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The kind of thing that you can only see in those scales: the torpedo sight  The kind of thing that you can only see in those scales: the torpedo sight
[img]http://i59.servimg.com/u/f59/16/20/65/23/dscf4413.jpg[/img]
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Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2014 5:32 pm |
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Let's get back to work: an iroko plank 2" thick will do the job for the support. I wanted to have the boat solidly hold down on her support before to carry on   Let's get back to work: an iroko plank 2" thick will do the job for the support. I wanted to have the boat solidly hold down on her support before to carry on
[img]http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/16/20/65/23/dscf4315.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/16/20/65/23/dscf4316.jpg[/img]
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Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 4:18 pm |
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I had to correct the port windshield: the big one was installed only on the starboard side.  I had to correct the port windshield: the big one was installed only on the starboard side.
[img]http://i74.servimg.com/u/f74/16/20/65/23/dscf4212.jpg[/img]
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Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2013 5:37 pm |
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Torpedoes' tails are finished  Cardboard for the fins, paper soaked in CA for the propellers; their bracings, which had a screw to adjust their position, are also almost done  The strange thing aft on the port side is the support for the boarding plank  Torpedoes' tails are finished :smallsmile: Cardboard for the fins, paper soaked in CA for the propellers; their bracings, which had a screw to adjust their position, are also almost done
[img]http://i74.servimg.com/u/f74/16/20/65/23/dscf4210.jpg[/img]
The strange thing aft on the port side is the support for the boarding plank
[img]http://i74.servimg.com/u/f74/16/20/65/23/dscf4211.jpg[/img]
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Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 6:06 pm |
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Thanks Bill, your appreciation is an honour for me!  Random details done with phone wire: the inflatable raft container, the lifebuoy's basket; then the secondary rudder wheel's transmission (on the deck, next to the wheelhouse) and the engine room's hatches. The lifebuoy is resin; I wish I could have molded its ropes as well, but my casting technology is still not advanced to that point...  Thanks Bill, your appreciation is an honour for me! :-D
Random details done with phone wire: the inflatable raft container, the lifebuoy's basket; then the secondary rudder wheel's transmission (on the deck, next to the wheelhouse) and the engine room's hatches.
The lifebuoy is resin; I wish I could have molded its ropes as well, but my casting technology is still not advanced to that point...
[img]http://i37.servimg.com/u/f37/16/20/65/23/dscf4220.jpg[/img]
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Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2013 10:42 am |
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Beautiful job on an unusual subject! :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:
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Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 8:08 pm |
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Checking the fitting of the aft torpedo bracings; the four lifting hooks are also in place  Checking the fitting of the aft torpedo bracings; the four lifting hooks are also in place
[img]http://i37.servimg.com/u/f37/16/20/65/23/dscf4219.jpg[/img]
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Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 5:18 pm |
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Getting some subassemblies aboard: the depht charges rack, for instance...  Getting some subassemblies aboard: the depht charges rack, for instance...
[img]http://i37.servimg.com/u/f37/16/20/65/23/dscf4215.jpg[/img]
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Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 1:58 pm |
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Correcting the waterline...  A first coat of anonymous medium gray, to not waste the precious Lifecolors...  Correcting the waterline...
[img]http://i37.servimg.com/u/f37/16/20/65/23/dscf4213.jpg[/img]
A first coat of anonymous medium gray, to not waste the precious Lifecolors...
[img]http://i37.servimg.com/u/f37/16/20/65/23/dscf4214.jpg[/img]
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Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 6:32 am |
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Back at work, finally. Painting the hull with Gunze tire black and Lifecolor grigio cenerino chiaro; it seemed a bit dark at first glance but now that it has dried it's really spot on  Railings are soldered copper wire, much sturdier and reliable than plastic rods  Back at work, finally. Painting the hull with Gunze tire black and Lifecolor grigio cenerino chiaro; it seemed a bit dark at first glance but now that it has dried it's really spot on
[img]http://i37.servimg.com/u/f37/16/20/65/23/dscf4210.jpg[/img]
Railings are soldered copper wire, much sturdier and reliable than plastic rods
[img]http://i37.servimg.com/u/f37/16/20/65/23/dscf4211.jpg[/img]
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Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2013 6:05 pm |
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That is a great looking build. Thanks for your help in clearing up my jymy-class questions. I'm looking to start the Italeri 1/35 MAS 500 series in Finnish Navy service towards the end of this month. Great work once again!  That is a great looking build. Thanks for your help in clearing up my jymy-class questions. I'm looking to start the Italeri 1/35 MAS 500 series in Finnish Navy service towards the end of this month. Great work once again! :thumbs_up_1:
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Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:17 am |
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The DVCE visited the boat today but was not satisfied with the windshields which, he said, were too short. He had me rebuilding them at once: ya'll better not upset the Boss...  While he was there, a new secreat weapon to be used on MAS' was presented to him by its proud inventors: it's called the Thingie Mk 39   The DVCE visited the boat today but was not satisfied with the windshields which, he said, were too short. He had me rebuilding them at once: ya'll better not upset the Boss...
[img]http://i40.servimg.com/u/f40/16/20/65/23/dscf4145.jpg[/img]
While he was there, a new secreat weapon to be used on MAS' was presented to him by its proud inventors: it's called the Thingie Mk 39
[img]http://i40.servimg.com/u/f40/16/20/65/23/dscf4144.jpg[/img]
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Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 5:39 pm |
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Now, the smoke generator (which was seldom used in combat: depht charges set to explode on the track of pursuing enemy ships were much more effective). Its base had a fairly complex shape and was one of the parts that worried me most. I took the part from Italeri's 1/35 model for reference and built it applying a square of plasticard, pre-bent at the sides, over the angle made of carved wood.  Why had it this unmnageable shape? At first I thought it was to willingly made the item more complex, thus more difficult to produce and more costly, in order to spill more money from the Navy (this was a fundamental concern for our arms manufacturers). Then I realized that the thing was both the base for the smoke generator and a fairlead for mooring lines. This shaping was to protect the lines from friction. Now, the smoke generator (which was seldom used in combat: depht charges set to explode on the track of pursuing enemy ships were much more effective).
Its base had a fairly complex shape and was one of the parts that worried me most. I took the part from Italeri's 1/35 model for reference and built it applying a square of plasticard, pre-bent at the sides, over the angle made of carved wood.
[img]http://i40.servimg.com/u/f40/16/20/65/23/dscf4143.jpg[/img]
Why had it this unmnageable shape? At first I thought it was to willingly made the item more complex, thus more difficult to produce and more costly, in order to spill more money from the Navy (this was a fundamental concern for our arms manufacturers). Then I realized that the thing was both the base for the smoke generator and a fairlead for mooring lines. This shaping was to protect the lines from friction.
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 4:22 am |
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Thanks Richard I nearly screwed up the work I had done on the air intakes: I tried to spray some acrylic putty on the wheelhouse roof to get a smoother finish from those heterogeneous materials, but that thing nearly melted the plasticard  When I came back I found all the plastic parts distorted; as the air intakes are built on a CA-soaked paper frame I could salvage them, but the windshields were CTOL. So, I rebuilt them in cardboard. All in all, I think I saved the day. I'm not really satisfied of the overall result of what I've done on the roof, but neither willing to rebuild everything.  Here's all that I had to mould in resin: ammo boxes, the boxes' stands and the portholes' frames. It's the first time I use sylicone molds and it was a good training.  Thanks Richard :thumbs_up_1:
I nearly screwed up the work I had done on the air intakes: I tried to spray some acrylic putty on the wheelhouse roof to get a smoother finish from those heterogeneous materials, but that thing nearly melted the plasticard :Mad_6:
When I came back I found all the plastic parts distorted; as the air intakes are built on a CA-soaked paper frame I could salvage them, but the windshields were CTOL. So, I rebuilt them in cardboard. All in all, I think I saved the day.
I'm not really satisfied of the overall result of what I've done on the roof, but neither willing to rebuild everything.
[img]http://i40.servimg.com/u/f40/16/20/65/23/dscf4141.jpg[/img]
Here's all that I had to mould in resin: ammo boxes, the boxes' stands and the portholes' frames. It's the first time I use sylicone molds and it was a good training.
[img]http://i40.servimg.com/u/f40/16/20/65/23/dscf4142.jpg[/img]
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 1:56 pm |
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:thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :big_grin:
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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 5:39 pm |
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Wheelhouse structure is now done; I just had to add the last struts and to put the tin band all around its perimeter. I also started the flimsy and elaborated windshields on the roof.  You will notice the two bollards, one is plastic, the other is its resin clone. The anchor too is plastic, no metal anchor I could find had the right form. Now I can say that I used no commercial accessories at all on this build  The torpedo launchers got their supports as well. She's now getting to look good   Wheelhouse structure is now done; I just had to add the last struts and to put the tin band all around its perimeter. I also started the flimsy and elaborated windshields on the roof.
[img]http://i40.servimg.com/u/f40/16/20/65/23/dscf4139.jpg[/img]
You will notice the two bollards, one is plastic, the other is its resin clone. The anchor too is plastic, no metal anchor I could find had the right form. Now I can say that I used no commercial accessories at all on this build :woo_hoo:
The torpedo launchers got their supports as well. She's now getting to look good :yeah:
[img]http://i40.servimg.com/u/f40/16/20/65/23/dscf4140.jpg[/img]
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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 7:28 am |
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The air intakes on the wheelhouse roof are expecially nasty: they have a complex shape and must of course be hollow on such a large scale.   For my first MAS, I worked them out by vacuum-forming; foreseeing that I could build some more boats, I molded a dozen of pieces. Those pieces vanished into the interstellar void a month ago. Their moldings are, too, long gone. Unwilling to redo the whole vacuum-forming process, I tried a different approach based on the technique we use on paper models to get complex shapes out of bidimensional surfaces: trial and error with paper templates until the correct shapes are found, then redrawing the shapes on a plasticard sheet and putting it all together. Not 100% satisfied, but neither that bad. It will be all hidden by the wind baffles, anyway.  The air intakes on the wheelhouse roof are expecially nasty: they have a complex shape and must of course be hollow on such a large scale.
[img]http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i204/alross2/light.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i60.servimg.com/u/f60/16/20/65/23/mas_5212.jpg[/img]
For my first MAS, I worked them out by vacuum-forming; foreseeing that I could build some more boats, I molded a dozen of pieces. Those pieces vanished into the interstellar void a month ago. Their moldings are, too, long gone.
Unwilling to redo the whole vacuum-forming process, I tried a different approach based on the technique we use on paper models to get complex shapes out of bidimensional surfaces: trial and error with paper templates until the correct shapes are found, then redrawing the shapes on a plasticard sheet and putting it all together.
Not 100% satisfied, but neither that bad. It will be all hidden by the wind baffles, anyway.
[img]http://i40.servimg.com/u/f40/16/20/65/23/dscf4138.jpg[/img]
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Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 4:09 pm |
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Spot the differences   Those spikes at the base of the 20 mm mount were footrests for the gunner, who laid the gun by pulling it with his legs: that's why there's a counterweight on the other side of the gunner's seat, its purpose was to compensate for the gunner's weight, thus reducing the effort he needed to get the gun properly aimed on a rolling craft. There are also the torpedo launcher and two resin boxes of 20 mm ammo with their "locker". I'm glad to be back at work, I was feeling like I was falling behind Spot the differences :heh:
[img]http://i40.servimg.com/u/f40/16/20/65/23/dscf4137.jpg[/img]
Those spikes at the base of the 20 mm mount were footrests for the gunner, who laid the gun by pulling it with his legs: that's why there's a counterweight on the other side of the gunner's seat, its purpose was to compensate for the gunner's weight, thus reducing the effort he needed to get the gun properly aimed on a rolling craft.
There are also the torpedo launcher and two resin boxes of 20 mm ammo with their "locker".
I'm glad to be back at work, I was feeling like I was falling behind :smallsmile:
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Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 3:53 pm |
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Thanks Yevgeniy It's been a long time since I last tackled my Giulio Cesare as it's a very low priority project; I may take some more photos if I'll have the occasion, but the only thing I've done in the past year was to add plating to her hull. Back to the MAS: the depht charges rack being built around the DCs, the two rudder wheels, an engine telegraph, the Breda with the trigger's arches installed.  Thanks Yevgeniy :-D
It's been a long time since I last tackled my [i]Giulio Cesare[/i] as it's a very low priority project; I may take some more photos if I'll have the occasion, but the only thing I've done in the past year was to add plating to her hull.
Back to the MAS: the depht charges rack being built around the DCs, the two rudder wheels, an engine telegraph, the Breda with the trigger's arches installed.
[img]http://i40.servimg.com/u/f40/16/20/65/23/dscf4136.jpg[/img]
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Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 4:12 pm |
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Wow that is lovely big black boat  !! Congratulations! Wish to see your corazzata Guilio Cesare if you have any pics so far. Italian naval design is just something plus has very close relation to that of Russian WWII and after. Cheers, Yevgeniy Wow that is lovely big black boat :cool_2: !! Congratulations!
Wish to see your [i]corazzata Guilio Cesare[/i] :cool_2: if you have any pics so far. Italian naval design is just something plus has very close relation to that of Russian WWII and after.
Cheers,
Yevgeniy
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Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 12:00 pm |
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