JohnWS Posted February 16, 2019 Author Share Posted February 16, 2019 Adding the deck detail is progressing. At last count, 33 tiny details have been added, including the dead lights, vents, mooring bits, fairleads, hatch covers, & deck cleats, with more to go. Whew! Here's a few photos showing progress, so far. Next up, adding the deck lifeline stanchions, the life lines and detailing the torpedo/roll-off rack assemblies. Thanks for looking. John 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Great job on the little deck details I do like the look of the deck ropes neat work. 👍🏻 beefy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Nicely flaked ropes! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnWS Posted February 16, 2019 Author Share Posted February 16, 2019 4 minutes ago, seadog said: Nicely flaked ropes! When I first read your post, I thought it said 'Nicely faked ropes'. ... but that works too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 I'm sensing the final furlong . . . So good ! . . . . Kev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robgizlu Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Loving those ropes John - very neat and very effective Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 What them lot said. How did you make the 'flakey' ropes? Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnWS Posted February 17, 2019 Author Share Posted February 17, 2019 Thanks everyone! 6 hours ago, longshanks said: I'm sensing the final furlong . . . There's still a couple small fit issues that require rework, but the end is in sight. 3 hours ago, Courageous said: ... How did you make the 'flakey' ropes? ... I used a similar technique used by robgizlu on his MGB40 build. John 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Silver solder? Wow, good idea! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnWS Posted February 23, 2019 Author Share Posted February 23, 2019 (edited) Detailing the deck continues. I've been focusing on the stern flag staff & life line stanchions. The flag staff turned into a mini scratch building project. The actual flag staff is made in two sections. I'm assuming the top section was removed when the Bofors gun was in use, to clear the gun barrel. My Bofors will be facing aft, so only the lower section of the flag staff will be mounted on the deck. The flag staff was made using stretched plastic sprue, parts cut from plastic sheet, and the coupling between the upper & lower staff sections was made using wine bottle foil 🍾. Here's a photo of the completed flag staff before paint. Next, the life line stanchions. The Revell kit includes four stanchions. Earlier Elcos had a life line mounted on the forward deck, while the later boats had the life line mounted aft. I originally made the stanchions from stretched plastic sprue, but found they bent too easily to support the line. So I used the Revell kit parts, modified to replicate the stanchions for the later Elco boats. Here's a photo of the completed stanchions & flag staff painted & mounted on the model's deck. Work on the deck continues ... Thanks for looking in. John Edited February 23, 2019 by JohnWS 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Nice solution! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMK Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 John, I think this is the best that the Revell Elco kit has ever looked! Great work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 I thought my wheelhouse were small a fiddly but that stern staff/ light assy is a work of art, superb. Also of note is your presentation of your build, love the picture-in-picture. Do you prime your parts when you've completed the, it's just that the staff is white plastic in one pic and looks grey in another? Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnWS Posted February 23, 2019 Author Share Posted February 23, 2019 5 hours ago, Courageous said: Do you prime your parts when you've completed the, it's just that the staff is white plastic in one pic and looks grey in another? Yes, most of the time. Usually if I've used PE, wine bottle foil, or plastic with a smooth surface. I'm using acrylic paint & I find it sticks better to the primer. The parts shown in the last pic have been primed & have a coat of the finish acrylic paint colour. John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Great details John nearly there with this one 👍 beefy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 John, Are you aware of the Higgins Industries collection at the Louisiana Digital Library? I'm still searching for authoritative info on my LCM3 build, and the National WWII Museum in New Orleans suggested I look there. While I haven't yet found any LCM3 data, there are quite of lot of Higgins PT drawings. This is mostly for online viewing; while the online drawings have excellent resolution, you can apparently only download approx 600x500 JPEG images. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnWS Posted February 24, 2019 Author Share Posted February 24, 2019 Thanks for the heads-up about the Higgins Industries collection. Kev (longshanks) expressed an interest in the Higgins boats for a future build. This info would be useful. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnoldAmbrose Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Gidday John, I have to agree with others in that small additions such as cleats, stanchions etc add much to a model's appearance, and this boat is coming along very nicely. May I respectfully point out what I believe is an error in terminology? Your coils of rope on the decks have been referred to as "flaked ropes". I believe the correct term to be "faked ropes", although neither is applicable here. Faking a rope (or line, hawser etc) is laying it out on deck in long straight runs in preparation to be run out, say onto the jetty for berthing lines, to another vessel for towing hawsers etc. A correctly faked rope (or flaked if you like) can be run out from either end, or from both. That is the point of it. Your circular coil of rope on the deck is how the surplus end of a rope (already being used, such as a berthing line to the jetty) is stowed in a neat and decorative manner, usually when in harbour. I believe it is called Cheesing. There are a number of ways to do it. Circular as you have done for short lengths, and a figure-of-eight layout for longer lengths of surplus rope. I hope this helps, and I hope I haven't offended anyone. It is a beautiful model that you are doing. Respectfully yours, Jeff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnWS Posted February 24, 2019 Author Share Posted February 24, 2019 Thanks for your feedback Jeff. There are lots terms used for coils of ropes - Flemish flake, flake, fake, fake for coiling to the right, flake coiled to the left, cheesing, etc., etc.. Some even argue there are no ropes on naval vessels, only lines & hawsers, though the Admiralty Manual of Seamanship does include chapters on 'ropes'. My rule of thumb - the correct term for anything on a ship is what the ship's captain wants it to be. John 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejboyd5 Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Interesting. Never heard of the right vs. left distinction before. For what it's worth, here in the US we always "flake" our fire hoses outside for easy deployment before entering the fire building. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnoldAmbrose Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Gidday John, The bit about no ropes, but lines hawsers etc I've heard of also. And the correct term is what the Captain wants it to be, well I have to concede a Captain's authority is absolute. A prime example of this is Captain Bandsaw's use of the terms 'flimingale', 'dinglehoppers' and 'left and right transparencies'. (In his RMS Carpathia thread) 😁 I hope I didn't offend you earlier, it wasn't my intention. Regards, Jeff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnWS Posted February 24, 2019 Author Share Posted February 24, 2019 2 hours ago, ArnoldAmbrose said: I hope I didn't offend you earlier, it wasn't my intention. Regards, Jeff. No offence taken Jeff. Thanks again for you're feedback. Now, 'Captain' Bandsaw is another story. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 9 hours ago, ArnoldAmbrose said: Your coils of rope on the decks have been referred to as "flaked ropes". I believe the correct term to be "faked ropes", Must be a Northern/Southern hemisphere thing, ropes were flaked when I was at sea 😉 Kev 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 The thing I remember about my mooring lines on the old Ile de Serk, at the stern, was that if the weather was rough, someone always managed to barf on them....joy. My nice, neat coils.... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robgizlu Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 My mates always refer to the coils as "The Cheesey cheeses". Yours look great John As do the stanchions BTW - love that tail light Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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