Defo Colin, Chuffed it did not keel over, It certainly does have some presence on the water.

I wonder will I varnish the deck before putting the card 'Armoured' plating on now.

The next step will be to I imagine could be to paint the Hull? I Might get some Grey primer and they do some pre shading on the hull and then the top coats, I have been told this could very well of had a black bottom to it but It would be a bit dull If I did it in that scheme. I like the Red and Black line scheme.

Morning all,

Well took a few steps backwards today but we are on the right tack now.

The Tall vent pipes were placed as per the plans but when the compass deck was placed the ladders from the lower superstructure could not be placed properly so had to move the pipes forward and inwards a tad. You can see the outline of the original site where they were.

I used a Grinder bit for my Dremel and whittled away a small bit at a time until I got the spot I needed and the Vents were replaced and glued in place. I placed some masking tape over the hole that needed to be filled and from underneath forced some P38 in and then sanded them flush when dry. I then tackled the Ladders and handrails which am now happy with.

The Eyes on the funnel were also attached and the Wheelhouse floor glued in Place.

Hours spent today with little to show but happy with the resiting

Good Morning,

We had a bank Holiday last Monday and despite the Sat and Sunday being lovely Monday was quite the opposite so refuge was taken in the shed and the winch was pulled out and the usual clean up of the white metal parts began

The Winch build took over 2 days, Not being a nautical person It was fairly complicated with some one of the bits on the instructions being in the wrong place so luckily the other builds provided guidelines on where these go! (don't these Illustrative artists include something wrong on their drawings to indentify copying!) As you can see it is mostly White Metal and brass rods with 2 resin parts so this called for assembly with solder for strength and durability. Resin bits where superglued on. Painting next.

The pond trails are all ok, I loaded it up with the Batteries and lead weights and the total amount of white metal fittings up on the top deck and it was a steady as a rock. I am happy with it so far!

Once I get the Paper 'Armoured plating' done then the hull painting will begin. I must admit the paper laying is the most difficult and tedious part so so. I failed 3 time to do it so have plenty of Practice so far

Good Evening all

Been Beavering away still, Never seems to progress as there is so many little bits to do!

The Carley float was a crap resin mould and I was not too happy with it, the ropes in resin were sanded smooth and replaced with real rope and pre shaded and then painted, I also weathered the winch and stuck to rope on it too, Bit more work to do on it as you can see.

Before Sanding

Adding the string

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Edited By George Norman on 11/05/2021 23:21:47

Hello Everyone.

Well the bags of bits are diminishing quite quickly from me last check, Still pondering about some pieces though and where they go!

Over the weekend I tackled the Depth Charge Platform and got it built but not painted yet. Might do that tonight.

Depth charges had Metal Ends and plastic tube for the middle, Went together quite nicely. They plans show Eyes to tie these down and looking at other build there seemed to be white metal eyes provided but none were included on my model so some spare eyes were got from the spares box and those put in. The lower part of the davit was gain from Telescopic aerial which fitted lovely. Running out of tube now so luckily the model shops are back open in Ireland.

I also made up the Stove pipes by the rear gun tub and the rear mast was made up from brass rod and the top of an spare telescopic aerial. The Flanges supplied fr the base of the mast were the wrong size so I used some brass rod as a pin so when these are glued they will be nice a sturdy.

Need to finish off the paper Armour this week and get the capping rails laid and the hull and deck painted.

Edited By George Norman on 17/05/2021 10:00:15

Good afternoon Gents.

Small update again and a bit of guidance needed please?

Its been awhile since the last update as I lost my Camera on a Mountain but luckily enough was returned to me when a Picture of my Friend in a Silly pose did the rounds on social Media. His name was Dave so better of having a Dave instead of Dick on a camera it seems!

Any how been tackling the small bits a pieces:

The Oropesa floats took about a week and a half to do as the Resin was full of bubble sand every time was sanded numerous bubbles reappeared. Finally got them over the line.

Their Cranes were also built, Mast Tapered, the Little Barred Portholes on the main deck were inserted and glazed after carving out inserts for them. The vents on in main deck were built up from Radio Antenna.

Also made the Grating for the Bridge from Pasticard strip. Took Ages. Not supplied in the model!

Now the Help Part!

The Main mast yard arm shows part number 182, Halyards, Now these are tiny and looking at other models some used these with attachment rings, The ones supplied have none, These are just blocks, Are these Halyards?

As you can see I tried drilling these and inserting a little brass eyebolt but this is not Great. It would of been better to used the ones pictured that have a ring above and below and insert the eyebolts through the yardarm.

As you can see here the ideal one would be to use the Painted Part and not the tiny Halyards (10 pictured here in the 5 o clock position seen here with the eyebolt through it. It is better to source aftermarket ones I wonder!

Also the piece count differs from Mr Godfreys build on this site, Are the Halyards the items on the link here, Are the Halyard picture on the top right, If they are then these are missing from the Kit along with some other pieces too.

https://www.modelboats.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/images/member_albums/2748/img_2435.jpg

I seen he used the part similar to the one I have painted in the above picture but I dont have enough to complete the Yard arm

https://www.modelboats.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/images/member_albums/2748/img_2459.jpg

MTIA

George.

Edited By George Norman on 21/06/2021 15:54:52

Hi Lads,

Coming up to a Year since I started this one! time Flies!

Thanks for the Comments, Been Beavering away here and have managed to get a few small items done over the past while but the most tedious one has been done and that is the Armoured Deck Plating and punching the Rivets but I have that done Saturday all day and I have now pre shaded with white and Black and then laid the green on the top. I am quite pleased with this as a Flat green Deck would of looked a bit toy like. Took it out in he ambient light to see though what it looked like. Weathering also has been started on the Box, Front Gun and ammo Boxes by the Main cabin.

Sunday took the the Knockmealdown mountains, About 20mins drive from my house for a 13K hike to calm me nerves after slicing the top of my Left hand thumb off with the Scalpel! Parents were not available or supervision for Help at the time! Pics included for something different!

Looking down at the Terrain which include 3 Glens and trail I have to get to.

Looking North East

the End of the Hike you get Reward with this, Bay Lough.

Edited By George Norman on 28/06/2021 18:02:16

Edited By George Norman on 28/06/2021 18:03:34

Edited By George Norman on 28/06/2021 18:20:45

Hi all,

Now big step forward to the finish, Popped into Halfords and got some Red and Grey primer in rattle cans and blasted the red on the lower part and grey on the top. Of course there are a few blemishes here and there to tidy up and the P-38 came out to tackle those.

Once sorted the Pre Shading will happen and then the airbrushing of the top coat.

Also finished the handrail capping and Bulwark supports on the port side.

The Mast is also finished, Done using the Drill Method and thanks to the Mountfleet guys for suppling me with some missing bits to complete that!.

Edited By George Norman on 06/07/2021 12:22:57

Hello all,

The Finishing line is coming up soon I hope unless the misses pushes me to lay a patio out the garden but we are in situ now for 20 years and never seemingly needed one till now. In Ireland we would use it for about 3 days I expect a year so complete waste of good cold cash, Pond enlargement would be better!

Commiserations on the footie too. Good game though kind of hoped it would end the long saga of not winning.

Next was the Pre Shading of black and white to take the boring flat grey scape off of the hull. another cost of the Red needs to be done yet but took her out in the natural light to see what needed to be done and the pics below are the results. This was all done by Airbrush. A Badger 155 Anthem I have had for years.

Let me know what you think.

Here are a couple of views from of the the Mountain, Makes a change from boats boats boats!

On the way down!

Looking up at the top which is in Cloud

Looking across the valley with some Fab Water cascasding down the side!

Edited By George Norman on 13/07/2021 15:58:29

Edited By George Norman on 13/07/2021 16:08:55