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So what are "compression fittings" normally used for???
Revenant So how is the quality of the Dragon mouldings? And in your next set of pics can you add a coin (or pfenning) for scale comparison???
So how is the quality of the Dragon mouldings? And in your next set of pics can you add a coin (or pfenning) for scale comparison???
It's pretty amazing, really. Look at the tiny guns (8 of em, around the penny)...each gun its a separate piece, as are the mags. It pretty much boggles my mind, that one company can do very fine moldings/castings that are in scale at 1/350...but them you can get clunky, overly thick parts for a 1/32 scale kit (**cough**Trumpeter**cough***).
To say the least, I'm impressed.
goldhammer I ended up with a couple of 1/8 NPT brass couplers for my KH build. Hex all the way, top to bottom. Have the Dragon Benson class in the stash, so will be checking back with this one. Lookin real nice .
I ended up with a couple of 1/8 NPT brass couplers for my KH build. Hex all the way, top to bottom.
Have the Dragon Benson class in the stash, so will be checking back with this one. Lookin real nice .
I also have the Benson...and the Buchanan...so, there'll be more on the way!
Thanks guys!
Tanker - Builder Hey Fermis ; Compression Fittings -Who'da thunk ?
Hey Fermis ;
Compression Fittings -Who'da thunk ?
I know I didn't!
When I did my first boat, a few years back, I went in to my local hardware store, just looking for "something". I went to my "go to" guy, explained what I was trying to do and I wanted brass. We just kinda ended up at compression fittings, and I like it!
Compression Fittings -Who'da thunk ? The box cover looks like D.D.846 U.S.S. Ozbourn , when I first reported aboard in 1959. She was named for a Marine who jumped on a Grenade to protect his buddies !
The parts are fiddly aren't they ? Fun is , I am doing that ship as the " Ozzie " after FRAM . Same scale too ! T.B.
Completed - 1/525 Round Two Lindberg repop of T2A tanker done as USS MATTAPONI, USS ESSEX 1/700 Hasegawa Dec 1942, USS Yorktown 1/700 Trumpeter 1943. In The Yards - USS ESSEX 1/700 Hasegawa 1945, USS ESSEX 1/700 Dragon 1944, USS ESSEX 1/700 Trumpeter 1945, USS ESSEX 1/540 Revell (vintage) 1962, USS ESSEX 1/350 Trumpeter 1942, USS ESSEX LHD-2 as commissioned, converted from USS Wasp kit Gallery Models. Plus 35 other plastic and wood ship kits.
Hey, compression fittings! That is a new one on me. Worth a try- they look quite attractive!
Don Stauffer in Minnesota
I've got several ships/subs...so I made the bases for them out of oak...
I started with drilling out the hull...
I'll epoxy to nuts in the hull, so I can run the bolts in at the end. The brass pieces are compression fittings.
This stuff is tiny!
The 3 big guns were easy enough, just 5 parts(also drilled out the guns)
The guns got a bit fiddly, with 8 pieces each...then those 2 mounts of some sort are 2 PE pieces plus the dinky plastic. Then there's the other 8 small guns with 9 pieces each! 7 hours in, and I aint even half way through step 1!
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