New Projects for 2019 ??

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

Ray. Since starting your thread I have of course built the London, snap supplied.

project V is still continuing but another project has identified itself, “D”, which is unfortunately classified.

Several chaps at Bushy have projects on the go, I will try to get them to post.

Ashley

[Ray Wood 3Participant @raywood3]

Well done Ashley,

London looks great , very atmospheric, I know your top secret projects are ongoing 😊 I'm going open book even on the stuff for future publication, as there are so few of us on this forum 😐 still keep up the good work .

Lovely looking weekend, happy boating all

Regards Ray

[Roger ClarkParticipant @rogerclark]

Hi Ray,

I do have plans to start a HMS Crane and or HMS Kite but having difficulty finding the build episodes for the Kite that were In the April to ?August 2001, any thoughts?

Regards Roger

[Tim CooperParticipant @timcooper90034]

Ray

Don't think I will be starting a new boat for a while. I am about 2/3 along with my Italeri S100 and have the hull and cabin ready for painting on a Fairey Huntsman.

I have started looking at the possibility of building an Eezebilt OSA 1(32" hull) and using the Dave Wooley article on OSA 2 to add some of the detail.

Tim

[Ray Wood 3Participant @raywood3]

Hi Roger,

What types of ships are they, I was rc flying alot back then, not taking mb's back in 2001

Regards Ray

Edited By Ray Wood 2 on 19/04/2019 10:29:19

[Roger ClarkParticipant @rogerclark]

It's a flatiron gunboat

Built in the 1870s, it was the first naval vessel type to not have sails but rely on steam with 2 reciprocating engines. Also had this 10" gun which was on a platform that could be raised and lowered. I've ordered the Saric kit for the 24" HMS Crane but strangely there is no documentation for a Crane in the Ant class, or any gunboat for that matter. They were all on the same lines though, 'bout 24 built.

I do want to build the HMS Kite as well though, with 36" length at 1/32nd scale it has a 10" beam! Reckon a steam plant with 2 hinjuns'll fit in there.

Regards Roger

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

I have been intermittently busy on my liner experimenting with techniques for making the houses under the shade decks. They are only 2cm high so adding decent detail is tricky. The photos below show progress to date.

The walls are 0.5mm ply, sealed and then sprayed with white primer followed by Halford's Appliance White gloss. I prefer this to styrene sheet.

To make the windows and doors I constructed them in a larger size to no particular scale and then scanned them into my PC. I cleaned up the images in Photoshop Elements then transferred them to a MS Word document which enabled me to tinker with the size and proportions until I got what I wanted. The images were then duplicated in Word and printed out onto photo paper. I used double sided tape to stick them to the deckhouse walls and then sprayed over with Halfords matt spray to seal them. Next time I will seal the photo paper back first before sticking them on to get a better attachment although the ones shown turned out OK.

The handrails needed 1mm outside diameter knobs on them but my smallest eyebolts are 2mm and looked too big. I therefore stripped the insulation from some computer wiring and cut it into small slices which were slid over the brass wire handrail. The rail was painted brown and then the knobs in Tamiya gold leaf. This method had the advantage that the wire ends of each handrail could be bent to insert into small holes in the deckhouse and the assembly pressed flush so no need to drill lots of intermediate holes.

Brass doorknobs were very small round headed Amati brass pins and look fine. The portholes are punched out of anthracite colour pinstripe tape with a revolving leather punch to get the different sizes and simply stuck on which is adequate at 1:150 scale.

Colin

[Eddie LancasterParticipant @eddielancaster]

I thought I would build the James P Woods tug and then get back to my TSB Cambria, but MB has done it to me again! in next months issue is a dumb barge, so that will have to be built to give the tug something to do.

Hey ho is there no end to this boat building lark.

That is fine work you are doing there Colin in all senses of the word.

Eddie.

[Roger ClarkParticipant @rogerclark]

Eddie, best build a model boatyard with multiple slips first then

Regards Roger

[Bob WilsonParticipant @bobwilson59101]

Colin,

Great job on the deckhouse – similar method to my own –

Bob

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

Thanks Eddie and Bob.

Bob, yes my techniques were influenced by yours having read the book! At this scale it is as much about artistic effect as faithful replication in modelling materials. Some extra complications in that it needs to be splashproof on a working model and the need to accommodate deck camber on the forward and aft faces.

This deckhouse is largely concealed on the lower promenade deck. I hope to improve standards on the others a bit now I have got a bit of practice under my belt.

Colin

Edited By Colin Bishop on 19/04/2019 21:43:56

[Dave MilbournParticipant @davemilbourn48782]

I've just this week finished my own model of the forthcoming SLEC Swordsman kit. I always build two models for each design to prove the CNC-cut shapes. SLEC keep one while I keep the other. This one has a laser-inscribed "planked" deck, which will be incorporated in the kit. It also has several other little details which won't! Photos here **LINK** but here's a taster…

Dave M

[Ray Wood 3Participant @raywood3]

Hi Dave,

Great work as always, you must have built most of their designs by now ??

Regards Ray

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

That does look nice Dave, thanks for sharing the images. The planked deck makes a huge difference to the realism.

Colin

[Dave MilbournParticipant @davemilbourn48782]

Ray

Strangely no. I've done three different scales of H31 plus Huntress and Swordsman. There's a couple of obvious types in the Fairey folio which have escaped my attentions to date, but I shall probably have a bash at those later on. As for how many 1/16 Huntsman kits have been sold [ref in your PM], I have no idea. Maybe I'll ask the question…

Colin

I've been asked to do the same sort of planked deck for the current Huntsman kit so I imagine that future ones will have that, too. I intend to take this model of Swordsman to the Mayhem Wicksteed Park do next month – weather permitting.

DM

[Chris FellowsParticipant @chrisfellows72943]

Looks lovely Dave. I hope that mine comes remotely close. I know you've had plenty of practice but it's the speed of your builds as well as the quality that impresses me.

I assume that the Huntsman 28 is one of your missing builds, but what else? Huntsman 31 Sport, Super Swordsman?

Chris

[Eddie LancasterParticipant @eddielancaster]

Hi.Dave, I agree with all that has been said, a great looking model.

I hope to see it in the flesh at Wicksteed, my home club.

Regards.

Eddie.

[Dave MilbournParticipant @davemilbourn48782]

Chris

Many thanks for the kind words. Did you notice that "Tireur" + "Guernsey" is now "Viveur" + "Lambley"? No? Shame that swimming ladder blanks most of it off, but we have to get these details [almost] right, even if it cost me $6!

Speed? You've yet to get used to being retired. As for future Faireys – wait and see, dear boy.

Ray

I'm told 150+ H31 kits to date. The Swordsman kit is to be released "very shortly" along with a revised version of the old 46" H31, into which I have had no input except for the AutoCAD template for the planked deck! So that will be a re-introduction of the Huntsman which was originally designed to take the market away from the Sea Queen which has since been re-done…. My head hurts.

DM

[Ray Wood 3Participant @raywood3]

Hi Dave,

The re-introduction of the bigger H31 is great news, I had one years ago, they are the boating equivalent of the Spitfire just look perfect ! Damn I suppose I'll have to buy one and put a huge brushless motor in it 😀

I built the Jontika Sea Queen kit, really good but I didn't know what to do with it , they just don't look right @ mach 2

Regards Ray

[Tim CooperParticipant @timcooper90034]

Dave

That chap in the driving seat gets around. He is waiting to take control of my Huntsman.

Tim

[Chris FellowsParticipant @chrisfellows72943]

No Dave, I hadn't noticed the name, as you say it's obscured, though I remember you mentioning it as an option, good choice! I think with the Swordsman you have surpassed your previous high standard of finishing and detailing. You've even got a figure in it!

A 46" Huntsman is too big for me (I'm currently using mine just for display) and did email SLEC to see if they could cut out a smaller version at 1:12 – I must follow it up. If not I'll soon start building my own.

I was going to go to Wicksteed this year, particularly with the Fairey regatta but Helen has booked a holiday for then, oh well!

Chris

[Dave MilbournParticipant @davemilbourn48782]

Tim

I have his brother in my own Huntsman, except he has a Bermuda tan . It's a pity they don't do one slightly bigger for the Huntress, which is 1/12 scale. At around a tenner each they aren't cheap but they are very well-made, realistic and poseable, too. **LINK**

Dave M

[Tim CooperParticipant @timcooper90034]

Dave

I got the man and woman figure for a Xmas present, pity that they both have the same colour outfits. Don't think that they would paint well but I might try.

 

Tim

Edited By Tim Cooper on 27/04/2019 11:58:48

[Chris FellowsParticipant @chrisfellows72943]

Posted by Dave Milbourn on 27/04/2019 10:22:28:

Tim

I have his brother in my own Huntsman, except he has a Bermuda tan . It's a pity they don't do one slightly bigger for the Huntress, which is 1/12 scale. At around a tenner each they aren't cheap but they are very well-made, realistic and poseable, too. **LINK**

Dave M

Yes, I've been looking for some decent 1:12 figures but haven't found any yet, not even dolls house figures.

Chris

[Ray Wood 3Participant @raywood3]

Hi All,

Is it me ? are open fishing boats just so good a subject for the Action Man aka fisherman stashed away somewhere to be at the helm 😀 this one at Broadstairs, will go back when the tides out and have measure up.

Regards Ray

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