Faraway Posted September 29, 2022 Author Share Posted September 29, 2022 1 hour ago, ArnoldAmbrose said: Gidday Jon I think you're done terrific work with this the PE railings are very good and enhance the model greatly Regards Jeff . . . , , , (insert commas and stops where applicable 🙂) Railings are a bit like rigging. A ship or boat looks “undressed” without them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faraway Posted September 29, 2022 Author Share Posted September 29, 2022 1 hour ago, ArnoldAmbrose said: insert commas and stops where applicable 🙂) Jeff. I hope you don’t mind, but I’ve stolen the above for my signature. Got to keep @Bertie McBoatface happy. Jon 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnoldAmbrose Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 1 hour ago, Faraway said: I hope you don’t mind, but I’ve stolen the above for my signature. Gidday Jon, I'll take that as a compliment. 👍 And regarding railings and rigging, you're probably right. But I don't think delicate PE would survive my painting. Regards, Jeff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faraway Posted September 29, 2022 Author Share Posted September 29, 2022 58 minutes ago, ArnoldAmbrose said: But I don't think delicate PE would survive my painting. Regards, Jeff. Am I right in recalling you are a brush painter ? You’d be surprised how tough PE is once it’s in place, and on the “sprue”. If I have to brush it, then I use two, sometimes three coats of 50/50 thinned paint. Jon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 2 hours ago, Faraway said: once it’s in place I wouldn't know Jon, I just wouldn't know. 🙁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faraway Posted September 30, 2022 Author Share Posted September 30, 2022 Guns and Torpedos. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faraway Posted September 30, 2022 Author Share Posted September 30, 2022 The start of the base. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 commas and stops where applicable. I don't understand why I had to insert that but if you insist... She's looking really smart. I like the labels that you use on your bases. They look very professional. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faraway Posted September 30, 2022 Author Share Posted September 30, 2022 1 minute ago, Bertie McBoatface said: commas and stops where applicable. I don't understand why I had to insert that but if you insist... 😂😂😂😂😂😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faraway Posted September 30, 2022 Author Share Posted September 30, 2022 1 minute ago, Bertie McBoatface said: I like the labels that you use on your bases. They are excellent, reasonably priced and very quick delivery. https://www.nameitplates.co.uk/ Jon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 5 minutes ago, Faraway said: They are excellent, reasonably priced and very quick delivery. https://www.nameitplates.co.uk/ Jon Oh, I think you told me that before. I had saved the web address and then forgotten about it. My memory is... What was I saying? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faraway Posted September 30, 2022 Author Share Posted September 30, 2022 8 minutes ago, Bertie McBoatface said: Oh, I think you told me that before. I had saved the web address and then forgotten about it. My memory is... What was I saying? Memory ? What........ Now, who are you ? Jon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Forgive me if you've already discussed this, and I've forgotten, but I've been reading a bit of her history on wikipedia. She might look a bit dull but certainly was effective. "USS England (DE-635), a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign John C. England (1920–1941), who was killed in action aboard the battleship Oklahoma during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Her sinking of six Japanese submarines in twelve days is a feat unparalleled in the history of antisubmarine warfare." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faraway Posted October 5, 2022 Author Share Posted October 5, 2022 Everything has slowed down at the mo'. I'm waiting for the brass masts I ordered to arrive. So far the Great God Post Office, all praise his incompetence for it knows no bounds, has had said masts 'out for delivery' for the past two days. . So, I've put the cutter together ready to hang from its davits. I will now move onto the deck railings, and then, hopefully the mast and rigging. Jon 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-boat 55 Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 Nice job on the cutters that pe looks like it would have been a fiddle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve5 Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 know what you mean jon been waing for two kits from the us since late august , still hasn't reached aust , it's all covids fault apparently . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faraway Posted October 6, 2022 Author Share Posted October 6, 2022 3 hours ago, steve5 said: it's all covids fault apparently I think our kids, kids, kids, for years to come, will use the phrase ‘due to the Covid pandemic’ for all bad service. Jon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 18 hours ago, Faraway said: Jon That is exemplary brassware. Well, the whole boat actually. Very clever work. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faraway Posted October 9, 2022 Author Share Posted October 9, 2022 Finally, the masts have arrived. So now I just have to make a copy of the plastic mast. Nothing like making work for oneself. Rather than make all the 'sticky out bits' from brass wire, I'm thinking I'll cut off the plastic ones and attach them to the brass mast. Except the small searchlight platform, that is a PE part as is the top platform. Jon 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman 29 Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 3 hours ago, Faraway said: Finally, the masts have arrived. So now I just have to make a copy of the plastic mast. Nothing like making work for oneself. Rather than make all the 'sticky out bits' from brass wire, I'm thinking I'll cut off the plastic ones and attach them to the brass mast. Except the small searchlight platform, that is a PE part as is the top platform. Jon Have you the reference of this Master article? 😉👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faraway Posted October 9, 2022 Author Share Posted October 9, 2022 Todays progress. 49 minutes ago, Iceman 29 said: Have you the reference of this Master article? 😉👍 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman 29 Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Thanks Jon 😉👍 http://www.master-model.pl/search?query=tapered+mast 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 3 hours ago, Faraway said: Gorgeous. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robgizlu Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Jon that is First-rate work Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faraway Posted October 11, 2022 Author Share Posted October 11, 2022 Couple of more bits fitted to the mast. Just some small antenna to fit (I hope, they are VERY small) and then the ladder. Jon 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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