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Now the moment of truth did the masking do its job?

It looks promising

The larger flat areas worked well for masking but the narrower passageways
and platforms require the brush and a steady hand . Each of the side globes and rails
have been removed to make painting less problematic.

The after bridge has yet to be fitted.

There remains many fittings to be put into place but these two photos give
some idea of how the superstructure is developing. { glazing can now be done at any time }



I�m still building parts and fittings for the hull and finishing off the finer detailing
on a number of other half finished fittings . More on these next time.
The more I do the more I want to do?
Dave Wooley

YOU ARE INSANE!!!

And cool at the same time

Looks awesome.


Mitch

mitchell300 wrote:
YOU ARE INSANE!!!

And cool at the same time

Looks awesome.


Mitch

Thank you Mitch for your kind comments , I'm getting there!
Dave Wooley

simply amazing job.

Looks great, Dave. Top Notch! Or shall I say, Top Gun! Still can't get over the radars. They must take a while to do....... I am working on the a/c for Santee....Slow process. Like you...Lot's of hand painting...

Pretty amazing indeed. And the size!!! I see that cutter standing next to it. Never thought it was really that big in 1/144! Great project and very clean painting. Are you going to do everything with airbrush? Or do you do some handpainting too? I was intending to do my FLYCO by hand, but apparently you also do that by airbrush...

WooW! That�s not only ship modelling, that�s really artwork! Thank you for your report and the "how-to" photos! Schiffsmodellbauschule Meisterklasse by Dave;-)

Best regards from Dortmund!

Joachim

Dave, if i ever get on shore whit the dutch navy at liverpool.
Can i see her then?

Mitch

If I can get away with air brushing then I'll go for it . But as Bill says with his Santee lots of hand painting and at times the brush is the only way to get certain parts of the vessel painted. Mitch if you are paying a cordial visit to Liverpool please look me up you will be made very welcome. Once again thanks for all your support. As Bill and ARH know only to well large scale models particularly those built from scratch can take on a life of their own and the big question is were to draw the line. The SS-N-12 loading carriage is one of the more challenging fittings which I'm keen to attempt to build.
Dave Wooley

She's just coming along beautifully, Dave - the island's looking almost done, and the edging and deck look wicked.

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH

ITS PERFECT!!!!

Ssiiiiiiighh !!!!!!

I dream of paint and the day I start using it!

Well done Dave!
It will be hard to leave the workshop in the evenings now!
Yet another wonderful D.W. build is nearing completion.
Still not finished yet though.


Regards
Philip

Dave what can I add to all these comments.
Well here is one not mentioned.

Your giving me real enthusiasm to work on my model and seen here how simple you make it makes me want to do even more.

Thanks and looking forward to plenty more posts.

Dave, What self respecting modeller would mask off there model with THE DAILY MAIL, you know its paper thin, you should be using THE FINACIAL TIMES.

The models looking FAB, power to your elbow.

Truly amazing work! Yours is one of the works of art I was referring to on my post. Looking forward to updates and more raising of the bar.

As mentioned I�m having to make a move back to finishing off a number of fittings.
First off the second of the two Head Light illuminator radars. This was very
briefly discussed on page 15 when preparing the first of these two arrays . Now
a little more detailed photo record of how the second phase of the construction
of this fitting was undertaken which was not covered earlier.
Just to recap here is a photo of one of the units aboard Kiev.

A reminder of the parts that had to be constructed prior to moving on to phase
two the assembly of the parts and the soldering of the frame work that holds the
smaller two dishes above the main array.
The main pillar

One of two pannier side boxes

Two of the larger main reflectors .

The support frame work is made up of two sections , back and front. The front
will slope backwards and as such is slightly longer than the back frame .
The general dimensions were lifted from the drawing and using the various
photos the position of the cross members was determined. Also I had the first
Head Light radar as a guide. Some constructional improvements could also be made.
Each of the measurements were marked onto the soldering board and the
respective lengths of 0.31 brass wire cut to size and taped into position so ALL the
joints could be soldered together . As mentioned in previous pages this method worked well .

Soldering being undertaken . Each joint was prepared by cleaning and applying flux .


Each frame was removed from the board ready for cleaning.

Cleaning can be tricky and requires great care . I use medium wet and dry for
the joints { whilst on the board} and a fine tooth brush bathed in a mild cleaning
agent or even washing up liquid will do the job for general cleaning { to remove excess flux } .

The main pillar and side boxes in place

Holes were made in each corner of the side boxes ready to accept the front
and back frames and thankfully they fit. Now the work begins

Dave Wooley more to come

Youre hands can be used to make magic.

Mitch

As a departure from the first Head Light radar each of the cross members
were cut to size and bonded into place using cynoacralate { metal} and
not soldered. As all of the strength is in the front and back frames.

A small litho platform for each of the two upper two arrays was added to
the top of the frame work .

With the frame work in place the next part of this mini build was to cut out from
.50mm styrene each of the stabilizing sails and formed around each sail was .31mm brass wire.

The wire frame and sails ready to be fitted to each side box.

Each sail fitted into place

The support struts added to the rear of the sails .

Using a leather punch on .25 styrene sheet to form the circular panel that will
fit at the bottom of the side box .

This particular tool is very useful in cutting and forming various sizes of small
styrene discs that are to small for the compass cutter.


This is where the disk is fitted.

Dave Wooley more to follow

living and learning...
your soldering work is simply and efficacy. i like it.
and the tool for small discs i never think how i can solve my problems of small discs
now you use this tool and have a great efficacy.
great work

Brilliant work also extremely educational posts.