More on Ark Royal. The hull has now been fixed on its base.
I could finally add all the parts that normally fly into my resident black hole if I keep handling the hull.
And now I could build up the large wave which was always present when AR would turn into the wind to launch aircraft. She would really dive into a swell.
The hull has been put aside for now and I am working on the island and the various radars. After a full evening' work I had one fore mast.
It is interesting how different Peter Hall of Atlantic Models' approach to designing PE structures as compared to other manufacturers.
About a year ago I spent a few weeks building the island and radars of an Orange Hobby Hermes, a ship very similar in design to Ark Royal.
Orange Hobby gives you a massive amount of PE with deep fold lines to make sure you glue everything in the right place.
This looks nice but as many parts are attached to others on the photo etch fret any small mistake in folding has a tendency to multiply in the rest of the stucture.
This meant for a non professional builder like me that after lots of effort I had to live with a main mast that is somewhat skewed to starboard and many smaller sub-parts thst had to be cut off and re-attached. Atlantic models' masts and radars have only a few parts directly attached and leaves it to the modeler to keep everything aligned to each other.
Both approaches have their advantages and disadvantages but so far I'm feeling less burned out with the Ark Royal kit than with Hermes. Hermes will be finished. In a few years.
More on Ark Royal. The hull has now been fixed on its base.
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I could finally add all the parts that normally fly into my resident black hole if I keep handling the hull.
And now I could build up the large wave which was always present when AR would turn into the wind to launch aircraft. She would really dive into a swell.
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The hull has been put aside for now and I am working on the island and the various radars. After a full evening' work I had one fore mast.
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It is interesting how different Peter Hall of Atlantic Models' approach to designing PE structures as compared to other manufacturers.
About a year ago I spent a few weeks building the island and radars of an Orange Hobby Hermes, a ship very similar in design to Ark Royal.
Orange Hobby gives you a massive amount of PE with deep fold lines to make sure you glue everything in the right place.
This looks nice but as many parts are attached to others on the photo etch fret any small mistake in folding has a tendency to multiply in the rest of the stucture.
This meant for a non professional builder like me that after lots of effort I had to live with a main mast that is somewhat skewed to starboard and many smaller sub-parts thst had to be cut off and re-attached. Atlantic models' masts and radars have only a few parts directly attached and leaves it to the modeler to keep everything aligned to each other.
Both approaches have their advantages and disadvantages but so far I'm feeling less burned out with the Ark Royal kit than with Hermes. Hermes will be finished. In a few years.
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