Revell 1:72 HMS Snowberry built as HMS La Malouine

Tanker-Builder

One square foot of actual work space.

Morrisson's Rule! 

That's Alright;

  In a few weeks you'll be like the rest of us. One square foot of actual work space. Ship on the tops of paint bottles etc. Great looking area right now.

And so it starts   Finished up my Super Hornet this morning then had a massive clear up in the shed to make room for this 'little' puppy. Never realised just how messy/dusty the shed had got, took me a couple of hours!!, but now it's clean and tidy....................ready to start making a 'new' mess.

Tubosteve

Glad to have you along Don.

I know how you feel WRT courage........this is a massive step into the unknown for me. Never tried a ship before.....let alone all the PE which always gives me grief!

 

 

Well, I've done lots of ships, maybe a dozen, including several Aircraft Carriers with lots of PE.  One problem is when the hull is all together, it may not fit on my bench.  I do have a rigging stand that I keep beside the bench (adjustable in height for tall ship rigging).  Bases clamp to a small top, and since I do often build a base as I work on hulls, that may work okay.  If I finish hull and base first, I can clamp it on that and work on subassemblies on my bench it may work.  I have started on the main gun which I intend to detail more, and make a scratch turret/shield.

Hi Boll:

     That sounds like some of the things my Dad spoke about. He was Merchant Marine. Engineering. Five ships gone from under him. Never set foot on a ship again. The burns he got weren't totally disfiguring, So in that he was lucky. he always had his eyes light up when he spoke of those " Brave Little Ships"

The La Malouine S 271 radar lantern is the later version, again conforms with the kit.

The original lantern was octagon in shape and the corner columns presented a block to transmit/ return.

The next design as provided in the kit minimized the interference by the framing.

The S271 changed the effectiveness of the corvettes.

The original ASDIC  sonar had a downward range which gave results below 30 degrees from sea level at short distances.

The radar could see a periscope at 800 yards, a U boat awash at I think 2000 yrds, and a ship way beyond that. In the dark.

The bow gun wasn't effective except against surfaced submarines.

The depth charges off both the stern and the throwers to the side could make a pattern of eight in a half circle with a radius of 150- 200 yards.

With the S271 radar the hunter could attack in the dark without having to use parachute flares or star shellls.

La Malouine, meaning "from Saint Malo" ran as many convoys as any other I've read about.

Real history there. Find out if you will what else the window washer knows. Extraordinary.

I'm in the process of making a paper to report on another diary of a convoy sailor, in this case a US Merchant Marine.

This person was stationed on a USN fleet oiler at Iceland.

Our girl La Malo came through there quite a few times but I haven't seen her name.

Hi;

       Of course I had to chime in here. I used a different Wheelhouse configuration. Now, mine is R.C. Yes! I saw the option and took it. The After Deckhouse is removeable to address the electronics and there is a hidden hatch over the rudder that is watertight!

      I chose to do a generic " Flower" because I just like the little ships. The thing is the model, even with ALL it's delicacy is a lot tougher than it looks. At the time I had access to a whole machine shop so all guns are turned brass for Barrels and Machined Recievers Breeches etc.

     The Prop is from Rivabo( Cast Bronze.) But to get scale performance the Rudder and Prop are slightly over scale. Hey, This Puppy weighs just over twenty pounds with Battery installed. It's a large Motorcycle Gel Cell laid on it's side.( Low down for ballast.)

      Sorry, I get carried away. Your work will show a beautiful job when done.I am watching! Any Flower is fair game for me. I have of course the "Big Un" then some in 1/350 ,oh, one in 1/87 too!

I find that painting sub assemblies with ships really helps. Verticals and horizontals are different colors and it saves masking.

Also, I suggest getting her onto a base, either a temp or the final. otherwise I bust stuff off as I go.

Looking at photos of your ship, the kit matches her pretty well. As an early Flower, she no doubt had the short forecastle, mast forward of the bridge and narrow bridge wings when commissioned. 
My guess would be she was modified and radar added in 41 or 42.

That would match the kit.

The photo you posted sure looks like the 4 inch gun forward is an open mount. Very unusual. Other pictures show a shield.

Otherwise the Pom Pom at the after engineroom casing and the Oerlikons on the bridge match the kit.

The number of depth charge tossers (4 in the kit), hedgehog launcher etc. it's hard to tell.

Small detail noted in Wiki- she flew both the white ensign and the tricolor.

Bill

Glad to have you along Don.

I know how you feel WRT courage........this is a massive step into the unknown for me. Never tried a ship before.....let alone all the PE which always gives me grief!

I'll be following this too.  I have the 1:72 version too.  Just haven't had the courage to start it yet.

Tubosteve

Actually Bill, I need everything as the decals got lost in the 16 year hiatus 

 

My Compass Rose, I handpainted with the stencils as I needed to change the number and color. And I wanted a hand painted look. My guess would be that the hull number was repainted after every North Atlantic convoy by a sailor overside in a chair.

My profession is type on buildings so these tasks are fun for me.

Here's a straight on of the type. The 6 would just be an inverted 9. That's not always the case in type but proved to be true here.

And the stern.

The height of the type on the bow is 0.36 inches and the height of the type on the stern is 0.29 inches. At 1/144 so double it of course.

Bill

Here's a fun build link.

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/774273.page

Hutch, as long as you sit there quietly and don't touch anything....then you are most welcome 

you might have a wait....and not sure how many (if any) tips you'll get from me. This one is a real 'shot in the dark' for me.

I'll follow this with interest, Steve - I have a hankering to build a 1/144 Flower class next year, to balance the U-boat that I really must get finished!  I'll just sit here out of the way, if that's OK, and pick up some tips.

that is the fun , coming out the other side , and saying I did that ,

modelcrazy

Ooo, now this looks like fun. 

 

Actually Bill, I need everything as the decals got lost in the 16 year hiatus 

The previous builder looks to have done good work so far. Helpful.

That's an interesting subject, just read up on her.

K46; you have the K and the 6, just need to make up 4's.

Bill

Ooo, now this looks like fun.