Re: 1/400 French Aircraft Carrier Arromanches (Ex-Colossus)

LE BOSCO · Post by **LE BOSCO** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 11:40 am

Hi all!

I begin the mounting of light aircraft carrier Arromanches which is the ex Colossus of royal navy To the British (Bought by the French�s To the British in 1946)

The kit

The photo etched

A part of the documentation

The Heller model is a good base for a personal work! This time, I am going to try to make a step by step of A has Z

Bye

le bosco (Nicolas)

Dave Rowe · Post by **Dave Rowe** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 3:34 pm

Good luck Nicolas I shall be following this thread.
This is one of my favourite kits and have a number of them in my stash.

LE BOSCO · Post by **LE BOSCO** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 4:36 pm

hi Dave

Thank you ! for me too it is one of my favorite kit! And it is also has for my taste the series of aircraft carrier the most aesthetically !! it is " So British "At least for a French !!!!
bye
le bosco(nicolas)
(sorry for my English)

Wayneb · Post by **Wayneb** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 7:50 pm

Nicolas,

I look forward to seeing your build of this kit!

There's allot of Colossus kits in this forum at the moment! No wonder WEM don�t have PE in stock for me yet!

Cheers

W

Dave Rowe · Post by **Dave Rowe** » Sat Apr 24, 2010 4:58 am

L'Arsenal are also sold out of their single 40mm Bofors

Oh well, they'll back soon

LE BOSCO · Post by **LE BOSCO** » Sat Apr 24, 2010 5:31 am

Dave

And for me it is even more complicated !It is necessary to me to make the 40mm Boffin mk5 !!

nicolas

Dave Rowe · Post by **Dave Rowe** » Sat Apr 24, 2010 7:41 am

I will have to face the same problem in the future.
I plan to build a BPF HMS Victorious from the 1/400 Illustrious kit and I need a couple of Boffins. I'll save your technique for reference you don't mind Nicolas.

LE BOSCO · Post by **LE BOSCO** » Sat Apr 24, 2010 5:25 pm

[quote=". I'll save your technique for reference you don't mind Nicolas.[/quote]

Dave
no problem ,if I am has the height !!!
The work was begun on the stern,I stuck two half hull and I reduced the thickness of plastic at the level of openings

I redid a deck in plastic card

The back part was stuck, and the narrow openings filled

the two conical "balcony" were stuck,and many of putty was applied!

Have leash to dry, and the continuation later

bye
Nicolas

LE BOSCO · Post by **LE BOSCO** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 2:07 pm

Hi all

This week I worked the bow, indeed I find that openings made by Heller are under sized

The first work, consists a stuck a portion of square at the end of the deck, and to redo the opening of the center, the future openings is materialised with a pencil line

Openings are enlarged with a file

We apply of putty

The circumferences of the openings and the hawse pipes are redone with a Lead thread

Diverse details realized with the plastic card and stretched plastic are added

The result of the work on the stern

That�s it for now

le bosco

LE BOSCO · Post by **LE BOSCO** » Fri May 07, 2010 5:09 pm

Good evening

The pictures of the continuation of my work on my Arromanches
As I am going to put my ship in a diorama, I am going to make a water line in my hull, by cutting her
For reasons of rigidity, I am going to proceed to the cutting in three steps

The plastic of the hull is cut has with of a circular blade on a dr�mel

Of the plastic card is stuck on the bottom by portion in the measure of the progress

The completely cut hull

The suite the next time

le bosco (Nicolas)

Neptune · Post by **Neptune** » Sat May 08, 2010 4:08 am

Great job Nicolas!!!

Very clean building, this is kitbashing at its best! you have very good scratch building techniques.

LE BOSCO · Post by **LE BOSCO** » Sat May 08, 2010 5:09 am

Thank you Neptune

I am happy that my work pleases you!thank you for participating has this thread

(I feels me less alone)
The next stage will be the arrangement of the bow
bye

le bosco (Nicolas)

Dave Rowe · Post by **Dave Rowe** » Sat May 08, 2010 5:32 am

Fine work Nicolas, the extra details that you have added are excellent. I'm currently adding some details to the quarterdeck of my build.

LE BOSCO · Post by **LE BOSCO** » Sat May 08, 2010 6:56 am

hello Dave

Thank you for your comments ,I look forward to seeing the result of your work on your thread!suite has a conversation with Mr Druel from l'Arsenal the 40 boffor at the 400 are going to be very soon available has new!

le bosco (Nicolas)

Dave Rowe · Post by **Dave Rowe** » Sat May 08, 2010 7:09 am

Thanks Nicolas.
Good news about the single bofors, Mr Druel shall receive an order from me as soon as they re-appear on his site

Wayneb · Post by **Wayneb** » Sat May 08, 2010 8:51 am

Great work here Nicolas, You are inspiring me to be more thorough on my Melbourne! I might just mosey on over to the modeling desk now and make some more progress.

Keep up the good work. Its going to be interesting to see how your project develops.

Happy to hear about the single bofors but suspect I wont need them for about a year at the current rate!

Wayne

LE BOSCO · Post by **LE BOSCO** » Sat May 08, 2010 10:05 am

Thank you for your comments Wayneb!
Has which stage is your project?
le bosco (Nicolas)

LE BOSCO · Post by **LE BOSCO** » Fri May 14, 2010 1:54 pm

Hello

The pictures of the progress of my works on the bow, under the flight deck.
To begin it is necessary to make the cable holders(?)

Both square parts connected by a round part,are capstans

The same parts installed temporarily

Those who are elongated, are the hawse pipes

The definitive parts

the holes are intended to the posts who support the deck
The continuation soon
bye
the bosco (Nicolas)