Morning All,

Here a few more piccies of the progress, Getting to look a bit busy. I started the supports under right hand side Nav light, the White metal castings were too small Diameter wise for the tube supplied to I cut up a telescopic aerial and salvaged suitable with tube to use. The Second Aerial I had of course does not have the Diameter I need! Arrgh. Might get some Brass rod in BNQ or such as the LMS are sold out of Suitable Tubing plastic or Metal!

Also the Resin Casting of the Cow Vents are pretty crude so these were drilled out and my Favourite Green stuff putty (no longer being made) Was used to smooth the bad bits.

I answering the cutter questions these one if pretty Feeble, I used it is set in the groves using the blade in the plastic and then a sharp scalpel to do the rest. I think I got it in the local Art shop in Cork. Fine for Paper really.

This one  I use is a tennor on Amazon.

Edited By George Norman on 22/03/2021 10:45:18

Hello All,

Some goodies arrived from Blighty today, no extra customs on them thankfully!

Speaker, Switch for the searchlight, power board, Some wire and a variable fan unit. The Local LMS supplied some copper tube, paints and a welcome Creme Egg for the 9PM Cuppa.

Also manage to install the Hand grabs up to the Gun Tub and the hand rails, I used slightly thinner wire for these as the Stanchions are well delicate.

I need to create the 'Shield' unit to stop the lads shooting off the funnel.

And the Boat Yard is on O/T this week. Windows in, Gun Platform more or less done

I need to get better cowl vents and the ones supplied are just very poor and too thin to tidy up as per the pics and the hole that has appeared in the one I tried to do.

And the leccy stuff is being worked on and where best to place what is needed where, Although it is s huge hull the batteries and smoke unit take up a fair amount of space not to mind other weights I will have to carry no doubt!

Bad Cowel Vents, I cant do anything with these. You can see the one with the hole. very poor casting, you have to ask why bother at all? Order into Cornwall Model boats this weekend sa me relived of 30 notes for replacement ones.

Gun Platform is slowly coming together now.

Would they really have shells stowed around the deck of this Platform, the plans show this but it strikes me as a bit strange?

Thanks Neil!

Spose handy for the Battle to have them on hand!

Good Afternoon Gents,

Looking forward to the weekend now!

Still working away on this one, Lots of tidying up with the white metal parts and my order from Cornwall Model Boats arrived with the replacement cowl vents which look fab, I think they look to be 3D printed.

I was hoping to have the sound unit installed but these are not able from Action just yet so I have installed the speaker and I will work on how to install the other wiring but the next big step will be the deck and after placing all the bits n bobs on the deck I noticed something is just not right…….

As per the photo I have the Main Deck Level as the bubble indicates (these are not calibrated BTW!)

Also the Superstructure stuff is not glued on so don't panic! (just yet!)

Hooooooooowever…….

When another level in placed on the bow….. Oh no….

You can see here that one side of the Hull and the other is mismatched by looking at the 'strips' along the hull.

You can see the beef up using bit of wood up to get this sorted so the issue is do I build up one side or take down the other by about 5MM. What to do??????

Meanwhile the other detail parts are coming along. New Cowl vent and vent pipes in.

Lewis guns installed, All soldered up and very delicate. Some nice Lewis guns available from Gas Patch Models so I might just replace those basic ones. Not finished the painting of these yet.

Rear AA gun has also been soldered together and the inside of the Tub Painted and a few touches needed.

So there we have it. If anyone has had this issue I will be all ears. I imagine it is easier to take it down how ever.

All the best

George

Edited By George Norman on 09/04/2021 12:14:26

Thanks Tim.

After much deliberation it was a case of 2 steps forward 1 step back what ever I was going to do., I took the high side down, Easiest option really. The next issue is relocation of one of the Starboard Portholes as that was placed too high. Need to get some P39 for that me thinks.

It seems to be all plumb now, Wheelhouse deck, Main deck and Foredeck. Just need to do the leccy stuff and then the decks get be stuck on and the funs starts then!

Forgot to add I was in the office last week and decided to print off some Telegraph faces, Barometer faces, clock Maps and a Piccy of the King for the Wheel House deck.

Of course I forgot Measure it so stuck it lucky with the Size.

I Stuck the Telegraph one on with PVA Card glue. Looks ok I think!

Edited By George Norman on 12/04/2021 14:31:24

Good Morning,

Work in the dockyard continues with some massive step taken, all the wiring is complete internally for the lights in the hull , Superstructure, mice little Prewired LED were installed.

Also work on installing a Bright LED into the Search light and this was completed and tested as well as a Reed switch operated by the transmitter, its not latching so I used the off option with the on happening at the flick of a lever on the tranny. At the rear of the light Silver foil at the back was glued on to give a Mirror appearance.

And finally I plucked up the courage and decided to stick the deck on used copious amounts of wood glue so the next step will be to probably paint the hull and then to the Deck Armour plating. Flying along here!

Good Evening,

Well the sun that has been out all week has typically gone away for the weekend! Anyhow decided to see if this ship does exactly what it is supposed to do! Happy to say yes. 3 12V PB batteries in the hull and some lead aft trimmed it out. Too Small for the Tadpole pond in the fish one it went.

the shot with the box is the remaining white metal parts.