Ironclad IJN NACHI 1943

[JR]

No wonder Bob you have invested in a new magnifying lamp.
Those thin section parts would soon ping off into the unknown the minute you pick the model up to paint .

[BattleshipBob]

No wonder Bob you have invested in a new magnifying lamp.
Those thin section parts would soon ping off into the unknown the minute you pick the model up to paint .

Cheers John

Yes the lamp is a wise investment! Although working over a large plastic food container and sitting right up to the bench prevented parts pinging off. A method I will definitely use again!

[john hutton]

Evening Bob,
Like the idea of working over a food container, although in my case, one of those glass boxes with arm tubes fitted to rubber gloves that you see in the Bond films might be a safer bet. Carpet Monster in my house has eaten so much styrene, he can't get through the model room door. So a cunning plan was called for....i moved upstairs...i can hear him screaming as i write.

[BattleshipBob]

Evening Bob,
Like the idea of working over a food container, although in my case, one of those glass boxes with arm tubes fitted to rubber gloves that you see in the Bond films might be a safer bet. Carpet Monster in my house has eaten so much styrene, he can't get through the model room door. So a cunning plan was called for....i moved upstairs...i can hear him screaming as i write.

Hi John

I had to cut off and clean up a lot of tiny bollards to go right on the bow. They really had me worried and the carpet monster licking his lips. So I used the bowl from a food container which I had used to keep dust off StuG's after spraying. Sat right up to the bench to stop parts escaping that way. Only one escaped and that was my mistake. But yes I also thought of those booths you see a mad scientist playing with nuclear glow in the dark bits!!

[JR]

Do you use the apron stuck to the bench edge with Velcro Bob. When I remember to wear it it saves loads of small parts I drop .

[boatman]

Do you use the apron stuck to the bench edge with Velcro Bob. When I remember to wear it it saves loads of small parts I drop .

OH John thats a good idea never thought of that
chrisb

[Ian M]

Do you use the apron stuck to the bench edge with Velcro Bob. When I remember to wear it it saves loads of small parts I drop .

So need me one of those.
Oh. a thin sheet of foam rubber on the desk helps to. Conversely it stops small parts bouncing of the table onto the floor!

[adt70hk]

H Bob

Jus had a catch up. That's coming on very nicely!

ATB

Andrew

[BattleshipBob]

H Bob

Jus had a catch up. That's coming on very nicely!

ATB

Andrew

Thanks Andrew

So today added the propshafts, these had the support brackets moulded with the shafts



Bit of filler needed, next is priming the hull and numerous decks

[scottie3158]

Bob, all looking very nice mate.

[BattleshipBob]

Bob, all looking very nice mate.

Cheers Paul, my floaty skills are finally getting there!

[Ian M]

Coming along very nicely Bob.

[boatman]

Bob matey youve had those skills for yrs its just that they hadnt suffaced yet but now they are as you was usein your stug skills then but from the stern she looks like my tiger but on a smaller scale but the prop sharft an A frames look just right very well done my freind bet it was fiddley fittin them ?
chrisb

[BattleshipBob]

Coming along very nicely Bob.

Cheers Ian

Bob matey youve had those skills for yrs its just that they hadnt suffaced yet but now they are as you was usein your stug skills then but from the stern she looks like my tiger but on a smaller scale but the prop sharft an A frames look just right very well done my freind bet it was fiddley fittin them ?
chrisb

Thanks Chris, what was odd was the usual shadow on the hull to fit the part where the shafts leave the hull was missing? Not sure what this is called

[boatman]

Cheers Ian


Thanks Chris, what was odd was the usual shadow on the hull to fit the part where the shafts leave the hull was missing? Not sure what this is called

WELL neither am i Bob as ive heard them called stuffin tube exits from the hull or prop shafts exits but did the kit have the A FRAMES fittings marked out on the hull ? as if you just fitted the A frames in their mounting AN then kept the prop shafts dead straight to the hull centre then they are in the right place from the prop shafts comin out of the hull an yours look right to me well done on that as ive seen on some peoples R/C ships that the shafts exits from the hull are not straight so the prop or props are not at the correct angle to push the ships hull through the water an the cause of this is mainly that they cant get the motors to fit properly in the curved hull so they have sqeezzed them up resultin in prop shafts on the huh
chrisb