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Hi guys,

some progress on the painting detail. Boy has this been interesting - learning how to use a spray gun - Airbrush was too small

Here is a pic of the real thing



Now here are a few shots of my focsle. I think I have the "rubbed" or polished steel deck just about right - the paint is "low sheen" which seems to give a nice polished look and the colour is somewhere between gun metal gray and flat black. These shots were taken at night, so the "Deck Grey" seems to be too dark. In daylight it does not seem that bad and looks better from a distance. The amount of "deck orange" theat gets thrown around will also "lift" the grey.







Bruce, I have started on a stand

Andrew

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Ex RAN. Anzac, Duchess, Vampire, Yarra, Betano, Bombard, Brisbane, Swan, Melbourne (Carrier), HMS Leander

Looks good mate. Hope one day to see your model for real.

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1/72 Admiral Kuznetsov
1/72 Frunze Russian Battle cruiser
1/72 Steregushchy-class corvette

Mick
Tumut Australia

hi Andrew good to see you progressing with the Slava , nice to see that you have mastered the air brush looking smart .
Dave Wooley

Mmmm paint!! Are you going too paint the deck fittings then fit em mate?

Where's the STAND!!

Cheers Bruce

PS Is that the wood for stand I spy in background on floor??

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building:
1/72 RC USS LONG BEACH CGN9
1/72 RC USS CALIFORNIA CGN36
1/72 RC USS SAIPAN LHA2
1/72 RC USS JOHN PAUL JONES DDG53
1/72 RC USS SHARK SSN591
1/72 RC USS SEAWOLF SSN21
1/72 RC USS ALBANY CG10

Yes and Yes

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Ex RAN. Anzac, Duchess, Vampire, Yarra, Betano, Bombard, Brisbane, Swan, Melbourne (Carrier), HMS Leander

A red letter day today - Varyag now has a stand

Just have to select a nice stain for the pine.






Andrew

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Ex RAN. Anzac, Duchess, Vampire, Yarra, Betano, Bombard, Brisbane, Swan, Melbourne (Carrier), HMS Leander

Next step for the forward superstructure is the construction of the RBU6000 ( considered buying ready made, but decided I could give it a go) Acknowledgement to DW's master class

Enjoy!

First step was a prototype, this was the end result of a number of different approaches include plywood!!



The yoke is made from 3 x 2mm sandwich of HIPS, barrels are 3mm dia brass, collars are 3.5mm



Scaled drawing used as the template



The following shows the construction steps

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Ex RAN. Anzac, Duchess, Vampire, Yarra, Betano, Bombard, Brisbane, Swan, Melbourne (Carrier), HMS Leander

I like it! very creative mate.

How many do you need to make?

Cheers Bruce

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building:
1/72 RC USS LONG BEACH CGN9
1/72 RC USS CALIFORNIA CGN36
1/72 RC USS SAIPAN LHA2
1/72 RC USS JOHN PAUL JONES DDG53
1/72 RC USS SHARK SSN591
1/72 RC USS SEAWOLF SSN21
1/72 RC USS ALBANY CG10

Thanks Bruce, 2 in total so only one more...........

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Ex RAN. Anzac, Duchess, Vampire, Yarra, Betano, Bombard, Brisbane, Swan, Melbourne (Carrier), HMS Leander

I do see a certain Wooley method in there. They've come to my rescue a couple of times as well.

I can give you perhaps a tiny advice on how to (slightly) improve it. I see you cut the collars and tubes at length, yet there is a slight variation. If you want to improve that, you might make a block (of styrene or wood), just as thick as the length of tube you need. Then all you have to do is drill a hole with the collar diameter and put the tube in. Then you can cut around to mark or really cut. After that you do the same for all tubes and they'll have exactly the same length. This way I did my bollards for Chaconia, where I needed a huge amount of same length tubes as well. Just an idea though, I imagine the real piece is smaller than in the pictures, so the difference in length would be difficult to spot anyway!

Great work on that styrene, not easy to drill the holes in such a nice pattern and cut it out without damage!

Curious to see further updates

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The merchant shipyard

How goes the build mate? I have not done much myself lately!! (too many side projects....)but will be returning to the build with a vengeance shortly!

Cheers Bruce

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building:
1/72 RC USS LONG BEACH CGN9
1/72 RC USS CALIFORNIA CGN36
1/72 RC USS SAIPAN LHA2
1/72 RC USS JOHN PAUL JONES DDG53
1/72 RC USS SHARK SSN591
1/72 RC USS SEAWOLF SSN21
1/72 RC USS ALBANY CG10

hello Andrew your model is stunning....

Thanks Bruce and Norbert for dropping by and your nice comments.

I'm afraid the work, life, family balance has been stretched a fair bit and time to devote to my ship has been very scarce. (but had some lovely time with the family last month )

Hopefully as winter comes on,and the "to do list" around the house shortens I will be able to get back to Varyag soon.


Andrew

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Ex RAN. Anzac, Duchess, Vampire, Yarra, Betano, Bombard, Brisbane, Swan, Melbourne (Carrier), HMS Leander

Hi Andrew I know where your coming from and Bruce, I too have not done to much lately it's been all family but there is a slight change in the wind and I feel the shed calling. Hope to see some up dates of your beautiful model soon. Scott

Managed to sneak a few hours in the shed during the past week. A rare opportunity these days.

On my second attempt I managed to get the angles right and the bridge screens are now done. Cutting out the windows (twice!) was a bit tedious.





You can see the debris from the first attempt.....


Andrew

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Ex RAN. Anzac, Duchess, Vampire, Yarra, Betano, Bombard, Brisbane, Swan, Melbourne (Carrier), HMS Leander

Looking good . I am enjoying the build photos. Keep up the good work, and we will keep up the encouragement (rock star style)!!!



Todd

Thanks Todd,

Need all the help I can get.

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Ex RAN. Anzac, Duchess, Vampire, Yarra, Betano, Bombard, Brisbane, Swan, Melbourne (Carrier), HMS Leander

Yup definitely making progress mate! looking good!!

Some of the gang here make their superstructure templates out of cardboard first before cutting any styrene...saves on styrene apparently!!

Your post on TF72 is gone as the forum crashed sometime Sunday!! you may want to repost!!

Cheers Bruce

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building:
1/72 RC USS LONG BEACH CGN9
1/72 RC USS CALIFORNIA CGN36
1/72 RC USS SAIPAN LHA2
1/72 RC USS JOHN PAUL JONES DDG53
1/72 RC USS SHARK SSN591
1/72 RC USS SEAWOLF SSN21
1/72 RC USS ALBANY CG10

This is a very impressive build, methodical work

Thanks for the encouragement guys.

Managed to make some good progress on the bridge deck. Took a bit of working out but quite satisfying in the end.

Here are some pics - please don't get too worried about the gap between the bridge and the aft bridge house. Not glued up together yet, but it does all fit nicely, trust me....

A request for some advice. Do I "glaze" all the windows, superstructure and bridge? Happy to hear your thoughts. Enjoy the pics.



Stbd Side - Sorry about the focus



Port side - droopy deck due to weights being used to hold everything steady. Once glued up, deck will not be droopy



Stbd Side longer view


Andrew

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Ex RAN. Anzac, Duchess, Vampire, Yarra, Betano, Bombard, Brisbane, Swan, Melbourne (Carrier), HMS Leander