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Hi Folks,

My first post on here and my first kit for more years than I care to remember !

So be gentle with me :winkgrin:

I have all the Italeri boats in my stash and I thought the MAS boat would be a simple start .

Then I saw this blog on Model Shipwrights http://modelshipwrights.kitmaker.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=SquawkBox&file=index&req=viewtopic&topic_id=169007&page=1

:banghead:

Slippery slope...

Started by building a launch cradle to display it on

 

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Built out of balsa and plastic profiles.

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Showing progress.

Two shades of Halfords primer, bit of Vaseline between coats... peeling paint.

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Launch cradle nearing completion.

Wood has been dry brushed with Khaki.

Framework washed with Raw Umber oil

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Now due to the coach house over the engine room , with open skylights and hatches there is some visibility into the engine room !

Found this

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Isotta Fraschinis W18 57 litre petrol engine.

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Joint between W18 and small maneuvering / reversing engine

Which led to

 

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Cheers

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Right got some questions for you lot....

1. Does anyone know what colour torpedoes are, everyone seems to have a different idea?

2. On the MAS boat was the hull planking double diagonal or longitudinal? Really need this for my thoughts on diorama.

3. Anyone have any pictures of wheelhouse

4. Confirmation of antifouling colour?

Thanks for looking

Unlikely but if anyone wants to question me pls feel free :D

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Now I feel like I'm p***ing into the wind..

Check these out Scratch built in 1/35

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Further pics available here.
http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=22735

Inspirational

 

 

Mind a certain member on here has promised to get my painting to that standard :lol:

 

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Don't know if anyone is interested but here is how I scribed in my engine room deck

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The key is don't try and do it all in one go....

Use as many pieces of template as you need to follow shape and stick them together as you go

 

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It can of course be done with hull shapes or though this simple. For a curved hull, just scribe smaller bits to the shape a keep sticking together

 

Hope it helps :o)

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Bringing you right up to date

 

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I'm well pleased with the result

Some facts you may well find amusing..

I have to date glued together SIX pieces of the MAS boat kit !

The kit consists of approx. 250 pieces !

So far I have assembled nearly SIX HUNDRED bits of wire, plastic, brass, aluminium & wood in producing the engines & engine room !

Does this mean the kits good value or I'm nuts happy.gif happy.gif
 

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Need your help!

Anyone have a source of photo etch valve hand wheels, need 2/3/4/5/6/8 mm in diameter.

Thought I'd found a place in Germany 12 euro for 5 sheets....right on!!

17 euro for postage I think not !

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This really cheered me up after a rotten afternoon at work. Keep this standard of work up and you will have a masterpiece on your hands.

Martin

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Hello. This is looking good so far. I was thinking that once you had done the launch cradle we would be in for a treat with the rest, and I was right! Look forward to seeing more, and even more great ideas.

Thanks for sharing, and showing us your ideas and how to do them.

All the best, Ray

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Cheers Foxy,

You know a funny thing happened when I was wandering around Historex..................

Some photo etch and a barrel suitable for a 20mm Breda jumped into my basket , who was I to deny it a good home :winkgrin:

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http://www.aber.net.pl/upload/pdf/35_L_116_1.pdf

I know how she feels .. :bouncy:

Sorry I've been dying to use that :thumbsup: 6 going on sixty !!

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Valve wheels arrived today, well pleased just what I wanted.

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Enabled me to carry on in the engine room as below

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Not having any pictures and only a poor drawing there is a lot of imagination here !!

Compressor, air bottles (for torpedo launch), batteries, main electrical board, engine instruments and sea valves.

Hope you enjoy, thanks for looking

longshanks

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I am enjoying this build very much indeed! Will you be adding the ignition wiring to the tops of the engines?

Martin

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