GMorrison

 

 

 

Here's a trick I learned. Those little abrasive disks are fragile and they tend to shatter. I will often double up two of them at once. It makes the tool much stronger. 

 

It's also a good (really the only) way to cut off stranded stainless steel aircraft cable.

 

Bill

 

Nice job fixing the gun GM

Bakster

 

 

steve5

Really moving  loving along mate . Looks great .

Wanted to ask , how did you cut the brass tubing for your guns , without pinching the tubing

 

 

 

 

Thanks Steve. Yeah, steady progress. 

 

To your question, I used a Dremel cut off wheel like shown below. It cuts through tubing in no time. You are left with a burr, but that is easily filed and then sanded flat. I eventually figured out that if I slowly rotate the tubing using my fingers whilst I cut, I can get a much cleaner edge. In short, less cleanup. 

It’s a handy bit to have when working with metal. (Wear eye protection) 

 

 

 

Here's another tip for you. When I cut tubing I slip another brass tube inside the one I'm cutting whenever possible, one that just barely fits. Sometimes I've used a wood dowel rod as well when I didn't have the right diameter. Anything that gives it support near the cut keeps it from going oblong and squares up the cut surface as well.

Bill: Big improvement on the turrets. I agree- just getting rid of those weird projections on the sides was a massive upgrade. 

GMorrison

I also clipped off and reattached the barrels at an upward angle, as they normally would be.  

The decks are glued, and joins cleaned up. They glued in nicely. On the other hand, the waterline piece was more work than I expected because though it fit snug to the hull, it was too large on its sides. I had to do a lot of cutting, sanding, and filling. During that process I damaged some of bar detail we talked about earlier. I decided to sand them flat and reconstruct those details using Evergreen .02 strips. They were the perfect width. Though, like the molding on the model they seemed too thick, so I sanded them down some. 

Next up, I see PE in my future.

nice work steve , coming along nicely .

thank's for the cutting wheel tip , and to everyone else for their suggestions on how to use it .

Bakster: That looks good! Nice work on replacing the hull strips. 

Oh yeah, forgot to tell you about the oversized waterline.

"Next up, I see PE in my future."

Now way! You knew! LOL. Who'd a thunk that they'd make the piece oversize like that. It's too bad because aside from that, it has a stellar fit. 

Funny GIF! LOL.

Thanks Gam and Steve 5. It's a minor accomplishment but its progress for me--which is good. 

modelcrazy

Oh yeah, forgot to tell you about the oversized waterline.

"Next up, I see PE in my future."

 

Bakster

Now way! You knew! LOL. Who'd a thunk that they'd make the piece oversize like that. It's too bad because aside from that, it has a stellar fit. 

Funny GIF! LOL.

 

Well, let's just say I'd built 1 maybe 2 of the old and new waterline kits....ok, maybe more than 1 or 2. A few from Fujimi, Hasegawa, Tamiya, Sky Wave, Aoshima, Trumpeter, IBG, Hobby Boss, Cyber, DML. I think that's all of them. The older kits have similar issues. I was trying, at one time, to build the entire IJN line 

modelcrazy

The older kits have similar issues.

modelcrazy

I was trying, at one time, to build the entire IJN line 

You are a brave man. 

Nice work TheMongoose! The Vandergrift looks excellent! Lots going on there.

The launch looks very nice!

The franken hull is coming along nicely GMorrison. Good work there.

Bakster the Wisconsin is coming along. Good luck with the PE. I have a love/hate relationsip with PE.

I don't have much to show for the last few days. I got some PE on and had to rip off some. Some repainting, and some more repainting. 

Now I'm waiting for some decals to arrive. I'm just about done.

The submarine model is really well done. What scale did you determine it is?

Look forward to the decals. I'd note that most of these sub kits include escape hatch markings that arw quite prominent. It's my understanding that those markings were only used in commissioning and training exercises. They were removed where the boat became operational. Bill Morrison may correct me there.

Bill

Looking forward to the decals.

Are you going to weather it?

Mach71: Looks sharp! Nice to see her almost done. 

Steve: Build the entire IJN line!?! Wow! I think pretty much every ship of the Imperial Navy is modeled by one of the companies you listed. 

I gave up on it after building all of the CA's avaliable at the time, some of the CL's and started on the BB's. I had some American and British as well mind you.

Well everything came in and I thought I would post some pictures. It will be this winter before I can get started. I ordered extra paint because I have a couple other US ships I might build so this way I have got enough. Remember I have until the end of time to finish this baby. Ever the US Post Office is trying to help me get started.

Holy somke KC, that's quite the PE! Your eyes are going to cross with all of that.

I got some time to do some PE work of my own on the Spruance.

modelcrazy

Holy somke KC, that's quite the PE! Your eyes are going to cross with all of that.

 

Your antenna looks cool too, Steve.

KC that PE is insane and i love PE now. I better build mine right away because if I watch you it’ll cost me money!!

MC that looks Real Purty 

KC: Wow that's some crazy detail there!!! If you build her and add all that I want to watch!!!

Steve: Wow, that looks good!

Yes that's a crazy amount of PE. I'm ever starting to wonder if I took on too much. One thing for sure, I doubt it will be finished by spring but I'm going to try. Might take 2 winters.

Steve, that is a great job.

It's like the Akagi I'm going to start in 2 years. Massive amounts of AM and will take me a while to complete.

Theres nothing like PE to add intrest though.

KC,

Wow, The Flyhawk Super detail set.  Massive amounts of AM (PE) is right. Add Interest? Absolultly!

     I see you bought copious amounts of  Fleky 5K ca glue.  How is it for working with PE?        I had switched to Gorilla glue thin bond but have not had much use so far.

   Nino.

Nino

KC,

Wow, The Flyhawk Super detail set.  Massive amounts of AM (PE) is right. Add Interest? Absolultly!

     I see you bought copious amounts of  Fleky 5K ca glue.  How is it for working with PE?        I had switched to Gorilla glue thin bond but have not had much use so far.

   Nino.

 

The ones I've used seem to work great. That's just what came in the order, they are different setting times for use on different parts. The slow drying works great on tank tracks. Like I said, I have other US ships I would like to build and went on ahead and bought enough for several. Some times I use Gator gule, somethimes I use Loctite gel.

Here is my solution to the lack of SPS49 PE. Using repurposed pieces of PE I put it together with 4 different sections that were once two pieces. It's crude, but in my opinion better than the kit supplied piece of solid plastic.