Hey ho, ain't gonna work...
First of all thank you for the comment. I was starting to think nobody was even looking at the topic except for Pieter. I'm not at all a master or teacher in this. My quality for now is still very low. As you can see I'm still working with styrene and sprue, that's about it. I'm not so happy with that, I don't have the inventiveness of other people I guess...
Anyhow I'm already happy with the hull for now although this tanker is taking a lot from me. All the measuring and estimation and reconstruction is becoming a real burden and somehow I think I'll be happy to be gone for three months soon.
The details make the model I guess. As a mariner myself I do care about bollards and bits etc. There's no ship without bollards, you have to moor the thing somehow. I always think about how the ship I'm building is working. For example the Osipov, I have serious doubts of the safety of that vessel. It doesn't seem to have any Pressure/Vacuum breakers, P/V valves etc. I always suppose that's underneath the main deck, but I'm all but sure of that.
The details are in one way a help. Good pictures are very important, because the details on such pictures (lifebuoys, railing, windows etc.) give a good size estimation and so you can start estimating heights and lengths of all the stuff around them.
In the other way, they are a pain. Because it's the same process over and over again and in this scale I sometimes have to rebuild or repaint things three or four times...
As for the LNG, Timothy, you can come and get it (you get it for free). And for the next build. You already know I have a few projects running. The Baltiysk port is still not finished. Then there is the big Russian Fleet which is getting nearer of course with some ships finished and some nearly finished. And then there is still that 1/100 Arkmodel Udaloy and 1/72 Arkmodel Song to make!
You don't know how much I'm dying from the idea of making an Emma Maersk or Ti Europe next... Really (today I actually thought about starting one to cover the drying time of the Osipov parts). I simply don't have the time, however there is one thing, I would like to make a hull of these. Just the hull and then send it to someone else for fitting out, since I need to get some practice and I'm a little tired of all the details.
Update of today. I've painted the windows on level 0, put some doors on it. Also cut and put in place the base of the bollards fore and aft. And I added another level on top of the main superstructure. I've also tested the cover for the superstructure with styrene. I've used some extra glue in the corners to melt it slightly so it bends easier. It seemed to work, but the cover itself wasn't good yet. I do think it will work this way.
Ok, been talking too much. Time to get back to work! The boss is asking for a container ship
And thursday it's time for
again.
Hey ho, ain't gonna work...
First of all thank you for the comment. I was starting to think nobody was even looking at the topic except for Pieter. I'm not at all a master or teacher in this. My quality for now is still very low. As you can see I'm still working with styrene and sprue, that's about it. I'm not so happy with that, I don't have the inventiveness of other people I guess...
Anyhow I'm already happy with the hull for now although this tanker is taking a lot from me. All the measuring and estimation and reconstruction is becoming a real burden and somehow I think I'll be happy to be gone for three months soon.
The details make the model I guess. As a mariner myself I do care about bollards and bits etc. There's no ship without bollards, you have to moor the thing somehow. I always think about how the ship I'm building is working. For example the Osipov, I have serious doubts of the safety of that vessel. It doesn't seem to have any Pressure/Vacuum breakers, P/V valves etc. I always suppose that's underneath the main deck, but I'm all but sure of that.
The details are in one way a help. Good pictures are very important, because the details on such pictures (lifebuoys, railing, windows etc.) give a good size estimation and so you can start estimating heights and lengths of all the stuff around them.
In the other way, they are a pain. Because it's the same process over and over again and in this scale I sometimes have to rebuild or repaint things three or four times...
As for the LNG, Timothy, you can come and get it (you get it for free). And for the next build. You already know I have a few projects running. The Baltiysk port is still not finished. Then there is the big Russian Fleet which is getting nearer of course with some ships finished and some nearly finished. And then there is still that 1/100 Arkmodel Udaloy and 1/72 Arkmodel Song to make!
You don't know how much I'm dying from the idea of making an Emma Maersk or Ti Europe next... Really (today I actually thought about starting one to cover the drying time of the Osipov parts). I simply don't have the time, however there is one thing, I would like to make a hull of these. Just the hull and then send it to someone else for fitting out, since I need to get some practice and I'm a little tired of all the details.
Update of today. I've painted the windows on level 0, put some doors on it. Also cut and put in place the base of the bollards fore and aft. And I added another level on top of the main superstructure. I've also tested the cover for the superstructure with styrene. I've used some extra glue in the corners to melt it slightly so it bends easier. It seemed to work, but the cover itself wasn't good yet. I do think it will work this way.
Ok, been talking too much. Time to get back to work! The boss is asking for a container ship :eyes_spinning: And thursday it's time for :shipcaptain: again.