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Modelling Projects / USS INDIANAPOLIS IN1:350 BY TRUMPETER
« on: February 26, 2023, 12:12:05 PM »
Got this a few years ago during the club's first visit to the Bolton show(half price).
Started at the Jan playday, this is progress so far.
It's going back in the box for a while to finish another project.
Haddock.

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Modelling Projects / HMS WARSPITE (1942) IN 1:350 BY ACADEMY
« on: September 20, 2022, 03:56:31 PM »
Got this ar the North Shields model show for ?65.00, it has to be a bargain. The kit contains probably 400+ plastic parts.
Also included are two brass frets with part Nos up to 300+, some are multiple parts. There are 47 turned brass parts
and lazer marked and printed wood decks. The extras are produced by Pontos, a South Korean company who are known
for the quality and complexity of their products. I expect to be busy for a while.
I started about a week ago, this is progress to date, waterlined and lots of dry-fit, nearly ready for some paint.
Haddock.
Just for Msea, there's an Admiral's walk.

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Modelling Projects / HMS DREADNOUGHT (1907) IN 1:350 BY TRUMPETER.
« on: June 15, 2022, 12:06:17 PM »
                   Started this a few days ago for a bit of light relief, I find working with just plastic quite theraputic.
Trumpeter ussued this some years ago, along with later versions, I think you could build three Dreadnoughts
all at different stages in her career.
                it's the usual Trumpy fare, nicely moulded and, according to "Anatomy of the ship, Dreadnought" looks to
be historically accurate.
                  Some of the parts are very delicate, a few already broken on the sprue but nothing unsurmountable as yet.
The fits are quite good, some holes need to enlarged and a few swipes with a sanding stick are needed in places.
               According to the blurb, there are 630+ parts, I don't know whether this includes etched brass and I don't
intend to do a count.
              Topmasts will need replacing with brass, plus all 26 torpedoe-net booms, some of which are already broken,
at 0.6mm dia, it's understadable.
          Not much fixed in place yet, just sub-assy's ready for paint.
            Should be fun to build.
Haddock.



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               Opened the box at the last playday but didn't do anything other than unpack the contents.

                      First a bit about the ship. Built in Italy for thr Soviet Navy, it was the only one of it's kind,
more were planned but never built.
                 At 458 ft long, it's big for a Destroyer, in fact a touch longer than a British C class cruiser.

           Design speed was to be 39 knots, she achieved 44 knots on trials although her armament wasn't yet
fitted, with armament fitted, this dropped to 43 knots.

                     She was delivered to the Russians painted Cobalt blue and became known as the "Blue Beauty"by the
Russian sailors.

                                   The Russians fitted their own armament and probably repainted her in a different. colour.
                   Information is a bit sketchy on her carreer but she was damaged twice by bomb attack, and had some
modifications done during repairs but nothing dramatic. The only noticable difference being an extra twin
AA mount aft of the Y turret.

                            She was sunk in June 1942 and refloated in 1944 but scrapped as being beyond repair.

                     The kit is the usual Trumpeter fare, very nicely moulded, just the odd swipe of a sanding stick to get a good
                 fit.

                    Trumpy would have you paint her a very pale blue, but looking at old photo's. her final appearance was quite
dark. I like the look of the box art so I'm throwing caution to the wind and using it as a guide. It looks like the hull
and superstructure were different colours. See what happens.

                           As usual, Trumpy don't supply any railings for the weather decks, and, unusually, no anchor chain.
          The pics show progress to date, some stuff just tacked in place with Maskol.
Haddock





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General Discussion / Should we be worried?
« on: March 15, 2022, 09:37:43 AM »
I'm becoming a little concerned about the mental state of some of our members.
Haddock.

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Modelling Projects / USS LANGLEY AV-3 in 1:350 by TRUMPETER.
« on: January 27, 2022, 04:18:47 PM »
Started this on playday or whatever we call it now (load of old fogies sticking plastic together).

                                        I didn't intend to go so far but the plastic is very nicely moulded and, with care, it just falls together.

                          As usual, there are some errors which are easy to put right when you know what they are, there are
          quite a few images on t'internet if you are prepared to look. What is bugging me is that the kit depicts
          the bridge perched on a number of pillars with a clear space between the bridge deck and the foredeck.
The box art shows the bridge atop a deckhouse and surrounded by a numberof pillars which seems more sensible to me.
 How would you connect with the rest of the ship through the space? I'm looking for something that confirms my suspicions so I can
scratch build something which is, hopefully, correct.

                The framework that supports the flight deck will be replaced with etched brass. I expect it to take considerably
longer than the plastic item,  the result of an afternoons work.

                                           It's going back in the box for a while so I can carry on with Szent Istvan .
                              Watch this space for now.
Haddock.

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Modelling Projects / SMS SZENT ISTVAN (ST STEPHEN) IN 1:350 BY TRUMPETER.
« on: December 24, 2021, 01:02:01 PM »
                       Started this a couple of weeks ago although it was waterlined at the same time as SMS Viribus Unitis.
            First a bit about the ship. She was built in Fiume unlike the first three in the clas that were built in Trieste, this was for political reasons.
      Probably because of the different ship-yard, the were visible differences between her and the other ships in the class.
                      No torpedoe nets were ever fitted.
                      A large searchlight plat form was fitted that extended from the wheelhous roof to the middle of the after funnel.
                     The bridge wings were omitted.
                      The funnels were noticeably taller.
                     There was a large ventilator trunk fitted aft in place of the smaller one fitted to the other ships in the class.

        And now to the kit.
                      Trumpeter have provided etche brass torpedoe net shelves which are replicated in the Eduard aftermarket set. All the bumps and
               holes neede to fit the net booms are there which will have to be removed.
                      The searchlight platform is in the kit in plastic, there is an etched brass support structure in etched brass.
                       No bridge wings.
                       The funnels are too short. I've include a couple of computer generated pictures created from original plans to show the
             differences. The first one is SMS Viribus Unitis, the second, SMS Szent Istvan.
                       The velntilator is included.
        The pictures probably speak for themselves.
Haddock.

   

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Modelling Projects / THE LIGHT CRUISER HMS CALCUTTA IN 1:350 BY TRUMPETER
« on: November 16, 2021, 10:16:18 AM »
           Started this at the last play-day, some of you may remember it.
I just brought it along for something to do but I've been nibbling away at it since then.

           First thing to do with any Trumpeter ship kit is to check for historical errors, I invested
in a Profile Morskie book which have a good reputation amongst ship modellors for accuracy, in
this instance, the kit looks to be a good'un. I also have the Osprey book "British light cruisers 1939-1945"
and have visited the Brit modeller forum where there is a superb build and some very useful pics
which are difficult to come by on the internet. It's worth a look chaps if you are interested.

           The ship was commisioned just too late to enter service in WW1 but had a busy career in the
period leading up to WW2. In 1939, she was converted into an AA Cruiser, this is how it is depicted
in the kit.

           She took part in Dunkirk and shortly after was deployed to the Mediteranian and was sunk by German
bombers in 1942. Between Dunkirk and her deployment to the Med, she was painted in a disruptive camoflage
scheme. This is the one I'm hoping to use.

            Some pics to follow showing what I have to go on for the camo scheme, look carefully at no's 4 and 5, you should
notice that the pattern isn't the same, as one is a photo, that has to be the one to recreate. A closer look at the photo's sees
that the pattern isn't the same port and starboard.

                                                                    If in doubt, ask.

Haddock

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Modelling Projects / SMS VIRIBUS UNITIS IN 1:350 BY TRUMPETER.
« on: September 01, 2021, 01:25:42 PM »
Latest project, started a week or so ago.
The pictures probably speak for themselves.
More to come shortly.
Haddock.

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General Discussion / THE TEGETTHOFF CLASS OF BATTLESHIP.
« on: August 29, 2021, 09:26:28 AM »
The Tegetthoff class of ship were four Dreadnaught type of ships built for the Austro-Hungarian navy.

Armed with twelve twelve inch guns in four tripple turrets, a lenght of five hundred feet, a displacement of twenty thousand tons and a speed of twenty knots, these were powerfull ships, as powerfull as any other at the time.
They were :-

SMS Viribus Unitis.  Commissioned Oct 1912, sunk by frogmen in 1918.

SMS Tegtthoff.  commisioned July 1913, scrapped in 1924.

SMS Prinz Eugen.  Commisioned July 1914, sunk as a target ship in 1922'

SMS Szent Istvan. Commisioned Dec 1915, sunk by an Italian toepedoe boat in1918.
There is a video of the sinking on U-tube, taken from another ship in the class, the only film of the sinking of a Battleship till that
of HMS Barham in WW2.

The first three were built at the same yard, a different yard was chosen for the final ship.
 
Below is a picture taken at Pola harbour of three of the ships, the one in the foreground is SMS Szent Istvan, identified by the lack
of anti-torpedoe nets and the searchlight platform high up on the superstructure.

This is followed by one shot of SMS Viribus Unitis, the next perports to be Viribus Unitis but if you look closely, the wings on the bridge have moved up a level making me think it's another ship in the same class. The final two are of SMS Szent Istvan.

The difference between Szent Istvan and the rest of the class were:-

The absence of torpedoe nets.
The addition of the searchlight platform high on the superstructure.
The bridge wings were removed.
The ventilator trunk just for'ard of the mainmast was of a different design.
The funnels were increased in height.
Twin propellors were fitted instead of four.
There are other smaller differences.
Haddock.


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Modelling Projects / HMS CORNWALL IN 1:350 BY TRUMPETER.
« on: June 22, 2021, 04:58:05 PM »
Next project folks, started a few days ago.
Water-lined and lots of dry-fitting done. It's a nice kit but there are a few fit issues,
nothing that can't be sorted.
I've invested in some Eduard etched brass, you have to hack off lumps of plastic to
get it to fit, bit of a mystery really, hey ho!
The paint job will be the lighter of the two.
Haddock.
 

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This was a 79th birthday present from Mrs Haddock (she doesn't know that yet).
The box contains the sprues, a small etched brass fret, build and painting instructions.
Haddock.

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Modelling Projects / BRITISH K2 SUBMARINE IN 1:350 BY MICRO-MIR
« on: February 19, 2021, 10:11:30 AM »
Another unusual sub for the small collection of WW1 subs.
17 of these were built. The idea was to have a sub that could operate with the battle fleet. This meant that speed was important. They were powered by oil fired boilers driving two Parsons geared turbines, this gave a speed of 24 knots surfaced. Submerged speed was eight knots driven by electric motors which were charged by a diesel generator. Conditions below must have been horrendous.
At 340ft long and 1980 tons surfaced, these were big ships by sub standards, submerged the displacement rose to 2566 tons.
Safe diving depth was 200 ft, far less than the overall length.
Submerging could take up to 30 mins. Boilers had to be shut down, funnels lowered and the ship sealed against the ingress of the sea and the electric motors coaxed into life.
The design wasn't considered to be a success, they became known as the "Katastrophy class".
The original design was modified by the introduction of the bulbous bow (see pics) to improve the sea-keeping qualities but this didn't make a great deal of difference.
They were crewed by 59 officers and men.
Haddock.




 

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Not another flippin' destroyer I hear you say. Well, there's method in my madness,
when I know what it is, I'll let you know.
             Got this from "Modelsforsale" at an attractive price, good firm to deal with.
          The parts count is quite low for a ship, 200+ it says on the box. Clear instructions and a small fret
of etched brass.
          It all fits together quite nicely, what you see is a couple of days work.
                Just a waterline plate to add then it's ready to slosh some paint on. The colour scheme
is measure 21, all vertical surfaces sea blue, decks, deck blue, which is very dark. I may lighten both
colours for effect.
               I will do some more on the Fletchers before setting about this one with paint.
Haddock

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                     Got this to use up the etched brass that goes with USS Fletcher. Spotted it on Wed evening, ordered it on Thurs morning, it arrived on Saturday.It came from "Modelsforsale" , around £25 including postage, hows that for service.
                     The model can be built either full hull or waterline, the waterline plate provided is far too thin
so I've added 3mm to the base to make it the same height as USS Fletcher.
                     Although it's not mentioned in so many words anywhere in the instructions, you can build the ship as she was in 1943 or 1945, I've gone for the 1945 version.
                   The last shot shows both ships so you can see some of the differences, The Sullivans in the foreground.
Haddock.

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