Splash's Queen of the Isles
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Looking smooth enough, Splash...I say 'smooth enough' because many of these vessels that I have seen have had quite a life and no longer have mirror-smooth and straight hull panels...and so she is looking good...
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Very nice work on an odd vessel out. I looked at the site for the ship. An impressive career she had. One of my favorite things about modeling is the research that I do before the design work begins. It makes the work more personal and rewarding.
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Cliff I fully agree. I'm the type of guy who buys a kit then does the research after he has started (I know, totally the wrong way to go about things, it's just me) so I was pleasantly surprised when I came across the www.queenoftheisles.com website and learnt the full history of the ship. As you say it becomes more personal and rewarding.Tex Roberts wrote:Very nice work on an odd vessel out. I looked at the site for the ship. An impressive career she had. One of my favorite things about modeling is the research that I do before the design work begins. It makes the work more personal and rewarding.
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Not a lot as it's sharing work tray space with the 1/48 scale Helicopter and a 1/72 scale WW1 Tank card models.
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I'm at the stage now, were all the progress will be in the small detail. Tonight I assembeld one of the seats on the rear deck and added the rubbing strake's down the sides and some of the other minor bits.
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The lifeboats are made from just two parts.
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They give you a choice on how to build the railings on this ship, either simple card railings that would look a bit clunky or a template to string thread, the idea is you coat the thread in PVA glue to stiffen and stick the uprights, I'm not sure if it's going to work but I'm always ready to try new techniques.
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A bit more progress with one of the lifeboats attached.
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Have you got one of the airfix shiprigging loom things - as with that you could get some railings from thread and hold them taught on the contraption while glue dries. Failing that some pins and piece of polystyrene to create the up and down lines and allow you to glue it and get to set
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This works on a similar principle except the rigging on the Airfix ships does not have to be stiff as it held taught from both ends.chrism wrote:Have you got one of the airfix shiprigging loom things - as with that you could get some railings from thread and hold them taught on the contraption while glue dries. Failing that some pins and piece of polystyrene to create the up and down lines and allow you to glue it and get to set
Once the thread has received a couple more coats of PVA I will try adding the uprights, I might use thin wire to give it stiffness.
My work bench is starting to look like Portsmouth Naval Dockyard.
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You're becoming quite skilled at card models Splash. Most impressive
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Cheers Dirk.Dirkpitt289 wrote:You're becoming quite skilled at card models Splash. Most impressive
I think my new learnt skills will help me when it comes to scratch building, for years I have wanted to make a Fairmile class A or B Minelayer as commanded by my late Father but never thought I had the skills to scratch build one out of plastic, but now I have dabbled in card, I can see this might now be an option.
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Would stretched sprue be an alternative to use?splash wrote:This works on a similar principle except the rigging on the Airfix ships does not have to be stiff as it held taught from both ends.chrism wrote:Have you got one of the airfix shiprigging loom things - as with that you could get some railings from thread and hold them taught on the contraption while glue dries. Failing that some pins and piece of polystyrene to create the up and down lines and allow you to glue it and get to set
Once the thread has received a couple more coats of PVA I will try adding the uprights, I might use thin wire to give it stiffness.
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I'm not a lover of stretched sprue, I don't have the skill to get it consistently thin and find it breaks to easily.
I'm thinking thin wire might work.
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I'm thinking thin wire might work.
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Fine wire would work well so long as you could keep it kink-free; you could also use it for the vertical posts, joining the horizontal and vertical components with CA...
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That's what I was thinking.SJPONeill wrote:Fine wire would work well so long as you could keep it kink-free; you could also use it for the vertical posts, joining the horizontal and vertical components with CA...
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