HMS Ark Royal (Airfix 1/600)

[Guest]

When they were searching for the AR wreck, it turned out to be some way away from the 'official' sinking point. They actually found one of the deck Swordfish aircraft first and that is what guided them the last bit onto the wreck itself which was found to be sat pretty much upright. The guy that was accredited with the torpedo that hit the Bismarck's rudder was on the search vessel and was given the honour (or gave the honour depending on your point of view) of guiding the mini sub, flying it in effect, remotely onto the Ark Royal's deck. Although he had left the Ark before it was sunk, it must have been a great moment to 'fly' something back onto it's flight deck for the last time.

There were plans to raise it but I think these have been scuppered.

[spanner570]

Tush m'lord, you're in good foolin' today ....... or at least i hope you are or i'm having a paddy an it's goin' in the bin Starboard = right... dunnit ????

Ha, you saw through that then? I'm glad it was you that replied to my post first......'Course you're right......Bet you had a twitch first though eh?

Looking good..

Ron

[Guest]

Phew ...... ya got me good an proper there me old mucker.

Bet you had a twitch first though eh?

Twitch ??!!?? me backside went from normal to dustbin lid size then back a few times.

@ Graham ... interesting stuff mate .... i would have assumed the undersea currents to have played a part in the final resting location to be honest.

When we go "wreck fishing" off Inchkeith island up here there's sometimes a little discrepency in the GPS location from the previous year for the wrecks (think there's four of them, the Salvestria being one)

[papa 695]

Just caught up on this Colin some nice work with the wire/gaurd rails, and very nice work with the torpedo damage should look stunning in the Diorama

[Guest]

Got the base coats of colour on it, all the bits like cranes etc added ... starting distessing and weathering now.

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The anchors looked just like a bit of flashy plastic, just slightly less detailed than the rest of the small parts in the kit

Decided to make my own .... this is the first attempt, which will, in fact, do for me.... two more to go... oh joy.

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1/600th aircraft send you crazy ... stuck some props on for a bit more detail and about strained my optic nerves getting the roundels to look roundish and (at least) fairly real(ish) looking.

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[papa 695]

Looking very good Colin When's the rigging going on the Swordfish ?

[Guest]

Thanks Ian,

Rigging on a 1/600th ?? .... there's bound to be someone who's done it eh ...

Sadly i don't now have the visual acuity and/or talent (call it patience if you will) to do such a thing ..... although i did think about a human hair, a scalpel, tweezers and some superglue, then i had a reality check brought on by my capabilities

[Guest]

ooOOoo look at all the little faireys,good show old chap looking really nice

mobear

[flyjoe180]

Great work Colin. There is a lot of detail and hard work in your project so far, and it's paying off. Look forward to seeing how you rig it.

[Guest]

I've got some very thin copper wire which (scale-wise) will be adequate to rig the little ariel mast and other little bit of cable here and there ... i'm still not even going to attempt rigging the aircraft

[Guest]

Wow just catching up on this and its looking great Colin,love all the little string bags too! If you pull of rigging those I'll nominate you for modeller supreme of the century!