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Hello Russ your work/model is stunning. love the guns and casamates.

thanks norbert,limbo is done,i am haveing a little problem,left hand has been getting sore,doc says its carpel tunnel syndrome???.what ever the hell that is, hard to hang on to small stuff,and i am left handed.will try to get fraser done by xmas.and see what happens after that.

What an outstanding job!

thanks wynn,starting on the towing array boom,this is a fairly complecated piece , lots of parts and pieces.it is going to be a busy little place on the stern.lots of work to go.

Hello Russ,

Great work on the gun mount and limbo. Look forward to seeing the VDS being done.

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James W.

Dry docked:
1/72 HMCS Assiniboine DDE 234-1960
1/72 HMCS Ottawa DDE 229-1960
1/72 HMCS St. Catharines-River Class Frigate-1944
On the slipway:
1/72 HMCS Camrose-Flower Class Corvette-1943
1/72 HMCS Trillium-Flower Class Corvette-1942

Hi Russ!
Great work too! I've learn from you.
Song.

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hi all,moving along to the props and rudders and the hull mounted sonars,and stabilizers.the year i am modeling fraser she had 5 blades props,found a couple of beautys from bluejacket shipcrafters.i had to get this done now as i will not be able to turn her over anymore.

Hey Russ, looking good!

Do both of your shafts turn in the same direction? I noticed both your props are of the same orientation.

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good eye timmy,it would not be good if they did ,but it is a static model and there was only one rotation of props to be had .so thats the way it is.

i assembled the seaking,am waiting for decals from darren.it is a stuggle to finish her before christmas,hand is giving me fits.grrrr..a few more small pieces to build ,safty nets,the towed kite(sonar).them fire up the air gun to paint all the pieces ,some touch up and a case should do it.

very very good shaft model arrangments as well the model overall

thanks Norberto , well the sea king is done,.thank you Darrin for the decals.fraser will be done by xmas and I can start on my coastal steamer.

hello to everyone who watched my build of hmcs fraser,and all who helped with advice and research.she is now finished,and waiting for display case to be built.the only parts I did not make myself where the railings,seaking and props.i wish railings where made out of a little heavier grade of brass,to dam flimsy.i will post some finished pics in a couple of posts as to not overload each post.

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Hello Russ,

Very fine looking ship. (and finished which is far more than I can say for mine....)

It has been great fun watching you build her and I will be following your next project too.

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James W.

Dry docked:
1/72 HMCS Assiniboine DDE 234-1960
1/72 HMCS Ottawa DDE 229-1960
1/72 HMCS St. Catharines-River Class Frigate-1944
On the slipway:
1/72 HMCS Camrose-Flower Class Corvette-1943
1/72 HMCS Trillium-Flower Class Corvette-1942

thank you james it was a fun build.and I am realy grateful for all the help from the members on this board.how is your build coming along,have'nt seen an posts for a while.i will start my next project soon but am not sure if it will be on here ,it is a coastal steamer that plyed the b.c coast from 1923 to 1959.

Russ,

If you can, I would like to follow the coastal steamer build. (I have been looking at plans for 1910-1940 type ships for my flower class corvettes to escort around)

My DDE is going slow. I have remade almost everything from the deck up and redone all the moulds for the detail parts. I am my own worst enemy when it comes to building things. However, the other half wants to get the basement cleaned up so this next summer will be finish the boat or it will be scrapped time.

I will start posting again after Christmas of what I have done. The reworked stuff is better just takes so long to do.

Your build kept me motivated to keep working to improve what I had done. It was good to follow a project when you are working on the same one.

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James W.

Dry docked:
1/72 HMCS Assiniboine DDE 234-1960
1/72 HMCS Ottawa DDE 229-1960
1/72 HMCS St. Catharines-River Class Frigate-1944
On the slipway:
1/72 HMCS Camrose-Flower Class Corvette-1943
1/72 HMCS Trillium-Flower Class Corvette-1942

I think you will find this very interesting james,after the war union steamships where looking to modernize there fleet they bought 3 corvettes and made them into small coastal freight,passenger ships.they even did cruises to Alaska.the boats did not work out as well as planned as they where single screw where as cardena and catela were twins,easyer to get into tight spots.if I post my build I will give a little history on the company.it ran from 1889 to 1959.

Great to see her finished, Russ! Just beautiful.

The Camosun photos remind me of a CASF request from some time back: viewtopic.php?f=51&t=51219&p=493751&#p493751

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