Mad Steve 14,252 Posted May 8 Report Share Posted May 8 Kuuuuuuwell. 😬👍 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mad Steve 14,252 Posted May 8 Report Share Posted May 8 And a nice little film. It does look a rather smart ship doesnt it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mish 3,482 Posted May 9 Report Share Posted May 9 Looks great Kevin, I'd be scared to move it for the photos. Well done 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gorby 11,600 Posted May 9 Report Share Posted May 9 WOW! It's ginormous. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin 3,967 Posted May 13 Author Report Share Posted May 13 Good evening thank you for comments and likes been a few days since my last update, been busy with family, but still managed to do a bit every day day 54 engine room flat and tween deck level now have decks on front end repainted to the colors i am using hand painting the bilges in black, looks awful, and needs doing again hand painting the box girders and looks worse than the black in the bilges first of the hidden lighting tween deck 1/2 bulkhead on 54 frame, this will then keep the upper deck frames at the correct level engine room flats port side going in before i forget them 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mad Steve 14,252 Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 Nice one Kevin 😬👍 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin 3,967 Posted May 13 Author Report Share Posted May 13 11 minutes ago, Mad Steve said: Nice one Kevin 😬👍 thanks @Mad Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mish 3,482 Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 Wow Kevin, she is really taking shape now. I'm hugely impressed. By the way, I think you are going to need a bigger freezer to show her off 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin 3,967 Posted May 14 Author Report Share Posted May 14 39 minutes ago, Mish said: Wow Kevin, she is really taking shape now. I'm hugely impressed. By the way, I think you are going to need a bigger freezer to show her off these photos of the port side make her look a bit naff, but as this side is being fully covered, the hull plates will stick faster without paint 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gorby 11,600 Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 It must have take half an eternity to paint that lot with a brush. Have you considered using your airbrush? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin 3,967 Posted May 14 Author Report Share Posted May 14 4 hours ago, Gorby said: It must have take half an eternity to paint that lot with a brush. Have you considered using your airbrush? yes i have, but then worried that it would be a fighting battle with it, and just used an hairy stick, when the bilge plates go on, i will have a much better idea of what needs redoing, unfortunately it looks messy for my followers (sorry) 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin 3,967 Posted May 15 Author Report Share Posted May 15 good evening everyone thank you for comments and likes day 56 front end on, and back off again, stbd side frames going in instead But first of all i made an attempt to join the front end on, after 24 hours of daring not to sneeze i decided, its far to early as there is nothing solid yet to secure it to, other than the keel plates, however with a bit of string along the centre line, it is spot on right lets get the port side sorted, 157 frames to varnished on both sides, the reverse to be painted grey, cut and folded frames going in, my next project for a few days front end is getting in the way, rather than damage anything it has been taken back off 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dixieflyer 2,414 Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 Looking better and better, step by step. You're going to need a big bathtub for this when you're done. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hutch6390 941 Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 This is like watching a miniature shipyard at work - great stuff! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mish 3,482 Posted May 16 Report Share Posted May 16 8 hours ago, Hutch6390 said: This is like watching a miniature shipyard at work - great stuff! I was just thinking that like watching the real thing only smaller and in paper. Nice work Kevin. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin 3,967 Posted May 17 Author Report Share Posted May 17 good evening everyone thank you for comments and likes day 58 port side frames going in Midships section bit of a disaster yesterday so quite a few hours wasted, making up the frames for the tween deck and spent ages lining them up, went to fit then on the build when i realised it did not look right at all, i had successfully put them all on the upper deck position, not the tween deck, what a numpty, some were damaged beyond repair, but i had a few spare from a previous build also made up a set of tween deck pontoon hatch covers, to ensure my corners were square (spot on) 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mad Steve 14,252 Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 Kuuuuuuwell Hard to believe its cardboard, seriously impressive so far Kev. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin 3,967 Posted May 17 Author Report Share Posted May 17 3 minutes ago, Mad Steve said: Kuuuuuuwell Hard to believe its cardboard, seriously impressive so far Kev. Thanks Sreve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mish 3,482 Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 Well spotted Kevin, looking good. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gorby 11,600 Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 That's an amazing amount of work you're putting into that build. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin 3,967 Posted May 18 Author Report Share Posted May 18 1 hour ago, Gorby said: That's an amazing amount of work you're putting into that build. Yes it's quite strange doing this amount of work early on, very different to rigging which is the end of most projects 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RWG686 22,803 Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 Yet again Kevin you continue to amaze me with your work. Just sublime. How do you keep track of such a complex build ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin 3,967 Posted May 19 Author Report Share Posted May 19 good evening everyone thank you for comments and likes day 60 front end on and continuation of port side frames 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dixieflyer 2,414 Posted May 19 Report Share Posted May 19 Looking great Kevin. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gorby 11,600 Posted May 19 Report Share Posted May 19 I'm still worried about you moving it after what happened last time. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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