After a few weeks away from MBM Forum I am now sitting in my workshop with a large '14-02' mug [courtesy of 17-09] of Kenyan Broken Orange Pekoe leaf tea at my right hand, knowing that my Company's A/Cs are now complete and with my accountant [hopefully a tax rebate will be on its way in the New Year!], some family duties have been performed [ongoing] and rehearsals for two Concerts in the next few weeks are progressing well. That means I will be back into some modelling!
Whilst at 'Warwick' many folk came up and were impressed with the 'rubber' [soft cast resin] fenders around the deck edge. This was the reason I attached them with Gorilla waterproof tape. It was a temporary measure, but I also wanted to 'test' their claim that they would grip anything! Well, the first thing that must be borne in mind is that the thickness of the tape is around 1.5mm. This therefore 'steps' the fender off the edge of the deck, so would not be a perfect solution for the final fix to the deck and hull edge. Also, I found that even with lightly roughening the surfaces [800 wet & dry] and then wiping with nail varnish remover [acetone] some of the fenders came away after few hours or couple of days. You can see this in a couple of the sections. I also treated the inside surfaces of the fender the same as the deck and hull sides. However, it allowed me to cut and trim the lengths to size and see how they fitted - I was well impressed! It also allowed me to see where the individual 'spacers' will go [as on the real vessels] - these being fixed to the hull sides at 90 degrees and then filled in with black silicone. That will be at a much later stage. I hope this helps with anyone considering a way forward with their fenders. I shall probably be fixing these with another glue that is on its very way to me at this moment - something I saw for the very first time last Saturday whilst at my Faversham Military Modelling Group!
Finally, I took my 1/35th scale model [just started and in build - but not grey!] of the Scimitar tank to this group and all they wanted to look at was the various tools I had in my [plastic kit only] tool box! Many notes were made and I think Santa's list is now even bigger! You can see one set of new blades I have here, but I have not put them to the test yet.
More will follow over the next few weeks, depending on the mood I'm in. It could be the aerial brackets in brass for the top of the wheelhouse, or the pulpit railings, some more wheelhouse door detail, maybe a stanchion or even the two bollards [bow and stern] and their floor plates in aluminium - that's the choice at this stage when semi-scratch building! It's good to be back.
C.C.
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Topic: Shannon 'RNLB The Morrell' 13-02 [Models by Design] - a 1/12th build (Read 473893 times)