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Post by tedsmith on Feb 13, 2018 17:28:32 GMT
welcome back hope you heal up soon, not nice cut myself plenty times making model aircraft, at the moment I am hoping to put TouchDro onto my mill, so it will help me when I start machining my rod's well bye for now and leave the razor knife well alone regards ted Ps its raining here at long last
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Post by silverfox on Feb 15, 2018 15:22:54 GMT
Peter,
What ship are you doing?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2018 12:50:51 GMT
Hi Ron..
HMS Hood sir...this ship has had a spot in my heart since a young boy, IMHO the most beautiful warship ever to set sail. This will be the 4th time that I have built a model of this wonderful vessel, first was a 1/600 (1941) airfix kit when but a child, then a scratch-build of her as she was in 1939 at a scale of 1/150 some 30 years ago, this was displayed (unfinished) at Wembley ME in the 80's, followed by the nice Trumpeter kit (1941) in 1/350 which I am now giving to my son to complete. The new build is again Trumpeter (1941) at 1/200 which is approx 4' 3" in length. This will be the most accurate by some margin following the latest info known about her from the HMS Hood Association, this due to their constant research into the smallest of details about the ship.
regards
Pete
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Post by silverfox on Feb 17, 2018 0:48:49 GMT
My wish is to do HMS Dido as Dad was on that in WW2, There used to be a model of it on HMS Belfast but that is now in NZ. However The Glasgow Museum of Transport has on thsat was on display in the infinitely better old museum but not in the pigs ear of the New One It is now in the museum store but they will get it out if you ask!! There is a hull kit but not much else avaiable
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2018 12:19:40 GMT
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Post by Jim on Feb 17, 2018 17:17:59 GMT
You really shouldn't put tempting links like that here for me to see Pete. I already have a Colin Archer yawl sitting half built waiting for me to complete her, once a certain other project is completed. Jim
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2018 17:45:07 GMT
Haha...I best not put this link up then Jim for the Pontos PE upgrade kit that I'm using for 'Hood'...this has been produced with close input from the 'Hood' association, in fact due to their input and others with in depth knowledge of this ship the PE kit was delayed by around a year. Well worth it though, it's a true masterpiece...lot's of brass... pontosmodel.com/html/23009f1.html Now, if Trumpeter had taken their advice when told that the model kit had some serious errors there wouldn't have been so many corrections required in the PE kit...oh well..it all adds to the fun.. Pete
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Post by barlowworks on Feb 17, 2018 21:41:09 GMT
I have a friend with the Trumpeter Hood. If I show him this he may never finish it. Some of the etches are like lacework, very delicate. How do hou join bits together, surely you don't solder them do you.
Mike
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Post by Jim on Feb 17, 2018 21:48:33 GMT
I couldn't resist and had a look, what a beautifully detailed model of the Hood. Many many moons ago as a school boy I built the Airfix or was it Revell plastic model which I thought was just the ant's pants. One of the highlights of the year is visiting the annual exhibition of the Canberra Model Shipwrights...temptations abound.
Jim
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2018 21:58:35 GMT
I have a friend with the Trumpeter Hood. If I show him this he may never finish it. Some of the etches are like lacework, very delicate. How do hou join bits together, surely you don't solder them do you. Mike Hi Mike...it depends on the part...most are soldered, the exception for me is when the etch is fitted to plastic in which case it has to be glued. Some use glue only but to me that's asking for trouble, it's too easy to brake the assemblies if only glued together, these parts may be handled a lot before final positioning on the model. The last thing you want after painting for example an 8 barreled PomPom AA gun which consists of an awful lot of fine parts is for something to fall off or worse still get lost? Some parts you need a magnifying glass just to see the damn things... Just to show how small some parts are (these are actually big in comparison to other parts that I'll be doing later)these parts are all soldered, part of around 40 details that sit under the shelterdeck, most not even seen when the model is finished..for example the middle ammo locker is approx 3 x 5 mm, all soldered..they are sitting on MDF board, perhaps the fact that you can see the board fibres in this zoomed in image gives a good idea of their actual size. cheers Pete
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2018 22:00:38 GMT
I couldn't resist and had a look, what a beautifully detailed model of the Hood. Many many moons ago as a school boy I built the Airfix or was it Revell plastic model which I thought was just the ant's pants. One of the highlights of the year is visiting the annual exhibition of the Canberra Model Shipwrights...temptations abound. Jim Although the Airfix kit is a little dated now Jim, there are some PE kits available for it that turn it into a mini masterpiece...
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Post by jma1009 on Feb 17, 2018 22:01:31 GMT
Hi Pete,
Hope your finger heals up quickly. It is funny how we get distracted - with me it is clocks or something quite different - one area of research of which you have been most kind to help with privately and relates to ships of which I have very little knowledge.
The person who insisted I started building my first loco was IWMES member Fred Wills who joined the RN in 1936. He knew someone who did not survive the Hood's blowing up. His first miniature loco was built in the tool room on board HMS George V which had a hand in sinking the Bismark.
Cheers,
Julian
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2018 22:16:58 GMT
Hi Pete, Hope your finger heals up quickly. It is funny how we get distracted - with me it is clocks or something quite different - one area of research of which you have been most kind to help with privately and relates to ships of which I have very little knowledge. The person who insisted I started building my first loco was IWMES member Fred Wills who joined the RN in 1936. He knew someone who did not survive the Hood's blowing up. His first miniature loco was built in the tool room on board HMS George V which had a hand in sinking the Bismark. Cheers, Julian Hi Julian Yes thanks my hand is doing very well, I'm so glad that I didn't waste everyone's time in A&E, with a little DIY doctoring I managed to get the inch long cut to knit back together by taping the two fingers concerned tightly together forcing the fold of the skin together, 3 days later the cut has knitted and is holding well leaving a nice 'battle scar'... That's an interesting story about your friend, I have built a model of the KGV class battleship, mine was modeled on Prince of Wales as sunk. Like most of my old model warships someone offered good money and I sold it... this Hood is for keeps though, I'm going the 'extra mile' with this one.. regards Pete
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Post by barlowworks on Feb 17, 2018 22:23:26 GMT
Do you use a resistance solderer for that kind of fine work. I use mine all the time in my O gauge work and wouldn't be without it.
Mike
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2018 22:31:46 GMT
Do you use a resistance solderer for that kind of fine work. I use mine all the time in my O gauge work and wouldn't be without it. Mike just a variable soldering iron for me Mike, I've heard good things of resistance soldering, not tried it myself yet, must remedy that sometime...btw I've posted the image now, forgot before...lol Pete
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Post by barlowworks on Feb 18, 2018 10:21:47 GMT
Now your post makes sense. 😊 The beauty of resistance soldering is you either tin the piece to be soldered or use solder paste. It makes for a very clean job. You don't have the risk of bringing solder to the job on the iron and flooding detail. Also they are ideal for soldering small etches to a large piece that would be a heat sink to a soldering iron. I know it's not technically engineering but I would love to see progress reports from time to time.
Mike
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2018 11:19:01 GMT
I know it's not technically engineering but I would love to see progress reports from time to time. Mike Hi Mike.. I do have a build thread, here's the link... www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=166478 I'll show a couple of pictures here now but don't want to use this thread too much for something outside of it's subject matter, I will share a couple and leave it at that, for anyone wishing to learn more please see the 'link' above.... A view from above, taken some weeks ago.. And this one that I've just taken...due to it's length, it's not easy to photo close up, made worse by the wide angle lens on the photo which distorts things a little, making things lean over on the extremities.. Next job is to fit the deck sections on the shelterdeck (boat deck)...the rear of which is wood, the front and sides are metal and requires painting in RN507A dark grey paint before fitting. I hope to get these done over the next few days before I'm on grandfather duties when I have to put everything away including the old coffee table that I'm using as it's their drawing table... Last picture to show some of the PE kit, these parts number approx 1200 different types, however many are multiples off so there's probably 5000 plus parts here, add the 300+ turned brass and nearly 100 resin parts and you can see why this model won't be a 'five minute job'.. BTW I intend getting back on 4472 very soon, it was a nice day yesterday, I was even out in the garden cutting rushes from around the pond wearing just a T=shirt..well not just that but you get my drift... Pete
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Post by silverfox on Feb 18, 2018 14:48:50 GMT
Pete Is there nothing we do not have a common interest in?
Pond If you are inundated with Toad (really want) or Frog spawn, i will gladly take it off your hands. I just found my pond again after a few years of neglect so everything has to go back to page 1,although the newts did breed last year. Bloody crows had a few adults so it is now netted
Ron
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2018 17:50:39 GMT
sorry Ron, it's not that kind of pond....it's a 'Koi' pond, no frogs in sight.... Pete
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Post by allyman on Feb 25, 2018 18:19:45 GMT
Hi Pete have you thought about a boiler yet, the reason i ask is that i have a length off 6" o/d copper tube for the front part . Asking £80 if you are interested.
regards Bryn
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