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So says you, what I see is a work of art. Those guns !!! Watching this build take shape, is an honour. Jon

Steve, I really stand in awe of your work. As @Dmitriy1967 said above, it really is a pleasure to see such craftsmanship and skill! Best, Jeff

It's such a pleasure to look at it. Each one individually is a work of model art. We've missed you, Steve! 🙂

Thanks very much. Nice, the Trafalgar class are very nice looking boats. I prefer their looks to the Astute class. I regularly go to Portsmouth and like to try and be there when interesting ships come in or out of the harbour. I actually saw a US Navy Los Angeles class submarine in the harbour years ago.

Nice flotilla of boats, great work

Very nice, one of my old boats spent seven years on her

I have been reading "The Hunting Submarine", a book about the T Class submarine HMS Tally Ho operating out of Ceylon in 1943-45. It states that these subs were in an "overall matt slime green" camouflage. Does anyone know if this was an official Admiralty color or a local mix? I am considering building the Starling Models HMS Tabard as Tally Ho. Doug

Thanks Jeff, That was a long time ago I built this one, I would love to do another Titanic and see how much better I could make her now. I promise I will be getting back to the Type 45 destroyer build soon. Thanks Bjorn, I loved building this kit years ago and she has been in pride of place in my display cabinet since I got hold of it.

You made a nice return to modelling with it. And no, I've never done an RMS Titanic either. I have the same kit on my building board but I have been cutting in it to build a 1/600 RMA Aquitania. I also have a 1/800 scale Titanic who got the same faith, Tha saw has been working on it to be able to build a MS Kungsholm in 1/600. I do have an unhurt 1/600 Titanic from Academy in the stash though.

great work on PE

Models in their own right, indeed! Outstanding.

Simple, but elegant display. Very nice work on the subs. ⚓🙌

That´s all true, but facts aside. I personally prefer the lower hull to be red. ⚓🤔

Long gap between posts, sorry Progress has been slow due to a couple of boat related trips, one a visit to the Brass Foundry (more coming soon) and second a visit to Portsmouth where I was fortunate to coincide with the first pontoon day of the year. This is where Boatshed No 4 gets their collection on the water and visitors get to climb aboard and even take a ride round the harbour. Anyway, I'm struggling with the Berthon collapsible lifeboat. I will write a full post on this interesting sub-project once I get something I'm happy with, meanwhile I've been filling in with deck equipment painting and miscellaneous punch-list items. The first of these was the awning ridge wire stanchions. The rearmost of these three sits aft of the rear 6pdr platform and has a curved frame supporting it Which sits above the Wardroom hatch I also painted the torpedo on its trolly And finally started to fix stuff, the first being the rear gun platform seen here with the first 6 pounder on its conical mount, some of the ready use ammo added until I ran out of 1.3mm thin wall tubing... On the pontoon day visit was a steam pinnace from the 1890's. This mounted a Hotchkiss 3pdr which inspired the colour scheme for the 6 pdrs So, jumping back to guns. The forward 6 pdrs on the photographs do not have gun shields. Here is the rear shoulder frame added to the casting And here are all 3 6 pdrs painted and complete These are little models in their own right, I love them, feel free to zoom in . The white shoulder pad is made from Fimo btw. I should add a lanyard to the trigger..... I also added the second quarter name letters and correctly fixed the props (though they are still removable at the moment). Plus I fixed the rudder (with a 10ba nut) and added the rearmost section of the steering chains to the tiller bar and glued the aft steering position together. I'm also much happier with the wheel painting which I finished with transparent rust wash that finally gave me the deep mahogany colour I was looking for The railings are too white right now, this will be knocked back with a wash later The next section of the steering gear is a chain attached to a running block that anchors to that rear fairlead and runs forward via a rod to the forward pulleys. Will be a fun challenge of the tiny type So, nothing dramatic, just steady bits a pieces while I consider plan C (or is it D?) for the Berthon Cheers Steve

Great looking Davits I'm looking forward to each installment Rob

Forward and aft guns mounted, ignore all the black threads, I find it easier to add the rigging to the deck mounts before the masts go on. I've made a start on the boat davits, adding the PE detail to the plastic part. This build seems to be getting smaller, but I think it's well worth adding all this PE, although it does limit how much I can do at a time. Jon

Hi Jeff, she never had red. She used Peacock & Buchan's products her entire career, who only ever supplied anti-fouling in black or grey shades. Of the years where the colour is positively documented, it was grey.

OK, as it was your first build I'll let you off the hook for not including Rose and Jack at the bows, pretending to fly. 😁 But next time . . . (I might be making a rod for my own back, here. 😁) But seriously, you have every right to be proud of this, it's a very good model. I've kept all of mine too, those I've done since coming back to the hobby. And no, I've never done an RMS Titanic, so I'll sit here and admire yours. Regards, Jeff.

G'day Ian, we're all novices at the beginning, doing mods and additions I think is something that comes to us over time. As TBJ says - "Enjoy it, that's what counts." As for the colour scheme, there's been considerable discussion over it. My original build was OOB, including the colours. My second was a modification to her May 1941 appearance, as much as I could, and that included a different colour scheme. For that I based it on a diagram generously supplied by @Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies which is endorsed by the HMS Hood Association I think. It has a dark grey anti-fouling below the waterline. If she ever had red I can't recall, and if she did I don't know when the grey was added. But even so I think it looks OK - ultimately it's your model, your choice. 🙂 I can post a photo of them both if you wish, for comparison. But I don't want to bamboozle you too much either. HTH and doesn't confuse. Regards, Jeff.

Well - this was intended to be a short 'filler' between projects - having never built a 1/350 submarine before I did not realise how short. A short Sunday morning later we have ... I decided to mount them flush against a board like this and built a stand to display vertically as think presents them nicely as a 3d picture. I do have name plates coming from @Model Monkey which will get added once they arrive and are painted. \

Hello Everyone, Here is yet another Royal Navy warship (I think I need to get some different warship kits built ). This one is another submarine, this time the HMS Astute. This kit is a 1/350 Hobby Boss effort and is my first example of that particular manufacturer's kit along with first use of photo etch parts. All the best, Rick

Hello Everyone, Here is another addition to my Royal Navy warship collection, this time it's something that spends most of it's time beneath the waves. Trafalgar class submarine HMS Turbulent made by Airfix in 1/350 scale. All the best, Rick

Some more small progress: This stand took far too long to make as it has to be positioned correctly with three new legs to touch the base of one of the funnels, and all three stand supports are slightly smaller than their plastic equivalent! This is where it will go with a mast added since last time so I can start to make the PE star-bridge: Finally the tops of the funnels made from Resin and a plastic part that is being replaced. With that priming and painting can start alongside the hull, then put down the wooden deck on the hull and start the main super structure. Simple. Or possibly not.

Nice Airfix classic, but a pig of a kit. No doubt that you will transform this relic into a silk purse. ⚓👍