Today we made a start on the rear deck, as the flat clear lacquer had now cured, so we can now start fitting the decking and work out the placement of the two rear main guns. We also needed to start work on the super structure of the ship and part of this structure continues…
Hull Update
Today’s little job was to finish the paintwork on the hull, which was to remove any marks by using a fine brush and spotting the marks. Once done for all the three colours it was time to prep the flat clear lacquer, as we were going to need four or five coats to ensure the…
Lifeboats
Today I started work on cleaning up the marks and any air bubbles in the resin models of the lifeboats and steam launches that are to be added to the model.These models are well cast but as with all resin casting if you do not use a vacuum or pressure chamber, air will become trapped…
Vents & Pipes
We have started designing and 3D printing the vents and stove pipes. The vents come in three sizes 3mm x 3mm, 4mm x 4mm and 6mm x 4mm and all at the same height, which allows us to cut them down to suit each placement. The stove pipes are designed in two formats, one straight…
Hull Paint Work
This week we have been working on the hull with the basic paint work, which started with the anti fouling red. The anti fouling took 6 thin coats to get a balanced coverage, which was around 4 hours airbrushing. This was followed by masking the hull off to stop over spray from the home fleet…
Spotting Platform Update
Today we took delivery of all the fine brass rods needed for this model, and we started adding the rods to the Spotting Platform as can be seen from the images below. The rods were joined mainly using soldering and then a thin but strong glue was used to hold them in place. Just a…
WT Doors
Today we managed to finalise the design of the 2 dog water tight doors, which are to be 3D printed. With a little bit of testing and a few different designs which mainly are the size and thickness of the doors, I have finally chosen one design. The final size of these doors are 14mm…
Main Guns
This weekend we started working on the main guns by cleaning up the main turret section, and filling any bubbles and flaws in the casting.The main guns were fitted to the turret section and then using epoxy putty filled and sculpted to form a neat canvas look to the base of the barrel. All that…
Base Coat On Hull
Another job now completed was to base coat the hull with a good primer, as this shows up any flaws that may still be in the fibre glass hull. There was a fair amount of work undertaken for the side case-mates to ensure they blended in and no sanding marks were present. I am pleased…
6″ Director Platform
We are now starting to near the end of the platforms required for the forward mast with this 6″ Director Platform, which only leaves the Torpedo Lookout Platform to design and 3D print. This platform is quite simple in design compared to some others, but I reduced the size of the two mast supports as…
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