JohnWS Posted May 3, 2020 Author Share Posted May 3, 2020 It's funny, our friends think I'm a wine connoisseur. While really all I want is the foil off the wine bottles. PS: The wine is a bonus. John 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnWS Posted May 8, 2020 Author Share Posted May 8, 2020 (edited) Another small update. Painting the generator exhaust is complete. I have a few more photos, but first ... The following photo shows a cut away starboard view of BB's engine room. On the left in the above photo, one of the 3 × Bristol Proteus gas turbines totalling 10,500 hp (7,830 kW), driving the 3 propellers. On the bottom right are 2 x Rover auxiliary gas turbine turbo generators, each generating 40 kilowatts of electrical power. A described earlier in this build thread, the exhaust from the Proteus gas turbines exit through 3 outlets in the boat's transom. The above photo shows the pipes that direct the exhaust from the Rover auxiliary gas turbines vertically through the deck, and exiting through the generator exhaust assembly located in between the bridge superstructure & the stern. Here's a couple of close up photos of the completed generator exhaust assembly dry fitted on the deck. Next, I need to build 2 lockers located on the top of the turbine air intake structure, & then apply a finish coat of paint to the intake structure. Thanks again for looking. Stay safe. John Edited May 8, 2020 by JohnWS 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Peace by peace the jigsaw puzzle comes together cracking job as usual there John 👍 Stay Safe beefy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Wot he said... Avoid humans Kev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robgizlu Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Super, super modelling Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnWS Posted May 21, 2020 Author Share Posted May 21, 2020 Hello again! I've had a busy couple of weeks building Brave Borderer's stowage boxes and ready use lockers. First, two stowage boxes for breathing apparatus. These boxes will be located on top of the turbine intake structure, just forward of the generator exhaust assembly. Next, four ready use lockers for rocket flares. Two lockers are located on both the stbd & post sides of the turbine intake structure, one each on either side of the vertical generator exhaust. Here's a photo of the finished stowage boxes & the completed rocket flare lockers (waiting for paint). And finally, the most time consuming build ... ten ready use ammo lockers for the two 40mm Bofors guns. Five lockers were located around both the forward & stern guns (someone must have thought Brave Borderer was going to use a lot of ammo). I tried to make these lockers as close as I could to the actual lockers, at this scale. This resulted in having to make 46 tiny bits & pieces cut from plastic card for each locker ... not that I was counting. I'll let you do the math to determine the total number parts used to make all ten lockers. The biggest challenge was copying & assembling the bits & pieces so all 10 lockers would look the same. And, here's a photo of the completed ammo lockers waiting for a coat of primer. Note the pic was photo bombed by one of longshanks' feathered friends. Next, I'll need to build two additional vents before the turbine air intake structure can be finished. Thanks for looking. Stay safe! John 13 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Magic work as always John Your attention to detail is legendary I'll even allow you the hawk Stay safe and avoid Kev 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Lots of beautiful detail there John, especially love the lockers. Looking great. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Right I blame you for the fact I am now attempting to scratch build lockers for my Fletcher build looking great as usual John 👍 Stay Safe beefy 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnWS Posted May 21, 2020 Author Share Posted May 21, 2020 Thanks for the 'Like's everyone. 7 hours ago, longshanks said: Magic work as always John Your attention to detail is legendary I'll even allow you the hawk Stay safe and avoid Kev Thanks, Kev ... I think! 2 hours ago, Courageous said: Lots of beautiful detail there John, especially love the lockers. Looking great. Stuart Hi Stuart. Thanks for your feedback. 36 minutes ago, beefy66 said: Right I blame you for the fact I am now attempting to scratch build lockers for my Fletcher build looking great as usual John 👍 Stay Safe beefy Gee beefy, I thought making these lockers at 1/72 was bad enough. I can't imagine trying this at 1/144. John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutcastJoel Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 I have just read through this thread, you have done some amazing work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnWS Posted May 23, 2020 Author Share Posted May 23, 2020 3 hours ago, OutcastJoel said: I have just read through this thread, you have done some amazing work! Thank you, much appreciated. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robgizlu Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Sheer quality work there John, as always. Shame they can't be cast - for posterity Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnWS Posted June 11, 2020 Author Share Posted June 11, 2020 Hi, again! Not much of an update this time, as I've spent the last three weeks since my last update cleaning up a few things and doing some planning on the next steps for this build. I've fixed a couple of joints on the deck lockers that were included in my last update and primed them in preparation for final paint. You'll note I've included two engine room vents in the above photo, as well. One of these vents is located on each side of turbine intake structure. I built the vents from various thicknesses of plastic card. I'll be adding screens to the vent openings, using a discarded coffee maker metal filter screen. A mock-up showing the screen assembled in one of the vents is shown in the following photo. Next, I made my first attempt at making the deck railing stanchions (aka seagulls - https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235064445-dunkirk-tribute-completed/&do=findComment&comment=3683996). My original plan was to use the stanchions from my Perkasa model. Even though I tried to be careful, I broke a number of the stanchions when removing them from Perkasa's deck. So, I forged ahead with a Plan B. This involved cutting the top ends off each of Perkasa's stanchions & gluing a length of white .75mm plastic rod to the stanchion ends salvaged from the Perkasa model, using CA glue. During this exercise I realized that Brave Borderer's stanchions at the stern were different in size & shape than Perkasa's. I ended up building these different stanchions using 75mm & 1.6mm plastic rod. This resulted in a total of 5 different shapes & sizes of stanchions. The following photo shows the end result (I still need to cut the stanchions to length, but this will wait until after the stanchions are painted). Thanks for looking in. Stay safe! John 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnWS Posted June 18, 2020 Author Share Posted June 18, 2020 Hi, again! I've finished building & painting the major parts for the Turbine Air Intake assembly, as shown below. Time to get the glue out and complete the assembly. Thanks for looking. Stay safe! John 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 A great maritime jig saw 🤪 👏 Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Yes lots of bits and no instructions just like how I build mine beefy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnWS Posted June 18, 2020 Author Share Posted June 18, 2020 1 hour ago, longshanks said: A great maritime jig saw 🤪 👏 Kev I just hope we don't find we have a piece missing at the end of the build. 52 minutes ago, beefy66 said: Yes lots of bits and no instructions just like how I build mine beefy No instructions mean no one can say you're doing it wrong. John 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robgizlu Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 A labour of Love on those stanchions John - but worth it. Good find with the coffee metal filter - JUST what was needed Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnWS Posted June 19, 2020 Author Share Posted June 19, 2020 1 hour ago, robgizlu said: A labour of Love on those stanchions John - but worth it. Good find with the coffee metal filter - JUST what was needed Rob Thanks Rob! The stanchions look a lot better with a coat of paint. I originally came up with the idea of using the coffee filter as a screen for my Elco PT boat build engine room hatch, as shown below. I had seen the coffee filter used before some time ago, on one of the aircraft modelling sites. The size of the filter openings seems to work perfectly for window/vent screens at 1/72 scale. Here's a close-up photo. John 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 Very impressive 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 Lovely work in both your work and your presentation. Great stuff. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 Amazing work there John, not just the physical work on all those fiddly little bits but the planning that must have gone into tracking down references & turning them into solid objects. It continues to blow me away. Steve. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnWS Posted June 19, 2020 Author Share Posted June 19, 2020 1 hour ago, stevehnz said: Amazing work there John, not just the physical work on all those fiddly little bits but the planning that must have gone into tracking down references & turning them into solid objects. It continues to blow me away. Steve. Thanks Steve! It's really a labour of love for me. I'm guessing that for every hour of scratch building, I've spent at least that long researching. Even more time spent researching on builds like Brave Borderer where there's very little detailed information readily available. I have to keep reminding myself that this is why my builds take so long. John 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnWS Posted June 22, 2020 Author Share Posted June 22, 2020 Finally, the turbine air intake structure is complete. Here's a photo of the finished air intake assembly. This completes Brave Borderer's main superstructure. And, one more photo showing the completed superstructure dry fitted on the main deck. Next, I'll be focusing on detailing the main deck. Thanks for looking. Stay safe! John 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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