An American Spy Ship?

[adt70hk]

Richard

Just caught up on this. It's truly amazing what you've achieved so far! Keep up the good work.

Andrew

[rtfoe]

Hey thanks Andrew for the encouragement. Been at it for a month now. Still mucking with the railings but will have some updates on the rear deckhouse soon.
Thanks for dropping in...noticed you went through the pages.
I have up till now put up 23 antenna aerials and are like hypodermic needles so have to be careful not to get pricked. No camoflage will be able to hide the fact that this is a surveilance spy ship. :smiling6:

Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

Sun is out like every other day and my lotus is blooming...


Ok enough of that...back to the build...below is what I did without refering again so I removed that wire conduit and re-did that whole section.



Extra aerials added along with some stowage on the aft platform and ducts and protrusions along the side of the rear deck house.



You'll see a slight difference on both sides of the rear deck house facings.



Then I finally did the railings to the forward deck house. Also finished the davit holders and will be attaching the boat separately after painting it.


The Malaysian 10sen reference to the size of an English 5 pence.

Cheers,
Richard

[Jim R]

Hi Richard
Very pretty lotus flower. Hope the cats don't wreck it - they do seem to like to practice their hunting skills on things.
Ship just gets better and better.
Jim

[Andy Belsey]

Richard,
Do you have something a bit more ‘international’ than the coin. I know it’s small but a coin can vary so much. It’s why I put my hands in photos. Loving all this fine fine detail, but because the enlargements are so clear it’s hard to imagine how tiny it is.
Andy

[tr1ckey66]

Beautiful work Richard. USS Oxford is really coming together. Really looking forward to seeing this bristling with all the antenna.
Good stuff!
Cheers
Paul

[rtfoe]

Thanks Jim, Andy and Paul for comments most encouraging. :smiling3:

Jim, I have had a few run ins with the cats, fortunately because the parts are so tiny I find them attached to their fur.:smiling6:
Andy, my finger will be as international as it gets. I'm a Eurasian and have American Chinese, Shanghainese, Burmese, Swedish, Dutch and Singhalese ancestory. :tears-of-joy: I don't cover the Middle East or Latin America.
Good to have you Paul, a real porcupine this ship.

Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

Tomorrow is vet day so I'll try for some bench time tonight...I'm just not looking forward to the couple of stairs over the weather breakers... they are quite short so the hand rails can pose a problem.

Cheers,
Richard

[JR]

Thanks for that photo with the ruler Richard, hope the knocking off parts wasn't too painful rebuilding wise .
It gives the viewer something to connect with. It's actually smaller than I had imagined !

[rtfoe]

No problem John, the ruler does give me something to think about regarding scale.
Sorry no updates as the idiot box force was strong last night.:hungry:
I am approaching page 10 where good old Tim 'God rest his soul' normally gets his build started...I break into a smile remembering how he agitates his paint tins by putting them in his pockets while going about the house. Real energy saving. :tears-of-joy::smiling2:

Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

Ok a little update...I wrestled with the third mast just now for a whole 3 hours and its the best I could do...



And thats my thumb next to it for size comparison.


Don't wanna ever do it again :smiling6:

Cheers,
Richard

[Jim R]

Incredible and so tiny.
I remember Tim. Such a wonderful guy. His mum used to knit Teddy Bears for charity and my wife, who is a crazy, mad knitter, would send her parcels of left over wool.
Jim

[rtfoe]

Thanks Jim, I'll show you my shrinking ray gun. :tears-of-joy:
That's nice of your wife. I miss some of the old bunch of guys.

Cheers,
Richard

[grumpa]

Just caught up on this Richard and I must say it is absolutely amazing stuff!

Jim

[Guest]

Pretty amazing stuff Richard.