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Joined: 11/11/2009 Posts: 3,432 Points: 10,280 Location: Bâe Colwyn, Wales
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Hi All.
Here is my build log for HMS Surprise.
Chris
On the bench 1/350 Revell Tirpitz Platinum Edition (Pontos PE and Wooden deck) plus extra Eduard PE set and extra MK1 door sets.
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Joined: 28/03/2010 Posts: 95 Points: 287 Location: dorking
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Hope you do not have to wait as long as i have for you kit... I ordered mine in April and i am still waiting for my first parts ... LETS BUILD AND BUILD
HMS VICTORY
HMS SURPRISE
Can you help me with the volturno
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Hi, I spoke customer caee on friday and they said stock of part 1 where now in stock so shouldnt be a problem. I wanted to know before I ordered that there was stockk in..lol..... Gonna be fun making this and Victory together... Is yours 28 mths or 14 mths. I doin 14 mnths.On the bench 1/350 Revell Tirpitz Platinum Edition (Pontos PE and Wooden deck) plus extra Eduard PE set and extra MK1 door sets.
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i am doing 28 month so it will run alongside victory i hope.... lol... The other thing i am doing is rebulding some dolls houses for my children as well.. LETS BUILD AND BUILD
HMS VICTORY
HMS SURPRISE
Can you help me with the volturno
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Well first delivery has made it to me . Issues 1 (on the Left)and 2(on the right).
Fast and quick. Checked all parts. The ply is 6mm thick where as the Victory is only 4mm. The is slight warpage to the keels but will correct it with some blocks when I put the ribs on. Maybe later.
Here I have glued the two keel parts together. I put the keel next too the HMS Victory keel to show the size to you all. Lots of work to come...magpie1832 attached the following image(s): On the bench 1/350 Revell Tirpitz Platinum Edition (Pontos PE and Wooden deck) plus extra Eduard PE set and extra MK1 door sets.
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Joined: 25/03/2010 Posts: 472 Points: 1,357 Location: Hyde
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Hi mate That's looking really good. It will keep you busy for a while Stockport - you don;t live that far from me then
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Joined: 15/04/2010 Posts: 1,266 Points: 3,841 Location: The Quantock Hills,Somerset
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And we thought Victory was going to be big!!  Rob Nolli Illigitimi Carborundum!!!Current Builds: HMS Victory, SV Thermopylae
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Dontshootme wrote:And we thought Victory was going to be big!! Just think how big a 1/72nd Scale HMS Victory build would be.. @ Magpie. Nice one. I look forward to seeing it's progress - the Surprise kit looks mightily tempting. (I wonder if anyone does a Russel Crowe Mini? - I have have seen one, but its based on his appearance in 'Gladiator' not M&C - I guess that if AL had to pay royalties to all the actors it would make the model prohibitively expensive - but some crew figures that one could convert and make to look like the cast... Mmmm). Just out of interest, what camera do you use - I like the nice clean, in-focus pics. Schnellboots on back burner
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It is BIG This is the camera Cap't. Its not a bad one really. Good zoom and 2 macro's aswell. I only got this one because it had a big zoom. For when I go to the Airshows. Waddington Airshow in 2 weeks.. Hopefully can afford it..lol http://www.digitalrev.co...mpus-sp-510-uz-1393.htmlOn the bench 1/350 Revell Tirpitz Platinum Edition (Pontos PE and Wooden deck) plus extra Eduard PE set and extra MK1 door sets.
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Very nice.  It never fails to amaze me what they can squeeze into the smaller cameras these days - and you can't really go far wrong with an Olympus - good choice. Schnellboots on back burner
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The build is looking good LETS BUILD AND BUILD
HMS VICTORY
HMS SURPRISE
Can you help me with the volturno
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The pain in the bum thing is you can't glue any ribs until you get the deck in issue 3. Glad I did the 2 per month otherwise it would be 3 months before any gluing. lol. Hows your keel parts, Mine have slight warp to them. I like the 6mm ply though defo better than the 4mm the victory is done in.
Here is all I could glue..magpie1832 attached the following image(s): On the bench 1/350 Revell Tirpitz Platinum Edition (Pontos PE and Wooden deck) plus extra Eduard PE set and extra MK1 door sets.
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Here are 2 of my builds... Made jigs for them both.magpie1832 attached the following image(s): On the bench 1/350 Revell Tirpitz Platinum Edition (Pontos PE and Wooden deck) plus extra Eduard PE set and extra MK1 door sets.
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Joined: 25/01/2010 Posts: 459 Points: 1,367 Location: Bridlington
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Starting to take shape now, all you need is decking and some planks, take a look at my HMS Surprise build Rob's Regards
Rob
Bridlington.
Built Flying Scotsman (Train). Collecting HMS VICTORY
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Here look at some of my pic's if you want, Rob http://picasaweb.google....466/RobSHMSSurpriseBuildRegards
Rob
Bridlington.
Built Flying Scotsman (Train). Collecting HMS VICTORY
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Rank: Super-Elite Groups: Registered
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Thanks for replies...
I finally got my issues 3-4 . I got the Deck plates, Pins and Deck planks in Issue 3.
And Then Basswood main planks for the ships skin and a big bag of pins in issue 4.
Iv'e made a start on the decks but am going to replace the deck planks with Tanganyka strips. So here is where i am . Going to glue all the ribs in place later.magpie1832 attached the following image(s): On the bench 1/350 Revell Tirpitz Platinum Edition (Pontos PE and Wooden deck) plus extra Eduard PE set and extra MK1 door sets.
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Hi Again. Got my delivery of 1x5x500mm Tanganyka from Online hobbies Friday morning. So I then used medium oak stain along the edges of each strip and a quick rub here and there on the main face.
Then I gave a light sanding of the planks. Followed by one coat of Antique oil.(seals the wood from creep of the black marker). Then ran black marker down the edges.
I used my master cut set to 135mm planks.(Deag instructions say 80mm planks? 12ft planks Dont think so..) And cut half of them. then markered the ends. All ready now for gluing later.
I came to 135mm because the deck length is 7690mm long. If I used the scale 133mm planks I would have an off cut worth nothing at the rear. I worked on a 3 plank shift. I took 133 divide by 3 = 44.33. Put marks along deck at this interval made me short by 21mm. So I thought there are 17 shifts in plank so I made spacings of 45mm between each shift making each plank 135mm. Leaving 4 mm at the rear.Which is covered.
CONFUSED>>>>>>.lol.  magpie1832 attached the following image(s): On the bench 1/350 Revell Tirpitz Platinum Edition (Pontos PE and Wooden deck) plus extra Eduard PE set and extra MK1 door sets.
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Looking good Budgie, are you planking with the deck in place?
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