1/144 admiral sheer s.c. scratch build

[J. Soca]

Most impressive Russ


Jose

[russclark]

good to hear from you jose.the arado is done,i think it looks like the real thing,i don't have decals for the marking and such. so i printed them from pics and down sized then,cut them out and glued them on.

[Richard J OMalley]

Russ
The Arado came out great .Love it !

[Capit�o Norbert]

wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[russclark]

i hope you guys are not getting tired of the plane and catapult yet.here's the cradle for the plane.this part is now done exept for paint.not sure what will be next.maybe the directors on both sides of the funnel.

[J. Soca]

Beautiful Russ!! just beautiful , plane and catapult together is another model on its own.. amazing. Perhaps is to early to answer this question but what model do you intend to scratchbuild after Sheer?



Jose

[Dave Wooley]

Hi Russ exellent work . I very much like the canopy detail
Dave Wooley

[russclark]

thanks jose and dave.in the cockpit there is a bit of detail seats,yoke ,throttle and the machine gun,most is hard to see because of the canopy.jose i have not thought to much about whats next,i am running out of storage room .i like the larger scale of sheer 1/144 it keeps things down to under 55 in.that is as big as i can go.i would like to go to 1/100 or 1/96 but i would have to keep the actual ship length to 450 ft.this in 1/100 would be 54 in.seeing i am a canuck maybe a canadian d.e or a frigate.the more modern ones.

[Richard J OMalley]

Russ
That is a fine cat and 196.

[Joachim]

Hi Russ!
It�s a very fine and accurate little plane you�ve built! Especially the glass parts and the tiny little engine, very well done!!!!

Best regards

Joachim

[russclark]

hi guys just a small update,these are the mounts housings or what ever they are called for the funnel range or dir. finders.they are built from balsa skinned with balsa.

[russclark]

well i've started on the larger crane on s.c.most of the cranes i have built where from brass but the main arms on this one are tapered,so it is made from styrene.i was worried that it would be to flimsy,but after the bracing was added it stiffend up.here's some pics.

[Richard J OMalley]

Neat

[russclark]

an update on the crane.its all together ,the rigging lines gave me grive.i use very fine nylon fishing line it is clear but is easy to paint.the only problem with it is it do'es not bend to easy.so for the lifting line i used thread ,i knew it would be fuzzy so i rubbed wax all over it .as you can see in the pic it looks like a fuzz ball so i took it off.i will try to make the fishing line work.i will post more pics later.

[russclark]

crane is done except for paint,the lines will show up good when it is painted.

[russclark]

help .does anyone have any pics of the open bridge on sheer,i think it is a bridge ,just behind the front 11" turret.i do not know why but every time a need a detailed pic of a certain area there is none to be found.

[Guest]

Have you checked the site www.deutschland-class.dk?

The following gallery has some photos of the DKM Graf Spee during it's salvage. You could try this route, all 4 of the ships would have been constructed in a similar manner.

http://www.deutschland-class.dk/admiral ... wreck.html

[russclark]

thanks very much guest, i have that pic ,what i realy need is some drawings or close up's of the equipment on the open bridge.i could build some that would replcate them but it would be a guess, i would like to model them to look a little like the real things.

[Dave Wooley]

Hi Russ That crane of yours is a little gem and is very much a model in its own right!. Superb
Dave Wooley

[russclark]

thanks for the comment dave,time to start detailing the upper works.i think i will start at the open bridge and work back.there is a lot of stuff on this area.but not a lot of good pics.i found some pics of binocualars and other things on an army site thay look similer,so here thay are.