H.M.S. HOOD.... A 1/400 JSC Card Model

[Jim R]

Hi Ron
Great start. Simple tool kit but each has its job. That's a great way to make the gun barrels. A couple of probably daft questions please. Are the parts just marked for cutting or are they precut/perforated at all? Do you score on the inside or outside of a fold?
Carry on Folding.
Jim

[Dave Ward]

JSC offer loads of models - 114 - in scales from 1/50 - 1/400 JSC Shop they also make some resin accessories & laser cut card frames for some ships.......................http://store.jsc.pl/index.php/catego...cut-parts/1400 I've never tried the lasercut parts - I just laminated the original parts with cereal boxes.
The card really does blunt blades, I reckon 2 X Swann - Morton 10A Scalpel blades per model!
Dave

[spanner570]

Thanks boys.

Laurie - No Bismark. I already have the 1/350 in easy plastic - Thank goodness!

Jim - The parts are just printed, so need to be cut out 'By Hand'.
As to the fold cuts, I was asked much the same question when I built the MacBraynes ferry 'Bute'. If the fold is towards you, the scouring is done on the shown dotted line. If it's opposite and away from you, then it's done on the reversed unmarked side. A bit tricky, as you have to transfer the lines onto the back of the card. On some kits, this is already done for you. Luckily, there are usually only a few 'Away from you' folds to do. It is possible to just scour the dotted line and bend it away from you, but the bend is very poor and not chrisp enough.

Here's the hull frames glued in position.
Old Hawkeye will see some are on the wrong side. It makes no difference, as long as they are fixed to the correct dotted lines on the hull base and kept vertical.



Cheers.
Ron

[Jim R]

Hi Ron
Thanks for the answers. Really looking like a ship now. Big ain't it :tongue-out3:
Jim

[Neil Merryweather]

looks like fun..........

[boatman]

HI Ron an as Jim said its big but how big ? an beam ? as to me it looks about a metre long ? but you are doin a really nice job an you must have plenty of patience
as i would get the shakes doin that as the last card model i made was yrs ago an it turned out oop: could not get to fold it on the lines needless to say model went in the bin but you have no fear of that beautifull work an i'll be followin this to completetion :thumb2: keep up the good work

chris

[Guest]

A bizarre thought.

The Bismark actually sealed it's fate in sinking the Hood. The Hood was the pride of the RN

From the day that happened from Churchill (He had been First Sea Lord in WW1 & WW1) onwards every sea captain every Admiral at sea with those in the admiralty & every pilot of the Swordfishes had one goal. Absolute determination to get the Bismark & did they.

[boatman]

HI Ron anymore pics ?
chris

[Tim Marlow]

The issue with the loss of the Hood was that she had been built up in the public eye to be the poster girl Illustrating the might and invincibility of the RN. Her loss unavenged would therefore have impacted national morale.
Trouble was, in reality she was all fur coat and no knickers. The original design perpetrated the flaws inherent in British Battlecriuser design exposed at Jutland. Despite corrective work they were unable to be easily rectified. Earlier attempts had reduced her seaboard to the extent that the crew knew her as the Navy’s biggest submarine....she shipped water in all but the calmest seas. Great looking ship, but really out of her time by the battle of the Denmark Straight.

[papa 695]

Just seen this one Ron, gluten for punishment you are. Great start though.

[spanner570]

Thanks boys.
Chris - The pictures make it bigger than it actually is. She measures 660mm x 80mm.

Update pickies to follow soon.

Ron

[boatman]

Thanks boys.
Chris - The pictures make it bigger than it actually is. She measures 660mm x 80mm.

Update pickies to follow soon.

Ron

OK Ron many thanks for your reply an i look forward to the update pickies lovely
chris

[Jim R]

Hi Ron
Any progress on this? It getting interesting.
Jim

[boatman]

Hi Ron
Any progress on this? It getting interesting.
Jim

YEA I second that ?
chris

[spanner570]

Thanks for the continued interest and a kindly reminder boys, but.....

Believe me chaps. when you build one of these things, that can only have been invented by the Devil himself, you need a break - a long break from a card kit!

From my past builds, I knew full well as my finger hovered over the 'Buy it Now', that I should have resisted. The HMS Hood is resting at the edge of my work area just daring me.....

I will return to the build, honest. But I need to build up the strength and willpower to tackle it first.

Ron