HMS Royal MarineLet me make it clear that my purpose in this build log is to show how this ship can be built, with a few small ‘improvements’ of my choice, to encourage and assist others who may be interested in doing so. It is not a difficult build, but care and good planning are essential.
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Finishing off the f’o’c’sle area and deck edges with a fine filler was fairly straightforward.
A fair amount of it needed to smooth the inner hull f/glass texture.
Next was the large forward hatch. I decided to use a lip at the rear and two magnets with steel keeper plates at the for’ard corners.
Keepers were conduit knockouts from a slimline conduit box. Just the right size and thickness.
Before starting on the superstructures, around 120 bulwark supports had to be constructed. Rather than cut tiny pieces from the 0.5 mm styrene, as per the instruction book, I decided to use 1/16” Plastruct tees and a 1/16 x 1/16 square section for the ‘wooden” handrail above.
I just felt I could make a neater job that way.
Careful planning on spray painting is required, even at this early stage. I aim to use the same method as previous ships (
See my HMS Amazon thread) in getting the hull prepared, masking access holes and prop etc. Superstructure to be built as sub-assemblies, and fittings mounted on card using double sided tape with legend giving their assembly part numbers for identification.