The Ship Model Forum

@ Georgy Pek--please forgive the temporary hi-jack of your thread!
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Our friend Bill says....

" I haven't modelled for a long time now "

Ha!! that' s the distraction of a new business, new home and a new wife !!


Good to see you back on-board -- albeit watching and observing from a safe distance us strange model -MAKERS !

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Cage aeriels are an interesting and sometimes divisive conundrum...

I personally subscribe to the less - is - more approach...

for example a bit like funnel handrails NOT made of PE.. .

( always over-scale in 1/700 ) ==> always compare any PE handrail or rigging to a 1/700 Human scale figure

so -- I prefer thin wire with thin pencil strokes simulating the shadows of the stand-off's

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I think Cage aeriels in 1/350 are OK--still over-scale- but much less so as the general gargantuan bulk of a 1/350 Battle-cruiser mitigates the weight aeriels

I cite the example of my chum Nick's recently posted HMS New Zealand--

I advised him to space the spreaders out 2 to 3 times as far apart as the true scale would be

and it did give a lighter effect

link to the build

http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... /index.htm


and an example of what I mean!







I now retire silently and will desist from future hijacking of this thread


I look forward to seeing you both at Telford...

( I have managed 2 models this year ...) phew!

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Sadly, I recently found out I won't be able to make it to Telford this year (next year should be ok though), so I'll miss seeing these great models…

But now chances are very good that I'll be able to visit the Mosonmogyovar show for the first time!
Since it is in Hungary, maybe I'll see your Tiger there George?

Cheers,

Marijn

Jim, yes, Nick's New Zealand is among the very best models I have seen.
I really like the way he presents his ships.

Marijn, it will be an absolute delight to meet you at Mosonmagyaróvár!
I'm looking forward to it!
I'm there every year.

Meanwhile:
I started to prepare the crew.
I used figures from Lion Roar, Flyhawk, Eduard and GMM.

I think LR figures with adjustable limbs and Flyhawk's set with multiple poses are most useful.
I attached some of them to the fret shown. They are thickened and primed.
25-30 additional figures need to be treated similarly.

And finally I started some preliminary adjustment of the diorama base.
This is just a deliberately blurry teaser shot...
but you get an idea.

Great! I'm already looking forward to it too!
If now we could only persuade those Brits to leave their island for once and attend a show on the continent...

Marijn, I attended a local contest with the Tiger and there I could buy your book.
It's wonderful!

I have finished this build - I will see if there's time to refine the railing (or if I'm capable of doing it at all).
I have a tight schedule because I have to finish the diorama for Telford and sadly have to repair Defflinger's mainmast and rigging - a paper roll has fallen on her today.
Anyway, here are some picture of the crew. There are 77 of them plus three in the wheelhouse (not visible).
I tried to make them look three dimensional by applying some superglue gel to their torso like Marijn does but omitted the baking soda.
I also attempted to assign duties like pulling ropes, etc. to quite a few of them.
Some of them seem unnatural, others nor so much.
Mind you, this is 1:700 and I was in a hurry because I wanted the ship to be ready by the time of the contest.






In the next two pictures three crew members pull the rolled canvas cover of the hangar by ropes while others, including a pilot are watching.

Note the rating pulling halyards (obviously hoisting signal flags), another looking for more flags in the locker and the third ready to operate the semaphore.



I will post good quality photographs in the "Completed models" section and send them to be presented in "What's new" when I deem this model completely finished pending my decision about the refinement/partial reconstruction of the railing.

Thank you all for your perseverance in following this lengthy build and all the encouragement given by the countless nice comments!

George Pék

Tiger is done-- phew!


I look forward to seeing ( at Telford?) her sharp clean state juxtaposed to the down-at-heel Derffllinger

Lots of fine detail and great posed figures!

Tiger under-way ; Derff at anchor?

regards


JB

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http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... index.html

IPMS UK SIG (special interest group) www.finewaterline.com

Thank you Jim for the kind words and continuous support during the construction of this model.
I have a firm intention to go to Telford but I have to finish the diorama first.
I hope I will get it done by then.
And yes, Derfflinger will be at anchor with Tiger steaming by.

Wow, what an amazing detail! I love all these small touches like chains to cover the openings in the railing at the top of ladders, wooden steps on inclided ladders, etc. ...
The figures look excellent, and are very well posed!
I'm not sure what you feel to be wrong with your railings. I wish mine were this fine looking...

So congratulations on an amazing job! I'm looking forward to the dio too.
Cheers,

Marijn

PS: thanks for your comments on my book! Much appreciated!

Marijn, thank you very much!
Of course its not the railing I'm dissatisfied with. In fact I'm quite pleased with the way it turned out.
I wanted to write rigging, those cage aerials.
I'm still considering improving upon them.

sublime it's just the word that me comes to mind
your work is of great finesse ,the figurines bring of life at the good areas
I look forward to seeing the finished diorama
bravo
cheers
Nicolas

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