Monitor HMS Roberts

Looking good!I like the dazzle paint scheme!

Had another disaster yesterday.  There are two boarding ladders, one each side.  My first attempt at bending up the railing broke the ladder in half at the joint between the steps and the rail.  The photo etch is so thin and brittle I am afraid to even try the second one.  I am left with a bunch of rungs and two side rails- I don't think I can ever glue that thing back together!

I know on most ships those ladders were rigged only when anchored, and stowed (on deck?) when underway. I wonder though, since the ladders of the monitor are a bit sheltered, being on top of the sponsons, if they were just left in place most of the time.

I will be looking through my parts box to see if I have any ladders that will work.  Contemplating just leaving them off, to save money of a generic ladder PE set.

 

Don, I just read through this thread. I've got to say, despite your accidents, you yyalways make this hobby look easy. I love the way this is turning out.

Civil Air Patrol about ate my lunch the last few years. I actually made it to the Wing level. I finally stepped down a few weeks ago. Hopefully I can do a few things to enjoy life again... Not that CAP wasn't fun... it just got to be to much like a job.

Keep up the great work!

Raymond

Don Stauffer

Had another disaster yesterday.  There are two boarding ladders, one each side.  My first attempt at bending up the railing broke the ladder in half at the joint between the steps and the rail.  The photo etch is so thin and brittle I am afraid to even try the second one.  I am left with a bunch of rungs and two side rails- I don't think I can ever glue that thing back together!

I know on most ships those ladders were rigged only when anchored, and stowed (on deck?) when underway. I wonder though, since the ladders of the monitor are a bit sheltered, being on top of the sponsons, if they were just left in place most of the time.

I will be looking through my parts box to see if I have any ladders that will work.  Contemplating just leaving them off, to save money of a generic ladder PE set.

 

 

Tardy reply. Looking at photos, she seemed to have a very unique set up for accomodation ladders. They ran truly perpendicular to the ship centerline from the deck down to the outboard edge of the hull (sponson?).

In all the photos I could find, they seem to be in place. of course these are generally in-port pictures, but it seemed to be a permanent kind of stairway.

I started a new thread for the completed model, with photos of completed kit there.