Today has been very productive with the completion of the boat decks main framework and the creation of the raised walkway. The walkway is from brass etch and is part of the range of N gauge accessories for detailing model railways, but to my surprise when I measured it...
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Upper Deck Test Fitting
Today sees another 12 hours work but the progress is getting more noticeable with every hours that passes, this time its work on the upper deck. All the main structures have been printed and painted, this includes the revolving hoods for the funnels, ladder ways and skylights and the...
3D Printed Conning Tower
After spending a few evenings looking at the plans I managed to draw up a good representation of the conning tower. The three main structures were then 3D printed using a new blend of resin from FunToDo as I needed fine detail and at the same time minimal shrinkage...
Deck Fittings
Today we have managed to get most of the rear deck fittings in place with just a few very fine stove chimneys to fit at the end of the build, after which I moved onto the front deck fitting the plates running between the hawse pipes, cable holders and...
Rear Deck
The last two days has mainly been working on the two masts, and the rear deck printing out the capstan, hatches and skylights and ventilators. As the photo shows the items have been placed on the deck ready to be glued into place once some final clean up work...
3D Printing Starts
Today is a little more relaxing as I started test printing some of the 3D parts, mainly the main gun turrets and barrels along with all the fittings for the the rear deck. After some parts needing minor modification I can see we are getting closer to highly detailed...
Portholes are finished!
Today sees the completion of around 100 portholes being fixed to the hull, which took over 20 hours as every one had an individual eyebrow. In addition some of the portholes needed grills or bars to be added, as these were in areas that needed protection such as the...
Port Hole Update
After a little bit of finishing work to the paintwork on the hull I then moved to the next job which is the fitting of 100 port holes. The brass etch is 0.2mm thick and very soft so extra care is needed not to damage these small parts, as...
Port holes… How many?
A good day today with around 100 portholes marked up along the hull, which just leaves the ones on the other decks and the watertight doors to do. However these will have to wait for a while as the next part of the build is to spray the hull...