zvezda's 1/350 russian battleship borodino

Hello!

Looks like you know what you are doing!

Those old ships have very interesting looks to them IMO - and give you many chances to show off your detailing skill with all those masts/antennae/lines.

Thanks for sharing, good luck with your build and have a nice day

Paweł

cheers pawel , we'll soon see if I know what I'm doing ,

one thing I know , I won't be using the supplied stand , what a mess .

It's looking good so far Steve. Have you considered a wooden stand instead of the wonky plastic one?

I hope you're no where near the wildfires.

Steve

cheers steve , I was never going to use the plastic one , I was just amazed at how bad it was , I'm building a wooden one at the moment . the fires are all around mate , they no sooner put one out and another pyromaniac starts another , I think the smoke is starting to chock new zealand out now , be glad when it rains .

I don't know how I did this , but I managed to splash 2 part epoxy all over the hull , easy fix but shheeeshh .

That's a great kit. It goes well with Hasegawa's Mikasa or Zvezda's Varyag.

I found the linked discussion here to be really informative:

http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=12304

You also should read The Tsar's Last Armada by Pleshakov. 

I picked up a PE set for mine, I think it was WEM.

Steve,

You're just cruising along!

I'll be dropping by from time-to-time to check out your progress.

Bill mentioned the Mikasa and the Varyag both of which are in my stash and I'm sure your Borodino would look just right along either of the aforementioned kits. I'm just interested in your conquering this kit for the moment. I'm sure you'll do her proud.

thank's GM , that model of yours is going to be a hard act to follow , it's beautiful . I just finished the mikasa in 1/200 . will look out for the varyag . the PE is a bit out of my price range $100 for 1 fret , but I do have some generic handrails and ladders , and the wood decking and chain for the anchor . that link looks good , but a lot of the photo's are gone , will read it carefully though .

GM , that rigging on your model look's very fine , can you remember what you used please

mike , nice to know your around , hope you find it interesting mate .

Looks great!

I sure ruined my Borodino.  I used the kit's plastic masts, but rigged it extensively with monofilament.  Looked fine for a week, then change of weather bent masts all out of shape :-(    I may try to replace masts and re-rig, but it will be a job at this point.

steve5

GM , that rigging on your model look's very fine , can you remember what you used please.

Sure, I still have the model so I double checked.

Its a monofilament fly tieing thread called uni canis. It’s super thin and knots well, unlike most monos.

I’ve tried ez line and the negatives made me dislike it.

Flat, not round. Frays. Melts from CA.

It also fused itself together on its spools.

Bill

don , sorry to hear about your build mate , the joy's of modeling .

bill , thank's for that , will look into it cheers .

bill I was just going through my stuff , I forgot I had this , is this the same stuff ?

wood decking went on alright

steve5

bill I was just going through my stuff , I forgot I had this , is this the same stuff ?

 

I can not understand the size measures for threads- there seem to be several measures.  What does the 6 stand for?  Are there any tables online that show sizes of thread?

Several things.

The spool is waxed silk thread. Good stuff, but thicker than most fly tying monofilament.

The size 6/0 is a system called number count. Metric. Beyond that I have no idea what 6/0 means.

Uni Caenis is a monofilament. It's size is in deniers, which is the diameter of thread which weighs #(denier) of grams per 9,000 meters.

Make sense? No, and mislabeling is rampant.

Thread is cheap, so it's worth getting a few to choose from.

But do stay away from cotton, and multi-stranded polyester isn't thin either.

thankyou bill ,

a bit more done 

Looks great.

I struggled with the decks on my Missouri. I was told to spray water on the decks before applying the self adhesive wood, but the water swelled the wood so along some edges it wouldn't lay down. Took me a long time to let it dry, push down the edges with a tool, trim some edges that just plain wouldn't fit, then, as they were stained blue, touch up any damage to the color.

How did you do it?

EJ

The decks look great. By the time she got to Cam Ranh Bay the decks were a filthy mess of coal dust, but who'd want that???

The little steam torpedo boats are delightful. I think I wrapped the stacks and boilers of mine with copper foil, just for the heck of it.

EJ - l just stuck them on , l have seen a few modelers use white wood glue , as they say the backing glue will let go . Will see how good it is over time l suppose .     Bill - l intend to weather it , but not the decks , l have also never used copper foil before , or any foil for that fact . Not sure if l am game enough to try it .

She is looking very nice indeed so far. Will be an interesting comparison as I have the Trump Kit of the Tsarevitch.....Cheers Mark

thanks mark looking forward to your build ,

a bit more of the fiddly stuff done , cranes etc .

Don Stauffer

I can not understand the size measures for threads- there seem to be several measures. What does the 6 stand for? Are there any tables online that show sizes of thread?

That's "gauge" sizing.  Which all sorts of things use.  Wire screws, sheet metals--all different, too; sometime for the same material.

The gauge uses integer sizing which may or may not have a measured index value.  Gauge sizing uses no fractions, which makes for neat notation (mostly).  As a broad--and very rough--rule, who ever creates the gauge establishes whether it increases with integer value or decreases.

If I remember rightly (and I might not) thread diameter increases as the integer does, so a #5 is larger than a #4.  As you get to the bottom, you hit 0.  Smaller than zero is 00, and 000, and so on.  As digits become to hard to read after three, the notation for zeros is often the count of them.  So, 000000 can be written as 6/0 which is less likely to be confused for 00000 (5/0).

AWG (American Wire Gauge) runs the other way, size increases as the integer decreases.  2/0 wire cable is very stout stuff.

Hi Steve, Cheers Mate, Now I am Australian . How are you doing with the fires, that sure is a shame. Your ship is looking great, love the wood decks. I am with you on a lot of aftermarket PE & such. Too darn expensive. At 89 small PE is out. 

        I got off ships for a while & built the big 1/25 General 4-4-0 Locomotive, no rigging or PE ,just a lot of fun. Looks beautuful. I am back on an Oriental Star steam/ sail ship. Nino gave it to me. You sure do beautiful work Steve & I am looking forward to more pictures. 

 I have to get back on my big Victory pretty quick. Had to take a break from that.

                      Gene

I don't see much logic to it. Like Cap shows us above. And, fly tying mono can be labeled in "Denier" which is nominally a weight indication. The bigger the number the thicker the thread. A denier is the number of grams that a 9,000 meter length of thread weighs.

Go figure, but at least it's clear which way to read the numbers.

thanks capn , that will come in handy , man you know your stuff .

gene , would love to see your train , did you post pic's .

got some cheap generic A/M railings . 

GMorrison

I don't see much logic to it. Like Cap shows us above. And, fly tying mono can be labeled in "Denier" which is nominally a weight indication. The bigger the number the thicker the thread. A denier is the number of grams that a 9,000 meter length of thread weighs.

Go figure, but at least it's clear which way to read the numbers.

 

Then there is no good way to convert denier to diameter!  AWG I get, but I guess I just need to hope my digital calipers are accurate if I try to measure it.  It looks like the diameter should go as the square root of the denier, then, right?

Hi Steve,

I am pulling up a chair and watching your build log.  I suddenly have this thing for pre-dreadnaughts.  Looking good mate!

Scott

thanks scott , I have built 3 now and have loved doing them all . the fits aren't really great but nothing that can't be overcome . like the join on these mast's was a bit ordinary , drill and fitted a bit of .8mm brass rod , did the trick .

boats added

most of the bits and bobs have been added . one weird thing we have had some rain lately , and all the cranes and cross beams have warped , very strange .