Ex-FAAWAFU Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Many of you have been following the creation of these, and the back story can be found here. The subject is dear to my heart because I was a junior officer in Fearless during the Falklands malarkey. As far as I know there are no drawings of Fearless as she was in 1982 (if there are, I have been wasting my time!), and also none in 1/350, and since I plan one day to scratch build Fearless in 1/350, I need good drawings - so decided I'd have to build my own. My versions were done in Pixelmator on a Mac. They are essentially based on Jecobin's 1/192 Intrepid 1967 and Fearless 2001 drawings, plus a lot of poring over references and photos (some provided by friendly BM-ers who served in Intrepid). 99% of any accolade should go to Jecobin, who did the hard yards - though I did find one major mistake in their plans (see the "build" thread for details). None the less, I stress that these are for my own use only: if you want drawings, then buy Jecobin's - but you can at least use these to sort where the differences were. In due course you will see a 1/700 L'Arsenal Fearless build (not a bad kit, but some significant errors in configuration since it is billed as "Fearless 1982" [and having spent the past few weeks poring over every line of the Jecobin plans, I will lay you any money that the Arsenal guys took their design verbatim from Jecobin...]). You might even see a 1/600 Airfix job. But the end game of this is a 1/350 scratch - and that is not even likely to start for months or even years... hence RFI to draw a line (no pun intended!) under these. Anyway, they are now done, and my wrist is fully restored, so I can get back to doing some actual modelling. Sheet 1 - Port profile: Sheet 1a - as above, but without LCVPs or Cheverton, so you can see the superstructure: Sheet 1b: waterline, in docked down configuration: Sheet 1c: waterline, normal steaming: Sheet 2: Starboard profile: Sheet 2a: as above, but without LCVPs or Whaler: Sheet 3: plan Sheet 3a: plan, but without LCVPs, boats, Seakings or rigging: Sheet 4: superstructure deck outlines, plus configuration of forward liferafts: Sheet 5: Hull bottom profiles: Sheet 6: fore & aft hull profiles: Sheet 7: lateral hull profiles: Sheet 8: details of radars, Seacat director & launcher, target indicator sights, Sonar 182 towed decoy & 40/60 Mk7 Bofors gun: Sheet 9: hull details Part 1: Sheet 10: hull details Part 2: Sheet 11: Landing Craft 16 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massimo Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 ...well...I'd been following your topic about the Fearless build, but I had missed you were drawing all the drawings shown in this topic... Now there's a very good reference for future builds!!! CHAPEAU!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Hi Crisp, I have the Jecobin planss and your excellent drawings will help to enhance my build, once I start it; I'm glad I waited now! I'm not sure what scale I shall build mine, so your addition of a ruler on each plan will be of immense use if I have to re-scale. I know that this was very much a personal project, for your own build, but thanks very much for you efforts and for sharing the results with us. Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 I have been following your hard work in producing these exceptional drawings...outstanding. Now I need to see what you're doing with your 'copter. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Thanks mate You went with this so others won't have to, brilliant and inspiring work Well done sir 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cklasse Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 These drawings have helped me to change the configuration of the Airfix Fearless that I am building now. It’s my first serious ship building, so your in progress drawing post has helped a lot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robgizlu Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Wasn't around first time this was published. Just imagine having this sort of resource for every build! Dreamy Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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