Skybert Posted January 2, 2016 Author Share Posted January 2, 2016 Here is the new bow..a bit less rakish though I could have made it even more blunt.. I decided his will have to do getting close to finalising the sharp end.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybert Posted January 2, 2016 Author Share Posted January 2, 2016 (edited) Last work done in 2015: She escaped the bonfire, and am now committed to completion. I meanwhile have wild ideas about a harbor diorama with a flowerclass corvette, and harbor tug, admirality sloop, vosper torpedoboat, harbor cranes, railroadcars, supply trucks and warehouses.. problem is, its gonna be at least 2,5 x 1 meter.. Edited January 2, 2016 by Skybert 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Absolutely insane - but I love it! Good work so far and good luck! Regards, Jason 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrantGoodale Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 To paraphrase a line from "Jaws" - you're going to need a bigger house! Very well done so far 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthemodeller Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 She escaped the bonfire, and am now committed to completion. I meanwhile have wild ideas about a harbor diorama with a flowerclass corvette, and harbor tug, admirality sloop, vosper torpedoboat, harbor cranes, railroadcars, supply trucks and warehouses.. problem is, its gonna be at least 2,5 x 1 meter.. Fascinating build and I'm hooked but where are you going to put it/them??? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Gloriously, magnificently bonkers! I love it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGA Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 I will be following you on this one too Bert! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybert Posted January 3, 2016 Author Share Posted January 3, 2016 I will be following you on this one too Bert! thx mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybert Posted February 3, 2016 Author Share Posted February 3, 2016 (edited) A bit of update for you guys. Finished the hull with filler and yacht higloss varnish, to have a hard base for styrene structures and decks . Bought styrene sheets 2x1 meter in a local industrial plastic webstore , for 15 euro each, Evergreen would have drained budget.. I have started building the command deck of the tanker that will later be overcast by the flightdeck Via Kees Helder at Helderline.nl some unique images from macoma I then laid out the diorama plan that is haunting me in my sleep on the dinner table .I have a fairly big dinner table, but it seems we need to be eating out a lot in the coming time. My inspiration comes from Harbor images around the UK in wartime. My dio will have a long qay with oil, coal and refinery installations, some cranes and a railroad. Then on the short side a qay with warehouses, and city buildings. and another long qay with factories and the headoffice of the fictuous 'Empire Atlantic Passage Line'. I bought a second hand railroad station that looks fairly british, but may change the colour to either redder brick or grey basalt The flowerclass corvettte is the matchbox/Revell kit whuih will be built OOB as there is plenty of stuff to do some inspirational images off the net Hope you like it. Edited February 3, 2016 by Skybert 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Well that's nothing if not ambitious! Good luck! Regards, Jason 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybert Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 Worked on aquiring second hand buildings and cranes for the quay of the diorama through our local ebay, and now have collected 6 that either look British Industrial or will,once I have modified. This one was advertised as a genuine British steam boiler house. I should have looked better since it was not complete. The most disturbing was the righ topfloor; which is groundfloor stacked on topof another, so i had stairs and doors going into nowwhere..tried to fix all of that by taking it apart, repositioning windows, saw off dors, add masonry,. I uses black waterproof sanding paper to create a band of plaster in the first floor, also added headstones for the façades; there were none. was tough to put back together again and still hase some corner joints that need working on below is another aquired building, I believe it is the old machbox office since it had a modern entree and glass scaffolding in front plus matchbox advertising, that i all took off. I already weathered the building, but think i will repaintin red to get the British Industrial look a bit closer to home. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybert Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 (edited) Also started work on cranes. I planned to use the regular H0 stuff, but looks too small, so also bought the hulks of two Marklin electric cranes that i will completely redo with scratched detail, including raising them on scratched railportal bases. Edited February 22, 2016 by Skybert 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaddad Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Mental 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jockster Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Very ambitious! I like the four whisky distilleries on the quayside! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybert Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 Mental Yes, now that you say so; there is a maniacal preoccupation in my mind about this... night and day. :-) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob 1 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 (edited) I did have a thought here, Dismiss it as you see fit. In the same way that a tank diorama only has a section of street or whatever for the model to fit on. You could get away with just building the superstructure and a few inches of hull either side. A slice of ship as it were. That way you don't end up with a huge model & no space. Visually it focuses the observers eyes onto the important parts. It is quicker to build (And cheaper). And would be a good practice piece. Just a thought. Pete Someone did that on Britmodeller with a small section of Kaga (or Akagi, can never remember which) with the island/bridge as the focal point, and I think it was an A-6M Zero on an adjacent portion of deck, it was fabulous. Anyway, look forward to see this one build up, has the potential to be really impressive build! Edited February 24, 2016 by Rob 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Insane !! But I like what your trying to do................ Kev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybert Posted September 24, 2016 Author Share Posted September 24, 2016 Project shelved and stowed guys.. moving ito a new house, no mancave for time being.. modelling stored for some time.. not my phase in life right now.. taking sitrep in 6 month.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 (edited) Love the task you've chosen! A trial to be sure, but it will only make is sweeter in the end. Hopefully you'll come back to it again, as that would look great when completed. Edited September 25, 2016 by Thom216 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 Love it! Crack on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murdo Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 Just found this... A 1/72 carrier dio? With a dock? Wow mate! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 Great work but where are you going to live when this diorama is finished? It already seems to have taken over the ground floor of your house. And we thought Longshanks was mad! Martian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Cracking job SkyBert. Love all the detail you are making to this very big project. Foxy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robgizlu Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Looking forward to seeing this resume - what an epic build Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Macnaughton Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 I'm not sure if you are still looking for representative hull sections but did you look at those for the T2 tanker which are available here: http://s880.photobucket.com/user/T-Tanker/media/Dicersen/LijnenplanT2-SE-A1Tanker_zps393485d0.jpg.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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