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[quote="Jabberwock"]Have been looking at some of the other builds in this section, think I'll give up and take up gardening or something. Absolutely stunning! Anyway, back to my humble offering. I have attached the PE and torpedo net shelf to the hull and super-deck, and have primed them both (details to follow), so I thought I would start on some of the ship details, namely the 12 pounder armament utilising a couple of the add-on 'goodies'. The Trumpeter secondary guns are not actually that bad. I have seen far worse attempts. [attachment=9]Trumpeters offering.jpg[/attachment] But with this build I wanted to go down the route of adding extra detail and challenging myself to improve my modelling skills. Hence this add-on:- [attachment=8]North Star 12 pounders.jpg[/attachment] Included in the Pontos set is a packet containing brass barrels for both the main armament and the 12 pounders, but I read somewhere on here that the main barrels were not accurate. Consequently, I looked around and found a Master Barrel set at a giveaway price so purchased those. On comparing the two, I see no real difference other than the material from which they are made, brass from Pontos, aluminium (with an 'i') from Master. However, there is a noticeable difference between the smaller barrels:- [attachment=7]Pontos or Master Barrel.jpg[/attachment] The picture may be slightly misleading, but to the eye there is a definite difference between them. The Master barrel (on the right) is far superior, much finer and the surface finish is quite smooth, the Pontos ones are really quite roughly turned, so I obviously decided to use the Masters. Onto the guns themselves, North Stars' product is very nicely moulded, the only problem area is the barrels, but as they are being replaced anyway that minor let-down is not a big issue. The instruction sheet shows the correct pattern for the pivot under the centre of the gun which slots into the mounting. [attachment=6]Mountings on the left.jpg[/attachment] The barrels need removing and this was carried out extremely carefully, first by fitting a new blade and then lightly scoring along the lines of where the barrel and range finders meet, top and bottom 15-20 times, using no pressure at all, just the weight of the knife is sufficient. Similarly at the bottom which I believe is the recoil mechanism, to then allow the resin barrel to be removed. Once the above details are separated, the point of the knife is pushed in at the joint of the barrel at the three open areas, avoiding the detail. [attachment=5]Barrels detached.jpg[/attachment] On detaching the remainder of the mechanism from the resin sprue, every time you try to cut the gun off the sprue, the nicely formed pivot breaks off. Despite care, the attachment point is obviously weak. The first one I managed to connect to the deck mounting OK with CA, but the next one just would not stay in position, even with the thin, quick-setting CA and just drooped. With 20-odd of these required I had to ensure that they are going to be sufficiently strong enough to be put in place on the ship. I decided to form a new pivot. Using brass rod, I found that the hole in the mounting was 0.5mm so I used 0.4mm because when cut off, the end of the rod flares out and would then be bigger than 0.5mm. The requisite area on the gun was cleaned off and a hole drilled out to accept the rod. [attachment=4]Hole drilled and rod ready.jpg[/attachment] [attachment=3]Brass rod to length.jpg[/attachment] As long as care is taken, it is pretty straightforward to carry out, and gives that added strength required. [attachment=2]Where's my barrel!.jpg[/attachment] [attachment=1]Ready to mount.jpg[/attachment] I also added the WEM side details as this includes the firing cables dangling down. Six completed so far, I must calculate how many I need! [attachment=0]First one completed.jpg[/attachment] Thanks for viewing, I hope that by showing you what I have done here, someone, somewhere will benefit from this method. Any comments gratefully received. Cheers, Jabb[/quote]

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Topic review - 1/350 Trumpeter 1918 HMS Dreadnought + extras

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Phil R

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Re: 1/350 Trumpeter 1918 HMS Dreadnought + extras

Fantastic build ! :thumbs_up_1:

Cheers Phil

Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2016 4:52 am

clogger

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Thankyou so much for the extremely helpful information! Great work.

Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2016 4:25 pm

Daytona675R

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Jabb, what a result! Thank you for all the rigging tips and advices.

Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2016 11:40 am

Joe Simon

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Congratulations. You did a great job on this! Pretty fast too!

Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2016 12:46 pm

Thomas E. Johnson

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Bloody fantastic model!!!!! :thumbs_up_1:

Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2016 10:49 am

Jabberwock

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Continued from previous post.

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Thank you all for viewing my build log, your kind comments and support.

Hope I helped a few!

Cheers, Jabb

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 5:33 pm

Jabberwock

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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 5:28 pm

Jabberwock

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Thank you all!

Here are the gallery shots.

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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 5:25 pm

Thomas E. Johnson

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Absolutely beautiful model!!! :thumbs_up_1:

Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2016 7:48 pm

J. Soca

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Shots you took outside look like the real thing :thumbs_up_1:

Jose

Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2016 10:59 am

MartinJQuinn

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Moved to the completed forum at Jab's request.

Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2016 12:44 pm

steinerman

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Hey Jabb - Great job! Looks like a winner to me. And yea, I too, have enjoyed your dialog as your work on this ship progressed. Did I learn a few things ? You're durn tootin' I did. Loved your tip on how to bend ladder steps to the correct angle without wrecking the silly little buggers. I have my nifty little tools all ready for when I get to that point.

Looking forward to your next build with great anticipation.......

Lar

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 10:02 pm

Jabberwock

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Thank you all for those, almost embarrassing, comments. :thanks:

USS Indianapolis has hit the slipway - more to follow. :cool_1:

Cheers, Jabb

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 10:30 am

Noel PARIS

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Well done Jabb,

The model is awesome and inspiring. The level craftsmanship is out of this world and deserves praise.

Good luck with your next model which I will be looking forward to.

Kind regards from Malta :cool_1:

Noel

Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 12:24 pm

Aop Aur

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Oh no! Two months? You must be kidding me for such a top-notch model! But I will have to believe that since today is the two month anniversary of your first post in this thread! Congrats! :thumbs_up_1:

Aop

Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 7:05 am

Koppalakki

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Gratz for the completed model! All the rigging parts were specially intriguing.

Also welcome to the darkside of weathering, let your future projects be even more dirty! :thumbs_up_1:

Koppalakki

Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 6:41 am

gscott

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Absolutely stunning work, sir! It was a pleasure to follow this thread. The rigging is executed masterfully. :thumbs_up_1:

Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 4:00 am

rotley

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Beautiful workmanship. :thumbs_up_1:

Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2016 7:10 pm

Joe Simon

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This looks great!

Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2016 6:40 pm

Timmy C

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Masterful work, and really glad to see the rigging fixed without any issue!

Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2016 1:08 pm

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