That is excellent Neil. Your approach and patience is really paying off.
Neil's 1-35 Liberty Ship Diorama
- Thread starter Neil Merryweather
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That's quite insane Neil, great result so far 
have fun
have fun
Wow Neil that is some serious work mate, nicely done.
I’ve now fitted the sloping deck , which just fits around the superstructure. That will sit on the foamboard base level so it’s easy to keep everything square.
While I was dithering about rivets I got on with some of the other deck details, namely these two ventilators
I had already printed the basic forms at work back in the day (from files found for free on the internet)but they need a bit more detail.
The funnel-shaped tops are separate and can be swivelled to face the prevailing wind (I assume, not being a mariner),so I want to represent that. I started with a collar of pewter sheet but I want to show the seam lines in the construction of the funnel - some I have seen are quite battered and the pewter helps with that effect. So I drew lines on the funnel and used tracing paper to make templates and cut pieces of pewter for each segment.
I finished it off with a rim and handles from copper wire
But I can’t figure out an easy way to get the seam lines on the inside surface, so I think I will have to cover this one with a mesh grill. There are others further up the ship and maybe I will figure it out by the time I get to them.
I wimped out of doing all this on the smaller one ,so I just used wires glued in place
I need them to stay upright relative to the superstructure, and not perpendicular to the sloped deck, so rather than cut them at a dodgy angle I have created a substantial stem for them which will poke through corresponding holes already in the deck . It also means I can orient them towards the prevailing wind.....
So we’re getting there, only a couple more stages to do before I’ll be able to get some primer on it and see what it really looks like.
Thanks, as always, for following along with the madness
While I was dithering about rivets I got on with some of the other deck details, namely these two ventilators
I had already printed the basic forms at work back in the day (from files found for free on the internet)but they need a bit more detail.
The funnel-shaped tops are separate and can be swivelled to face the prevailing wind (I assume, not being a mariner),so I want to represent that. I started with a collar of pewter sheet but I want to show the seam lines in the construction of the funnel - some I have seen are quite battered and the pewter helps with that effect. So I drew lines on the funnel and used tracing paper to make templates and cut pieces of pewter for each segment.
I finished it off with a rim and handles from copper wire
But I can’t figure out an easy way to get the seam lines on the inside surface, so I think I will have to cover this one with a mesh grill. There are others further up the ship and maybe I will figure it out by the time I get to them.
I wimped out of doing all this on the smaller one ,so I just used wires glued in place
I need them to stay upright relative to the superstructure, and not perpendicular to the sloped deck, so rather than cut them at a dodgy angle I have created a substantial stem for them which will poke through corresponding holes already in the deck . It also means I can orient them towards the prevailing wind.....
So we’re getting there, only a couple more stages to do before I’ll be able to get some primer on it and see what it really looks like.
Thanks, as always, for following along with the madness
Nice work on those funnels Neil, comming along nicely
That's a great piece of work mate.
DAAAAMN Neil this is a stunning idea...sorry l missed this..
chair pulled... popcorn and coke ready..
chair pulled... popcorn and coke ready..
Cheers Greg, I hoped you would be interested.
A quick update.
I thought of a way to get the seams on the inside of the funnel.
I made templates of the outside segments using masking tape, and cut them out of the pewter sheet (wine bottle foil, actually ).
Then I stuck them (and my fingers) on the inside of the funnel using a wooden clay-sculpting tool to burnish them into place
It doesn’t match up precisely but you can’t see both sides at the same time so who cares? I prefer it to having a grill on it.
That's all for now
A quick update.
I thought of a way to get the seams on the inside of the funnel.
I made templates of the outside segments using masking tape, and cut them out of the pewter sheet (wine bottle foil, actually ).
Then I stuck them (and my fingers) on the inside of the funnel using a wooden clay-sculpting tool to burnish them into place
It doesn’t match up precisely but you can’t see both sides at the same time so who cares? I prefer it to having a grill on it.
That's all for now
Cheers John , glad to have you aboard
That is excellent Neil. A clever idea really well executed.
Superb work Neil, very enjoyable to watch this develop
Wow
Mindblowing work dude.Jaw dropping modelling allround indeed.If this appeared in a model show its in my opinion worthy of best in show.
Enchanting Mr M.
Richard
Enchanting Mr M.
Richard
That's very kind of you to say Richard-that's always assuming I live at least another ten years to finish it
.....beautiful madness....
.....don't need no stinking grills....
I have every confidence in you Carruthers.My latest project ended up in the bin when i lost my rag big time.Im not one for trashing stuff but this one really wound me up.I must do some figures again me thinks.Got a few Dragon 1.35th boxes to do.
keep going mate.
Richard
keep going mate.
Richard
Right then, I’ve been busy with the covered walkway
It was bit tricky to figure out a way of temporarily holding it all together whilst I fitted the beams, but I got there in the end
The original intention was to leave the top open and simply close it with the deck above(which is going to be separate), but that proved to be too difficult, so I added a thin sheet of plastic(clear, because that’s all I have that’s long enough) to glue the beams to, which makes the whole thing much more stable. I will just make the deck above a bit thinner .It’s not helped by the fact that the upper deck slopes . Apart from access for painting the reason I want a bit of removability is that there are hooks with cables underneath.
I was able to print the hooks as part of the beams
And then came the fun part- adding the pipes and cables.
The black foam blocks are what I used to hold the wire in place for the drooping effect
I used a mixture of solder wire and old headphone wires which was nice and flexible.
I’ve made it a bit busier than the real thing for a bit of interest
And this is as far as I've got -I'm looking forward to getting some paint on it, only a few more bits left.
Thanks for sticking with me
Cheers
Neil
It was bit tricky to figure out a way of temporarily holding it all together whilst I fitted the beams, but I got there in the end
The original intention was to leave the top open and simply close it with the deck above(which is going to be separate), but that proved to be too difficult, so I added a thin sheet of plastic(clear, because that’s all I have that’s long enough) to glue the beams to, which makes the whole thing much more stable. I will just make the deck above a bit thinner .It’s not helped by the fact that the upper deck slopes . Apart from access for painting the reason I want a bit of removability is that there are hooks with cables underneath.
I was able to print the hooks as part of the beams
And then came the fun part- adding the pipes and cables.
The black foam blocks are what I used to hold the wire in place for the drooping effect
I used a mixture of solder wire and old headphone wires which was nice and flexible.
I’ve made it a bit busier than the real thing for a bit of interest
And this is as far as I've got -I'm looking forward to getting some paint on it, only a few more bits left.
Thanks for sticking with me
Cheers
Neil
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