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Oh! Well..! I am giving a try at it with what I have on hands (a Trumpy Huron in 1/350). I Plan to use the hull, decks and a few other things. If I can get the hull shipshape, I may even complete it with some 3D printed parts... I am moving this to the work in progress (to me it means The Unfinished) section to show what I come up with. Thanks for the insights. Marcello

I am alive! Just very busy... BYMS is on the back burner. M

I see... pockets are deep enough but I have T-Rex arms and cannot reach that far! I'd rather do the research on my own, if I could enter the UK... In the end, I figured out that I can base my Premuda on a Tribal class hull and scratchbuild all the rest. This said, all I need is a main deck plan! Thanks for your insight M

Hello folks I am exploring the possibility to scratchbuild RCT Premuda, formerly RJN Dubrovnik in 1/350. Dubrovnik was a somehow larger than contemporary British destroyers built at the Yarrow yard in Glasgow between 1930 and 1932. More like a flottilla leader, faster and better armed, but retaining the main general features of the E and F class destroyers, Dubrovnik was captured in 1941 and used by the Italian Regia Marina for about a year on convoy escort duty. I am looking for the hull lines (which are not like the British destroyers, with a curved bow and what looks like a mine laying sloped stern) and/or as build blueprints or a detailed plan (external views, top and sides). A british destroyer in Italian camo is quite something!!! Can anyone help me? Thank you Marcello

Another view of YMS 972 from the same yard. rgds M

I am good at starting. Finishing a project is a completely different matter!!! I might do an open wheelhouse as well. The galley is too dark to be a significant feature of this build. Thanks for following my build. Marcello

Interesting. Thank you! I will definitely consider that. I am building on a whim so I did not spend much time thinking about engineering the hull shell. I normally carve whatever material I am using and do not do much "plating". Rgds Marcello

Quite a few people were interested in knowing the name and brand of the putty I mentioned earlier in the thread. Here it is. I do not know anything about availability of this product outside Italy. Enjoy! ciao M

Thank you! M

I partially installed both gunwhales to see if I could obtain a seamless contour. Another experiment that might work... Later I will bend the gunwhales to shape and CA glue them to a couple of brass rods, I am planning to install the rods drilling from above the forecastle into the main deck to provide a strong support (the plasticard gunwhale will have to bend and keep the shape). more later... Ciao M

Now, this might be interesting to some. Having to deal with the bow issue I described earlier, I have been looking for a type of putty/filler that would stick to styrene, easy to sand and work well when applied in fairly large amounts. There is a car bodyshop right in front of where I live. Walking home after work, one day, I saw one of the chaps working there slapping a layer of this putty on a car, shape it with a spatula, let it dry just a couple of minutes and sand it to shape without much effort shortly after. That got me curious so I walked in and ask if he thought that it could work to fix my minesweeper hull. He said 'bring it in, let's take a look' and after about an hour I did not have a hull problem anymore. This is an industrial grade car repair two-component filler very similar to the old and stinking polyester putties that used to be around. Sands very smooth, is kind of flexible and hangs well on plastic. Here are the results:

I am cutting these to get some proportion and test my circle-cutter. The magnetic sweeping cable reel is one of the more notable features of the BYMS. It woud be nice to see some very detailed photos to understand how the reel were made. A quick search on the web provided just one close up. Can anyone else help with that? Ciao M

Small stuff that will need to be placed on deck before the gunwhales will go on... I prepared the bollards and other details masters. Someone among my model club buddies will make a few copies in resin. ciao M

this is done. ... and these will follow soon Buonanotte M