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Bob m8ty now look at that what a great job you have done on it first class id say an you keep sayin you aernt a good moddeler well you have certainly proved you are an im impressed with that wooden deck brillant job i cant praise this enough considering about 6 months or so you had never build one WOW you the the MAN
chris
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Very kind Chris non rubber chq on way!!Bob m8ty now look at that what a great job you have done on it first class id say an you keep sayin you aernt a good moddeler well you have certainly proved you are an im impressed with that wooden deck brillant job i cant praise this enough considering about 6 months or so you had never build one WOW you the the MAN
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Still a hell of a lot to learn, without Dave's help it would still be stuck to my fingers lol.
Better than Tashkent but way to go lolComment
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Bob,
The deck looks good mate nicely done.Comment
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Great work on the wooden decks mate. Its coming along a treatComment
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To keep my tiny mind going, added more wooden decks, however mistake on rear deck, D'Oh
Also gloss varnished so hull and superstructure ready for a bit of weathering! Not sure how grotty the superstructure should be??
Can understand the crew leaving the hull alone at sea, but suspect the supertructure would be kept much cleaner??
Can someone advice??Comment
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Bob sorry, completely missed the updates over the festive period. That's turned out beautifully!!
ATB.
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Just caught up lovely build so far.Comment
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I'll probably get corrected by the navy lads but here goes.
Sailing around looking for a fight was 5 - 10% of the job the rest was keeping house. Ships where normally kept clean and tidy. "Ship shape and Bristol fashion" comes to mind.
Decks scrubbed, paint washed down and repaired/repainted. Even the hull down to the water line. Weather permitting that is. A clean and tidy ship is a safe one. And it is what is keeping you alive.
Ships rust! Salt and steel not a good mix but was kept at bay the best it could.
Escort ships, Corvettes and the such worked their butts off and could get pretty beaten up while at sea, There where kept clean and tidy, rust on the other hand could get to be an issue.
Dirt places you would expect, edges and corners, bunkers hatches, coal shoots and the such.Comment
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Bob the deck is good, from what I can gather it's laser cut and either one piece bass wood or laminate .
Working in something that small is not the easiest thing when it comes to timbers due to grain. Very easy to split and mess the whole thing up.
You've done well .:thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2:Comment
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Hi Bob.
Deck looks good, and I can’t see the issue you mention. As to superstructure and ship cleanliness, depends on the period in question really. In the Edwardian RN it was expected that a ship would be completely repainted every time it entered port. As soon as they dropped anchor the lads were out with the paintbrush…..this is detailed in several memoirs of the time.
Peacetime naval regimes would also major in cleanliness because it engenders pride in the crew and keeps them occupied. A big gun battle wagon would have a lot of gun crew to keep gainfully employed if the guns were not firing…..
However, the ship paintwork would look a bit worn and salt encrusted after a long winter Atlantic voyage, for example, so coming out of port it would be very clean, and going in could be pretty dirty and faded. After coaling a coal fired ship would be filthy until it was cleaned down, as would be the crew.
Wartime would be different though. Short turn around between cruises would minimise the time available for that sort of bull, and the crews would spend much more time at station in combat zones.
Loads to think about, so as always you need to decide the where and when the model is set.
Hope the personal issues are still going OK, by the way.Comment
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