Neil's 1-35 Liberty Ship Diorama

[wotan]

That's looking terrific Neil. Looking forward to see more.

John

[Neil Merryweather]

That's looking terrific Neil. Looking forward to see more.

John

Cheers John , glad to have you aboard

[Jim R]

That is excellent Neil. A clever idea really well executed.

[flyjoe180]

Superb work Neil, very enjoyable to watch this develop

[Jack L]

Wow

[Richard48]

Mindblowing work dude.Jaw dropping modelling allround indeed.If this appeared in a model show its in my opinion worthy of best in show.
Enchanting Mr M.
Richard

[Neil Merryweather]

Mindblowing work dude.Jaw dropping modelling allround indeed.If this appeared in a model show its in my opinion worthy of best in show.
Enchanting Mr M.
Richard

That's very kind of you to say Richard-that's always assuming I live at least another ten years to finish it

[Richard48]

I have every confidence in you Carruthers.My latest project ended up in the bin when i lost my rag big time.Im not one for trashing stuff but this one really wound me up.I must do some figures again me thinks.Got a few Dragon 1.35th boxes to do.
keep going mate.
Richard

[Neil Merryweather]

Right then, I’ve been busy with the covered walkway


It was bit tricky to figure out a way of temporarily holding it all together whilst I fitted the beams, but I got there in the end


The original intention was to leave the top open and simply close it with the deck above(which is going to be separate), but that proved to be too difficult, so I added a thin sheet of plastic(clear, because that’s all I have that’s long enough) to glue the beams to, which makes the whole thing much more stable. I will just make the deck above a bit thinner .It’s not helped by the fact that the upper deck slopes . Apart from access for painting the reason I want a bit of removability is that there are hooks with cables underneath.


I was able to print the hooks as part of the beams


And then came the fun part- adding the pipes and cables.


The black foam blocks are what I used to hold the wire in place for the drooping effect
I used a mixture of solder wire and old headphone wires which was nice and flexible.


I’ve made it a bit busier than the real thing for a bit of interest





And this is as far as I've got -I'm looking forward to getting some paint on it, only a few more bits left.
Thanks for sticking with me
Cheers
Neil

[scottie3158]

Neil,
That is outstanding mate, beautiful work.

[Neil Merryweather]

Neil,
That is outstanding mate, beautiful work.

totally inspired by you sir!

[Richard48]

Totally agree with Paul.Just outstanding Neil.
Richard

[Mickc1440]

Just caught up with this build Neil and wow, very impressive work

[Jim R]

Very impressed indeed Neil. Amazing what you have achieved and the careful planning needed.

[minitnkr]

Great work Neil. I have a bunch of those 'T' pins from when my wife used to make baby clothes.

[Neil Merryweather]

Great work Neil. I have a bunch of those 'T' pins from when my wife used to make baby clothes.

they're very useful for working with foamboard if you need to remove them easily