Faraway Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 (edited) I was on one of my visits to Starling Models https://starling-models.co.uk/ in search of some PE for another build and came across this. Well, Mr credit card happened, also, to glimpse it and bought it. Very head strong is my credit card. Oh yeah, and I bought some PE that I was looking for AND for this kit. So, here we go. First impressions are that it is well moulded with no flash and lots of fine detail and not much English on the destructions. All in all, some nice looking parts, I think I'm going to enjoy this. I hope you do too, as always, feel free to criticise and guide me if you feel I need it. Jon Progress so far, I've sprayed the hull, grey and red and drilled out the portholes (or should I say scuttles ? I never know) Now, I have a question. Does anyone know what these 'holes' are ? I've searched t'interweb and can find nothing. Something to do with sonar, mayhap ? Edited May 21, 2021 by Faraway 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adm Lord De Univers Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Hi Jon, Interesting choice, I should perhaps see what's there myself. I find my card is always quite thirsty... You are correct, it's the type 93 hydrophones. Or some creature with needles for teeth has gotten hungry. David 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnoldAmbrose Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 9 hours ago, Faraway said: drilled out the portholes (or should I say scuttles ? I never know Gidday, I think 'scuttles' is the correct term with naval ships. Hopefully others will confirm or correct me. Regards, Jeff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killingholme Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 Interesting underwater hull shape! Just googled it and it appears this might be due to the fact that the ships were designed to be built using pre-fabricated sections in order to eliminate the need for complex shaped steel parts? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faraway Posted May 22, 2021 Author Share Posted May 22, 2021 Bit of Saturday work. I've added some PE in the shape of some cut down railings on the rear gun platform. And as I had a couple of ladders left over from the 'ZARA' build, I thought I'd put them to use here, not sure if they were here on the actual ship, but it seems to make sense. Finally, anchor chains, the original were moulded on the deck, so I removed them and added these metal ones. Something I've noticed, is the checker pattern on the decks is WAY out of scale. Jon 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnoldAmbrose Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Gidday, the position of those added ladders make sense to me. I think she's coming along very well. Regards, Jeff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faraway Posted May 24, 2021 Author Share Posted May 24, 2021 Very nearly done, just the 3R's. Rust, rigging and railings. Jon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnoldAmbrose Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 Gidday Jon, that didn't take you very long. In this view she looks a rather robust little warship, fuller hull form and not as sleek as the average Japanese destroyer. A very neat model. And I've never heard of the three 'R's expressed in modeling like you've just done. 🙂 Regards, Jeff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faraway Posted May 24, 2021 Author Share Posted May 24, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, ArnoldAmbrose said: Gidday Jon, that didn't take you very long. In this view she looks a rather robust little warship, fuller hull form and not as sleek as the average Japanese destroyer. A very neat model. And I've never heard of the three 'R's expressed in modeling like you've just done. 🙂 Regards, Jeff. Cheers Jeff. She didn’t take long to build and I’m not going to go too mad on the rigging or rust. As far as I know, this class of escort ship, were sort of flat packs. I believe they were made up of lots of sections, built in various places and then sent to one yard for assembly, the reason being they could be built quickly and cheaply. The railings will be a fiddle, but I don’t think any ship model looks complete without them. Jon Edited May 24, 2021 by Faraway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faraway Posted May 24, 2021 Author Share Posted May 24, 2021 Two of the 3R's. Rigging and rust. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 Do you ever sleep Jon sailing along at some pace. 👍 Stay Safe beefy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faraway Posted May 24, 2021 Author Share Posted May 24, 2021 1 hour ago, beefy66 said: Do you ever sleep Jon sailing along at some pace. 👍 Stay Safe beefy I’m beginning to worry, if I’m doing something wrong. I do 2 or 3 hours a day, is this too much ? 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve5 Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 nice work jon . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faraway Posted May 27, 2021 Author Share Posted May 27, 2021 All done. Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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