults, such as the the shape of the quad machine gun platforms, I can sort out later. I may have been better advised to start with something simplier, but I think the hard part is now done and it matches the plans pretty well. The only part I'm uncertain of is scratch-building the 4.5" gun houses, as I've been unable to find really good photos of the mounts. I believe that these mounts were unique to Ark Royal and Scylla.I've decided to splash out on Master 1/350 products (brass pom-pom guns, quad machine guns etc), and Admiralty RN boats. I've also got a small stash of OOP WEM 1/350 Swordfish and Fulmars, though the Fulmars might not get used, as I'm looking at the feasibility of converting Trumpeter Dauntless into Skuas. An earlier time-frame would also mean that I'd get away without a degausing coil. The rest of the details will be time consuming more than anything else and it progress will be slow now for a few weeks (holidays etc). This is very ambitious subject for a first scratchbuild. Anyway, so far so good, keep up the good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tintin Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Hi Ian great model of my favorite ship I have been building her at 1/144th scale on and off for the last couple of years,and I know the scarcity of information There are some good photos of the 4.5 mount and the vickers guns at the following site the dock museum "the vickers photographic archive" go to armament>naval weapon>naval gun photos 28 to 33 keep up the good work John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi-Jiff Kenobi Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Hi John, and I hope you enjoy it here as much as I do. great model of my favorite shipI have been building her at 1/144th scale Any chance of some photos, that sounds like quite a project! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iang Posted January 2, 2012 Author Share Posted January 2, 2012 I've finally managed to find the inspiraton to work on this again..... The island this time - I struggled to get the shape of the island right, as it is not symmetrical. For the base of the island I made 60 thou plastic card sections from the 'as fitted' plans and filled between the sections with P38 auto filler. The funnel was made by using plastic card cross-sections and plastic tube, filled with P38 and sanded back to shape. The base and funnel match the plans very well now, though the funnel still needs a funnel cap, which will increase its height a little. I'm making the decks in various sections, as this is easier to match to the plans and will allow for painting. This is my third attempt at the curved bridge structure with recesses for windows (between C and D decks). I found that using blocks of resin for the curved wings worked best as resin is easier to sand back to the correct shape. I still need to shorten C-D decks before attaching to the island base and build the screens around the front of B deck With the base of the island and funnel on the flight-deck, it actually beginning to look like Ark Royal... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest raiderhall Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 glad that your back on it. Happy New Year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndon Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Superb work Ian. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iang Posted January 14, 2012 Author Share Posted January 14, 2012 More progress on the island: Still a fair bit to do, but it is gradually taking shape. I'm struggling with the arrangement of D deck (top deck of island). I still have the searchlight platform to add behind the direct and mast, but do not have a clear photo of this area. Has anyone got a photograph they could share? Many thanks, IG 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Reeder Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Would this be of any use ,Ian? It was scanned from Warship Quarterly Vol 1,No2 page 42. Cheers Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madam I'm Adam Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Been watching this thread with interest, she's looking really good. It emboldens me to try some scratch building... Cheers Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iang Posted January 16, 2012 Author Share Posted January 16, 2012 Would this be of any use ,Ian? It was scanned from Warship Quarterly Vol 1,No2 page 42. Cheers Phil Thanks Phil. I have a good print of that one. It's the top of the island I need. IG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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