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P51s on parade:

 

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From bottom to top (above): Hasegawa, Tamiya, Tamiya, Italeri (which I think is just reboxed Hasegawa) and Airfix.

 

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I still have a P51B to do in 1/48th, a D in 1/32nd, and a final D in 1/8th.

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Finally found the correct place to post about my endeavors in low detail ship modeling. 

I’ve just completed the S.S. Mahanada(1914) except for its coat of polyurethane varnish. I based her off the line of standard cargo ship models made by Bassett-Lowke from about 1928-39. These could be ordered with either clockwork or electric motors, and were very very prototypically slow. My model is slightly smaller all around than there’s, and is all wood and brass, not sure which woods I used, except balsa for the boat deck. 
So that’s why if you google the S.S. Mahanada, you will see a ship that doesn’t really resemble mine. She was sunk in 1940 by a Focke Wulf Kondor, off the west coat of Ireland.   
 

The model is designed to float, which it does very well. Unfortunately it doesn’t have a means of propulsion, but if I stuck some nets on one side it would add a whole new meaning to the term “herring drifter”!

 

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On 27/05/2020 at 05:46, Georgeconna said:

Nearly at the end of this build, a Mountfleet Models Clyde puffer 1/24 scale.

 

just need to finish the rigging for the Jib really and the Rat Lines.

 

 

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Are you going to to be naming it a “real” name, or will you be using the VIC-random-set-of-numbers method that so many carried?

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On 02/06/2020 at 12:10, Barry Ten said:

P51s on parade:

 

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From bottom to top (above): Hasegawa, Tamiya, Tamiya, Italeri (which I think is just reboxed Hasegawa) and Airfix.

 

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I still have a P51B to do in 1/48th, a D in 1/32nd, and a final D in 1/8th.

Really nice line up. Is there much difference between the kit makes,  like parts fit, detail etc?

Er, 1/8th scale?  Is that r/c perhaps?

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10 minutes ago, railroadbill said:

Really nice line up. Is there much difference between the kit makes,  like parts fit, detail etc?

Er, 1/8th scale?  Is that r/c perhaps?

 

 

Thanks!

 

Not much difference in the kits, just slightly different philosophies about how to do certain bits.  The Airfix

has some clever design thinking around the front cockpit canopy  but I actually found the Tamiya and

Hasegawa ones easier to paint and mask, and then fit the front canopy.  And you can see that there's a

seam in the Airfix kit under the front of the canopy that I need to address - more my fault than the kit's,

I think. The one slightly odd thing that happened with the Airfix one is that I had trouble with the undercarriage

not being a snug fit into the wheel well, meaning both wheels came loose and needed fixing during painting,

and one eventually needed a reinforced joint. The cockpit interior on the Airfix is the best one of the bunch,

though, with really nice detail and decals.

 

Of the contemporary 1/48 P51-Ds, there's also the Meng which I believe is highly regarded and is designed

to snap together, while still being very detailed. My P51B is an Academy kit, still to be made.

 

Yes, the 1/8th one is a radio control P51. It's a joint project with a friend who is now helping me with

the wing and servo installation.

 

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1:144th scale motorised Hawker Tempest Mk V from Revell kit.  It's mounted on a Maplins (remember them?) battery box. The brass tube is negative polarity and the positive wire runs up inside it. 

 

 

 

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The motors came from China via e-bay. [Think they are intended for mobile phones, when they have an off-centre disk on them]. These were very cheap  a while ago.

 

 

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1  AA battery is enough power.

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22 hours ago, Florence Locomotive Works said:

Are you going to to be naming it a “real” name, or will you be using the VIC-random-set-of-numbers method that so many carried?

It my Fathers Model, I am completing the build for him so he will left to name it.

 

Hope fully a Suitable Gaelic name like Aine Deas (Nice Anne) which Anne is my mothers name (just a suggestion!)

 

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1 hour ago, Barry Ten said:

 

 

Thanks!

 

Not much difference in the kits, just slightly different philosophies about how to do certain bits.  The Airfix

has some clever design thinking around the front cockpit canopy  but I actually found the Tamiya and

Hasegawa ones easier to paint and mask, and then fit the front canopy.  And you can see that there's a

seam in the Airfix kit under the front of the canopy that I need to address - more my fault than the kit's,

I think. The one slightly odd thing that happened with the Airfix one is that I had trouble with the undercarriage

not being a snug fit into the wheel well, meaning both wheels came loose and needed fixing during painting,

and one eventually needed a reinforced joint. The cockpit interior on the Airfix is the best one of the bunch,

though, with really nice detail and decals.

 

Of the contemporary 1/48 P51-Ds, there's also the Meng which I believe is highly regarded and is designed

to snap together, while still being very detailed. My P51B is an Academy kit, still to be made.

 

Yes, the 1/8th one is a radio control P51. It's a joint project with a friend who is now helping me with

the wing and servo installation.

 

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Thanks for P-51 kits info, Barry Ten.  The r/c  fuselage is looking good!

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1 hour ago, Rugd1022 said:

Not sure of the scale but what a beautifully executed model it is, it's a 1954 Maserati A6GCS Berlinetta, maker unknown....

 

 

 

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Pocher? Their model kits are 1/8 scale and put together with screws and nuts and bolts. 

https://www.pocher.com/uk-en/

They were owned by Hornby for a time but are now out of production. Prices are from £500-£1,000 or more. They used to make kits of 1930's cars as well.

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17 hours ago, Barry Ten said:

 

Should be nice. If you go back to page 13, there's my 1/32nd Lysander.

 

 

 

Excellent model!!  Matchbox played such an important role in the hobby with their choice - and scales - of kits.  The Eduard kit contains markings for the same airframe; with Shuttleworth and Tempsford just up the road it will be a natural choice for mine too...

 

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Made a start on a kit I've had in the stash for a number of years, Trumpeter's 1/350th Nimitz:

 

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i decided not to go down the route of detailing the hangar deck, so it's only taken a day to get to this stage. There are numerous small fragile details to be fitted around the sides which I think will be better fitted after the main painting and decaling is done.

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6 hours ago, Barry Ten said:

Made a start on a kit I've had in the stash for a number of years, Trumpeter's 1/350th Nimitz:

 

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i decided not to go down the route of detailing the hangar deck, so it's only taken a day to get to this stage. There are numerous small fragile details to be fitted around the sides which I think will be better fitted after the main painting and decaling is done.

 

I have one of those in the stash, as well as Tamiya's 1/350 Enterprise but I really should get this monster finished first, Trumpeter 1/200 USS Iowa with Pontos detail set:

 

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2 hours ago, johndon said:

 

I have one of those in the stash, as well as Tamiya's 1/350 Enterprise but I really should get this monster finished first, Trumpeter 1/200 USS Iowa with Pontos detail set:

 

 

 

Looks very impressive. Again i decided not to go down the etched after market details route with this one as I want it to be a relatively quick, fun build although I might plump for some Eduard deck crew. I made my first boo-boo, anyway, not realising that the cutters/lifeboat things need to be fitted down into the hull before the main decks are fitted. Luckily  I was able to dig myself out of that hole without too much trouble.

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23 hours ago, johndon said:

 

Should do when it's finished, I've also got HMS Hood and USS Hornet in 1/200 to build as well...

 

Do you happen to know why the aircraft elevators on Nimitz (and presumably others) are non-rectangular? I presume it's got something to do with aircraft handling but

it must have complicated the design quite a bit. I've tried Googling but haven't found an answer.

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8 hours ago, Barry Ten said:

 

Do you happen to know why the aircraft elevators on Nimitz (and presumably others) are non-rectangular? I presume it's got something to do with aircraft handling but

it must have complicated the design quite a bit. I've tried Googling but haven't found an answer.

 

I'm not 100% certain but I believe it allows them to be as light as possible (some of them have a mesh rather than a solid surface as well) whilst still being large enough to handle two aircraft at once.

 

John

 

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Most of Nimitz complete now, apart from the antennae, propellers and rudders, to be left off until after painting. The island and radar mast are not fixed in place at the moment.

 

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The stern, with sea-sparrow launchers on the outriggers. Apparently these  launchers are very inaccurate but ignorance is bliss!

 

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A fun size comparison, since both are to the same scale:

 

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Why Nimitz? Because I've been on it!

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