Trumpeter 1:350 HMS Dreadnought 1907

Jake,

Your Dreadnought is looking great so far. I have one sitting on a shelf that’s been calling to me to finish her for a few years now..... I got hung up on how to work out the metal barrels attachments. Great job on your turrets by the way, which brings me to my solution that I broke down and purchased from Shapeways. 

https://www.shapeways.com/product/VRKXP5XEH/1-350-hms-dreadnought-12-quot-mkx-guns-x5?optionId=64518899&li=marketplace

3D printed and at a reasonable price. I was hesitant to post this but since yours came out so cool that I thought this might help someone else down the road.

Thanks for the inspiration to get a shelf queen down and dusted off. Keep up the great work and I‘ve pulled up a chair and a drink if you don’t mind.

Here’s a link to my stalled WIP if you’re interested.

Steve

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/7/t/161309.aspx?page=1

I agree mike , I was starting to worry about you mate , hadn't heard from you in a while .

pathvet9

Don - in my case, I painted the hull after assemblying its 2 halves but before laying the deck on. I painted the deck before putting down the wood so that I would not have to paint again. 

So I put the liquid film inside before laying the deck and thus did not need to do any masking. Hope that makes sense.  

 

Ah, of course.  I feel dumb for not thinking of that!

Well;

Many who do small windows know Krystal Klear is our friend, Right? Besides where would " N " scale modelers be without it?

Jake,

I should have seconded what a fine job you're doing on the 1907 version. I'm interested to see how it turns out when you've finished and to make note of the differences between your kit and the one I built - the 1915 kit.

Steve,

No worries mate. It's summertime here so I've been doing my usual hiking and, in addition, I've been taking a few lessons .. albeit expensive ones for this 76 year old retiree .

 Steve, I think I can post a hot link to a short video of my being the PIC of a Cessna 150 a couple of weeks ago. I just can't figure out how to post the video itself. Anyway, it was my third lesson ... my CFI let me take off and then she had me do some turns over a local correctional institution here in Salem, Oregon. In the following video you might notice I lost about 90 feet in the turn but brought it right back up.  I have two more lessons this coming Monday and Wednesday mornings but I think that's all I'll have money for. I'll never get to the point where I land the plane ... much less solo.

https://live.staticflickr.com/video/48552428427/55662f5f53/360p.mp4?s=eyJpIjo0ODU1MjQyODQyNywiZSI6MTU2NTk5NjA3MSwicyI6IjYzNmRlZDI5NTIxNDQyODI5NDhhYmVkMjk2MzYzOWJlMzgzZjlhMjYiLCJ2IjoxfQ

After a few full days, here is the result of one of the five turrets. Now on to the decks and other details, masts, etc.

That looks great Jake

Well, a few days ...weeks into the build and I have some things going.

First, here is what I did with the PE hose reels.

Next I saw a FSM article that showed tiedowns for the halyards that I hope to be able to place.   and you can see one of the hose reels in place.

Next - I spent way too many hours detailing the shop's boats, including PE, wooden thwarts, paint and .... hope it pans out.

And now I realize that I definitely should have secured the super deck to the main deck MUCH earlier before adding the small stuff. Here is how I have addressed the problem of getting the deck to sit until the glue sets...hopefully..     But I still have some work to get the prow more flush.

Hi again Jake.

 Three things...

As previously said, your barrel solution was nicely implemented.

Great job getting that wood deck on and aligned perfectly.

Just enlarged your Signature/Squirrel icon...

         That's gotta hurt.  

                  Thanks for that extra "entertainment".

                           Jim.