The Ship Model Forum

DrPR wrote:Pascal,

Is the 200 liter drum open at both ends

No,

If possible, the contents of the drum were unloaded on the quayside.



There seemed to be a rubbish chute at the back of some T2s.



That's the way things are on board now.

https://maritimecyprus.com/2017/08/24/a ... h-01-2018/

BB62vet wrote:Pascal,

Your progress is quite excellent - lots of detail! You seem to have a knack for getting the hull work done and quickly. I do realize, however, that you've spent quite a bit of time developing the entire project - nice progress!!!

Hank

Tks Hank!

3D development was fairly rapid. But I made 3 copies, two of which had to be mounted in different ways, which took a bit longer.
I started at the beginning of Nov 2023, which I think is quite short.

The latest design and 3D printing for this ship. The bridge "spotlight", which is also used to illuminate the bridge, can be rotated. It is also used to launch the lifeboat at night. This type of lamp operates on 24 volts or 48 volts DC from the emergency lighting battery circuit in the event of a blackout.

We'll still have to design and print the plaques describing the name of the ship and the plaque commemorating the shipwreck for the display case.

https://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes ... l/photo/18


The two copies of the ship are almost finished now, it's just a matter of an hour or two's work to put the finishing touches to them.

The two examples of this pretty coaster are now finished.

All that's left to do are the plaques, the supports and the display cases to protect them quickly from dust.

I'll take better photos later.

It's been a great adventure and a challenge for me! Thanks to Roland and Nick for your help and to all those who have provided exceptional, often personal, documents (I haven't published everything, because of the families involved).

Thanks to Jim Baumann for his advice. And to the others who have encouraged me in this project by following the subject.

That was really fast ... what a pity that it is all over already ...

I really like the 'weathered' one, it looks so life-like

Thank you for following and encouraging me, Wefalck.

7 November 2023 - "This project should be completed very quickly, a "Flash" project."

It was, completed in about 4 months and 7 days.

The fact that I had to make 3 examples, one of which wasn't built, for 'stock', delayed me a bit, but I've learned quite a lot so that I can improve the next projects and better finish the current ones, particularly the 'SS Delphine', while the battleship Bretagne is also at the finalisation stage.

Other projects are at the documentation stage, such as the 1:100 scale Shell Welder, for which I'm waiting for plans from the shipyard.

The Rouen pilot boat "Le Mascaret" is a special project for 2 reasons, it was built at the same Duchesne et Bossi�re yard in Le Havre ( Harfleur ) as the Blythe Star ( Ex Tandik ) build number 101, 1955, I was surprised to realise this after the Blythe Star project started.



The Mascaret has build number 154, Plan 1960-61.

Picture from a friend : �Alain Mingam Photographe : https://evene-lefigaro-fr.translate.goo ... r_pto=wapp


The second is that my father, who is now deceased (2014), was chief engineer on board. He first sailed on her in Oct 1966 until she was sold and replaced by cheaper and more efficient pilot boats.

I spent a lot of time on board during my childhood, sometimes doing 'the tide' as we used to say, spending the day on the roadstead, in the bay of the Seine, when the boat served the pilot ships going up or down the Seine towards Rouen. A bygone era.



I've got a nice bundle of original plans to scan that my father picked up when he sold the boat.







It's all very exciting, of course, and layout is a great passion, but it's also time-consuming. I'm never bored, and that's the main thing!

Reproduction of the plaque from the sailors' memorial in Tasmania.

http://seafarersmemorial.org.au/memoria ... e_star.php

It will be glued to the support of the ship in the display case.

I haven't found the type of christening plate that is usually oval from the Duschesne and Bossi�re shipyards to make a reproduction, so I'll have to make something up.

It's a bit stressful to place the coaster on its final support and screw it onto the pillars - it's always a delicate moment when everything can change in a split second to a scene of horror.

That 'brass'-plaque looks really professional. How did you do it? 3D-print, painted black and then the raised parts in brass?

Lately I only built waterline models, where this is not so critical, but I normally prepare the models for mounting from day 1 on, and mount them onto a temporary board for ease of moving around without damage. The board is so big that it envelopes the total footprint of the model including any protruding items - for safety. Transfer to the final mounting then is relatively simple and done as soon as it is convenient and further work on the model entails little risk of damage to the final mounting. Adds to the peace of mind

That's right, it's 3D for the plate.

Revell 9 anthracite black paint, and I used AK453 old bronze which looks good.
I applied it with a stamp of my own making, a piece of felt from a round stamp that you usually put under the legs of furniture or other objects.
I flame it with a lighter to burn off any protruding hairs, and I use the round part to dab on the paint, so it doesn't spill over onto the black.
I buy quite a few on Amazon, because it doesn't cost anything there. I stick them under the model supports too.
https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B09J1YV9FF


The weathered version is finished, with the Australian flag to be glued on and the rear anodes to be painted.























Both of them:

Filthy good

When, as an 12 year-old I had to paint the label for my Revell BEAGLE and was struggling with the gold paint running all over, my father bought me a sachet of gold-bronze pigment, so that I could paint the label in black, spread the pigment in a thin layer on a sheet of paper and then cautiously dab the lable vertically into it. That worked very well.

I recently bought some thin and smooth rubber foam with the view to make tampons for applying paint with it. That could be an alternative to felt. I actually wanted to use if for tampon-printing by 'engraving' the motif using the laser-printer, but it could be used just as a flexible stamp to apply paint. Punch a rondelle and stick it to a piece of dowel-rod.

The puzzle of these two models is progressing...

2 key rings from the Duchesne & Bossi�re yard, bought from private owners, in real brass, they're superb.

I need to find a third for the Rouen pilot boat Le Mascaret, built shortly afterwards in the same Le Havre yard (next project).

The key-rings are beautiful
....and complement the great model ..... errr.....greatly!

Cheers
JB