HMCS Snowberry

[Guest]

thanks derek will be doing some more on her later by the way i have just ordered that roket ca glue that you recommended so i should have that in a couple of days

[Guest]

hmmm sanding and filling liferafts is becoming a little tedious tonight so i'm going to call it a day

[Guest]

finished filling and sanding 2 liferafts. going to start painting them soon and just ordered some 10mm brass stanchions to go round the radar tower

[Guest]

NOTE TO SELF: never use superglue on styrene plastic because it doesn't work unless it's photo etch, when sanding three of the liferafts the came apart in my hand so i decided to ask the missus can i get the great little ships liferafts upgrade kits instead of using the kit supplied rafts.


On a good note i have decided to plank my own deck with 1.5mm x 7mm balsa strips sanded down to wafer thin dimensions not sure of the exact thickness yet. I know that the whole deck is not planked and some of it is steel plated so if anybody has any pictures of this i would appreciate it thank you.


Here is a picture of the deck started.


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Any advice or questions that you have on this would be greatly appreciated.

[Ian M]

CA works on Plastic. It does not work to well in oil/grease from fingers.... ?


Otherwise it could be that you sanded away the part that was glued.


As for the wooden deck sections. All of the bridge area. the fo'c'sle and the area to the rear and each side of the machine room. All the rest was painted steel.


Ian M

[Guest]

thanks for the advice on the glue and the wooden deck ian i will try again with the glue maybe apply the glue after i have cleaned up the area before gluing it. I will look for some pictures of the deck and steel plates online

[flyjoe180]

Coming along nicely Dave. These ship builds are fascinating, so many tiny pieces and details.

[Guest]

thank you joe she is a pleasure to build and not as much of a challenge as i expected but it will take some time to complete even more so with some of the photo etch parts that i am going to use.

[Guest]

i have done some more on my corvette but i have done the lower bridge ma in structure, about 20% of the mines, the engine room cover, rope reels, funnels, made a start on the engine room skylights, and a few other bits, i will put some more pictures up for you all soon but i have some family issues to sort out so i might not bee around much for a couple of weeks i will try to keep up with it but can't promise anything.

[Ian M]

Family befor forum mate. Hope it's nothing to bad.


Ian M

[Guest]

thanks ian my gran died on sunday morning at 3am so it's just an upsetting time and i ended up in casualty last night so having a lot to deal with mate

[Guest]

Hi Dave, As Ian says, our thoughts are with you. Derek

[Guest]

thank you both some pics of the work i have done over the last couple of days

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[Guest]

Thank you both it means a lot. Here are some pics of the work that i have done over the last couple of days.


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I might carry on with the good work that i have done so as to keep my mind off things that have happened lately. I have a fair bit of priming and painting to do now so i will crack on that as i am hoping to order some of the Great Little Ships Detail kits next week so i will do some painting whilst waiting for them to arrive. Keep watching this space for more updates in the meantime i may do some work o the hull.

[Guest]

HMS Campanula is going on hold for a couple of days whilst i wait for the milliput, very thin Balsa for the wooden deck, and the extra detail photo etch and white metal parts that i have just ordered to arrive. I guess it gives me a bit of time to catch up on another build in my stash.