Splash's Telford builds
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What a pain PE is in 1:600 scale, but it does make a difference to the look of the new bridge.
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Excellent.
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The railings are taking forever to add, after an excellent conversation with a gent at the Yeovilton model show he explained that he used PVA glue and did about one inch at a time and his ships in 1:700 scale looked stunning so I have followed his advice and it seems to work.
I'm not totally convinced that the work is worth the effort but it's good practice befor I start adding the PE to my 1:500 scale HMS Plymouth.
I'm not totally convinced that the work is worth the effort but it's good practice befor I start adding the PE to my 1:500 scale HMS Plymouth.
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More scratch building on the rear mast and funnel tops using 0.16mm steel wire for the crane rigging and funnel detail
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Using wire for rigging is easier than I thought and quite effective.
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Such great work here, Alan. Just curious though as to what your plans for the original kit superstructure might be.
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I hadn't given it much thought, I suspect the unused parts will finish up in the spares tin.gnomemeansgnome wrote:Such great work here, Alan. Just curious though as to what your plans for the original kit superstructure might be.
Unless you can think of a better use?
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Well I don't know, really. Are they remotely usable to convert an Airfix Repulse into Renown, for instance?
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I'm not familiar with the differences between the two but as I have the Repulse it's something I will look into.
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After a quick rummage on the Internet, you might be onto something, I can see the resemblance between the two structures, this will need further investigation.gnomemeansgnome wrote:Well I don't know, really. Are they remotely usable to convert an Airfix Repulse into Renown, for instance?
Now where did they put my medication?
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Ha ha ha! It was just a thought, and anyway considering your talents at conversion work on these ships I should think that turning Repulse into Renown is well within your abilities.
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After the success with the .16mm wire I ordered some .09mm wire and found it is even better and at less than £3 for 200 metres excellent value.
The thinner wire was used for the signal flag lines.
The thinner wire was used for the signal flag lines.
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HMS Southampton is starting to look more colourful.
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I had been putting off painting the flightdeck on the Plymouth as it required painting a 11mm circle and several 1mm white lines, but today I came up with a cunning plan of using my ScaNcut to cut a 11mm circle and a 9mm disc to use as a mask, then I cut up two 1mm wide strips of white decal and bobs your uncle, flightdeck sorted.
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