This past weekend has been working on the deck for the main part of the ship, cutting and sanding it until I had a clean tight fit. Following that it was then down to adding the filler and adding the edging strip all the way around before blending it in with the paintwork. All that’s…
Rear Deck
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…
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…
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…
Side Casemates Update
The building of the model is starting to gain speed with the side casemates being fitted today. There are two designs one for the front one and another for the rest of the side, and with a little bit of sanding to ensure we have a nice clean fit. The next job will be a…
Side Casemates
Today we spent time working on the design of the side casemates which were designed in a CAD program and then 3D printed in liquid resin to get the best finish when fitted and painted.These parts were printed using FunToDo black resin and on a Anycubic Photon printer. CAD drawing. 3D printed parts awaiting a…
Rudder fitting
Today’s job is to finally fit the rudder, not a complex job however time was required to ensure the rudder is aligned and completely true. We did a fair amount of prep work to make the mount and hull shape correct, and this has made fitting the rudder a easier process. There was some additional…
Stabiliser Bars
Making and fitting the stabiliser bars took two days as we had to cut and shape the timber to form the correct profile. Once this was complete it was then a few hours work to steam and bend it to fit the hull’s profile. We needed to fit it to the hull and this was…
Prop Shafts
The next stage was fitting the prop shafts, which took a day to cut and fit. All the parts needed to be alined correctly, and then the glued into position which took some time as you can see from the photos we had to tape parts into place to allow for the two part epoxy…
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