Model Boat Mayhem
The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Navy - Military - Battleships: => Topic started by: colin-d on October 08, 2009, 11:13:17 am
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i have started on my HMS Inflexible from Deans Marines.
instead of clogging up this forum and taking up valuable space on the server i have put the Build on the Deansmarines Forum, which can be found here; http://www.deansmarine.co.uk/forum1/index.php?topic=144.0
so far only the Bulkheads (not included in the kit), Electrics and decksupport beams have been fitted, and at presset i am working on the Flying decks.
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heres a couple of photo's
most of the plastic has now been glued together now its time to sand all the joints smooth and start on the fine detail..
a little detail can be seen on the charthouse and on the Signals Office, all of this detail has been made by Microstrips from slaters.
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i have now had time to compleat one of the Turrets, ready now for a spot of paint..
the Stanchion are from RB Fittings, and the rungs are from Albion Alloys.
Stanchion: http://www.deansmarine.co.uk/shop/product_info.php/cPath/1_2/products_id/731
Rungs: http://www.deansmarine.co.uk/shop/product_info.php/cPath/51/products_id/1785
(also available in 1 meter lengths)
the wing nuts that can be seen in the close up photo, have been made out of etched Stanchion, with the top of the railings eye cut off, i think this has the recommended effect.
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Colin
If you want to come on to our stand at Dortmund you are going to have to do better than this !! :} :} :} :} :} :} :} :} :} :} :} :} :} :} :}
Doug
(Jealous or what)
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we will see what comes next on this Build... O0
i have a few more things up my sleeve, and also the photos to aid construction.. :-))
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only a small update...
a couple of canvas creates to go onto of the turrets.
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its been a while since i have posted in here, and as always i have been a little buisy, not forgetting that i am a working person and only have the weekends to do any Building.
the second turret is in the making, i have managed to fix the Ram onto the Bow and mould it into the Hull.
the raised bow has been fitted inplace; this took some doing, not forgetting what is mentioned in the instructions, that the Bow at 110mm from the bow must be 100mm wide this is extreamly important, if these mesurements are wrong then the raised bow could be to wide or to narrow, this would mean that the Forward flying deck would not fit snugly up against the raised bow.
after days of applying filler and sanding it down only to apply some more i have managed to thicken up the area arround the propshafts, this is not mentioned in the Kits instructions nor is it on the Kits Plans, but the information that i have from books, photo`s and other plans, there is a deffinate evidence that this area is a lot thicker than just a propshaft of 6mm in diameter.
hope you all enjoy the photos
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It all looks superb to me ! both the workmanship and the subject.
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thanks for the vote of confidence Rob.. :D
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a note for the moderators, and Admin;
as i am not allowed to modify my own entries on this forum, can you please change the first entry in this thread, the link stated in the first entry has changed from;
http://www.deansmarine.co.uk/forum1/index.php?topic=144.0
to
http://www.deansmarine.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=144.0
not much of a change but for anyone that was looking for it were heading into a 404 page..
and then this entry can be deleted... thanks.. :-))
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colin-d........very interesting gun turret where I see three x viewing posts...but who were these for?
Certainly in latter [British 4.5" Vickers twin or single mounts] we had "an officer of the gun" behind a 2.25" armour plated glass viewing shoe type box that protruded from the rear top face of the mount........earlier reading will I suggest confirm these gunnery officers were called "Gun Captains"
NCO's or CO's......... :(( ...sorry the fog is thick %% ....Derek
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thats a dam good question Derek {-)
the photo's that i have show three, the plans from John Haynes also show three, plus in Wikipedia on there photo's it shows three, so i have put three on my turrets.
probably there was the main Gun officer, and the two gunners (sighters) ..
http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:HMS_Inflexible_Gesch%C3%BCtzturm.JPG&filetimestamp=20080422235616
http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:RML_16_inch_gun_Clowes_Vol_VII.jpeg&filetimestamp=20091013090609
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Goodness colin-d........I was not questioning your build......& your Wikipedia snaps confirm the worst..... %%.. I see a canvas drop down sheet in front of the viewing window ...... >>:-( %% :police:..
.....and certainly from the Wikipedia snaps ..the mounting was not a "twin"....as each gun barrel was independent..simply two gun assemblies in a common rotating turrett
All electro hydraulic systems between each mount were independent.....the only common facility was "train" O0
Keep posting .jpgs with your build........... :-)) .Derek
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no Probs... i was just showing some of the sources i have been using .. %)
I'll be down the cellar this weekend to continue the build, i might even get one of the Torpedo boats compleated or modified, there was so many different types in the 1880's
and i will be working on the walkway between the fore and aft superstructures.
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been down the cellar most of the weekend, i was allowed out for meals.
after looking at a few photo's some of them were of original Torpedo boats and some were the photo's of the kits torpedo boats, i have decided to completely remake my Torpedo boats, there were so many different types of these small craft, basically all are based around a steam Picket boat.
the photo in the top left corner is from the kits instructions, so you can see what has been cut away and what has been replaced.
the remainder of the photo's show my new version, its still in the making but the general layout can be seen.
most of the vacform deck was cut away, which left me with a big hole to fill, part of the hole was filled back in again with a flat piece of 1mm pastic card which is were the engine room is, the aft open area had its side walls installed and a floor, on the top edge is some round plastic to give the top edge the proper finish.
the wheelhouse was also finished in the same way, the photo's that i have show an open wheelhouse with a canvas roof, which will be added later, once the deck and hull has been glued together.
i have even made a couple of 'A' frames for the propshafts and made some Exposed prop shafts, will just have to find some nice Props now, although the brass etched ones in the kit could be used.
there is still a fair bit of work to be done on the fittings.
in the photo's its not quite noticeable how big/small these Torpedo boats are so heres the dimensions;
roughly 20cm long x 3cm wide
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its been a while since i posted in this thread, but heres some more Photo's of the build.
have been working on the Torpeedo boats a little more.
the bollards have been applied, these were made out of Microstrips and a bit of Brasswire
the Torpedo holders have been built and glued in place, these were made out of scrap white metal, and some Nickelsilver rod 0.33mm
the canopy of the the wheelhouse, has been covered with silk paper, which gives the rough effect and then painted in a canvas colour.
bits that can not be seen are the wooden slatted floor parts that go in the wheelhouse and rear open part, these are still drying in the paint room.
as you all can see i have also started painting.
there Prop shafts are also finally finished, made from 0.45mm NiSi and 1mm Brass tubes from Albion Alloys, and a three bladed Prop from brass etchings
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the charthouse is not quite finished, but here she is before she gets painted.
the railings are from 0.2mm Nickel silver Rod, the stanchions are from RB fittings.
the hand rail going down the steps still needs to be bent and soldered in place, but that's no big job.
here we have the next photo, of the Forward Searchlight Platform, now ready for painting.
the Maxim guns and Searchlights have not been glued in place yet, as the wooden decking has a coat of masking tape on it to protect it while painting the rest of the structure.
the railings have been made the same way as the charthouse.
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so far so good, been down the cellar most of the weekend painting fittings, plus working on the Forward Flying Deck
probably by the end of the month this section of the build should be finished apart from the mast.
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here is a small update, the Torpedo boats are finished and ready to be mounted on the Aft Flyingdeck.
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only a smal update;
the forward searchlight platform is finished and will be packed away in silk cloth until the rest of the forward flying deck in finished.
the searchlights have had some hand wheels added that did not come with the kit.
and i have been building allsorts of fittings including painting them.
the second photo is of the 4.7" QF guns there is eight of them on this ship two above the forward anchors, four on the forward flying deck and two on above the aft anchors.
this is a kit in its own rights, i have also fitted hand wheels to the guns. these are also not part of the Kit.
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Hi Colin great job your doing there Will you have Inflexible ready for Naviga F2 ? is the next Naviga motors to be in the Netherlands ?
Bowwave :-)) :-)) :-))
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being as this build is a Deans Kit, with a few alterations according to further information that i have obtained from various sources, i can only enter Her in the class F4B (scale kit class) although she will probably be of F2 standard.
because i can only work on her at weekends i doubt that i will have her finished for the next World Champs which i have of a very good source should be being held in Hungary 2011 sometime towards the beginning of July.
at present i am trying to convice the MPBA that it would be a good idea for the World Champs in 2013 to be held in the UK, and for 2015 the Danish have already put in there application.
the only information that i have on the section M (motors / speed boats) is 17.-26. September 2010 in Murrhardt, Germany
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Hello..sir..in your photograph,i saw some bullwarks ..i think its readymade...from where i can i buy such details..? is it possible to buy..?
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sorry for the late answer, but i have been on Holiday.
which photograph are you refering to ?
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and here's some more photo's and a small update into my Build-
the first photo is of the Torpedo Net Platform, its obvious that the Nets have not been tied down yet, there still waiting to be folded and rolled, the build its self; theres a few metal fittings to be worked on and the railings have been made in the same way as the charthouse.
the second photo is of the Military Tops, that have had a few changes made, according to the information i have, the parts that i have added are not in the kit, but most have them lying around (Micro Strips from Slaters)
the Military tops that are described in the instruction would look like the one on the far left hand side with out the Brassrods, on the right the compleated items ready to be installed onto the masts.
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The platform looks great, have fun rolling the nets. {-)
Mark
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I'm sure i will have fun doing that part, and thanks again for the twirl (material)
see you week after next (4-5th September), i will not be bringing any parts with me, i`ll wait until she is completely finished.
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the rigging is not just glued to the mast, so here we have the rings that go round the masts and have the rigging threaded through the Small holes, this has been achieved by soldering cut of railings stanchions to Brass tubing that has been cut into rings, mind you these things take there time to produce and theres not just one of them... there two masts on this ship.
top left: there are 2x 4mm rings, one with 5 and one with 2 hoops for the rigging, these will be fitted to the top mast.
bottom left: is the mast base
bottom and right: are 3 x 10mm rings, two with 5 hoops and one with 6 hoops
on the far right of the photo, you can see what they look like when slotted over the 9mm mast, they are obviously not in there correct position yet.
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a small update on the front flying decks mast, the only parts now missing are the yardarms.
the parts for the Yardarms awaiting the sawblade just happen to be laying next to the mast.
the First Yardarm is finished and ready to be applied to the Mast.
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i guess its about time i typed some thing in here, just to remind you all what I'm building and things are going.
the forward flying decks Mast is getting very close to being compleated.
just the ratlines (shrouds) to be added, and a couple of threads here and there.
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is everybody speechless ??
this thread has been viewed over 1950 times with only 29 replies from which most of the replies are from me with new photos.
this is obviously a subject that a lot of members are looking at and are interested in, but no comments!
i hope your all enjoying the posts..
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Speechless would be about right Colin, I could never do this level of excellence!
Keep the posts coming, this is great work.
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I, for one, am in awe. This is great work on a wonderful ship. :-))
Andy
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I would not know what to say, that is awesome :-)) :-)) :-)) :-)) :-))
Brian
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Colin,
You could have ironed the creases out of the backcloth before taking the pictures. %% Other than that, seven and a half out of ten!! :police:
Cheers
Doug
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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.. O0
if i didn't know you better Doug, do i detect a small hint of sarcasm. {-)
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Excellent work there Colin,I certainly don't have that level of building skill.......I'm envious. :-))
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OH..what a nice work..indeed..friend...its so superb...
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just to keep you all speechless... !! %% %% heres a few more photo's
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Excellent attention to detail, top quality.
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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..
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Hi Colin Impressive workmanship :-))
Bowwave
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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.
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just a couple more photo, to keep you all happy..
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Colin that is a real work of art
Geoff
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Brilliant Colin! :-)) enjoyed speaking with you at last Dean's open day, keep 'em coming please,
Regards,Tony.
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Hi Colin Looking truly superb. Nice pictures to .
Bowwave :-)) :-)) :-))
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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
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Freebooter :-))
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Colin,
Looking very good. I'll book you a space on our Dortmund stand - half price to you :-))
Doug
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why thank you Doug, i think i might just take you up on that offer.. :embarrassed:
and to everybody else, i am glad your enjoying the craftsmanship and photo's.
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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 :-))
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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... :-))
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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...
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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..
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Coming along very nicely Colin, but then again I would not expect anything less.
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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
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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 ;)
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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...
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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.. ;D
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. :)
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wow..wooooww...
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Very nice looking deck that Colin.
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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....!! {-)
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Hi Colin
That looks really lovely :-) :-)
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just over a month of waiting for me to post in here..!! :o :o
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
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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.. <*<
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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.
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Hope you are not facing the wall??? <*<
Mark
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Wht don't you come along and see (volcanos permittting of couse) We are driving this year :-))
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I'll try my best to improve.... and reach the standard of the PAMBC :} :D :embarrassed:
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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.
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still going strong on this mammoth Model, lots of bits to build and not much time... {:-{
the fittings, Mast, and other bits and pieces for the Aft Flying deck are in the in making / modding the Aft Flying deck its self still has a couple of microstrips to be added above the windows and the such like.
most of these parts look just like the photo's that i have already published for the Forward Flying deck, so thats why we only have a couple of photo's for this post.
here we have the 6 pounders for the Aft Flying deck and the two Anchor derricks for the Forward Flying deck
hope your all still enjoying the photo's
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i have now had time to work on the shipsboats, 4 sailing gigs, 3 rowing gigs and 2 steam Launches.
the gigs just need there hook and eyes for the davits then they can be painted.
the 2 steam Launches i decided to plank there decks and make some nice boilers, so as they look the part...
still have the engine parts to build.
i hope the photo's do these shipsboats justice
a little notice: these shipsboats are not part of the kit, i have used these so as to save time working on the supplied vac - forming's, and to give my finished model that little difference from others.
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after many a try, just to throw the parts in the bin and start again, after the third attempt, i think i have managed to get my steam engines looking the part... %% %%
these steam plants belong inside the Launches, which can be seen in the previous post.. :o :o
i don't think there is any real need to the steam profi's amongst us to start telling me there is a pipe or valve missing, at this scale i don't think it really matters.. ;) ;)
i have taken images out of the internet of different steam engines, and tried to make something that looks the part..
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Colin I reckon that looks pretty good in the scale you are working - its great BUT I think his sword is too long (Not serious)
Geoff
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never mind Geoff, its a HO figure at a scale of 1:87 Italian policeman in best dress... so really its to big... {-) {-) {-)
mind you it seams your enjoying the photo's.. :-))
i guess everybody else is to gob smacked to make comments.. %% %%
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i hope you all don't mind me posting these photo's
i have managed to finish of a couple of the Shipsboats..... :-))
including painting the individual ribs and the floor grating %% %%
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Getting there Colin,
We will let you bring your boat to Ron's open day if you keep this up :} :} :} :}
Doug
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Like the boats Colin they are models in their own right.
Geoff
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@ Doug; sorry to say i wont be able to bring the Inflexible to Ron's open days, i allready have the car full of people, which only leaves room for a smaller boat, which shall i bring the Furie or the Lis Terkol.
yes Geoff, they are models in their own right... its taken long enough to finish these little Ba****ds....
and theres still 6 to finish off...
slowly but surely I'll get there
hopefully by the end of the year everthing will be compleat, and i can publish a photo of the finished model.. which i am sure your all waiting for..
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I know what you meen with the ships boats as I'm building the HMS Dreadnought form deans and that has lots of boats!! Lovley models thow!!! :-)
Dave:)
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I really love following your build developments on this thread. I too have recently completed a set of Deans ships boats for my cruiser so can especially appreciate the detail craftsmanship involved here. I wanted to ask, is this to be a static display model or an RC ship? I did notice some internal wiring on an early photo. Freeboard is very limited with this superb Coles turreted model, although you do have raised lips under the turret bases.
Please keep posting photos and info. Definitely a Masterclass series. Awesome!
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@ Dave; a Dreadnought, very nice.... like to see her sometime... i am helping a friend down the road with his Hannibal, he is in the very early stages.
@ Bob; me in the Masterclass, why thanks very much.. %) %)
i do have a 3rd class protected cruiser in the pipeline, one of the Pelorus class.
yes Bob my Inflexible is and will be an RC ship, just looked back in the thread and noticed that i did not publish a photo of the internal electrics, she is running 2 x 12v Buehlers, and will have 3 x 12v Gel panasonic batteries, the ESC is from Action a P94 ESC/mixer set at mode 3 with about 70% mixing.
eventually once she is finished, and taking into account that i qualify, she will hopefully be taking part in the World Championship that are being held in Denmark in the year 2015, not to sure were the World Championships will be held in 2013, have been trying to persuade the MPBA to hold them in the UK at Beale park.
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just to let you all know that i have finished all the Ships boats, so its back to compleating the Aft Flying deck.. :-))
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wondefull model ship
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hope you all dont mind me posting some more pictures.... after the comments in other threads...
the build continues;
the rear flying deck is nearing completion, most of the fitting have been glued in place.
what still need to be compleated;
the ships boats davits need to be attached to the sides of the flying deck, then the ships boats attached to the davits.
the rear mast, needs painting then the rigging can be attached, and the yard arms still have to be made.
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and this is what she looks like when all the parts are placed in the correct position on the Hull
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Colin a really nice build.
Geoff
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thanks
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Awesome work Colin :-)) It was nice to chat with you at Peterborough not long ago. Thank you for the latest photos.
She really looks the business
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thanks Bob :embarrassed:, it was nice chatting with you too, hope your there next year.
i plan to bring my Inflexible with me to the Deans Open days next year. :o
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I will definitely be at Deans Open Day next year, and looking forward to seeing your HMS Inflexible close up and on the water - hopefully on the new big pond being constructed. With both my WW1 warships, maybe even the K boat too by then.
Thanks for all the useful tips O0
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sorry its been a while, but the build continues.
over 30 single little blocks that i had etched for me, there not in the kit.
first of all a before and after photo.
the blocks are made up out of four parts, two round disks, the main outer block and the pin through the middle
first of the the two round disks are joined (laid on top of each other) then the outer block part is bent into shape, the disk is then slotted into the outer block part, once in position the pin is slotted into place, once painted, they can then be attached to the Davits and ships boats, one down six to go.
the rear flying deck is really starting to take shape, the rear mast is nearly complete, then all that is left to do, is a lot of rigging.
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Colin: you are a master perfectionist. Those blocks are superb. The ships boats incredible. I really want to see this on the water one day :} :-)) :-)) :-))
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this september, all being well, you will be able to see her on the water :-)) :-))
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last photo's for this thread, she is now just about Finished, just the pennants and Flags to be added
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just a couple more
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Excellent build, the detail is great, nice one. (http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p8/DickyD_photos/Smileys/tumb.gif)
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Well done Colin. What an eye for detail. :-))
ken
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thanks very much... :embarrassed:
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I still say this build should be moved to the Masterclass section. :-)) :-)) :-))
I know the rules say iy must include photos underway on the water. Just say where & when and I'll be pleased to bring a camera O0
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thanks for your vote of confidence Bob...
she will defiantly be on the water at the Deans Open Days this year (2012)... :-))
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Wonderfull job Colin, Superb attention to detail!
Will you make any other pre-dreadnought type again? Maybe the Camperdown?
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Blimey! Think they had enough boats? It's a credit to you, lovely model.
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thanks chaps for the comments... :embarrassed: %)
@ Eric
i have a Palorus Class (HMS Pyramus (Victorian colours) on the drawing board, and i have always been interested on the Victoria Class for example HMS Victoria herself
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there were some lucky modelers in Dortmund at the Intermodellbau 2012, on the Saturday afternoon my HMS Inflexible was Christend and sent down the slipway for its first launch on to that cold and wet stuff called water....
" gingyer " of Mayham fame, has a couple of photo's from this christening, which he well be sending me at the weekend all being well.. :-)) :-))
meantime:
i was down the lake today and took her for another sail to see how she handels, as we have the German Scale Champs coming up in June, and i have entered her in them.
enjoy the photo's
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Lovely to see her on the water at last Colin. After all the countless hours of precision work I know you must be very proud to see the final transition from project-in-progress to working vessel.
Can't wait to see her myself sometime :-)) :-)) :-))
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not to sure if your all interested in this little fact.... but....
i came first in the German Scale Nationals with this model, of course in the kit class (F4B)
there is a dedicated website for these Champs, but its all in German...
www.dm-blankenheim.de (http://www.dm-blankenheim.de)
loads of photos can be found here http://www.dm-blankenheim.de/index.php?action=media;sa=vua (http://www.dm-blankenheim.de/index.php?action=media;sa=vua)
results can be found here http://www.dm-blankenheim.de/index.php?topic=46.0 (http://www.dm-blankenheim.de/index.php?topic=46.0)
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Colin
Will you be taking Inflexible to the Dean's open day in September? if so which day? I'd planned to go and would love to get a chance to see her in person.
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slight problem on that front..... wife is rather ill, chemo and radiotherapy for the next 33 days...
if we make it, we will arrive Saturday morning and leave Sunday evening..
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Colin
I'm sorry to hear about your wife, my best wishes to you both.
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not to sure if your all interested in this little fact.... but....
i came first in the German Scale Nationals with this model, of course in the kit class (F4B)
there is a dedicated website for these Champs, but its all in German...
www.dm-blankenheim.de (http://www.dm-blankenheim.de)
loads of photos can be found here http://www.dm-blankenheim.de/index.php?action=media;sa=vua (http://www.dm-blankenheim.de/index.php?action=media;sa=vua)
results can be found here http://www.dm-blankenheim.de/index.php?topic=46.0 (http://www.dm-blankenheim.de/index.php?topic=46.0)
Hi Colin good to hear of your success at F4B at the German Champs . Always found the 1m gates a difficult hazzard to negotiate at the top of the course !!!
Bowwave :-)) :-)) :-))
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thanks...
yes Dave,
the top of the naviga triangle is rather tricky... 1 metre spacing between to boyes with HMS Inflexible being a little over 30cm wide theres not much room for mistakes...
i didn't manage a clear run, but twice i was very close, 98 from 100
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Hello Colin. It was terriffic to meet you at Dean's Marine.
Regarding plans for 'Pyramus', please see below a clip from the plan that I used for 'Pelorus'. You can see that it's marked 'Pegasus' but i suspect that has been added. It would be interesting to know if this is the same plan that you have already.
There's some background to 'Pelorus' on my site (http://www.viewing.com/Pelorus/Pelorus.htm) including links to online editions of the two wonderful little books 'A Fleet in Being' (Kipling) and 'Across a Continent in a Man of War' (Highams) which describe life in 'Pelorus'.
Congratulations on your superb model.
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Hello David,
it was also nice to catch up with you again, these yearly gatherings are turning into a habit... {-) {-) {-)
yes that is one of the plans i have, i also have three of the Admiralty's plans, dated march 1896, main title says "Third class Cruiser - to be named" top left, there is a stamp with a number and the name Pelorus class in it.
the one i plan modeling is HMS Pyramus, ca 1897-1900 still in her Victorian colours
i will try and get my second class torpedo boats from the inflexible working... ;) plus a normal picketboat.
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I've only got one pic that's attributed to be 'Pyramus' although Victorian photographers got confused about which ship is which. However, PRO lists 3 pictures of the ship as new. See http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C516553 (http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C516553). This is the only source that I've found where the ship named is really the one in the picture!
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HMS Inflexible and HMS Zulu on Patrol....
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Colin, noting your interest in 'Victoria' in an earlier post, you might like to know that what is probably the original builder's model of her sister 'Sans Pareil' can be seen in the Art Museum, Preston. The model was taken off the actual ship when she was broken up in Preston in 1907. Here's a pic:
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Hi Colin, I have been looking back through the MBM archives and saw this lovely ship being modelled. I am a fan of WW1 and prior warships and think the designs that our navies dreamt up were marvelous!
Congratulations on your win, well deserved.
Now a few questions.
1. Did you motorise your Torpedo boats?
2. (A personal question, but one I felt concern to ask) Is your wife in Remission? I do hope so.
3. Were you planning on marketting your etch brass pulleys? They would add fine detail to a model ship.
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Hi and thank you,
I guess the sad News first, Sadly my wife passed away last November (aged 55) 7 tumours in the Brain plus more else were.... :(( <:(
which is one of the reasons I have not been doing much modelling in the past year..!!
I still have extra vac-forms of the Torpedo boats, so at some time I will make a motorised version, its on my to do list, along with a Picket boat, and a Launch..
the etched brass pulleys are available to anyone that has the chance to do the etching..!! been looking for someone to do this for me (cheap/hobby) the person that used to do my etchings has shut up shop..
I gave my drawings to Mr Dean, so at some time they could well be on the market, but if any one else would like the drawings (Coral Draw) drop me a line..
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Hi Colin, I am sorry to hear of your loss and understand the need to take time away from what will seem like a frippary to grieve and sort everything out.
I hope that you manage to find some time to get back to boating as it can be cathartic doing something to occupy your mind, no one would begrudge you that.
Keep well Colin and please accept my condolensces.
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some day everything will fall back into place.. O0
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3. Were you planning on marketting your etch brass pulleys? They would add fine detail to a model ship.
to answer this question.... I know its been a long time... but I have now found a reasonable priced etcher that does small jobs..
so if any one is interested in the pulleys, let me know an I can get some etched, I will then bring them to the Deans Open days in September.. :-))