1/144 Kiev by Dave Wooley

[Richard J OMalley]

Stunning

[Dave Wooley]

Stunning

Hi Richard Thanks , much appreciated .

[Capit�o Norbert]

Hi my friend Dave
i have seen your last pictures of Kiev and i need to say you this is splendid model very very well done.
great from you

[Dave Wooley]

Hi my friend Dave
i have seen your last pictures of Kiev and i need to say you this is splendid model very very well done.
great from you

Hi Norbert good to hear from you and thank you. lthough there is some work left I hope to have Kiev completed by December .

[Capit�o Norbert]

is good preparing the champagne

[Dave Wooley]

is good preparing the champagne

Like this 4 years ago but then the glasses where out as we where also commissioning ARHs USS Moffett . Almost twenty years ago I launched my Tirpitz even had a slipway with attendent tugs.

Dave Wooley

[Dave Wooley]

More shots of the Kiev thus far .Presently I�m working on the ships boats. I�ll show the finished boats in due course.

Looking down towards the SAR helo

A flavour of progress to date .

Dave Wooley more to come Kiev has come along way since the launch picture:thumbs_up_1:

[Capit�o Norbert]

Hi Wooley that's good
i forgot this image...
now the model is very impressive and very good.
good picture

[Dave Wooley]

Hi Wooley that's good
i forgot this image...
now the model is very impressive and very good.
good picture

Hi Norbert Thank you . Ships boats are now painted.
Dave Wooley

[moomoon]

This is not the kind of ship I like... yet this model could make me change my mind
Thank you to share!

[Dave Wooley]

This is not the kind of ship I like... yet this model could make me change my mind
Thank you to share!

Hi Moomoon thanks for your comments. Yes we all have a slant to wards a particular type of ship but it is refreshing at times to see something different
Dave Wooley

[russclark]

hello dave kiev is looking exellent ,To me coming to the end of a build is a little bit of a let down,After all the hours spent researching and building one looks at the finished product and thinks it's done now what.I am sure kiev will win many awards ,and much praise from all who look at her ,Well done . I will be watching with great intrest for your next project,thanks for the inspiration.

[jimjan]

HI Dave
your Kiev is awesome .
absolutley

[Dave Wooley]

hello dave kiev is looking exellent ,To me coming to the end of a build is a little bit of a let down,After all the hours spent researching and building one looks at the finished product and thinks it's done now what.I am sure kiev will win many awards ,and much praise from all who look at her ,Well done . I will be watching with great intrest for your next project,thanks for the inspiration.

Hi Russ good to hear from you .Even now at this 11th hour there is much to do but I agree there is a sence of anti climax . The one part of the build I have not mentioned is to get the ship to water. That as you know is always a trying time and may well have to wait until the spring unless we get a quiet calm winters day?. As for the next project, like Bill I may wonder off and build a smaller, slightly different type of warship just to mark time until my new set of plans are all completed
Dave Wooley

[Dave Wooley]

HI Dave
your Kiev is awesome .
absolutley

Hi Jimjan Thank you for your kind words
Dave Wooley

[109]

Hi Dave,

you�ve made some great progress on your model! The russions carried quite a lot of artwork on their ships! Superb attention to details!

I also like the aircrafts - are you going to post figueres on the model?

Bye!

[Dave Wooley]

Hi Dave,

you�ve made some great progress on your model! The russions carried quite a lot of artwork on their ships! Superb attention to details!

I also like the aircrafts - are you going to post figueres on the model?

Bye!

Hi 109 Yes a deck crew will embark on Kiev and it will be one of the last jobs before the ship can be said to be finished. There seems to be a question as to whether it is appropriate or not to have a crew on a model . I know Joseph Kaiser has a crew on his Bismarck but other modellers show no crew, which is often the case on models seen in maritime museums .I often wonders which school of thought is right? Kiev will be the first model I have built with a deck crew .
Dave Wooley

[109]

Good questions. There will always be some guys who like crews on models and those who don�t like it.

I am thinking of having one figure either on the model or on the stand of my Bismarck as a scale - in some 20 years I guess.

Bye now!

[Timmy C]

My two kuruses (Turkish cents though the lowest denomination is 5 kr, so 2 kr is technically impossible) on figures on models:

In my opinion, a R/C model represents a miniaturized version of the working, moving vessel. In such a case, if the ship model itself is a live and moving object, then it stands to reason that all parts that would be moving should also be moving. Figures, unfortunately, cannot be moved, and so they remain the only aspect of your model that will be unrealistic in the context of the model sailing on the water. Aircraft, radars, and other parts on the real ship that could move can remain static because there exists situations where they would not be moving, and thus can also remain static on the model.

In contrast, static models represent a snapshot or photograph of the ship, and thus they can have figures on board, standing still, without looking odd.

[Dave Wooley]

My two kuruses (Turkish cents though the lowest denomination is 5 kr, so 2 kr is technically impossible) on figures on models:

In my opinion, a R/C model represents a miniaturized version of the working, moving vessel. In such a case, if the ship model itself is a live and moving object, then it stands to reason that all parts that would be moving should also be moving. Figures, unfortunately, cannot be moved, and so they remain the only aspect of your model that will be unrealistic in the context of the model sailing on the water. Aircraft, radars, and other parts on the real ship that could move can remain static because there exists situations where they would not be moving, and thus can also remain static on the model.

In contrast, static models represent a snapshot or photograph of the ship, and thus they can have figures on board, standing still, without looking odd.

Hi Timmy I trust you are enjoying the glories of Byzantium and the splendor of the Ottoman Empire. Yes I have to agree on what you say, your logic is sound. However having seen models such as Ted Parr�s awesome Nimitz the thought of that model minus crew would seem a contradiction in terms. I took these pictures that perhaps can be used as examples . The first shows John Glossop�s 1:96 HMS Albion circa 1960s as seen at the Fleet Air Arm Museum , the second example is Joe Milward�s 1:96 fully working HMS Ocean { no deck crew} and the finally Ted Parr�s Nimitz a snap shot in time just as if it where a real vessel. With out a deck crew would the Nimitz be the same model and would the effect be the same? Judge for yourself.
John Glossop�s RO7 HMS Albion FAA Museum




Joe Milward�s HMS Ocean Navy Day at the Potteries


Ted Parrs Nimitz 1:144 scale

One of the images of Ted's Nimitz that has never been seen

Dave Wooley