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Building Revells 1/72 Flower-Class Corvette
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Posted: Tuesday, February 09, 2016 - 03:46 PM UTC

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I'm looking forward to you tackling the lifeboats and the depth charge racks. I don't think your viewers quite realise the detail work required.
The figures that come with the Revell kit are terrible. A real let down after all the effort making a realistic looking ship!


I have studied the depth charge racks and will be building the plastic ones just so I have something to go off.

The Revell lifeboats look pretty good actually and could stand in for the GLS ones if I lose the will to live after the depth charges.

You are right about the Revell figures...
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Posted: Tuesday, February 09, 2016 - 08:56 PM UTC
Warren
Thank you for your help, I'll be doing the oerlikon gun set next.
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Posted: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 - 12:06 AM UTC
Warren,

The 2 Pdr sub assembly and the Vicker's are looking good. It is amazing to watch as you go through this build. Really looking forward to more.

Each picture gives a slight glimpse into the overall project, they are teasers that for sure.

Dave
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Posted: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 - 12:40 AM UTC
Thank you Thomas and Dave.
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Posted: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 - 10:29 AM UTC
Wow, that long ladder looks like some challenging work to keep it straight! Great job and very interesting approach

Very nice to see some color on - and the point, when you start to think about a 'still to do list' is a sure sign you're getting there!!!

Cheers,
Jan
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Posted: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 - 02:47 PM UTC

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Wow, that long ladder looks like some challenging work to keep it straight! Great job and very interesting approach

Very nice to see some color on - and the point, when you start to think about a 'still to do list' is a sure sign you're getting there!!!

Cheers,
Jan


I was actually thinking the same thing Jan... but I fear the last few things are going to take quite a while.. Just the Carley floats will take a while getting the rope right I am sure.. Or I could use the kit ones which are surprisingly good.

Cheers
Warren
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Posted: Saturday, February 13, 2016 - 12:03 PM UTC
Hello everyone.

Another update on the weekend that was. This covers a few days/nights but is not too big as work has got a little fiddly at the moment.

First up was the first of the 16ft dinghys the Snowberry carried. The first step was to clean up some small bulges along the top of the dinghy to allow the PE top to stick properly. Bit hard to solder brass to resin..



Sorry that one is a little blurry but I am sure you get the idea. And with the clamps removed..



Then I started on the interior and had to bend this fragile bit first..



I actually had to ask Mr Parkins how this piece was to be bent as I couldn't see a second set of bend marks. But I finally worked it out..

Then I had to glue some pieces to either end..



And then I painted the interior of the dinghy..



Not sure if brown is 100% correct (as I don't have any period colour photos) but it will do for the moment.

Here is the finished floor of the dinghy..



And then some thwarts (is that the right name for seats?)



Next up we have a picture of one of the kits liferafts. These don't look too bad to me once they are cleaned up..



But not good enough for this build so I started on the rectangular Carley floats I ordered. First you have to laminate 4 pieces to form the floor..



Then you glue it at about half depth of the sides..



Here they are together. Which one do you think is upside down?



And that's it for now.

Cheers
Warren
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Posted: Sunday, February 14, 2016 - 10:12 AM UTC
Hi Warren,

well, I think I see what you were saying there with lots of work ahead for the dinghy and the carley floats... while a 16 foot dinghy is two parts max, maybe some rows added, in 1/350, it's a little model of its own in 1/72 - wow.

But once more, very nice work! I'm sure the extra work you put into the carley floats will pay off in the end, huge difference to the kit's parts!

Cheers,
Jan
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Posted: Sunday, February 14, 2016 - 10:26 AM UTC

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Hi Warren,

well, I think I see what you were saying there with lots of work ahead for the dinghy and the carley floats... while a 16 foot dinghy is two parts max, maybe some rows added, in 1/350, it's a little model of its own in 1/72 - wow.

But once more, very nice work! I'm sure the extra work you put into the carley floats will pay off in the end, huge difference to the kit's parts!

Cheers,
Jan


Thanks Jan.

Hopefully I won't stuff them up and they will come out looking fine.

Cheers and thanks
Warren
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Posted: Sunday, February 14, 2016 - 01:58 PM UTC
As always: excellent stuff Mr Inman!

The level of detail is astounding in this scale... glad i only build wing thingies in it
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Posted: Monday, February 15, 2016 - 12:57 AM UTC

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As always: excellent stuff Mr Inman!

The level of detail is astounding in this scale... glad i only build wing thingies in it


Thanks Russell.

I too build wing thingies in this scale but not for a while now. But I have lots in the stash..

Time for a very small update after yesterday afternoon's efforts. First up I added the thwarts and floor to the 16ft dinghy..



And I may have made a little mistake here.. I was looking at the AOTS book and could not see the strakes on the outside of the dinghy's hull, but I could see some in pictures of HMCS Sackville. So I decided to put one on either side rather than two, BUT should these have been om the inside of the hull rather than the outside seeing they are called bildge keels?






I am sure I will get my answer here.

Cheers
Warren
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Posted: Monday, February 15, 2016 - 01:19 AM UTC
Outside the hull is correct - they provide extra stability

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Posted: Monday, February 15, 2016 - 01:21 AM UTC

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As always: excellent stuff Mr Inman!

The level of detail is astounding in this scale... glad i only build wing thingies in it


Thanks Russell.

I too build wing thingies in this scale but not for a while now. But I have lots in the stash..

Time for a very small update after yesterday afternoon's efforts. First up I added the thwarts and floor to the 16ft dinghy..

And I may have made a little mistake here.. I was looking at the AOTS book and could not see the strakes on the outside of the dinghy's hull, but I could see some in pictures of HMCS Sackville. So I decided to put one on either side rather than two, BUT should these have been om the inside of the hull rather than the outside seeing they are called bildge keels?

I am sure I will get my answer here.

Cheers
Warren


Ah yes: Mr Airfix keeps releasing all these great new winged kits and my stash has gone berserk in the last year or so, so I have been building some of them to keep 'her indoors' happy

Not sure if the brass should go inside or outside of the dinghy, but if they are 'bilge keels' they definitely should be on the outside
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Posted: Monday, February 15, 2016 - 10:21 AM UTC
Thanks Dave.
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Posted: Monday, February 15, 2016 - 10:23 AM UTC
I was once a 'nothing but 1/72' person before I had my 2 decade hiatus while travelling around the country with the RAAF. Then I discovered the bigger scales but haven't built a wingy thing for years now.
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Posted: Monday, February 15, 2016 - 10:24 AM UTC
Warren,

as I said before - another model inside the model great work on your dinghy! As for the PE bilge keels - I would agree with the others. They look reasonable as they are positioned, though I can't say it for sure or proof it.

Cheers,
Jan
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Posted: Monday, February 15, 2016 - 10:34 AM UTC

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Warren,

as I said before - another model inside the model great work on your dinghy! As for the PE bilge keels - I would agree with the others. They look reasonable as they are positioned, though I can't say it for sure or proof it.

Cheers,
Jan


Thanks Jan.
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Posted: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 - 02:13 AM UTC
Warren where did you get the clear plastic bar clamps you used in the assembly of the hull.
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Posted: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 - 12:11 PM UTC

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Warren where did you get the clear plastic bar clamps you used in the assembly of the hull.


Hello Thomas.

They are made by Berna and are called multi-clamps. They are available in a few sizes and fairly widely. Sorry but I can't remember where I got them many moons ago.

Cheers
Warren
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Posted: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 - 03:05 PM UTC
A quick update before I go overseas on a cruise.

But first I have to meet my brother for the first time and then afterwards attend the Clipsal 500 motor race in Adelaide.

First up, the bildge strakes are in place..



As is the rudder..





Of course that top part has broken off once already.

Then I decided to assemble my new tools organiser..



Which I managed to assemble totally backward at first..

And the things holding it together are the magnetic parts of a magnetic alignment jig I picked up from the USA.



And that is it for tonight. I might get a short blog in tomorrow. Will see how busy I am.

Cheers
Warren
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Posted: Saturday, February 20, 2016 - 02:41 PM UTC
Hmmm... overseas for a holiday eh??? And a cruise no less???

half your luck mate-enjoy!
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Posted: Sunday, February 21, 2016 - 06:40 AM UTC
Warreni
What adhesive did you glue the deck down, is it waterproof, as my corvette will be radio controlled. And the adhesive has to be waterproof.
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Posted: Monday, February 22, 2016 - 10:20 AM UTC
Very nice work on the dinghy, Warren and enjoy your leave and your cruise!!

I got me a 'paint organizer' from that very same company some time ago, the thing is really nice and does a good job keeping paint bottles off my bench - but I managed to build it entirely wrong at first as well...

Cheers,
Jan
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Posted: Sunday, March 06, 2016 - 11:03 AM UTC
Hello Everyone out there in MSW land.

I am back from my fortnight off and have done a little more on the dinghy and life rafts.

First up, thanks Jan for your kind words. Glad to hear someone else got it back-to-front as I did. Shows that sometimes I am not paying enough attention to what I am doing.

But enough of that. Its time for some more Corvette pics... well the dinghy and life rafts belonging to it anyway. I painted the wooden slats of the life rafts in white before realising that they should probably be wooden colour..



I did paint them later. Next up I have painted the hull of one of the dinghys..



And finally, here are a couple of ship's wheels I forgot I had that came with a PE set I got from one of the people on this forum. He designed his own PE and got it etched elsewhere..

[img]http://i374.photobucket.com/albums/oo184/warreni21/flower%20b5_1.jpg[/img

That's all for now. Am still trying to work out how to do the ropes on the life rats. I am flummoxed at the moment.

Cheers
Warren
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Posted: Sunday, March 06, 2016 - 02:17 PM UTC
welcome back Warren,
those rafts look very sharp though I wouldn't want to spend too much time in one them bobbing up and down. I can why they needed ropes, probably the only thing to hang on to.

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Michael
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