morley bill Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 brilliant job very tempting I have the length & beam space for one when finished but cant find height dimensions ?have you a finished height regards Bill.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chango Posted February 11, 2016 Author Share Posted February 11, 2016 brilliant job very tempting I have the length & beam space for one when finished but cant find height dimensions ?have you a finished height regards Bill.... It's been a busy week; I'll try to get you some real life measurements this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morley bill Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Cheers Chango Bill.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chango Posted February 14, 2016 Author Share Posted February 14, 2016 Here we go, looks like you need about 12.5"-13" minimum vertical space. Remember this is with the Pontos set; the stock kit may be different. BTW, my replating efforts are pretty much done... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jockster Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Beautiful! Those winches in post #44 looks like models in their own right, really quite detailed. There are an awful lot of touches like this throughout your build that hold the attention for quite a while! Excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chango Posted February 15, 2016 Author Share Posted February 15, 2016 (edited) Thanks! I'm very happy with how this build is turning out so far myself. All those Pontos details really turn this kit into something special. Here's a couple of overview shots of Nellie showing off her new and far more subdued hull plate job: Definitely not a little model! Edited February 15, 2016 by Chango 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob 1 Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Good work, and nice to see this famous battleship in so much modelled detail. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morley bill Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Thanks for the mesurments chango ive only got 12inch of headroom so shall be checking the other kits in the series to see if they fit any better Bill.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 I have to agree with you, looks better without the over done plating on the hull. All the little details are coming together very nicely Kev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinnerboy Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 ooo, she is looking good, well done mate, fantastic work. and yes the hull looks so much better 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylandogg Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Brilliant build mate, enjoying watching her develop. I love ww2 Royal Navy battleships, especially Rodney and Nelson. Defo going to attempt one of them after my next build (IJN Zuikaku), by then the 1/350 scale versions should be available (hopefully). Looking forward to seeing her complete, and no doubt picking a few pointers up along the way. Regards, Neil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chango Posted February 16, 2016 Author Share Posted February 16, 2016 (edited) Thanks all, I'm feeling 'da love! Gotta say, before starting this build I had little to no interest in the RN but Nellie has grown on me and I've really become enamored with this class of ships. It's even sparked a new interest in me for WWII era Britain itself. Downright criminal how the British government didn't see fit to save at least one of these classic WW2 era battleships for future generations ... it's clear to me now that the Royal Navy of that era was truly something to be proud of. Edited February 16, 2016 by Chango 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moaning dolphin Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Great build going on here, really enjoyed catching up on this thread. I would love to have this as a Rodney but unfortunately space and $$$$$ prevail (SWMBO needs a new kitchen and bathroom first!). There is an interesting book out there on the life of Rodney, which would give a bit of an insight on the class and how they operated. https://books.google.ca/books/about/H_M_S_Rodney.html?id=oGPWAAAACAAJ&source=kp_cover&hl=en Well worth a nighttime read! Keep up the cracking work Bob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chango Posted March 1, 2016 Author Share Posted March 1, 2016 (edited) Here's a quick update... Still moving forward; I got all those little circle plates along the waterline on, got the propshafts and ridder mostly done and am now working on the hull porthole frame/eyebrows.It won't be too long 'till I can start painting the hull... Edited March 1, 2016 by Chango 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 Looking really good, I really like this scale gives a great feel to the size of the ships. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooker Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Very nice - I just had a look on eBay and there are heaps of refined pieces which you can add to your model, as long as you have deep enough pockets - wood decks, guns, railings and so on. Cost of one of these 1/200 HMS Nelson models here is A$400.00 - I've just promised my partner, I won't buy any more kits, until I've completed my backlog, which should keep me going for the forseeable future, however I do have a 1/200 kit by Ichimo of IJN Yamato, so will have to be happy I've got that, instead. Richard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooker Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Oh, Weak wllied person that I am, I lasted 30 minutes before my desire got the better of me and I went and bought a 1/200 HMS Nelson model kit for myself and now I'm feeling much better and I won't buy any more kits after this one.......Um.......so I just promised my partner, after this kit...a small fib perhaps (she is very adept at fibbing), when it arrives and she says - you know what (*****), at least I'll have an excuse of sorts - right!!!! Richard (smile) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Ummmm, WOW! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chango Posted March 3, 2016 Author Share Posted March 3, 2016 Oh, Weak wllied person that I am, I lasted 30 minutes before my desire got the better of me and I went and bought a 1/200 HMS Nelson model kit for myself and now I'm feeling much better and I won't buy any more kits after this one.......Um.......so I just promised my partner, after this kit...a small fib perhaps (she is very adept at fibbing), when it arrives and she says - you know what (*****), at least I'll have an excuse of sorts - right!!!! Richard (smile) I just blew my yearly model budget in one shot on a Tehnoart USS Indianapolis kit... I've found the porch to be quite comfortable accomodations these past few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chango Posted March 6, 2016 Author Share Posted March 6, 2016 Made it to 6 months on this build...I did a quick youtube video of my progress to date if you're interested: I'm pretty much finished with hull modifications now and looking forward to getting it painted up... I'm definitely excited to see Nellie "in color"! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Looking good! Kev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Great build, lovely job, very impressive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussellE Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Hi Chango just found this thread-great work, especially on reducing Trumpy's ridiculously over scaled plating effect... Following along with interest now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lashenden Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Are you still thinking of weathering her? She does look very good pristine - almost like a builders model... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
js862077 Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 (edited) Hi, I've just bought HMS Nelson 1944 1/200 scale too - arrived yesterday. I purchased my "main" Vallejo paints for this model - 6 bottles for A$27.67 post paid to Aussie from GB Models - e.Bay purchase - seemed like the cheapest "deal" for the paints as listed in the Painting & Marking guide, which came with my model. 1 x 985, 1 x 950, 1 x 899, 1 x 981, 1 x 992, 1 x 863 - the paint scheme suggested says "868" but that is Dark Seagreen - so "863" seemed to be the best bet, possibly a printing error. I entered the list of paints I wanted in the "message" box to seller - before purchase. I observe that the hull and main deck are made of thick GRP and that the main deck sits within the outside hull, on several cross section frames, with holes drilled in the bottom rear, of the hull for the prop shafts, which indicates to me that if the main deck is not glued into the hull, then HMS Nelson at 1/200, could be made into a radio controlled model (The deck and superstructure could lift off) with electric motors, without too much difficulty, because the whole of the internal hull is open and available for motors, motor cycle batteries, receiver, speed controllers for each prop (2 props in all) bearing in mind that this ship would not be particularly fast, to scale, on the water - but what an amazing model for display or possibly R/C. It seems to me that the hull and superstructure is precoloured to a light battleship grey (and no paint scheme is provided for that colour), so minimum painting would be necessary, however, according to "the Painting and Marking guide" which came with my model, the main decks are wood, as is the upper deck behind the funnel. I would be inclined to leave the "birds eye" view colours, as they are, as they came with the kit, wood decks aside, because it looks like the "birds eye" view of the ship, from directly above, has shadow, to give the deck areas a "3D effect" and that is confusing - a ship, this size, would stand out like a sore thumb to an aircraft, so it would be pointless to try and camoflage the ship for attack, from above. While I would like a preformed wood deck (which I could purchase) that deck would have to be for the main deck from Bow to Stern and the small Upper Deck behind the funnel, otherwise it looks like a paint job - Vallejo 981 Tan (Orange Brown). Personally, I like hull plating and it seems to me that the hull plating is pretty accurate and I am sure Trumpeter would have got it right anyway, for A$400, as the kit is really very impressive, both in quality and representation, so I will leave my hull with the plating as it is, because the more detail a model has, the more effective it looks both as a static model or an R/C model, once painted (I have a swimming pool - so I could sail it there). For "open" windows in the main structure, I would be inclined to use thin clear perspex, as found in hobby shops and I would paint portholes black, because they would look black from the outside of a ship - our eyes cannot see from light into dark. John Edited March 10, 2016 by js862077 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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