HMS Campbletown......1/700

[Guest]

Excellent work Ralph, hope you have a spare set of eyeballs in your spares box. Soo...tiny. Derek

Thanks for the kind words Derek,I could do with a few sets of eyeballs

How do you attach railings Ralph? When I did my Bismark, I tacked them with Superglue then ran a a thin bead of thinned PVA along the full length. This, with capillary action, created quite a strong seal when dried but flexible enough not to pop off if it got caught.

Hi Graham.


For the railings I solely use PVA.I put a bead of pva where it is needed place the railing into it and with a slightly dampened brush wipe any excess away.


And it is flexible like you say.

This is coming along very nicely Ralph

Thanks Ian,glad you're liking it.

[Guest]

I've been a bit slow the last couple of days.


So here is where I'm up to.Still a bit to go..

[Lee W]

This looking fab Ralph, any chance of a close up of the weapon systems?


Lee

[Guest]

This looking fab Ralph, any chance of a close up of the weapon systems?
Lee

Thanks for the nice comments Lee.


I'll do my best to take some good pics of the weapon systems for you(tomorrow)

[Guest]

Astonishing work, I hate PE with a vengeance (can't do it to save my life) I take my hat off to those who can, wish I had half your skill, keep at it, you are doing stirling work.

[Guest]

This has to be the crispest pe work I have ever seen and in 700 scale the railings can't be more than 3mm tall


I'll have to try your method with pva cyano is ok it wicks well but is very brittle


All the best Roger

[flyjoe180]

Fantastic PE work Ralph, this is superb stuff.

[Guest]

Astonishing work, I hate PE with a vengeance (can't do it to save my life) I take my hat off to those who can, wish I had half your skill, keep at it, you are doing stirling work.

Thanks for the great comments Ken,This has certainly taxed my brain at times.

This has to be the crispest pe work I have ever seen and in 700 scale the railings can't be more than 3mm tall
I'll have to try your method with pva cyano is ok it wicks well but is very brittle


All the best Roger

Thanks for the lovely comments Roger.I have to admit that there are a few mistakes when you look real close..but hey not to worry.

Fantastic PE work Ralph, this is superb stuff.

Thanks for the kind comments Joe.This is certainly the best PE I have worked with.

[Guest]

This looking fab Ralph, any chance of a close up of the weapon systems?
Lee

Hi Lee,


I have tried and tried to get some decent close ups.


I'm sorry but what you see seems to be the best I can do.

[Guest]

I Started to do some of the work on the base.


So far I have used 1mm plastic sheet and Cut out the shape of the hull then glued this to a base.I then added bow waves using milliput.I then put a coat of wall filler all over the plastic and tapped it with a brush to get a slightly rough effect.

[spanner570]

Superb work Ralph, all that p.e. would have seen me off long ago. I know I would have just lost patience with it and probably spoilt the whole model to boot, so top marks to you sir!


Your sea is taking shape nicely. Don't forget now, keep the wake nice and close-ish to the ship's sides. Then a gentle sweep away in a nice curve. I'll be watching

[Guest]

Superb work Ralph, all that p.e. would have seen me off long ago. I know I would have just lost patience with it and probably spoilt the whole model to boot, so top marks to you sir!
Your sea is taking shape nicely. Don't forget now, keep the wake nice and close-ish to the ship's sides. Then a gentle sweep away in a nice curve. I'll be watching

Thanks for the kind words Ron.


When I did the bow waves I remembered to keep it as tight as I could.


Hopefully the painting will give me the curve I need .

[Lee W]

Hi Lee,
I have tried and tried to get some decent close ups.


I'm sorry but what you see seems to be the best I can do.

No worries Ralph, I have vivid memories of these...the sounds and smells...even after 22 years, I guess it's one of those things that you can never forget!?


Everything is still looking great, amazing work my friend...


Lee

[Guest]

No worries Ralph, I have vivid memories of these...the sounds and smells...even after 22 years, I guess it's one of those things that you can never forget!?
Everything is still looking great, amazing work my friend...


Lee

I guess you can't forget something like that.


And thanks so much for the kind comments.

[Guest]

This is todays work.


Started to paint the sea using an airbrush.


Also most of the kit is built(just a few pieces left).