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#4470814 - 04/17/19 05:08 AM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: Ajay]  
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Just curious. Full size would have put the stripe on first with no masking. and then masked the line to the width required.


There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB.
The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed.
There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
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#4470819 - 04/17/19 08:41 AM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: Ajay]  
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I was undecided about the line placement so left it until last, basically procrastinating smile In the end it came out fine, i love this brush!


Masked and ready to go, very thin coats with about a minute in between.


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All done, now it just needs some small touch ups and a clear coat before weathering.



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#4470821 - 04/17/19 09:13 AM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: Ajay]  
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Looking good. cheers


There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB.
The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed.
There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
#4470863 - 04/17/19 01:37 PM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: Ajay]  
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Wow that looks great.


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#4470885 - 04/17/19 04:24 PM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: Ajay]  
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Anyone know anything about the wedge on the bow ?


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#4470888 - 04/17/19 04:38 PM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: oldgrognard]  
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Originally Posted by oldgrognard
Anyone know anything about the wedge on the bow ?



I would assume that is where the paravane towing cables would attach, but I don't know why it is shaped so unhydrodynamically.


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#4470954 - 04/18/19 01:07 AM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: Ajay]  
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Yep, paravane mount. I need to drill out those two small holes. I wasn't going to bother but i think it needs to be done.


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#4471141 - 04/19/19 11:37 AM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: Ajay]  
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Ponto decking. These are a cool addition that will make the model look much better than i could have via painting. The kit comes in two sections, fore and aft. I cut the the longer fore section into three pieces as there is no way i was going to apply it all in one large chunk. The deck in the kit is in three sections as well so it would have had to have at least one cut. I had already done the front section down without any pictures as i just wanted to concentrate on not mucking it up. Here is the the one large piece cut into three, the breakwater seemed the obvious place to slice it at the front.


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Peeling it is a slowish process. You have to run a nice blade around the pre cut lines as there is still a fair bit of grab and it is fairly thin material with a some fine pieces that need to stay attached. Some of the cut outs you remove for deck hatches etc are also very close to the edges leaving only a sliver of the material next to another cut out. Slow and steady wins the race.


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The rear of it is super sticky. I learned with the first one to just maneuver it around with the knife edge for least contact. Getting fingers on it is like a fly in a fly trap although the material is fairly flexible to work with. Sort of like balsa.


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Laying it down is as simple as lining up one end and then working down, from the middle out to the edges so it isn't too tight in the middle which will result in it lifting later on. I just had to make sure my mark 1 eyeball was keyed in before doing the final placement. It will pull up if just resting on there but once it is down it's fairly well down for good.



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Once it is down i use the back edge of the blade and some paint brush ends to get the small pieces sitting down firmly. There will be some extra clean up of that small stuff and some of the excess edging around hatches and such. I need to see if i can slide some slivers in to fill those gaps either side of the turret in front of the AA casement. I'll let it settle for a couple of days before i play with it any more first.



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I'm wondering what sort of wash to use on this and whether it will need a coat of clear sealer beforehand. It looks way too pristine and bright, anyone have any suggestions for what sort of woody colour i should be looking at? I'm thinking just to darken it a tad without ...going overboard..sorry, that was terrible.


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#4471151 - 04/19/19 12:55 PM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: Ajay]  
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Looking great!


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#4471155 - 04/19/19 01:23 PM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: Ajay]  
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Ajay, check this vid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAImHvckWOU

He's doing a good job imitading dark, old wood there.

#4471195 - 04/19/19 04:59 PM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: Ajay]  
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That deck is amazing. Great work getting it lined up so perfectly. I'd be terrified of that!


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#4471216 - 04/19/19 07:41 PM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: Ajay]  
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Looks amazing Ajay.

nearest I've come to that is making the knifes you are using, well an older model of it anyway, to fill in some time between contracts I worked for an engineering company and one of my jobs was to make those knifes, the handle the collet and insert, made roughly 300,000 of them smile all hand turned on a lathe, mind numbing work but it paid for my flying lessons biggrin


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#4471282 - 04/20/19 02:04 AM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: Ajay]  
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Plasmo, man that dude is everywhere wirh his awesome work. I've got a ton of oils here i can use, i'll see what i can whack up.


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#4471295 - 04/20/19 08:14 AM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: Ajay]  
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RN decks, along with many other navies were traditionally holystoned.

Pale, almost white decks with black tar in the gaps is the normal appearance.

#4471306 - 04/20/19 11:46 AM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: Ajay]  
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In wartime some warship decks were painted blue.


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#4471316 - 04/20/19 01:54 PM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: Ajay]  
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On HMS Nelson the deck colour varied.

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#4471387 - 04/21/19 02:58 PM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: Ajay]  
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Sweet, nice pic, cheers.


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#4471388 - 04/21/19 03:01 PM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: goon]  
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Originally Posted by goon
That deck is amazing. Great work getting it lined up so perfectly. I'd be terrified of that!



I was Goon! I put it off for a bit but by the time i was doing the rear section you get a hang for how much you can work it.


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Looks amazing Ajay.

nearest I've come to that is making the knifes you are using, well an older model of it anyway, to fill in some time between contracts I worked for an engineering company and one of my jobs was to make those knifes, the handle the collet and insert, made roughly 300,000 of them smile all hand turned on a lathe, mind numbing work but it paid for my flying lessons biggrin


Cheers Alicatt, sounds draining, i imagine that sort of job is all done by machine and software these days?


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#4471391 - 04/21/19 03:46 PM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: Ajay]  
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It is. Had a job once drilling holes in round bar using a lathe. Was 2" (aluminum) and 6" (steel). Sometimes had to tap them as well. The 6" was on machine from WW2.


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There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
#4471533 - 04/22/19 08:45 PM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: Ajay]  
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Originally Posted by Ajay
Cheers Alicatt, sounds draining, i imagine that sort of job is all done by machine and software these days?

The company had 12 bar fed automatic lathes making all those tiny little brass screws that you find in plugs and sockets in the UK, it was a contract for MK, we put out about 500k screws every week, we did not have any CNC machines they were al mechanical and driven by custom made cams and a mixture of mechanics and pneumatics.
The knife handles were done by hand on lathe and capstan lathe, aluminium was really quite abrasive and it blunted the tools quite quickly.


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