1/72 HMS Iron Duke - Type 23 Frigate

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Quite simply....

WOW!!!!

[boatman]

HI Garry did you get a NEW 2.4 gig R/C SET ? with failsafe built in an it would be nice to see a pic of it an how many channels ?
chrisb

[Tworrs]

Wow, great looking skeleton there, and so big……. Just out of interest, how heavy will she be when finished?

Tim, thank you. She measures just over 6ft long and as to weight, good question, but I think about 12-14Kg.

[Tworrs]

WELL HI Garry lovley to see you post your build of I/D on here an you will enjoy showin your build as i said at the time it deserved to be seen as its all your hard work an dont worry about makin mistakes an dont be embarresed as what you are doin here an bein a rookie builder as i said it takes some people yrs to master what you have done on your first attenpt an may i say its brilliant very nice build an its been done in record time so far an you have beaten me by ay a long shot as to build up my tiger this far as you have built took me well over a yr so VERY WELL DONE an some brilliant pics nice an clear an i will be following your build Garry AN any help you want just sing out an i or someone eles will be able to help you KEEP UP THIS BRILLIANT BUILD very well done boyo
ATB ps hope you feel better soon
chrisb

Hi Chris, thank you for all your help and encouragement, it is really appreciated and has been of great assistance to me.
Being retired I have a lot off time on my hands, and Iron Duke keeps me out of trouble.
ATB
Garry

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Garry, I'll follow your build with great interest. It's a BIG project and your brave approach to the challenge is noteworthy.:thumb2:
By the way, nice bench!

Andrea

Thank you Andrea, brave or foolhardy is the question, in my head nothing is impossible, until it's not possible
The workbench was built out of scraps when I was rebuilding my house, and has served me well, and it's on wheels which is very useful.
Cheers
Garry

[Tworrs]

HI Garry did you get a NEW 2.4 gig R/C SET ? with failsafe built in an it would be nice to see a pic of it an how many channels ?
chrisb

I have ordered a new 2.4 gig R/C set, however coming from China it will probably be another month before it gets here, and it is 10 channel.

[Tworrs]

Quite simply....

WOW!!!!

Thank you Andrew, very kind of you to say.
Garry

[boatman]

I have ordered a new 2.4 gig R/C set, however coming from China it will probably be another month before it gets here, and it is 10 channel.

WELL Garry with 10 channells you will be able to have some workin funkions then great stuff an brilliant modeling hope the next pic instalment is not too long in comin
chrisb

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Photos dated 8-14 June
Making a start on the cladding, which is 0.8mm ply.
At this stage it looks a bit like a jigsaw puzzle.
Garry

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Photos dated 29 June
More progress on the cladding.

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Photo dated 30 June
Here is where I came to realise that the plans were not perfect, the frame drawing dims didn't match the deck dims, (and yes I checked it multiple times) which meant a lot of playing around to get it all to work.
FUN

[boatman]

VERY nice clean build Garry an i know she not but she looks longer than my norfolk but they are two peas from the same pod but you havin scratch built your hull is a work of art very nice indeed an you have now got all the fun to come fininshin the hull an then the S/S an the eletrics are you havin workin stabilizers Garry as they do make a differnce in keepin her straight up when takin a turn
chrisb

[Tworrs]

In the middle of June,
just to mess me around......

[Tworrs]

VERY nice clean build Garry an i know she not but she looks longer than my norfolk but they are two peas from the same pod but you havin scrtch built your hull is a work of art very nice indeed an you have now got all the fun to come fininshin the hull an then the S/S an the eletrics are you havin workin stabilizers Garry as they do make a differnce in keepin her straight up when takin a turn
chrisb

Yes there will be working stabilisers Chris.
Watch this space !!

[boatman]

In the middle of June,
just to mess me around......


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dont know how to work that covid thing as jen does ours but does that mean you went down with it ?
chrisb