Thank you all for you words of encouragement!
meanwhile--back to "proper " modelmaking;
edit:--apologies for some repeated images-- I have not as yet been able to remove them...the fwd bridge are a has a number of ( surprisingly) tricky stairs.
The PE with the kit supplied stairs with individual folding stairs--nicely done but these are always a bit too over-scale
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( I always compare these things with a scale figure )
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In any case, being brass they would need painting in silver grey--
The custom PE rails I have had made , are made of oxidised nickel-silver-- no need to paint
and they stay nice and thin without paint levels building up
They are quite soft and the very thin longitudinals are very delicate
which was tricky when needing to splay
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For the staircases themselves
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I used some elderly GMM 1/700 stainless steel stairs, cut away the handrails;
and then afterwards I
added a second layer of these stairs but offset in echolon-
- this gave them substance and the impression of 'proper' treads
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At the bow I 'added back' the hatches I had previously pared away
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and added the bow cargo hatch as well as the armoured bow doors( of paper )
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Moving aft -- I made of brass and underlaid with a sliver of paper the aft hatch-
-barely visible in photos( but can be discerned ) and shown on plans
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The aft staircases --made of resin-- were ok ( but alas the casting was not perfect cast )
They needed the extension platforms making ( these
are supplied in resin -but too thick for me)
So these these were templated afresh and cut out from the wooden decking paper
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Each level a different shape as the staircases are further outboard as they ascend
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The top staircases were a bit too low --so additional treads were added of shims of paper
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My 3-D printed zig zag seating deck had vent panels added either side ( Flyhawk USN 5- bar asymmetric rail cut down)
it had the wood deck paper added ( after paring down the level to compensate!)
The timber edges of the incredibly fine steps on the aft and radial stairs were " implied " , painted and drawn
This deck also had a geometric pattern of contrasting slightly darker planks laid in -- delineating the tall column lamps
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I had been getting frustrated as how to depict this-- I have seen it done rather too boldly
( OMK 1/350 N
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as on the real ship--when viewed from the the air , this pattern was not as ' contrasty '
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I tried it using pale decal stripe... but the effect was just was all too harsh
so I reckoned ....less is more ...
??
Using a brown coloured pencil I ( softly ) hand-drew the chosen planks ( counting in and out from the centre)
using my printed planks as a guideline with the assistance of masking tape across
Once these were drawn, I used masking tape and blue-tak to ' lift' the brown pencil off again
and scalpel blades to pare away at the brown pencil to crisp up the edges
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I then glued the deck to the ship.... with a bit of persuasion
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The result was pretty much as I had hoped it would be -- visible --but without jarring the eye
BTW--the dark dots at the intersections of the lines are the pin holes where lamps will be
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A detail often overlooked on merchant ships ( and naval) are the copious handrails -- just about everywhere
I have added these wherever I have photo evidence
But aft they are quite tricky to make --and ( shame really but...) they bisect the aft windows as they did on the real ship
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these were tacked at one end with glue --then bent round so as to maintain a clean curve
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Yes ...I know they are a bit overscale... but...
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What has taken an enormous amount of time (!!! )was to bend, cut and shut all the railing for the the sports deck,
in particular for the lifeboat winch platforms - there are so many of them
- not all the same size-- and the time take to but ensuring that there is a stanchion on each corner....
arghh!!
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There are a large number of other small steps taking place--
ie the bridge roof 'furniture' is now taking shape!
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