1/144 Kiev by Dave Wooley

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[roy allen]

Hi Roy Yep I just love the Albion Alloys material . You can even get the tube in micro bore to take wire that is ultra fine . They are good very good.

That particular size is exellent for replacing plastic, resin or p/etch AA barrels in 1/700

Roy

[109]

Hi Dave,

I need to get some of these Albion Alloys products, I guess you buy it in the UK?!
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Bernd.

Bernd, you can get them also in Germany:

http://www.hobby-lobby-modellbau.com/onlineshop/

if memory serves me, they sell them 25 % below recommended retail price.

Peter.

Hi Peter!

thanks a lot for that hint!

bye for now,

Bernd.

[Dave Wooley]

Progress at the moment is centered on the completion of the island superstructure .
Although all the part were prepared well in advance a little tweaking here
and there didn�t go amiss.
Progress so far. I�m about half way through assembling the fittings onto
the various platforms. Fixing the main radar arrays and I fear my heart rate will miss a few beats!!!



Dave Wooley More to come IF I survive the radar arrays!!

[JIM BAUMANN]

Soooo......

Telford in the scratchbuilt class this November.....?


Cheers

JIM B

[roy allen]

Telford in the scratchbuilt class this November.....?

I second that

By the way Dave will you be attending the Model boat convention at Birchwood park?

Roy

[ccain]

Incredible Dave! Totally awesome!

[Bill Waldorf]

Just Beautiful......Gets my creativity going again. Very Impressive. Can't wait to see her finished. A great accomplishment!!

[109]

[Dave Wooley]

Soooo......

Telford in the scratchbuilt class this November.....?


Cheers

JIM B

Hi Jim I would love to think Kiev could be a candidate for Telford ???
Dave Wooley

[Dave Wooley]

Telford in the scratchbuilt class this November.....?

I second that

By the way Dave will you be attending the Model boat convention at Birchwood park?

Roy

Hi Roy Yep I'll be at the Convention , I've been roped in to do a little impromptu PA work by the lake , now that will be fun . It will be great if you can attend , I owe you many cups of coffee !!!
Dave Wooley

[Dave Wooley]

Incredible Dave! Totally awesome!

Hi Chris Thanks for your comments . Any Launch pictures ??
Dave Wooley

[Dave Wooley]

Just Beautiful......Gets my creativity going again. Very Impressive. Can't wait to see her finished. A great accomplishment!!

Hi Bill Good to hear from you . Well get that creativity hat on and lets see what happens. Although I'm on the home straight so to speak my thoughts are turning to the next project! Once again Bill your support and encouragement means a lot to me .
Dave Wooley

[Dave Wooley]

Hi 109 Thanks keep up the Bismarck build ,
Dave Wooley

[roy allen]

See you there then

Roy

[Yamato72]

Hello Dave his model is fantastic, especially the details that made ...

[Dave Wooley]

Hi Rolf thanks for your kind comments always appreciated .
Dave Wooley

[Dave Wooley]

As mentioned I�m adding each of the prepared fittings to the main superstructure.
Some like this Rum Tub long range ESM array where left till later. Later has arrived
and this fittings is on the list.

Like so much on this project there is precious little in the way of clear working
drawings as to the shape of so many of the fittings on Kiev. The Rum Tub array
is a good example. The shape was a problem solving exercise is geometry.
I deduced that it would be better to work on a base that represents the
shape of the platform as fitted to the model . A start was made by marking
and cutting the top and bottom shapes . Whilst each array has 4 different angles the
back and side panels where the constant at 90degrees to the base .

The back and side panels are added to the base the top can then follow

Using .50 styrene sheet the front was covered over

Trimmed off

The front surface is now ready for the strips of styrene to simulate the individual
paneling on the face of the array.


Each set , port and starboard are lightly sanded down until the strips of styrene
on the front surface is just about visible.

All are given a dusting of paint a sanded again ready for the final air brushing.

At last progress is gaining pace and it will not be long now before the superstructure
is fitted into place on the hull.
Dave Wooley more to follow

[GTDEATH13]

You never stop impressing us Dave.... Excellent as usual...

[Dave Wooley]

Thank you Nick
Dave Wooley