rollsroyce Posted August 30, 2016 Author Share Posted August 30, 2016 Hi Martin. Thanks. The cradles were a bit of a learn. You will notice that the top planks are missing on quite a lot of them. I cut them as close as I could to the middle bit but some still had a nub. This made the surround not fit properly. I managed to snap some off by accident trying to get a fit and then in the end just started snapping them off. You won't be able to see them under the boats. PE is still a massive learning curve hence fitting the boats between the railings as well. Gone wrong somewhere. Still I'm using loads of stuff and tips from the good people here and practice makes perfect and its a great way to spend a few hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollsroyce Posted August 30, 2016 Author Share Posted August 30, 2016 Just love it ! Kev Hi Kev Thanks for looking and the comment. Much appreciated. Cheers Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Cracking work Guy, much better than my(Mikasa) I can tell you. That's going to be a fine model when you have finished it. Got a green towel have you Keep up the good work mate. Frank 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob 1 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Just had a good catch up, very fine quality work going on here. I find it's nice getting towards the 'home straight' on a build like this, as the ship is really coming together and you start to get the full feel of the finished article, and it's always nice to get onto the often more interesting final detailing and finishing work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollsroyce Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 Cracking work Guy, much better than my(Mikasa) I can tell you. That's going to be a fine model when you have finished it. Got a green towel have you Keep up the good work mate. Frank Evening Foxy. Thanks for the comment s . I'll have a sneaky raid on the airing cupboard to see if we have a green towel and sneak the black one back into the house..... Cheers Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollsroyce Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 Just had a good catch up, very fine quality work going on here. I find it's nice getting towards the 'home straight' on a build like this, as the ship is really coming together and you start to get the full feel of the finished article, and it's always nice to get onto the often more interesting final detailing and finishing work. Hi Rob Thanks for looking and the comments. been taking a load of tips of the site and builds like yours. Practice test fit, practice test fit then a bit more then glue it down is the case at the moment. Agree with you and the finer detail may not look like a lot being done but its rewarding though especially as the skills get better. Cheers Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasico Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Hi! Let me join to the congratulations for that brilliant work. I especially like those funnels and railings...amazing job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollsroyce Posted September 1, 2016 Author Share Posted September 1, 2016 Hi! Let me join to the congratulations for that brilliant work. I especially like those funnels and railings...amazing job! Hi Jasico. Thanks for the kind comment. The eduard railings are easier to use than I imagined as they have scores where they need to be bent. This along with a few tips from the good folks here have helped build the skills to produce this. Cheers Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichO Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Thanks, about pointing out some of the fit issues. I will return to this posting for details when I build mine. Great job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 Coming along beautifully. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollsroyce Posted September 4, 2016 Author Share Posted September 4, 2016 Hi RichO I don't know if it was me putting the railings at the very edge of the decks. I also cut off the moulded on mounting blocks and the brass ones May have been lower. I'll look forward to hopefully hearing / seeing how you get on with the Pontos set as well. That looks like a lot more is in there than the Eduard. Thanks Thom216. Appreciate the comments as always. All Thanks to everyone who is looking in and watching. Unfortunately I didn't get any time to do anything this week what with one thing and another.. .. I'm also now going on holiday for a couple of weeks.. In a tent so definitely won't be doing anything except drinking wine, beer and eating lots of BBQ food. I'm definitely going to finish this and share the complete journey with you all. Thanks and see you all soon. Cheers Guy . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollsroyce Posted September 26, 2016 Author Share Posted September 26, 2016 (edited) Hi All. Apologies all for a long delay in updates. Well after some time away on holiday and a total break from work and this build in a tent, I am all ready to go again. This last weekend managed to get a load of time in the shed. There has been a lot of work on many of all the small parts this week and mainly finishing off or fixing thing that have been built and kept safe. First, I fitted the two anchors on the bow holding area. As with the first one in the last update also attached some small holders made from twisted wire. Also mounted the sips 6-inch guns down both sides along with the remainder of the small guns. Next, it was bring aboard the remaining small boats. These also had the PE stands tacked onto them. I tacked them to the small boast first rather than trying to line them up on the deck. I then simply fixed the whole boat with stands to the deck... Then onto the funnel caps as these are now less likely to be knocked off. The railing around the edge of the ship where fixed. There is a lip around the deck that acts as a great guide for these. I will not go into how I bent them, as it was you good people who taught me how to do it using a drill bit, tweezers and a soft surface. I simple kept measuring where the bends needed to be. Then it was onto the beams the hold the torpedo net in place. These are fixed to the hull and then tacked to the torpedo net holder. Finally, it was actually fitting the masts. These were now in place forever. I tried looking at how to do the rigging next and did a couple of practice runs with fishing line on some mock masts. This looked terrible. This is an area that I will need a lot more practice and is not coming easy. I may try to get some EZ line. To this end, I am going to hold off as I don’t want to make something I’m quite pleased with look like a load of spiders went on board and had a rave… I will to do this have a just for fun build… and practice on that. This s my subject and will start a new WIP thread. I have seen loads of great corvette builds on the forum and always wanted one. This is 1/350 and ideal to partly fill my wants but will be great to practice rigging on as there is not a huge amount. Once done I will come back to Mikasa, rig her, and post when done. Thanks for looking in and following. Hope you will give feedback and thank you for all the help along the way. Cheers Guy Edited September 26, 2016 by rollsroyce Added image 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Great Job Guy !! Kev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Cracking work Guy. Nice to see you enjoying the build. The etch looks great, maybe blacken the ends of the smaller guns. foxy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollsroyce Posted September 26, 2016 Author Share Posted September 26, 2016 6 hours ago, longshanks said: Great Job Guy !! Kev Cheers Kev. Thanks for looking and glad you like it. GUy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollsroyce Posted September 26, 2016 Author Share Posted September 26, 2016 1 hour ago, foxy said: Cracking work Guy. Nice to see you enjoying the build. The etch looks great, maybe blacken the ends of the smaller guns. foxy Hi Foxy Thanks and yes it has been a great build. i'll take that advice as the guns are a bit bright at the ends of the barrels. Cheers for looking and the tip Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 It looks outstanding! Great work on the PE and the chains. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Uschi van der Rosten do some super fine elastic thread which might suit your purpose for the rigging. Martian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krawlik72 Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 WOW! This build has really inspired me to start on my 1/350 Tamiya POW. Especially like all the wooden decks, they set of the model a treat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob 1 Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 (edited) She's looking really good. Probably sensible to do some practice rigging on a smaller ship, but I expect you'll pick up on a technique that works fairly soon and then come back to complete this excellent Mikasa. It will actually be good to see a Flower class build log too, as it is one I'll pick up at some time. Edited September 29, 2016 by Rob 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollsroyce Posted October 3, 2016 Author Share Posted October 3, 2016 Hi All Cheers all for the kind comments and really glad you like it. I tried some monofilament fishing line on some mock up masts.... I just don't seem to be able to get them all taught using the heat shrink method... Then there is the tops where three joint and they look like a birds nest as need to cut them to fit. . I have ordered some EZ line as this is elastic and will be bale to stretch and get taught on all lines at the same time. I will start the new thread on HMS Spiraea, build her and then try and rig as a practice. This one will be back soon, Well lets see how long it takes to build the Corvette. Cheers for now Guy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now