Kevin Aris

good evening everyone day 5 of the project between portholes a lot of the raised detail has been removed in prep off the wooded decks new better slower drill required for the small portholes, not impressed though, so much play in the drive, plus a cheap mini chuck for effect i build up the next section of superstructure, still using my dog walking leds the inside has been primed in yellow to stop any light bleed the internal bulkheads are presently being used to support the LED light strips, i may split this to three sections, as it will be not be possible to remove after the well decks are secured in place much better with warm white LED

the project is evolving all the time, i will update later

no portholes tomorrow as i have had to order a power drill, other things can ne done

they were certainly part of the downfall of this vessel after she hit the mine,

good afternoon everyone Day 2 portholes im so glad im not doing these by pin vice, but i am using a lot of 0.5mm drill bits with the pin vice in my power drill chuck, the drill has seen better days, the brearing creates a wobble at the drill bit end,

good evening everyone day 1 hull - portholes i dont quite know how many portholes there are, but they seam to be taking a while to do. i was originally going to do them by pin vice, my hands were never going to manage that, so the electric variable speed power drill came into use, the pin vice was put into the chuck for the very small size drill bits i may have undersized the holes by using 0.6, 1mm, 1.5 and 2mm i placed a white led in the hull to see what effect im going to get and quite happy with the result although not ready for this the kit i purchased from a friend also had a set of internal bulkheads to keep the shape right made the stand up, wrong name of course

anyway i got carried away here are some of the kit contents the KA MK! upgrade set goes on forever, here is a small selection of goodies

i used the ref instead of a wikki page, and considered taking that comment out

appologies to anyone who has read all my previous messages about not wanting to do 1/200 scale, this is possibly the biggest scale liner i can afford/home her she is compared to the 1/84 Amerigo Vespucci

Good evening everyone Welcome to yet another of my builds from the internet The build is one of the Titanic’s sister ships, not the Olympic, but the HMHS Britannic Britannic (II), yard number 433, was the third Olympic Class ship, and the largest ship ever built for the White Star Line. Britannic is best known as being the sister ship of Olympic and Titanic, and also for her own sinking while serving as a hospital ship in 1916. Prior to her launching Britannic, had also been referred to as Gigantic, although it is uncertain whether or not White Star intended to use the name Gigantic. In order to construct the Olympic Class liners Harland and Wolff constructed two massive slipways, 840ft by 270ft wide and up to 228ft high. Olympic was constructed on one side and Titanic on the other. Following the launch of both ships, on 30th November 1911, construction work begun on Britannic in the slipway that had been occupied by Olympic. On 14th April 1912, Titanic collided with an iceberg and sank two hours and forty minutes later with the loss of around 1500 lives. As a result of the disaster it was decided to stop all work on Britannic until a safer design could be created following the Titanic inquiry – in an attempt to ensure that Britannic did not suffer the same fate as her sister, and also probably to increase public confidence in the ship. When work continued on Britannic, a number of changes had been made to the design, most notably was the addition of lifeboats for all and large gantry davits to support some of them. Britannic also had her watertight double skin extended, a new bulkhead added and her bulkheads made higher. Witnessed by some 50,000 people, Britannic was launched on Thursday 26th February 1914 at Harland and Wolff, Belfast. It was intended that Britannic would enter service as a passenger liner on the Southampton to New York service; however, World War One would intervene. On 4th August 1914 Britain declared a state of war. As a result, work on Britannic was slowed down – as priority had to be given to ships involved with war services. On 13th November 1915, Britannic was requisitioned as a hospital ship. As a hospital ship, Britannic’s duty was to transport wounded soldiers back home. To turn her into a hospital ship, Britannic’s interior was converted into wards, operating theatres…and accommodation for medical equipment and medical staff. So that Britannic could be easily identified as a hospital ship, Britannic was painted white with three large red crosses on each side, a green band going across the ship, and two further crosses on each side which were illuminated at night, this made sure that according to conventions, Britannic could not be legally targeted – providing that she was not used for military purposes other than transporting any wounded persons. Upon completion Britannic sailed to Liverpool, where she arrived on 12th December 1915, under the command of Captain J Ranson. In Liverpool on 14th December, Britannic was officially commissioned as His Majesties Hospital Ship (HMHS) Britannic and given the identification number G618. Also on that same day Captain Charles A Bartlett took command of her. On 23rd December 1915 Britannic’s maiden voyage began; she departed Liverpool bound for Naples, where she arrived on 28th December to take on coal and water, following Naples she headed for Mudros, on the Greek island of Lemnos, where she arrived on new year’s eve and took patients onboard. When Britannic left Mudros she sailed straight for Southampton, where she arrived on 9th January 1916. Unlike her younger sister, Titanic, Britannic’s maiden voyage – which had seen her crew celebrate Christmas on board – had been a success. Britannic completed two more voyages, the first from Southampton (departing on 20th January 1916) to Naples, where the patients were transferred from smaller ships and the second from Southampton (departing on 20th March 1916) to Augusta, where patients were also transferred from other ships. Due to the failure of the Gallipoli campaign, which had been supplying Britannic with casualties, Britannic was no longer needed, and was laid up at Cowes, Isle of White, UK. On 6th June 1916 Britannic was discharged from her war services, and returned to Belfast, so that she could be made ready for her true intended purpose, as a passenger liner. Shortly after, due to new campaigns in the Balkans, Britannic was again needed, and was recalled back to war time hospital ship services on 28th August 1916. She departed Cowes on 24th September 1916 bound for Mudros, where she collected her patients from other hospital ships, and arrived home at Southampton on 11th October 1916. Britannic made one more successful voyage, departing Southampton on 20th October 1916, for Mudros. On this voyage Britannic had been given permission to transport over 480 extra medical personal and tons of medical supplies that were destined for Egypt, Malta Salonika, India and Mesopotamia. Britannic arrived at her Southampton home on 6th November 1916. Under the command of Captain Bartlett, Britannic’s sixth and final voyage started from Southampton on Sunday 12th November 1916. From Southampton she sailed to Naples, where she arrived on Friday 17th November for the loading of coal and water; Britannic was supposed to leave Naples the next day, but a storm had prevented her leaving until Sunday afternoon. On the morning of Tuesday 21st November 1916, at 8.12am, Britannic was sailing in calm waters through the Kea Channel, when suddenly she was rocked by a massive explosion originating from her starboard side. The damage to the ship was serious, with watertight compartments flooding and bulkheads damaged. The situation was made even worse by the fact that many of the ships portholes had been left open – perhaps sealing Britannic’s fate. It was not long before a distress signal was sent and the order given to prepare the lifeboats. In an attempt to save the ship Captain Bartlett attempted to beach the ship on shores of Kea. Without orders, two lifeboats had been lowered; in one of them was Violet Jessop, who had survived the Titanic disaster; once in the water these boats were sucked towards Britannic propellers, which where almost out of the water – resulting in devastation as boats and people were drawn towards them. Violet jumped out of the boat and despite hitting her head twice on something solid while struggling under water was able to get to the surface and survive the disaster. Soon after, Captain Bartlett ordered the engines to be stopped and at 8.35am he gave the order to abandon ship. At 9am the Captain give the last abandon ship order by sounding the ships whistle, and he then walked off the flooding bridge into the sea, where he swam to a lifeboat. At 9.07am, 55 minutes after the explosion, Britannic slipped beneath the waves. The cause of the explosion is now widely believed to have been a mine. Of the 1066 people onboard, 30 lost their lives. The wreck of Britannic was found by Jacques Cousteau in 1975 – in a relatively intact state, lying on her starboard side. Britannic is now the largest passenger liner fully submerged on the ocean floor; the only other passenger ship bigger than her lying on the sea bed being the Costa Concordia, which sank in 2012, but will eventually be raised.

good morning everyone Thank you for comments and likes Not much of an update, but a lot of work to get there, at last all the backstays are in for the main mast

i believe this might be the same vessel but the dates dont quite tie in Knight Templar 1889 (tynebuiltships.co.uk)

thank you

just re-reading your log, i never knew bow thrusters were used back in the 20's, there was ne thinking they were fairly modern

i love that, excellent work

wow, thats just to far out of my comfort zone ? when printing there is a lot of sprues inside the hull do they just snap out or have to be machined out

good evening everyone more progress has been made on the build, and she has now changed her name from Amerigo to Phoenix, as she bears little resemblance to the real thing and absolutely noting like the kit intended, i have never had such a kit so wrong in every detail, anyway her a e a few photos taken since the last update mizzen mast is nearly complete with its own UFO launch pad, and lot more ratlines have been added, mizzen mast speader UFO and homing beacon

nothing really changed after day 96 other than i started to prep 50 sheets of accommodation blocks parts she is now covered over awaiting time on the table again

clove hitch - yes and thank you

i managed 100 consecutive days on her, she is now having a rest until i get back to her

Good morning everyone the SD14 is still in the mancave, mainly she is to big to put anywhere at present, she will fit in the display cabinet, but getting her in there is the problem the decission to put sails onto the AV is a big game changer for me, i always wanted a fully fitted build but wanted it to be a clipper, i ruled out the Amerigo Vespucci as i didnt want to offend the AV followers, that went out of the window when i painted her green, main mast lower shrouds fitted followed by the backstays every 5th line of the ratlines is a metal bar i did the first set of lines incorrect so this is how i do them the right way

good evening, everyone it was about 10 days ago lying-in bed 3 in the morning, wife breathing heavy one side and the Boi spaniel in his bed right next to me and all i could do was think about model building, the sd14 is enjoyable but 100 days on im slightly ready for a change, I have other kits new and some started but i want the WOW factor, something to get me head thinking, something to tax me without being boring, and a little out of my comfort zone, thinking we are on an adventure my boi follows me into my display area and discuss what to do next, well I talk to myself whilst the boi looks for treats in me pockets a process of elimination rules out any new build 1/200 Titanic and Shipways Syren being started as the new INDY is out later this year Next the started builds, 1/48 Enterprise is crossed off as is the U Boat and Snowberry. We have one build left the Amerigo, this is the build that should have gone to landfill many years ago, its only when I restarted her that I decided to make her in my own version Anyway she came back to the table, and im pleased with the progress my WOW and out of comfort zones will be coming in the form of putting a full set of sails on her

saw this on a Facebook feed this morning, no idea which one the guy posting remembers the advert from the 1970's but never saw one and was wondering if anyone had seen, or had one i just spent a while and managed to find this https://www.longisland70skid.com/polaris-nuclear-submarine/ What a disappointment, im sure trading standards would be jumping up and down

My SD14 came from Marcle models quite a beast a 7 feet