Ships of Jutland in Plastic

Yeah it seems the pre-Dreadnaught ships are getting popular. I don't have room of those as well as all the 1/350 WW2 ships I have but would't mind getting one or two.

I believe someone makes the Queen Mary in its WW1 form, at least in 1:700.  I intend to pick up that kit one of these days.

And I love those pre-dreadnaught ships!  I have the Lord Nelson in my queue, and it will go on my bench in about a month or two.

I'm getting out of 1/350 for reasons I can erxplain, but it's pretty nice to see these.

The Grand Fleet is pretty woefully underserved in plastic still. A Lion would be nice.

Combrig makes them all AFAIK in resin.

And apropos of nothing, most all of the ships in the battle were dreadnaughts, super dreadnaughts, or cruisers and smaller.

GMorrison

And apropos of nothing, most all of the ships in the battle were dreadnaughts, super dreadnaughts, or cruisers and smaller.

You forgot the new squadron of Queen Elizabeth class battleships with 15" guns that came up late afternoon and should have trap the German fleet. 

I would like to see more destroyer kits, those ships on both sides really prevented the other side from closing on the wounded ships and had a large impact on the battle.

GMorrison, I just saw your other post.  I hope you are doing better.

Hi ;

 Now you can understand my messing with Paper Models . I have a KronPrinz in 1/200 . I am using it as patterns to build a plastic one from scratch . I just installed the main deck the other day .

 Gun Barrels were easy , either the paper or brass ones . I use brass thick wall Tubing and tapered and stepped it on my lathe ( A Dremel in a bracket , with a homeade tailstock ! ) And it's the first multi  - speed model they made .

 Hey ! don't laugh ,That Dremel is probably one of the oldest Dremels I have . At least thirty !

Tanker - Builder, my dremel predates yours as it is about 40yrs old & 1 speed, 28,000rpm. had to wait another christmas til i got an external speed control.

I have to say that building a ship from scratch using a paper model template is pretty darn awesome.  Building a lathe from a Dremel and a scratch tailstock is pretty cool too.  

Marcus McBean

I would like to see more destroyer kits, those ships on both sides really prevented the other side from closing on the wounded ships and had a large impact on the battle.

Yes, the world needs more destroyers, from all eras.  I had to google period destroyers to get an idea of how they looked.  They're pretty sleek looking little ships.  They'd definately make for an interesting model.  

ddp59;

    What I did there was use a speed control from a portable sewing machine ! I still have the old beast . I use it for parts . OH ! Even the multi-speed one can be controlled this way .

Ridle USMC;

     The tailstock was easy . I took apart an old but very useable drill and used the chuck assembly , a roller skate bearing and a bracket made from a piece of scrap steel . I copied a drawing from a lathe company .The one in their ad .

      This way I can do larger stuff , But I usually don't . I thought about a rechargeable drill to replace the Dremel because of chuck size . Naw ! I really don't need anything bigger .

ridleusmc

I have to say that building a ship from scratch using a paper model template is pretty darn awesome.  Building a lathe from a Dremel and a scratch tailstock is pretty cool too.  

 

 

Hey, that was my first lathe!  No tailstock though.  I was scratchbuilding a sailing frigate and needed a way to taper spars.  I made the ways from wood and strapped the dremel down to them, with a follower rest that allowed me to sand and file taper on dowel stock.

Then, my second was built from metal using an article from an old forties Mechanics Illustrated magazine. It used angle iron for the bed ways, and the headstock was to bearing pillow blocks mounted to a block of aluminum.

Tanker - Builder, i bought 1 of these this past spring.

https://www.ebay.ca/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2374313.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.TRS0&_nkw=Mini+Classic+Lathe+machine+6+in1&_sacat=0#item258c704833

ddp59

Tanker - Builder, i bought 1 of these this past spring.

https://www.ebay.ca/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2374313.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.TRS0&_nkw=Mini+Classic+Lathe+machine+6+in1&_sacat=0#item258c704833

 

Thankyou

the only reason i bought something like this was for the non-wood lathe capability & the milling machine. can get the parts from china. my version runs off a 12v power adapter similar to laptop but there is 14v versions too. as i haven't used a lathe in over 40yrs since grade 9 or 10 so i have a bit of learning curve on the use of it. there is no speed control on it but has dual size pulley on the 3 jaw chuck to change the speed by i presume a slight configuation change in the chuck drive height. it will cut plastic but have not tried other materials yet.

Hi;

    I have to inject something here . My first compressor was " Made in China " . Date of reciept was Aug . 1968 . Guess what ? using it properly , it has lasted all these years with regular maintenance .This is something we home Hobbyists and craftsmen and women seem to forget . You have to maintain them properly and THAT more than anything else will extend their life .

 I have an Airless Paint Sprayer , It too is " Made In China " Bought it off a T.V. AD back in the seventies . Still works good too ! My oldest tool is a now Defunct " Soiux 7-1/4 inch saw with Furniture foot  ". The furniture foot was and is made of Magnesium .Wow  ! a High tech part on a saw .For using on Formica and Corian . Remember ,The foot is scratchless ! Still is .

   All kidding aside though I have a fifty year old Badger that still does a good squirt when I need it too . It has had only one needle and needle reciever change in all these years . I change the " O " rings yearly .

Yeah ! 

 But you see , I don't use a lathe that much  ,so I sold the big one years ago . I thought about this one but passed . Because I had sold my  " Gorilla in the Room " I figured I didn't need one on the bench .