Martian Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 I have corrected that 1/10 to 6/10 but I did warn you! Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted September 11, 2016 Author Share Posted September 11, 2016 Back again, the next project is to detail the bridge. I thought I might start with the trickiest bit ............. The steering wheel which is 11mm diameter with nothing available commercially. Thinking cap on and a came up with the following (plus a headache) 0.5mm brass rod. The outer/inner ring 8/3mm diameter wheel from Aber etch set with centre removed. Drew it out on ally sheet thinking I'd keep it neat. Couldn't get brass to stick. Thinking the foil might be sucking the heat out I put the same pattern onto wood. Still nothing would stick Then Rich suggested more heat so binned soldering iron and used micro torch. Not pretty but it stuck A soak in Acetone and a good clean up and I reckon I got a result Result on the clean up, my hand was shaking so much (involuntary tremor they tell me) I only had to hold the files still and the shake did the rest lol Thanks for stopping by Kev 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dads203 Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Very nice work, and great to see it worked 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin56 Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Nice result Kev, that will look great with a "Wee Friend" as a helmsman................................. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 great result. That's one of the things I like about soldering - you don't have to make it look pretty during the actual soldering process as you can clean up unwanted solder afterwards 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 It even looks useable! Not bad Grasshopper. Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted September 12, 2016 Author Share Posted September 12, 2016 Cheers Dan Julian 'BFG' I told you all that muck in your beer was bad for you! Wee Friends are 1/35 I'm working in 1/72........................... Hendie I think of soldering as I do computers..................great when they work. This job would be impossible without solder paint. Martin Praise indeed. I seem to remember you looking for a small steering wheel.... was it for a Clyde Puffer? Thanks guys Kev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 If you don't want to make your own then RB do some nice sets of ships wheels. Very nice Kev. That looks the ticket. foxy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted September 13, 2016 Author Share Posted September 13, 2016 Cheers Frank, RB Models do some nice ship fittings, bit big for my needs though. The smallest wheel they do is 16mm across the ring, mine is 8mm. Finished cleaning up the wheel and built a pedestal for it Happy days I've been meaning to make a scale centre finder. The one I've got is a bit industrial for the size I work in. So I thought I'd share with you how I made it. 0.5mm card marked out. I used a 30' angle but in truth it doesn't matter as you bisect the angle. For those that can't remember their school days............ Using compass/dividers strike an arc from A giving two points B. Then from B strike two arcs giving C, where they intersect is the angle bisected. The shaded area to be cut out. Having cut out the shaded triangle I glued two pieces of 0.5mm thick card to follow the outside triangle. Shown is a disc in position for marking when the jig is turned over. This shows the disc having been rotated/marked three times. Proof is in the marking, I've used this on a disc 2mm diameter Hope this of use to someone out there............. Thanks for stopping by Kev 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dads203 Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Once again Kev you really have done an amazing job with the build, long may it continue 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul178 Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Any chance of a view of the boat as she stands now Kev? With my useless "B" hands this is the closest I can get to seeing my favourite boats! No modelling for me until the New Year(Doctors strikes permitting. I even have to drive my car with a suicide knob now! It goes without saying your work is incredible as always. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 ships wheel looks great in situ - great work and I think I'll copy your idea for a center finder - nice trick, and I'm sure it will come in handy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted September 14, 2016 Author Share Posted September 14, 2016 Dan " long may it continue " thanks buddy but not to long please. More Coastal Forces boats waiting in the wings....... Paul I'm glad your enjoying my substitute. I'm afraid you going to have to wait a bit for a full view. My partner went in the shed to get to the freezer and knocked the hull of the worktop The result being the deck lifted at the bow like the toe of an old boot. Repairs have been carried out by pouring resin (fibreglass hull) in through the main hatch but I got a bit enthusiastic and I had resin coming out the portholes So its clean up time and then I shall be laying on the final colours. Cheers Hendie, your own work http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235001898-148-lysander-mk-ii-1960s-hawk-version-one-step-closer-to-paint/ is inspirational. Hope you find the centre finder useful. Thanks again for all your support Kev 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 I am rather impressed by that wheel and mounting, very, err, ship's wheellike. Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robgizlu Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 That method of finding the centre of a circle has me dazed!! Superb. I learn every time I drop by. Wonderful to watch Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted September 19, 2016 Author Share Posted September 19, 2016 Just a few small updates which have taken a ridiculous amount of time, what with rejects and an ever growing carpet monster The item bottom left is some sort of control for engine revs Anyone know a source for 1/72 deck gratings for helmsman and pelorus platform??? Thanks for looking in Kev 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dads203 Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Quality work again Kev, nice work buddy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul178 Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Kev your wife did a HMS Bowless aka HMS Sabre then(Alderney 1981) Looked for a photo but can't find one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 I see you have left the light on in the down stairs cabin from your last picture, I thought you wanted to save the planet. What are you at Kev. Nice work buddy. foxy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 looking betterer and betterer with every update 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted September 20, 2016 Author Share Posted September 20, 2016 (edited) Thanks for the encouragement folks Not being able to source gratings I thought I'd have a go at making them............ Setting up so all square. Material 0.28 x 0.84mm. Frame 1.68 x 0.56mm. This gives a wood width/hole of 60mm / 2 3/8" Spacers in between to keep everything in line Jigged up to cut infills 0.84 x 0.84mm. Note a line was drawn the length of this material so that if there were any in accuracies it all crept the same way. Infills then verticals, hopefully you can see the lines going left to right. Spacers kept in to keep all true. All that remains is trimming the frame and now the posing shots Happy Days Thanks for stopping by Kev Edited September 20, 2016 by longshanks 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dads203 Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Another fine example of Kev's micro modelling skills nice work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Macnaughton Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Having just seen the latest posts I would have suggested using the nearest size of the Scalemates PE mesh as at http://www.scalelink.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000002.pl?WD=mesh&PN=Meshes___Mailles.html#aINFO_2dSQ but your scratch built efforts are much better - and cheaper! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul178 Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 What more can I say Kev. This is just awe inspiring! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted September 21, 2016 Author Share Posted September 21, 2016 I kept looking at the grating and thinking it was over scale................. 96 pieces later........ Kev 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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