discussion HMS Campbletown......1/700

[Lee W]

you wouldnt get me in one of those death traps
i was a Rockape

You were in Gib?


Lee

 

[takeslousyphotos]

This is looking good Ralph........ I'll enjoy watching this mate.

 

[papa 695]

Great work Ralph I know how you feel putting this together, I'm half way through building the 1/600 hms Fearless with loads of PE

 

[Guest]

This is looking good Ralph........ I'll enjoy watching this mate.

Thanks Peter.

Great work Ralph I know how you feel putting this together, I'm half way through building the 1/600 hms Fearless with loads of PE

Thanks Ian.Are you using the Wem PE?.

 

[Guest]

More work done today.


One of the piece's of railing had 14 bends in it.


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[Guest]

This is todays work.


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[Guest]

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

 

[Guest]

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.

 

[papa 695]

Thanks Peter.
Thanks Ian.Are you using the Wem PE?.

Yes

 

[papa 695]

This is coming along very nicely Ralph

 

[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..


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[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.


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