Small(ish) Ship in a Big Scale - Airfix 1/72 Lifeboat +Finished+

[psdavidson]

Here's my (first?) entry for this GB

 

 

It's a gift set with a Sea King included

Unfortunately, my chopper isn't big enough to fit in here, so I'll put it away and find somewhere else to stick it later ......

I do have another one available which is large enough, so i may get it out at some point. Let me know if you want to see it

 

Sprues in a bag

 

And (upside down) instructions and decals. Maybe this boxing was for south of the equator?

I wonder if I can get a set the right way up from Airifx?

 

More soon(ish)

/P

[trickyrich]

Welcome along with an interesting subject and I think our first boat.

 

I was wondering when we'd see one of Airfix's lovely 1/72nd boats.

 

That is/was a pretty impressive combo set, I haven't seen that one before. Once you do complete the Seaking it'd make a great Rescue diorama.

 

Good luck with the build. hopefully it'll be smooth sailing. 

 

Those instructions look perfectly ok to me!!  😆

[AdrianMF]

I tried to get some right way up instructions but Airfix Spares told me they only had back to front ones left in stock....

 

Adrian

 

Looks like a fun build - does it have crew?

[wimbledon99]

I started one of these recently and have it about 50% complete. Hoping your build will inspire me to finish mine!! 

[Alan P]

Great intro post

 

Now get on with it!

[psdavidson]

On 8/4/2023 at 10:06 PM, wimbledon99 said:

Hoping your build will inspire me to finish mine!! 

 

I need to start mine first

 

29 minutes ago, Alan P said:

Now get on with it!

 

Allright, keep your hair on  It's only been 3 months! 

 

this week's progress

The sprues have been liberated from the plastic bag

 

 

The all appear to be the correct way up, so that's a bonus

 

Nothing more to report

 

more soon(ish)

/P

[trickyrich]

Wooohooo she's started....well sort of! 

[psdavidson]

11 hours ago, trickyrich said:

she's started....well sort of!

 

What? You want me to assemble it as well??

Oh, allright then

 

Here's what I managed to do this week

 

Separated the hull parts from the sprues

 

 

Bet you thought I was going to finish there, but I kept going

 

Test fitting with the hull parts taped together

 

And sticking together in progress

 

It's a little bit off on this side, but nothing drastic

 

And complete

 

The joints will need a bit of work but they're not too bad

 

And te deck dry fitted

That's OK

 

More soon(ish)

/P

 

[trickyrich]

a wee bit unusual for an Airfix model to have gaps like that! At least it'll be simple to sort out, nice to see the glue has been used! 

[psdavidson]

On 8/18/2023 at 11:53 PM, trickyrich said:

a wee bit unusual for an Airfix model to have gaps like that!

I think those were operator error 

 

Anyway, just to prove I ain'tn't dead yet

 

Dryfitting of some of the major stuctural elements happened

 

 

And cleanup of the internals

 

 

 

And eventually, primer ................

followed by white paint which was then masked for the stripe

 

More to follow soon(ish)

/P
 

 

[psdavidson]

The first paint is on

 

Red

 

 

Then blue

 

then black


 

Now I can get started on the deck

Need to get a shift on though

 

More soon(ish)

/P

[psdavidson]

3 Weeks later ain't exactly "getting a shift on" but I've not been totally idle, honest

 

The deck was given a lick of paint

 

 

The I split the parts for individual colouring-in

It took ages, since the parts are just randomly located on the frames

 

Some of the larger parts painted for the insides

 

And I finally started slapping bits togther 

 

Then more

 

It's coming together. the front is only dry-fitted here

 

Back wall

 

Front and sides

 

And roof

 

And that's where I got to when I finished up today

Looking back at the pics, I realised I've left the masking in place on the window of the inner hatch

 

Ah well, it'll never be seen anyway

 

More soon(ish)

/P

 

[galgos]

Peter, I’m not seeing any of your pictures since the start! What image host are you using please? Admittedly I’m in Turkey at the moment but that shouldn’t make any difference to me seeing them. 

[wimbledon99]

8 hours ago, galgos said:

Peter, I’m not seeing any of your pictures since the start! What image host are you using please? Admittedly I’m in Turkey at the moment but that shouldn’t make any difference to me seeing them. 

 

Hmmm, it might! I have trouble viewing some pictures if my McAfee VPN is turned on. Could be that certain hosing sites will only allow UK access. Just a guess!

[psdavidson]

This is strange

The images are hosted on Postimage, and all the security settings look OK

Maybe it's location or device. I know some image hosting sites are blocked at work by the corporate firewalls

 

/P

[galgos]

Ok Peter, back home on Thursday so we’ll see what happens then, but I seem to recall earlier difficulties too. The internet is a strange beast though, I couldn’t see my own website for ages ( www.ordinarycrew.co.uk ) and spent hours on the phone, then suddenly all’s well! 

[bissyboat]

Very good progess on the Severn class lifeboat. If I remember correctly the decals are rather flimsy and weedy. I had very little luck with mine and the process was a bit of a chore. Are you using the same decals or do you have some good aftermarket quality decals? ⚓👍🤔

[galgos]

Back home and seeing everything clearly now Peter! What a fascinating build. Do you think you’ll make it with our lovely month’s extension? 

[psdavidson]

On 11/9/2023 at 7:32 AM, galgos said:

Do you think you’ll make it with our lovely month’s extension?

 

I may just manage it

 

Just to prove there are still signs of life, I managed to get the suoerstructure primed

 

 

Most of the painting is the blue, orange and grey. All the smaller parts are already done

I need to attach some of the fittings before continuing

 

More soon(ish)

/P

[galgos]

Good job Peter, getting there! 

[Ned]

I hope you can finish this. I'm looking forward to seeing it in full colour.

[psdavidson]

Thanks everyone

 

More progress, we have (some more) colour

Masked for orange

 

And orange applied

 

It would have been better on a white prime rater than grey, but it's too late to do anything about that now

 

Next, mask up for the blue on the superstructure

 

More soon(ish)

.P

 

[galgos]

Looks very good to me Peter, I'm not sure the colour of the primer is that important....in fact white may have given too "bright" a finish.  Looking forward to more soon(ish).

[psdavidson]

Thanks @galgos

 

Finally some more progress

Blue applied to the superstructure

I also sprayed orange on some parts I missed earlier

 

 

Then masking removed

 

It'll do

 

Then

More masking, this time for the window surrounds

 

Might just make it

More soon(ish)

/P

 

[galgos]

Ah masking, the bane of a modeller's life!  But you're getting there Peter, well done!