JeroenS Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 9 hours ago, Kevin Aris said: to big for the wheelie bin Too big for a lot of things 🙂 Good progress! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 21 hours ago, Kevin Aris said: m getting paranoid about the wavy lines Isn't paranoia when a person is scared of things that aren't going to happen? I'm afraid the card warping happened already, way back when you applied the modgepodge. It's not going to straighten out on its own. Is there anything you can do to straighten out the rest of the sheets before you cut the parts out? Can you iron modgepodge soaked card? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Aris Posted April 17, 2022 Author Share Posted April 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Bertie Psmith said: Isn't paranoia when a person is scared of things that aren't going to happen? I'm afraid the card warping happened already, way back when you applied the modgepodge. It's not going to straighten out on its own. Is there anything you can do to straighten out the rest of the sheets before you cut the parts out? Can you iron modgepodge soaked card? they will sort them selfs out as the rest of the build goes on, i post lots of photo's during my builds, not just the finished bits, all my builds tend to be long term the paranoid line came in from the the comments relating to a photo which others would not have posted it, im not concerned about it all all, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Aris Posted April 17, 2022 Author Share Posted April 17, 2022 Good evening everyone day 28 99% of tank top plating complete apart from where the bulkheads sit the tank top plates are laid put in the shaft boxes and now making up the tunnel shaft 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Aris Posted April 18, 2022 Author Share Posted April 18, 2022 good evening everyone thank you for comments and likes day 29 shaft tunnel rightly or wrongly, i build this up as a standalone, so that it could be painted separately, all the decks in machinery/non cargo spaces within the hull will be green i quite like the colour i found, the white is just primer, the port side will not be seen so i left it unpainted so that i can see the frame numbers the after cargo hold bulkhead is next to be made up and then fitted as a large section some of you will recognise me having done this in January this year working on the shaft tunnel number 48 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Aris Posted April 19, 2022 Author Share Posted April 19, 2022 (edited) good evening everyone yep sorry its me again day 30 engine room bulkheads taken me most of the day to build these two and get them in place, when i say most of the day, perhaps 4 to 5 hours modelling, meals, dog walking hubby doos all adds up but, im happy with the progress, very happy indeed, means now i can set the engine room up and see in i can convert the 1/16 engine to 1/70 next will be the engine room levels girders, which will straighten up the bulkheads Edited April 19, 2022 by Kevin Aris 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Aris Posted April 21, 2022 Author Share Posted April 21, 2022 good evening everyone this build seams to have attracted some attention, so i had better make a decent job of it, and finish it this year Day 32 engine room tween deck module and after peak been doing some garden work the last couple of days but yesterday i varnished 12 sheets of card on both sides to allow more cutting out personally i have found it easier to work away from the kit rather than on the build itself 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Aris Posted April 23, 2022 Author Share Posted April 23, 2022 Good evening everyone thank you for comments and likes day 34 box girders and crocodile clips the after peak has been fitted and stands up quite well on its own, however the more support i can give it the safer it is the box girders are now starting to line it all up, no glue has been used since the last post i have no intention of passing the forward engine room bulkhead for a while with intentions of staying with the after part of the build 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Aris Posted April 26, 2022 Author Share Posted April 26, 2022 Good evening everyone day 37 stern build up continues, and a wheelie bin 3 days since my last post, and not much to show for it, life got in the way the stern build up is now mainly complete, i just want to add some paint to the hard to get to places before the frames go in, i will do that next to prevent any damage occuring the white painted section is the steering gear flat, it will get a green deck before the longitudinals go back in 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeroenS Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 Each time I think I know how big it is the build proves me wrong! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Aris Posted April 26, 2022 Author Share Posted April 26, 2022 2 minutes ago, JeroenS said: Each time I think I know how big it is the build proves me wrong! and the front end is about 18 inches 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Aris Posted April 29, 2022 Author Share Posted April 29, 2022 Good evening everyone thank you for comments and likes Day 40 stern frames complete, and stbd side steering flat frames are in the build slowed down for a few days as i had to finish the Easter project, but managed to get a good few hours on her today. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 It's a good job you have such a big work area Kevin totally blow away with this one. 👍 Stay Safe beefy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Aris Posted April 30, 2022 Author Share Posted April 30, 2022 good evening everyone thank you for comments and likes day 41 engine room levels as the port side will be fully enclosed i started putting in the engine room levels for that side everything seams to be lining up so far put some paint down as well today green and white for machinery spaces, grey and grey with white box girders and deck heads for the holds i had some decent outside photos of the engine room until i realised i had put the i had put the flat level in the wrong position, oh and the boi wanted a mention lol couple of the better photos from today with the engine room level in the wrong position 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve D Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 Hi Kev ive just caught up with this thread. I LOVE it, the size, the detail, the fact that it is card, the fact that most of the detail is lost, everything. Well done for starting over and for building the whole ship ill be following along, this one is too good to miss. if only it were in brass cheers steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Aris Posted May 1, 2022 Author Share Posted May 1, 2022 33 minutes ago, Steve D said: Hi Kev ive just caught up with this thread. I LOVE it, the size, the detail, the fact that it is card, the fact that most of the detail is lost, everything. Well done for starting over and for building the whole ship ill be following along, this one is too good to miss. if only it were in brass cheers steve i hoping the detail where possible will be shown as sections will remain open if it was brass i would be looking for handouts lol and it would be far to heavy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Aris Posted May 1, 2022 Author Share Posted May 1, 2022 good evening everyone thank you for comments and likes no dog photo bombs tonight day 42 port side engine levels corrected, bulkhead 84 made up and fitted everything with a clip is just a temp hold, not glued 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Aris Posted May 3, 2022 Author Share Posted May 3, 2022 good evening, everyone thank you for comments and likes let me know if you are getting bored with my posts, please day 43 tween deck box girders frames 54 to 99, upper deck transverse beams port side 17 to 54 painted cargo hold deck and bilge tanks Kevin’s shipyard paint schedule - machinery spaces green decks customer requirement – green decks in all cargo holds forward of the engine room and machinery spaces (this is just as well as I painted them wrong) the transverse beams are attached to the longitudinals but not the box girders Day 44 tween decks box girders made upto frame 99, all lower deck cargo bulkheads made up 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeroenS Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 Bored? Why? It's a modelling forum 🙂 I think it's fascinating, like watching a real ship being built. Not that I've ever saw that happen, but this is a good alternative for now! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Aris Posted May 7, 2022 Author Share Posted May 7, 2022 good evening everyone thankyou for comments and like comments day 48 tween deck transverse beams a lot of progress made in the last few days i decided to make a lot the internal decks and deckheads in modules i have found, for me it works very well, and allows me to get all the longitudinals quite straight, also allows painting a lot easier lots of transverse beams ready for fitting these are for the stbd side midships engine room lower level ready for paint tween decks level nearly complete, looks sqiffy due to the fact the decks are just placed on, and not slotted into position 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Aris Posted May 19, 2022 Author Share Posted May 19, 2022 good evening everyone now on day 60 of the build, and she has come on a bit since the last update 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeroenS Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Wow, that's awesome. Really starting to look like a ship now! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Aris Posted May 28, 2022 Author Share Posted May 28, 2022 good morning everyone Yesterday was day 68 of the build in the last week most of the most side frames have been put in the upper feck midships section box girders with transverse beams was made up to be fitted soon started the after cargo hold load out so that the stbd side frames can go in 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Aris Posted June 6, 2022 Author Share Posted June 6, 2022 Good evening everyone well im on day 76 of this epic build now, and it still impresses me i played around with the cargo ideas, and basically lost interest in it, not the right time, no real thought went into it, wrong scale, and a distraction from the build, will go back to it when the cargo spaces are ready so back to the build upper deck forpeak sorted upper deck transverse beams in and fitted to frames 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnoldAmbrose Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 Gidday Kevin, that's very impressive framing of the hull. Your patience is way beyond mine. Regards, Jeff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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