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[colin-d]

thanks for the comments gentelmen, i did not realise i was that good a builder    i think i will have to widen the door frames in the near future not bragging or anything, but i thought my work is quite standard..!! nothing out of the ordinary so to speak.

after all it is only a Kit, with a few modification.. 

if i didn't know you better Doug, do i detect a small hint of sarcasm.  

[Dreadstar]

Excellent work there Colin,I certainly don't have that level of building skill.......I'm envious.

[rathikrishna]

OH..what a nice work..indeed..friend...its so superb...

[colin-d]

just to keep you all speechless... !!     heres a few more photo's

[Eric65]

Excellent attention to detail, top quality.

[colin-d]

hopefully by next weekend i should have the compleat forward flying deck finished all all the bits and pieces in place... naturally once finished I'll take some photo's and publish them here, were you guy's can really go goggle eyed over.

I'll see how the lighting is, as to how close i can get with the camera for some close ups..

[Bowwave]

Hi Colin Impressive workmanship 
Bowwave

[colin-d]

it very nice to hear such complements, thanks.

here we go... after a mammoth weekend of threading and tying knots and fixing the finished parts in there places the forward flying deck is about 95% finished.

the ratline (shrouds) on the port side still need to be compleated, and the torpedo nets rolled and stowed on there platform.

the shrouds have been individually threaded and tied, first the vertical lines were put in there place, then the horizontal threads were threaded with a needle through the vertical lines and tied of at each vertical line.

[colin-d]

just a couple more photo, to keep you all happy..

[pugwash]

Colin that is a real work of art
Geoff

[tt1]

Brilliant Colin!  enjoyed speaking with you at last Dean's open day, keep 'em coming please,

               Regards,Tony.

[Bowwave]

Hi Colin   Looking truly superb.  Nice pictures to .
Bowwave

[Jimmy James]

It's nice to see a craftsman at work. The reason I posted no comments before is that anything I say wouldn't do justice to the work displayed
.
Freebooter 

[dougal99]

Colin,

Looking very good. I'll book you a space on our Dortmund stand - half price to you 

Doug

[colin-d]

why thank you Doug, i think i might just take you up on that offer.. 

and to everybody else, i am glad your enjoying the craftsmanship and photo's.

[mogogear]

This thread stays on my "must check " list...Ships of this period have such evocative curves and design elements !! I am soaking up masterful touches by hopeful osmosis!

Thanks for the inspiring work

[colin-d]

it will take me a few weeks before i can post some more pictures.

the next stage is back to the Hull, i will be cutting the windows out that are in the Hull, and then backing them, once the Hull is painted i will then fill the holes in with clear epoxy.
also i still have to fix the torpedo booms in place, the plastic part of the Decks can then be glued in place, then the planking can be added.

work will also continue on the walkway between the forward and rear flyingdecks, plus the rear Flyingdeck its self.

once i have some more photo's of course i will share these with you all..

thanks again for the kind remarks... 

[colin-d]

and the build goes on... here we have the Gangway between the forward and rear Flying deck.

rather tricky to bend the 0,5mm plastic in the right place at the right time, theres still a few little bits to-do yet (fittings) before i can start painting the Gangway, but i think it turned out rather well...

[colin-d]

the Rear Flyingdeck is also taking shape... i have started on some of the fittings, the wooden deck has been laid.

the bits of plastic laying in the forground are the parts to go over the steps that go below deck (the two holes in the Deck between the guns)

this weekend i continue work on the Hull and the main decks, and probably seal the wooden deck of this flyingdeck..

[marmoi]

Coming along very nicely Colin, but then again I would not expect anything less.

[Egberth]

Hi Colin,

very nice built. I hope to see her one day in Wuppertal. I really like the ship and have at least the "original" of the Inflexible, the Duilio on schedule (well, I have the great plans of Jürgen Eichardt and hopefully will find the courage to start her one day).

But one little comment: Could your buff be a little too yellowish? According to contemporary models (f.e. at Greenwich) the buff parts were of a more brown tone, perhaps a light sand tone.

Nevertheless a great model.

Cheers from the vicinity of Wuppertal and best wishes for a "Guten Rutsch"

Dirk

[colin-d]

Hi Egberth,

one day you will see her in Wuppertal... that for certain.. and if you come to Dortmund this year.. she could also be there, not finished of course but at least the main parts that i have so far compleated, i would like to display on the Peterborough stand.

the yellowish buff might be a bit yellowish, but then again it was what the captain had at the time, just like the real thing... the colour Buff was never the same on any two ships, it was always different, because it was the colours that the captain had at the time of painting.

personally i think the Buff / yellowish that i have used look much nicer and stands out in a crowd

[colin-d]

sorry you all have been wailting for some more updates, but as a working man, one does have other things that are important, plus one has to keep her indoors happy.

time for some more photo's, i have been working on the boots deck, as you can see from the photo's this is now finished and ready for painting.

the railings have been compleated in the same way as all the other railings on this model...

[colin-d]

i have been working on the main Decks, all the planking has been laid, and the third coat of varnish has just been applied, its still drying while i took the photo's, every day this week when i get home from work, is sand the decks and add the next coat of varnish, Saturday should be finished and it can then be taped up for protection while i finish of the rest of the Hull.

i even tided up my work bench before hand, so the photo's look a little nicer.. 

the planking is part of the upgrade kits, "LASER ENGRAVED DECK SHEETS" but i have modified them slightly to cover the decks much nicer, well i think i have done a good job... being as it is my very first planked Deck.  :)

[rathikrishna]

wow..wooooww...

[marmoi]

Very nice looking deck that Colin.

[colin-d]

Slowly but surely things are taking shape.

I have been working on the Hull again, or even for that matter Still 

so the torpedo Nett booms have been applied, I have made them removable so the hull can be painted a lot easier, in the Kit the booms already have pins on them so all you have to do is drill the hull and apply the booms, not a bad idea if your painting everything one colour, but I have decided to paint them a very dark brown, being as the Hull is black I had work out a way to remove the booms, so with a load of self-made hooks and eyes the booms are now removable.

The steps on the side of the Hull are not shown in the Kit plans, but on photos that I have they are, so I made my self 4 sets out of Micro strips, the top part is 1mm x 0.2mm and the bar below is 0.5 x 0.5mm, these parts were glued together first of all, then they were applied to the Hull.

The wooden decks still have there protective coating, that will all come of once the Hull as been completely painted.

I have also been marking the deck for all the drill holes for the stanchions.

And I still have to enlarge the drilled out portholes and square them of to make square windows, were once the Hull has been painted the holes will be filled with clear drying epoxy.

hope your alle still gob smacked....!! 

[Dave13]

Hi Colin
That looks really lovely  

[colin-d]

just over a month of waiting for me to post in here..!!       
the waiting is over here another couple of photo's showing the Hull nearly complete.

most of the painting is finished, the railings have been fitted on both sides, and most of the deck fittings have been painted and the parts fixed in there respective places.

and before anyone starts picking fault with the colour of my torpedo net booms, on the photos (black and white) that i have the booms are not black, nor white.

apart from that i don't think theres much to say, apart from enjoy the photo's

[colin-d]

if anyone is interested, my model will hopefully be on display at the Intermodellbau, Dortmund... in Hall 5

that is if the peterborough stand would have me.. 

[dougal99]

if anyone is interested, my model will hopefully be on display at the Intermodellbau, Dortmund... in Hall 5

that is if the peterborough stand would have me.. 

Colin, I've told you before, you'll have to improve your build standards before you can join 

We are across the way from where we were last year, against the wall.

[marmoi]

Hope you are not facing the wall??? 

Mark

[dougal99]

Wht don't you come along and see (volcanos permittting of couse) We are driving this year 

[colin-d]

I'll try my best to improve.... and reach the standard of the PAMBC     

[colin-d]

i have been putting in a few hours in the past few weeks, so as to get some more major parts compleated, for the Intermodellbau in Dortmund.

here we have the compleated Gangway and Signals Office, that stretches over the glacisplate from the forward flyingdeck to the rear flyingdeck.

all the parts taken out of the kit, with some slight modifications, the railings are of the same material that i have used throughout this model, 0.2 nickelsilver rod from Albion and Stanchions from RB fittings, all thees items are available from Deans, and are also mentioned in the Upgrade packages.