Terry1954 Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Yes, very nice pom poms. Great to see you in action again! Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 2 hours ago, Terry1954 said: Yes, very nice pom poms. Should you be saying that to a man who's just come out of hospital? They are nice though.... Ian 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted March 11, 2021 Author Share Posted March 11, 2021 Closing in on 3 completed pom-poms - actually all 3 still have bits to do, but you get the idea: More soon Crisp 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancona Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Blimey, those really are exquisite, clean and beautiful work there sir ! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Beautiful! And with some paint on Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 7 minutes ago, giemme said: And with some paint on There you go again, paint paint paint! 🤣 I have to agree though, it's all a bit rather good. Terry 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolarisPrime Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Very nicely done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted March 12, 2021 Author Share Posted March 12, 2021 3 complete Pom-Poms (OK, two of them still have rear railings to add, but you get the point). 1 more to build, now. Also today I received a parcel from New Zealand... yes, more ridiculously beautiful Micro Master work. In due course this model will have a seaboat (cutter “lifeboat”) on both sides hoisted outboard on its davits, which will make it very prominent, so I want those boats to be as good as possible... ...but while I was buying a pair of Micro Master cutters, a couple of Fast Motor Boats crept up on me from behind and jumped into my basket. They’re going to be pretty visible, too (that’s my excuse...). Probably lucky that he hasn’t done an Admiral’s Barge or Seaplane Tender. Yet. Anyway, how could I resist this? And compared with what I had before from Shapeways (itself a HUGE improvement on Merit’s awful boats): Another advantage of this is that the chocks are designed to fit. Even the Tetra chocks have a problem; since Merit’s boats are all basically the same (& wrong) the Tetra designers have done their best to allow you to upgrade them. It’s a gallant effort, but they still use Merit’s hulls, so the chocks are designed for them. And thus need a lot of work to make them fit replacement boats that are the correct size & shape. These chocks fit the hull like a glove: Happy More soon Crisp 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Kay Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 That FMB is FAB. The No10 for scale really shows it nicely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard E Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 56 minutes ago, Ex-FAAWAFU said: ...but while I was buying a pair of Micro Master cutters, a couple of Fast Motor Boats crept up on me from behind and jumped into my basket. They’re going to be pretty visible, too (that’s my excuse...). Probably lucky that he hasn’t done an Admiral’s Barge or Seaplane Tender. Yet. Anyway, how could I resist this? That's your special giant broadsword sized scalpel blade isn't it Crisp ...? Although they're from a completely different vintage I think the FMB incorporates more detail than yea olde Airfix 1/72nd scale RAF Rescue Launch, E/S Boat and Vosper MTB kits Good to see you back at the workbench and hope you're well on the road to recovery 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolarisPrime Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 (edited) I got my FMBs from MicroMaster yesterday as well (along with Hood turrets, HACSs, Range Finders, UPs, etc...). They are outrageously good. I don't currently have a project in mind for them, but I like to have them on hand. But aside from being amazing looking, they represent many, many hours less work on PE - which means more time building the actual model. Actually, looking at my list it seems HMS Hood is my next project... It's funny, I don't remember the last time I did a ship that only had a grey hull and minimal AA armament. It should be easy Edited March 12, 2021 by PolarisPrime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 2 hours ago, Ex-FAAWAFU said: And compared with what I had before from Shapeways (itself a HUGE improvement on Merit’s awful boats): Amazing! Incredible how much detail is crammed into such a small object Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Those boats are just the biz. Micro Master certainly lead the game IMHO. Terry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman 29 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 No more news from Crisp since the 12th, I hope he is OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAF4EVER Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 He is here: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted March 26, 2021 Author Share Posted March 26, 2021 I am indeed fine; thanks for asking. Still very little stamina & sleeping a lot (even for a WAFU), but on the mend. Ark untouched since the incident, but thus will not remain the case for long. 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAF4EVER Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Crisp, I know that this is not your Ark, but I thought you might like this: 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 42 minutes ago, RAF4EVER said: Crisp, I know that this is not your Ark, but I thought you might like this: What sane person could fail to like that. Martian the Sane 👽 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 7 minutes ago, Martian said: What sane person could fail to like that. Martian the Sane 👽 I have to agree. Sheer beauty! Terry 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 1 minute ago, Terry1954 said: I have to agree. Sheer beauty! Some how I now have Rod Stewart singing we are sailing in my head cheers for that. beefy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 1 minute ago, beefy66 said: Some how I now have Rod Stewart singing we are sailing in my head cheers for that. beefy Lets not forget Wilf! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/sailor-wilf/zhjxd6f Terry 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted April 28, 2021 Author Share Posted April 28, 2021 On 4/23/2021 at 7:57 PM, RAF4EVER said: Crisp, I know that this is not your Ark, but I thought you might like this: Yum! Thanks. I’m still here; still recuperating, with my minimal modelling time taken up with the P-38F. But I’ll be back... 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dickrd Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 (edited) On 1/21/2021 at 5:06 PM, dickrd said: Only one of the 17 suppliers of Admiralty quality anti-fouling paints supplied in green so it is the least likely colour. In the absence of D495 info I would default to red given where and when Ark Royal was built. Well, we now know the answer. Ark Royal was a Moravia ship for her ship's bottom paints, both for the protective and for the all-important outermost anti-fouling coatings. Moravia's anti-fouling only came in grey or black. In the in-service dry dock and sinking photos of Ark Royal the bottom is clearly lighter than the (black) boot topping. The D495s report on her bottom treatments with Moravia as follows: Jan 1937- protective applied April 1937 - launched in this with no anti-fouling coat April/May 1938 - docked and re-coated in protective and anti-fouling June 1938 - docked and touched up November 1938 - docked and touched up July 1939 - docked, protective touched up, anti-fouling re-coated February 1940 - docked, full re-treatment with two coats of protective and one coat of anti-fouling. On this D495 the colour of the anti-fouling was actually recorded as “Moravia Grey” so there is no ambiguity on this question October 1940 - docked, full re-treatment with two coats of protective and two coats of anti-fouling Edited May 21, 2021 by dickrd 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted May 21, 2021 Author Share Posted May 21, 2021 Excellent. Though you could have waited u til after I’d carefully painted and weathered a dozen layers of distressed red... Do we have any idea roughly what colour / shade “Moravia Grey” was? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dickrd Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 (edited) 40 minutes ago, Ex-FAAWAFU said: Excellent. Though you could have waited u til after I’d carefully painted and weathered a dozen layers of distressed red... Do we have any idea roughly what colour / shade “Moravia Grey” was? I very much hoped you had not got to that stage! Given what we see on the various builders models with grey bottoms, and the odd contemporary colour image, I suspect that all the makers' grey anti fouling paints were a neutral grey, ie without the blue tint of Home Fleet grey. Given what we see on the various builders models with grey bottoms, and the odd contemporary colour image, I suspect that the tones varied a bit between makers. I think that you are going to have to form a judgment based on the relative tone of the Home Fleet grey above the boot topping v the tone of the bottom seen in the photos where the bottom shows. Ignore the tone seen in the launching photos where she had no anti-fouling, just the protective which Moravia supplied only in red at that time. I currently know of one other ship that certainly had Moravia grey anti-fouling at this sort of time: HMS Amphion/HMAS Perth 1935-1939. Again she was launched with no anti-fouling, just Moravia protective in red, so ignore her launching photos also. If anyone can find any photos of her in drydock 1935-1939 they might provide another pointer as to the tone of Moravia grey. (From 1940 onwards her anti-fouling remained grey but was from the Australian paint manufacturer Majors.) Edited May 21, 2021 by dickrd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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