Good lord Bob that looks tricky.Done a grand job.Ive been watching lots of maritime builds on youtube and there are some lovely builds on there but some go mad on the P.E but good luck to them.
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Lovely detailing Bob.SteveComment
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Hi Richard, many thanks and much appreciated
Theres one guy on YouTube from Taiwan, he puts loads of pe on ships. He obviously doesn't play battleships in the bath as the ship would sink lol. Another builder from Taiwan gives good advice and tips, its from him that I have switched to bog standard CA!
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Having never used annealing i have spent time experimenting to answer my own ??.
Do you just heat up the area to be bent or curved, how much heat etc. Thankfully had spare splinter shields from the pe set for the knackered KGV build.
So using a ciggy lighter i discovered that heating all the pe and getting it very hot worked very well. Top shield is first go not much annealing and bottom is after my playing silly buggers. The railings need fixing correctly in place. Very happy with the bottom shield
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Your PE work is looking very good Bob, it's all coming together nicely.Comment
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I must say Bob you're really getting to grips with this PE malarkey. Certainly learning a lot along the way.Comment
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Many thanks gents, getting better bit by bit, mind you nails have not grown back 😜
Bit more of bobs pe battles. By far the hardest so far, two splinter shields and railings. Very awkward, first go not great, the pe deck has tiny grooves to make sure the shield fits correctly, yeh my bum!!
Other side is better but learnt a lot of new swear words lol. The pe deck comes with the railings partially attached, BUT trying to handle the deck lead to the railings being damaged so I cut them off before I ruined them. So reattached using very thin rod and locktite.
Feel that the messing about is paying dividends??
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Wow! That looks really good Bob.
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