RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted January 31, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 31, 2020 59 minutes ago, gwrrob said: You’re the Master. Clever you are In the meantime... Next up making a nice datum line to mask the lower hull! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
railroadbill Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Always a master and apprentice there is. Looking good. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted February 2, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 2, 2020 7 hours ago, railroadbill said: Always a master and apprentice there is. Looking good. That means @gwrrob is Yoda In the meantime the hull is finished (for now) on HMS Buttercup.. And new arrival.. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted February 5, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 5, 2020 Not much going atm, as I'm currently drugged up to the eye-balls on anti-inflammatories due to a suspected bulged disc in my neck - thanks to a works physio making a misdiagnosis and giving me the wrong treatment Though I have managed to make a pair of OO gauge Timber Tracks ash pits.. And make up a laser cut paint rack. 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted February 13, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 13, 2020 Everything's slowed to a crawl, because of my neck, but I have got some things done.. HMS Buttercup is official.. And just by comparison Buttercup & Snowberry are briefly united on the workbench. I've been working very slowly on Railway commissions - I have another Clerestory Brake in War Time Brown on the bench (well technically on the mantle piece).. And for another Group Build this lovely kit arrived (along with a few other bits ) 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted February 16, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 16, 2020 I may be down, but I'm certainly not out... Clerestory & Auto-coach ready for weathering... First loco in a while is also ready for a few tweaks to it's factory weathering... A few more bits added to HMS Buttercup ( 30 odd).. And the Attacker is back - in black 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 1 minute ago, toboldlygo said: A few more bits added to HMS Buttercup ( 30 odd).. Bits on a boat are spelt "Bitts"..... 2 minutes ago, toboldlygo said: And the Attacker is back - in black Very sinister! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
railroadbill Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 What is the large drum in front of the depth charge rails on buttercup? Did some tow some sort of mine sweeping device (given that Buttercup has an acoustic hammer? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted February 17, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 17, 2020 11 hours ago, railroadbill said: What is the large drum in front of the depth charge rails on buttercup? Did some tow some sort of mine sweeping device (given that Buttercup has an acoustic hammer? I think it was for mine sweeping 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted February 17, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 17, 2020 First part of HMS Buttercup's build blog went up last night 15 hours ago, Hroth said: Very sinister! Tis only an undercoat @Hroth no need to runaway and retrieve the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 2 hours ago, toboldlygo said: no need to run away and retrieve the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch I was just about to enunciate ONE... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted February 17, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Hroth said: I was just about to enunciate ONE... Oh @Hroth you've made the Attacker go all submissive, she's rolled over for her belly to be tickled 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 A real softy, just like most Staffies.... On 17/02/2020 at 12:18, toboldlygo said: I think it was for mine sweeping Isn't it an electrical cable, streamed out astern and a current passed through it to detonate magnetic mines? Of course, the ship would have to be demagnetised at very frequent intervals to prevent premature detonation.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted February 19, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 19, 2020 (edited) 14 hours ago, Hroth said: A real softy, just like most Staffies.... Isn't it an electrical cable, streamed out astern and a current passed through it to detonate magnetic mines? Of course, the ship would have to be demagnetised at very frequent intervals to prevent premature detonation.... Yes it's the LL MK.V Magnetic Sweep cable. Just checked the "Flower Class Corvette's" by John Lambert & Les Brown to find that out. Also because the cable was so heavy, those fitted with required 50 Tons of additional ballast to compensate for the additional topside weight. Edited February 19, 2020 by toboldlygo grammar 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted February 20, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 20, 2020 Moving on slowly with various projects.. Various railway projects are on the go (some you've seen, some you haven't ) Attacker is waiting for me to mask up - had to do a bit of remedial work and respray the Sky Type S. And since I last shared a photo of Buttercup roughly 60 parts have been added,, 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 I saw Buttercup, and I thought of this.... tiptoes away..... 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted February 24, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 24, 2020 On 21/02/2020 at 16:19, Hroth said: I saw Buttercup, and I thought of this.... tiptoes away..... Hopefully the second track "Back On My Feet Again" rings true for me soon, as on top of my neck problem, I've gone down with Shingles! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted February 24, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 24, 2020 Meanwhile back on the workbench... HMS Buttercup is getting towards the halfway mark in the instructions.. More importantly the aft section of the deck is finished And I've also got round to masking up and painting the topside of the Attacker.. Plus I have a number of completed railway commissions.. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted February 24, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 24, 2020 May of got carried away this evening on the Attacker... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted February 25, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25, 2020 Officially confirmed today by the GP as having shingles, so meds have been prescribed. In the meantime the Attacker has gained a red nose (slightly redder than the Shingles rash) and is sitting on her undercarriage legs.. 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted February 26, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 26, 2020 Took it easy to today and got the decalling done on the Attacker.. And got her sitting on her wheels.. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted February 27, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 27, 2020 Attacker's finished, so expect another blog entry.. The shingles meds are starting to work, so I started on this this evening... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted February 27, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 27, 2020 As promised here's the final part of the Attacker build blog. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted March 1, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1, 2020 (edited) No rest for the poorly.. If you hadn't guessed that I'm building a F/P-51D Mustang, you can be certain I am now. And the boiler room is finished on Buttercup.. Edited March 1, 2020 by toboldlygo text 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted March 2, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 2, 2020 Here's some railway related bits I've finished. The Wartime Black 48xx, crewed, coaled, weathering tweaked, Romford Screw-links fitted and some home-made fire-irons. Airfix auto-coach: resprayed the roof, added lamp brackets to the drivers end, re-wheeled and weathered. Didcot destination boards are now blank. And another Wartime Brown Clerestory Brake, this is the fourth one I've done now and each one is slightly different. This one has screw-links, lamp brackets on the luggage end and blanking plates on corridor connectors. More to come on the railway front (hopefully). 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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