Trumpeter HMS Dreadnought 1915

Mike,

I think you did one nice job on her.  Well done!

Steve

Great job.

Looks mighty fine to me, and as a learning experience it seems to have done its job (by that I mean,

I learned a lot ).

Thanks Steve and Duster.

Maybe my next 1/350 ship I'll be able to concentrate more on being neat!

Mike

Mike,

She look might fine to me.  I like your aerial work, now I wish I did change out my masts with bass ones.

Mark

For all the trials and tribulations you documented, she came out as a beautiful job, well above my abilities.  Hold your head up proudly.

Thank you Goldhammer. I appreciate the kind remarks.

Mark,

I used 1mm and .5mm brass rod for the main mast. The 1915 fit of the Dreadnought did not have the second mast like your 1907 version does. That made it easier. That said, the actual building of the brass masts using silver bearing soldering paste and my handy, inexpensive soldering iron, was - as Bill has said in his WIP - a relatively straightforward, simple task. I'm glad I tried it. It's given me the confidence to work with brass and solder again should the need arise.  I do believe that with some care, and using EZ Line, you could still do a more thorough job of rigging than I did. I left out the real rigging (the lifts anyway) for the sake of simplicity and strove to represent some of the basic aerial wires and signal flags.

 I'm still looking forward to you and Steve completing your kits as well as following along on Shipshape's Zvezda kit. Don Stauffer's Zvezda build is, to my mind, the ultimate version of  the 1907 Dreadnought fit. Bill's (wBill76) was done with immaculate care and such neatness that every time I view it I am just amazed at his work. It's all fun!!

I think I will build one of the 25 or so aircraft I have in my stash as my next project. Probably Lindberg's old 1/48 JN-4.

Mike