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Models => Modelling Projects => Topic started by: Haddock on June 04, 2020, 11:37:27 AM
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Started this a bit more than a week ago, doing bit and bobs whilst waiting for other stuff to dry.
I got carried away.
As you can see, the ship is water-lined and some "re-engineering" done, mainly so as I can glue the superstructure in place from inside the model.
I've built most of the sub-assemblies and started to plan the rigging, I've drilled sixty holes to accept the funnel stays using old photo's as reference material, some will need "'addock 'oles" to pass through two decks.
I'm pleased with the cranes, found a different way to tackle building 'em.
Haddock.
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Looks excellent as always.
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Another excellent model for the Haddock navy.
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Another excellent model for the Haddock navy.
It ain't finished yet!!!
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It ain't finished yet!!!
It would be if Zak was making it -- you might take a few more days, but the finished article will be excellent.
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Hi Haddock,
Nice to see this one. Sixty 'addock ole's' well that's quite a few to drill in the right place.
Patience is a virtue, I think I might call you 'Saint Haddock' from now on.....
Cheers,
Bigkev
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Excellent.
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Some shots of the larger of the etched brass work.
Now it all goes back in the box so I can complete HMS York
and Schleswig Holstein.
Haddock.
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Nice work on the cranes. (Can't spell
derek derrick)
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really nice again.
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Nice work on the cranes. (Can't spell derek derrick)
You don't need to, a derrick is a different animal.
Haddock.
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Another Master Class in the offering, well done.
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Wow, them cranes look great.
Good looking ship.
Andy.
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Wow, them cranes look great.
Good looking ship.
Andy.
I agree Andy,
Now Haddock tells us he is putting them to one side to finish the HMS York and the Schleswig Holstein!
All this great stuff, is a beauty to behold.
Bigkev
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Stunning!
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The cranes look excellent.
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Been sloshing some paint on. Not without it's difficulties.
During and after WW2, the Admiralty saw fit to dump lots of information, in particular, information on Admiralty paint(s).
If you really want to know more about this, you can visit the Sovereign hobbies website. James Duff(Jaimie) has done a lot of research on the subject and published his results. It's available to download, free, as a service to modellers. I comes as a PDF file, about 11 pages long, it's a magnificent effort and shows some of the problems ship modellers have when building RN ships of that era.
After some effort, I ended up with three painting diagrams, all slightly different in both the pattern and colour call up.
So what you see is what I think the ship may have looked like in late 1941.
Decks were a bit of a problem, Trumpeter would have you paint them a dark grey (extra dark sea grey).The information I found was a little confusing. One school of thought says steel decks were painted dark grey, maybe dark grey blue. The wood decks may have been painted camouflage colours but the pattern is largely unknown. Another school said all ships should have their decks stained with black stain, not paint.This had the effect of darkening the decks but still leaving the caulked seams visible. Finally, Trumpeter have depicted the fore-deck as planked, I've found a very clear picture showing it was steel, painted a dark deck colour so the fore-deck planks needed to be removed.
I've gone for my version of the pattern and colours, steel fore-deck and wood decks stained, probably not dark enough but who is to know.
Haddock.
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Looks good so far Tony.
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Slosh away Haddock
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Great again!.
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Absolutely stunning!
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There was a ship camouflaged like this in an episode of 'Race to Victory'. It was a brief clip but I thought the ship looked interesting.
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Funnels fitted and rigged, 40 stays believe it or not.
Tripod masts in progress, I'm making it up as I go along.
Haddock.
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Excellent work on the stays, painstaking I imagine.
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Not being up to your standard - I would have cut down the number of stays down to about 4 per funnel.
That's why my ships are not up to your level.
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Fantastic work, as ever. I'm scratching my head wondering how to fit four levers into a cockpit!!! Hopefully I'll remember all you told me.
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Excellent work on the stays, painstaking I imagine.
More like painful I think.
Haddock.
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Excellent work on the stays, painstaking I imagine.
More like painful I think.
Haddock.
Excellent work Haddock,
40 Stays, your staying power is to be admired.
Cheers,
Bigkev
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Sounds like a lot of hard fiddley work.
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You've just got to grit your teeth and gt on with it.
Haddock.
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You've just got to grit your teeth and gt on with it.
Haddock.
Keep on gritting. It shows in the results.
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Masts ready for a coat of paint. Some bits and bobs added "for effect" as a well known modeller would say.The strange bend atop both masts is to accommodate the type 281 radar set, one on each mast, they worked as a pair. Non in the kit so I'll have to scratch build something.
Haddock.
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Great detail.
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Outstanding.
I like the colours.
Andy.
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Another great looking ship, I’ve said it before I wish I could do all them really small bits.
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If we had Haddock's skill and the whole world would be a better place!
Bigkev
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If we had Haddock's skill and the whole world would be a better place!
Bigkev
Careful now, would we all want to be Haddockised?
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If we had Haddock's skill and the whole world would be a better place!
Bigkev
Careful now, would we all want to be Haddockised?
It would make your eyes water!!!
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Fore-mast added, rigged and some railings added.
Having trouble taking a decent picture!
Haddock.
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More stuff added, along way off but I can see light at the end of the tunnel.
Haddock.
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It's a train!
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I'm still struggling with etch brass at times Master, but I keep trying. Even when I do as you told me it doesn't work the same as when you do it. Doh!!!!
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I'm still struggling with etch brass at times Master, but I keep trying. Even when I do as you told me it doesn't work the same as when you do it. Doh!!!!
you need to show it who's boss.
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In my case - the brass is !!!!!!!!
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In my case - the brass is !!!!!!!!
And I thought it was Joyce!
Bigkev
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OK you are correct again Kevin the orders is Joyce first brass second and me a long way back in third.
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We are all in the same boat...
See what I did there???
Fantastic work Haddock.
Andy.
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We are all in the same boat...
See what I did there???
Fantastic work Haddock.
Andy.
Yes, but I never have a paddle.
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I have a wooden spoon - would that help Zak - hohohoho
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I have a wooden spoon - would that help Zak - hohohoho
I used to have a 6 foot long one - presented to me when I left a school many years ago - pinched by some BT engineers a couple of years later.
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Apart from fitting to a base I guess this is complete.
Haddock.
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Excellent Tony. I particularly like the camouflage pattern on this one. The detail is all amazing.
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Lovely, but the sea just sets them off even better.
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As you always tell me Haddock - a model ship not in water is not correct - hohohohohho
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Lovely, but the sea just sets them off even better.
The sea will arrive in due course!
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Lovely, but the sea just sets them off even better.
The sea will arrive in due course!
Parcel Post?
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No sea mail - hohohohho
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Nosea, Msea, what next?
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Another great ship build. Looks fantastic.
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As you always tell me Haddock - a model ship not in water is not correct - hohohohohho
[I think that principle should be applied to aircraft also!/quote]
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The 'Sea' is to be believed.
It has not appeared yet, but when it does it will 'look' the real deal.
If only most things in life were as certain as Haddock's seascape base's.
Bigkev