1/144 Kiev by Dave Wooley

[Sean Hert]

Dave- very nice! I am inspired!

But, not to be a pain, but the pics show more ribs on the bases than you have on yours, Is this intentional?

[Dave Wooley]

Thanks for posting those close shots of your tools. I have learned a lot from all the builds here. I saw the name Olfa on the compass cutter after a second look and found their website. How thick of styrene have you cut with that compass cutter?

Hello Mike The largest diameter styrene tube i've been able to cut is 20mm .
Dave Wooley

[Dave Wooley]

Dave- very nice! I am inspired!

But, not to be a pain, but the pics show more ribs on the bases than you have on yours, Is this intentional?

Hi Sean Yes You are quite right. The reason for this is two fold . On one side of the mounting there is an inspection hatch which I really had no idea of size. Secondly and perhaps wrongly the ribs up the side of the mounting , with the thickness of section I have would have looked out of place if I'd included the two extra ribs. The making of the four AK 630s shown took about an hour . It's the pattern that takes the time.
Dave Wooley

[nick]

Amazing!!!!

[Sean Hert]

The reason for this is two fold . On one side of the mounting there is an inspection hatch which I really had no idea of size. Secondly and perhaps wrongly the ribs up the side of the mounting , with the thickness of section I have would have looked out of place if I'd included the two extra ribs. The making of the four AK 630s shown took about an hour . It's the pattern that takes the time.
Dave Wooley

Thanks for the reply!

I don't know if this helps, but here is a pic I took of the inspection hatch on the Hiddensee last year-

(Full size- http://www.modelwarships.com/features/w ... 30-03.html)

[Dave Wooley]

Hi Sean problem now solved. Thanks for your help but it's back to the drawing board ?
Dave Wooley

[russclark]

hi dave. nice work on the guns,gives me an option for 57and100mm guns on jb

[gtb -red]

Hi Dave, ever think about building a 1/144 Supercarrier? Nice work man!

[Kiwimedic]

Hi Dave
I have been looking at your build.
For a "Carrier" It is a very busy ship indeed.
As usual it is perfect.
Will you finish in time?


Regards
Phil.

[Dave Wooley]

Hi Phil evey item excepting the WT doors and ships rails are scratch built so progress at times can be quite good but more often than not it all reduced to a crawl . Just completed the aerial arrays around the superstructure and like most of the build they required a degree of lateral thinking.
Dave Wooley

[Dave Wooley]

It�s been a while since any posts but progress has been made .
This post deals with scratch building the Base Tilt fire control
radar for the 30mm CIWS.
Evergreen styrene tube the basic components of the Base Tilt fire control radar.

The next stage was to form the convex face of the radar using P38 fillers.

All the parts for one Base Tilt cut to size and ready to be assembled

Before assembly a more refined shape was required that matched the
drawings and the parts are cut to size and placed in position.

The top panel is fired in to the general shape.

Parts ready for assembly

Multiple Base Tilt ready for assembly

Progressive assembly


The base

Taking shape




4 completed Base Tilt fire control with the AK630 30mm in the back ground

Base Tilt and 2- 30mm CIWS mounted temporarily on the port sponson

[ARH]

Brilliant Dave, a lot of work for just a small part,

[Laurent]

Nice work indeed , as is the methodology !

Laurent

[Jefgte]

Always nice scratch Dave...always




Jef

[J. Soca]

Impressive indeed !!!

[gtb -red]

Your just good man!!

[Dave Wooley]

Thanks for all your kind comments. Pressing on with the rails around the superstructure , it's now starting to look busy . More posts to come .
Dave Wooley

[Dave Wooley]

More progress
Gordon Brookes Russian type WT door PE at 1:144 scale

The WT doors PE in place

Side vents from Evergreen plastic sheet cut to size and temporally placed
into position

Vent covers in place . These will be removed for painting

A start has been made on fitting the Russian type 4 bar rails . many
of the platforms on Kiev are 4 bar. The upper platform is 3 bar.

One section of rail is cut but not fitted as it would be difficult to re- fit
the vents at a later stage if this rail were in place.

Viewing the same position but looking aft .

Looking from above, radars everywhere .

The island superstructure thus far . There remains many more smaller
pieces of detail to add before the first coat of paint can be applied.

Dave Wooley

[ARH]

Coming along very nicely Dave,

[Sean Hert]

Wow.

I'm sooo jealous....