Revell 1/144 Trinity House 'South Goodwin' Lightship

[spanner570]

Thanks chaps. Good to see you're still hanging on in.

Oops! Forgot to mention in my last update, I found the red lines on the glass light on the top too fine a line to paint, so I painted some sewing thread red and when it dried, I glued the small lengths onto the clear plastic to make them look like the metal framework.

Ship's boats painted and glued in place. I ain't bothered about the mould marks as I have a master plan.....







Cheers and thanks for looking in.

Ron

[boatman]

Thanks chaps. Good to see you're still hanging on in.

Ship's boats painted and glued in place. I ain't bothered about the mould marks as I have a master plan.....

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Cheers and thanks for looking in.

Ron

Can i ask what this master plan is 570 ? bet you wont tell me lol
chris

[spanner570]

Can i ask what this master plan is 570 ? bet you wont tell me lol
chris

:tongue-out3:!

[boatman]

:tongue-out3:!

570 just the answer i exspected lol :rolling: :smiling2:
chris

[stillp]

I ain't bothered about the mould marks as I have a master plan.....

Well, you would have wouldn't you?
Get the Zulus to sit on the marks?
Pete

[adt70hk]

Ron

Coming on VERY nicely indeed. And a great idea of painting the thread. Another one to squirrel away for future use.

ATB

Andrew

[Tim Marlow]

Can i ask what this master plan is 570 ? bet you wont tell me lol
chris

He’s going to add chains to the middle of ‘em and call them bathplugs Chris......

[boatman]

He’s going to add chains to the middle of ‘em and call them bathplugs Chris......

OH that a good one Tim had me in fits of laughter lol

[spanner570]

I'll work overtime and cram this in to a quick finish now.

The Railings.

These are made from that soft plastic some figures are are made from.

I mentioned at the start of the build, there were quite a few missing parts, most of these I've quietly 'scratched' a replacement for and fitted to the model as I've gone along.

However, there was a piece of railing missing that was a bit tricky to replace. I made it out of plastic card and then rounded the section a tad.


All the other sections have to be bent in one length....Gently, Bentley!



I made these identical - and then realized they should have been 'Handed' :upside:!


Luckily I was able to bend one to the correct shape and hand too!.....


This one for the top of the superstructure is a bit strange. It bends to make the stanchions kind'a offset. I thought I'd dropped another bol***k, but it is correct.




I'll let the shapes roughly 'Set', then give them all a final bend, then straighten and tidy things up a bit.

Cheers.
Ron

[boatman]

I'll work overtime and cram this in to a quick finish now.

The Railings.

These are made from that soft plastic some figures are are made from.

I mentioned at the start of the build, there were quite a few missing parts, most of these I've quietly 'scratched' a replacement for and fitted to the model as I've gone along.

However, there was a piece of railing missing that was a bit tricky to replace. I made it out of plastic card and then rounded the section a tad.
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All the other sections have to be bent in one length....Gently, Bentley!
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I made these identical - and then realized they should have been 'Handed' :upside:!
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Luckily I was able to bend one to the correct shape and hand too!.....
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This one for the top of the superstructure is a bit strange. It bends to make the stanchions kind'a offset. I thought I'd dropped another bol***k, but it is correct.
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I'll let the shapes roughly 'Set', then give them all a final bend, then straighten and tidy things up a bit.

Cheers.
Ron

Very nicely done 570

[Guest]

Morning 570.
Been watching this from the beach coming along well .
Going home now to change as wet through when the tide overran the seating area.
Yours
A wet and bedraggled 453.

[boatman]

Morning 570.
Been watching this from the beach coming along well .
Going home now to change as wet through when the tide overran the seating area.
Yours
A wet and bedraggled 453.

453 :thinking: WHATEVER was you doin at the beach in this wheather was you goin paddelin lol :rolling: :smiling:

[Jim R]

Hi Ron
Looking good. Well done with the railings.
Jim

[minitnkr]

Tarps over the boats? Looking very, very good thus far. PaulE

[Guest]

453 :thinking: WHATEVER was you doin at the beach in this wheather was you goin paddelin lol :rolling: :smiling:

No not paddling, 570 had arranged temporary seating on the beach to watch the build, but due to social distancing half of us ended up getting wet at high tide .