Splash's workbench

[PGAS]

Great work on the ships and conversions!. Interesting using hair for the rigging. My hair keeps jumping ship however I never see them around after they do, and I don't want to take what is left from my top! Maybe a shoulder!

[splash]

The ships are progressing slowly with all their hulls painted.

[Clashcityrocker]

Nice bottoms

Nigel

[shangos70]

Very sharp.

[Asoka]

Sharp Bottoms!

Neat work, Splash!

Cheers,
Asoka

[ShaunW]

Yes indeed, a fine trio of bottoms, no cellulite visible there

[splash]

I have now sorted out the base for HMS Plymouth so I can now start on the superstructures.

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[59North]

That look's mighty fine, Splash. I like it.
In fact, I like it so much it inspires me to try a small ship myself. Like your model aircraft artworks, though, yours ships will be a hard act to follow.

Well done I'll be borrowing ideas from your bench.

[splash]

That look's mighty fine, Splash. I like it.
In fact, I like it so much it inspires me to try a small ship myself. Like your model aircraft artworks, though, yours ships will be a hard act to follow.

Well done I'll be borrowing ideas from your bench.

It's no good following me, I'm totally out of my comfort zone with ships, this is the first batch of ships I have built since the 70's apart from a 1/72 scale Flower class corvette that I started and never finish 20+ years ago.

Here is the progress on the hanger all made from flat plastic card scraps.

[Dazzled]

Very nice work Alan. Maybe being out of your comfort zone is a good thing?

The results seem to indicate so

[Old_Tonto]

Agreed, very good work indeed.

I like that stand a lot too. Looks like HMS Plymouth is Beeched!

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A bit of a distraction today, in a moment of madness I thought it was time for me to loose weight and get fit, so I traded in my old bike that has been in the garage for 23 years and bought a more up to date one.

Just my luck on its first outing after only 1/2 mile I had a blowout on the front tyre so had to practice changing an inner tube by the side of the road, looking at the tube I think it was a faulty tube as opposed to a puncture.



So the shortened bike ride gave me unexpected bench time and a chance to scratch build the 4.5 guns director from PE and plastic card. The kits original part was no good as it was the old style bug eyed director that was replaced when she'd was updated to become a Rothsay Class.

[splash]

I have been experimenting with a re-usable mould compound called "Composimold" it sets to a firm rubber consistency when cold but turns to a liquid when heated in a microwave and can be used over and over for up to 35 times.

To test it, I tried to copy a 1:500 scale 4.5in turret that I had modified for the HMS Plymouth kit that I'm working on and I was pleasantly surprised at how the fine detail was picked up, I then re-heated it and made a bigger mould of the rear superstructure and again I'm extremely happy with the results, considering in one evening I had made two moulds and two copies it's a lot quicker and easier than using silicon for quick moulds.



Note: The turret has had one light coat of Tamiya primer to show up the detail.

[jssel]

Nice little demo Alan. And good luck with the biking. Great fun when it works right.