1/700 ships

[zak]

Building the ship.
The water lined hull attached to the base - makes for ease of handling.
The mast and other deck fitting being added.
This is a nice clean looking model that, so far is going together well.

[Bigkev]

No, perhaps a smattering, 2,500 or so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Nice to see a little bit of restraint is going to be involved.......  

[Thomo]

So it's a ship. Looks the part.   Is it an armed trawler?

[cph64]

Tracy and I have seen this ship, she's docked at Pier 35 in San Francisco and is part of the Maritime Museum. Oh it's big in real life!!

[zak]

Tracy and I have seen this ship, she's docked at Pier 35 in San Francisco and is part of the Maritime Museum. Oh it's big in real life!!

Me too, we were there a few years ago.
Thanks for the reminding me, I may have some photos.

Here is more progress, I added rails and steps/ladders, where they seemed appropriate.

[chriswil42]

Another set of great brass work Dave.

[MSea]

Haddock would be proud of you - its GREAT brass work     

[zak]

So it's a ship. Looks the part.   Is it an armed trawler?

No, a Liberty ship, built by the thousand in The USA and used to transport cargo wherever.
This one is as, Chris H says is still moored in San Francisco.

[zak]

Undercoated.

[zak]

Meanwhile, the Arctic Convoy PQ -?? assembles.
The escorts:
Light Cruiser, destroyers, corvettes and a Cam Ship

The Merchant Ships

The Convoy
Not in the required spacing, some selective compression was required! (Sorry, It would be too large)

[cph64]

As long as it's not PQ 17 you'll be ok. If it is then you should see my BV 138 anytime soon!!!!!

[chriswil42]

Convoy looks good Dave. You're certainly cracking on.

[Bigkev]

Very nice Dave.
Will you be wearing the Admirals cap at the next meeting?

[MSea]

Very nice Dave.
Will you be wearing the Admirals cap at the next meeting?

No it will be a Vice Admirals cap yoho yoho yoho

[zak]

While the Liberty ship is drying I started this.
It took me an hour to check the parts list.
The instructions are exploded like views, no writing, no warnings about resin or anything about glues, so probably intended for an experienced modeller. So< I hear you mutter, Why is Dave building it! Thought that I had better say it first.

This is from AJM Models, a Polish company. I bought this on EBay for a lot less than the usual price.
The resin has large lumps attached that need to be sawn off.

The hull is a large lump of resin.

Lots of etched brass, some of it very small.

I pick up small pieces of etched brass using a cocktail stick cut at an angle, when slightly wet this picks up pieces easily. (I use saliva!)

The first to go on are the doors down the side of the hull.

The essential tools for dealing with the etched brass, sharp small scalpel blade, fine tweezers and a cut off needle mounted in an old tooth brush handle.