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  1. Sail-ho, Sailors! Some time ago I begun new build. After (almost!) finishing my two previous models, the choice was obvious... This time I'll do Black Cat Model's early Flower class corvette which I want build as HMS Hibiscus. We can easily find some photos of Hibiscus in internet and in books as well for example in excellent "Flower Class Corvetttes" by John Lambert and Les Brown. Another very good book with plenty photos and informations is "Korwety typu Flower" (180 pages, 190 photos!) . Unfortunantely this book is polish leaguage only. About ship. We see here Hibiscus in her original outfit without radar. Some interesting features are: - distinctive 507A / 507C camouflage. Unfortunantely I didn't find any fotos depicting her starboard. And you, dear Fellows? - interesting number "34" on funnel. Is it Escort Group marking? - rounded-type main gun shield - untypical Carley-float position and wooden square-type rafts close to pom-pom position - early type 2-pounder Vickers gun, Mark II without shield http://web.archive.org/web/20140808172617/http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/browser.asp?subject=&title=&subtitle=&searchtype=1&deepcriteria=vickers+pom+pom http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNBR_2pounder_m2.php - 2 twin Lewis guns on quarter deck, close to depth charge rails. Am I right? Any thoughts, opinions about it? Let's go to model. I used Black Cat Model's HMS Begonia kit. It is really ALMOST perfect kit (we Poles will sooner die before we say that something is perfectšŸ¤£) . First of all it is necessery to remove and sand 3D printing residues and all kind of "stairs" on surfaces. Thats why sprayed all parts with Mr.Surfacer and polished hull and small details too. Then I did hull plates imitation with masking tape and Surfacer sprayed with rattle-can. After spraying paint and removing I polished slightly too-obvious edges on hull. Then I fixed long part of superstructure. Unfortunately this part is too narrowe and we will have quite obvious gap between deck and superstructure's walls. To remove it I used my favourite method for big gaps. I glued two thin plastic stripes with CA and then levelled with deck. I fixed superstructure wihout any gap and painted decks. At first I painted wood (I think it is too bright now, maybe I will blend it with grey filter...) and then steel deck colour with special masks for preshading. Black Cat's Begonia has "eared"type bridge while Hibiscus had trapeziod bridge. I had to reshape this part. I removed ears and bridge's sides. I glued spare railings and then fixed thin aluminium foil from chocolate bar (I love chocolate! unfortunately...) and some splitter mats taken from kit. Boxes and more equipment I will install after I will join bridge and hull. Oh, and do you see beautifull plates with ship's name? My friend printed fantastic decals with these and with pennant numbers. Marek, 1000 thanks for it! OK, enough for today, thank you for your patience and reading, as always I apologise for any mistakes and till next time! Regards, Michal
  2. Finally done! I decided to make HMS Jed as she had nice and interesting camo, lot of AA Oerlikon guns and morover even minesweeping stuff. She had very interesting and eventful history too: as a part of 1st Escort Group she participated in crucial struggles on Atlantic during spring 1943, sharing two U-boot sinkings. In the autumn 1944 she was transferred in Far East. You can trace Work in Progress topic HERE. And group photos with Castle class corvette HMCS Copper Cliff still not finished Flower, HMS Hibiscus. Still not Escort Group, but one day, who knows?... Thank you for all your help, support and motivations for me, Friends! If you are interested in, I will show some details and close-ups in next post. Regards, Michal
  3. Good day Fellows, After finishing Copper Cliff corvette it's time for next maritime-modelling adventure. I want to convert Starling Model's HMS Nadder to one of the earlier frigates - HMS Jed. She took part in crucial spring 1943 conwoy battles. I prepared the sketch with some crucial points/areas: I will use some aftermarket goodies i.a. single Oerlikons by Black Cat and twins by Micromaster: It's very interesting building frigate after building her younger (and smaller) sister. Technology, military, kind of philozophy of using and fighting... I like to trace these aspects - differeces and similarities between them. Good resources are very important for such approach. To my earlier-mentioned books I added some further materials focused on Rivers. Top plan was attached to "Frigates of Royal Canadian Navy" book. Spey's plan I purchased from Naval Museum in Esquimalt: https://navalandmilitarymuseum.org/archives/projects/ships-plans/ It is posibble to obtain it by e-mail. This plan can be very usefull as Spey is one of the earliest frigaters like Jed, and like Jed she has all these minesweeping stuff. I think this digital reconstruction based on this plan: I must admit - this drawning is beautifull piece of art. Plenty of additional details, descriptions and so on. Author was (probably) F.N. Wilson and it was published by David MacGregor in 1974. Different time, different world... Maybe you know this author and publisher, me - not. I printed plan in big dimension and now it hangs on wall in my shipyard There is one more drawing. In Brian Lavery's book there is original shipyard plan of... HMS Nadder! Unfortunately, quality is very poor (small, gray an so on) but you can still check most important details and features. (BTW - have you Nadder in your modelling plans?) All remarks (and help) are warmly welcomed. OK, I know my direction, destination and ship. It's time to call "Throw the lines"! Let your hearts never fail For the bonnie ship the Diamond Goes a-hunting for the whale! Best regards, Michal.
  4. Dear Fellows, Let me show you my last model. Call it air component of my personal Battle of Atlantic project. It is very nice model, well detailed and designed. One difficult point is undercarriage, carefully fixing is must. Be carefull with PE engine ignition wires too. I'm not sure but I think they are changed right and left in instruction. I used alternative markings from Techmod set - VC-13, USS Tripoli. And finally... is grey camouflage boring? Best regards, Michał. PS. Some close-up shots soon...
  5. Hi dear fellows, My name is Michal, I'm from Poland. I like 2 WW planes and warships, and Battle of Atlantic is one of my "special topics". First of all I want say thank you all for such lot of inspiration, knowledge and fellowship on Britmodeller Forum. I want to show you my interpretation of White Ensign Models Castle class Corvette as rather late-war Canadian Copper Cliff: EDIT: you will find more photos further in this thread. In this thread's 2 page you will find my modelling guide for WEM's Castle Class Corvette kit. My reflections, list of modifications and so on. Best regards, Michal.
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