by CarlLinkenbagh » Thu Jul 25, 2019 4:58 am
Here are some current photos. Building model ships is a great hobby for the time of year when it gets too dark and too cold too soon after work to do much else in the evenings. We're well into the Canberra winter and I'm already looking forward to the warmer spring and summer months.
Fortunately, BEZZAVETNYY is much smaller than FRUNZE. She fits nicely onto my dining room table without also taking up the majority of my living space. The Kirov was a great project, but I must admit I am loving working on a ship that's smaller, easier to handle and far less complicated.
Over the last couple of weeks I've completed all woodwork on the main deck and AX and waterproofed it with resin. Also been preparing the hull for the next major phase of the build, which is superstructure construction. I always enjoy this part of the build process the most. Methodically analysing the plans and photos followed by measuring, cutting and fitting the styrene superstructure piece by piece with a good movie, some music or a podcast in the background sends me to my happy place. It's during this time that she starts to take on her basic form and you get a sense of what she'll ultimately become.
The Krivak 1 design has 6 seperate structures on the main deck. They're all different shapes and sizes designed for very specific purposes. I'm working from the stern to the bow getting these major building blocks in place, over which the rest of the finer detail will be added. For this build I'm doing things slightly differently by adding in 3D printed structural elements into the styrene superstructure, which is something I haven't done before. It works quite well though.
I've also started adding some of Allan's beautiful fittings including the AX capstans and bollards, aft gun turrets, SA-N-4 ASM launcher and the twin quad heavyweight torpedo tube mounts, which include a 3D printed mount underneath.
Even though I've built one of these ships previously, the build is still challenging me every step of the way. I've really had to think about things a lot and do just as much planning. As usual I don't always get it right and I've had to back track and do some re-work. But it's good fun all the same.
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Here are some current photos. Building model ships is a great hobby for the time of year when it gets too dark and too cold too soon after work to do much else in the evenings. We're well into the Canberra winter and I'm already looking forward to the warmer spring and summer months.
Fortunately, BEZZAVETNYY is much smaller than FRUNZE. She fits nicely onto my dining room table without also taking up the majority of my living space. The Kirov was a great project, but I must admit I am loving working on a ship that's smaller, easier to handle and far less complicated.
Over the last couple of weeks I've completed all woodwork on the main deck and AX and waterproofed it with resin. Also been preparing the hull for the next major phase of the build, which is superstructure construction. I always enjoy this part of the build process the most. Methodically analysing the plans and photos followed by measuring, cutting and fitting the styrene superstructure piece by piece with a good movie, some music or a podcast in the background sends me to my happy place. It's during this time that she starts to take on her basic form and you get a sense of what she'll ultimately become.
The Krivak 1 design has 6 seperate structures on the main deck. They're all different shapes and sizes designed for very specific purposes. I'm working from the stern to the bow getting these major building blocks in place, over which the rest of the finer detail will be added. For this build I'm doing things slightly differently by adding in 3D printed structural elements into the styrene superstructure, which is something I haven't done before. It works quite well though.
I've also started adding some of Allan's beautiful fittings including the AX capstans and bollards, aft gun turrets, SA-N-4 ASM launcher and the twin quad heavyweight torpedo tube mounts, which include a 3D printed mount underneath.
Even though I've built one of these ships previously, the build is still challenging me every step of the way. I've really had to think about things a lot and do just as much planning. As usual I don't always get it right and I've had to back track and do some re-work. But it's good fun all the same.