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  1. Kevin Aris
    https://www.the-blueprints.com/blueprints/ships/ not sure if you get anything free here, but found it in my HMS Fife folder
  2. Kevin Aris
    just found this https://maritime.org/doc/plans/
  3. Kevin Aris
    mike, although not what you are after, but why not set up a collection point for peoples plans that are no longer in use
  4. Kevin Aris
    That water is so good, what a lovely build
  5. Kevin Aris
    I so fancy this in 1/72, main reasons being, i love the scale size, so that i can compare to my other builds, it is british, and has some recent history, as well as the added interest of the stern
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    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. Kevin Aris
    i love the way you have approached this build, and the way you have brought life into her, after 30 years in subs i dont want to build one, but love the way everyone puts together some lovely builds, as for me its back to looking at pictures of british cold war warships
  8. Kevin Aris
    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
  9. Kevin Aris
    LOL and when you have finished that you can come and finish mine
  10. Kevin Aris
    sorry about your uncle the build looks great, i want to avoid thinking about making water effects - lol
  11. Kevin Aris
    in american boats the captain when coming in to the control room says" i have the conn" meaning i have the submarine which is actually said in RN boats, we used it if the captain was taking command from the OOW possibly on returning to periscope depth in confined waters or in a known shipping lane
  12. Kevin Aris
    Òoooooooh you want some mojo - here you go, lovely work
  13. Kevin Aris
    Tom the pointy end looks like , well interesting
  14. Kevin Aris
    Rob i have a very understanding wife, but i still only do anything at the weekends an holidays,
  15. Kevin Aris
    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
  16. Kevin Aris
    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
  17. Kevin Aris
    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
  18. Kevin Aris
    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
  19. Kevin Aris
    Thank you Dave
  20. Kevin Aris
    lovely work loving this build
  21. Kevin Aris
    try these they might have something that will work for you https://www.shapeways.com/marketplace/miniatures/figurines/?tag=navy
  22. Kevin Aris
    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,
  23. Kevin Aris
    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
  24. Kevin Aris
    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
  25. Kevin Aris
    Thank you Pete
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