carl1967 Posted December 12, 2009 Author Share Posted December 12, 2009 My mouth is watering! lol how is the port coming on m8? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Noooooooooooooooo!!!! These latest pics could put back my release from the clinic weeks, if not months. I was due to be let out tomorrow as there hadn't been any pics for a while and now they won't say when they'll let me out. Heeeeelp!! I'm cured, believe me. I don't want one, I don't have the room and anyway even if I did want one I don't have anywhere to put it and... and... Cheers, Dave Waverley West Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clagmeister Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 It was coming on great, but I need some more 2X1 from B&Q to go underneath. Getting to B&Q has become a bit problem at the moment. Linkspan coming on. Will post some pics soon. Jetty is going to go on the starboard side of 'Heb'. speak soon Mike PS Note change of user name, to make same as all my real railway ones. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl1967 Posted December 17, 2009 Author Share Posted December 17, 2009 NEW PICTURES I have detailed the bridge roof more soon!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhall Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 i have done the balcony wall round the forword observation deck today, just needs sanding smooth before painting. then the red seating....OMG 100s of them i have to make...lol I poped into the 4D modelshop the other day and noticed these http://www.modelshop.co.uk/product/1%3A100_chair_basic_Pk6_MU21012# whilst peering at their architectural parts, they might be a bit small, but would do the job, and would be a consistent size. They do a much larger pack as well. Jon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl1967 Posted December 20, 2009 Author Share Posted December 20, 2009 I poped into the 4D modelshop the other day and noticed these http://www.modelshop...ic_Pk6_MU21012# whilst peering at their architectural parts, they might be a bit small, but would do the job, and would be a consistent size. They do a much larger pack as well. Jon thanks for that jon but i need them to be 1/76 and they do not do that scale. each seat is 5.5mm and 1/100 scale are far to small. i have been doing the genarator room roof detail today, new pics!! the paint is still wet...lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clagmeister Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Rubbish! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Rubbish! Yeah, too right. It's about time people stood up and exposed this thread for what it really is. All these polite posts of "wonderful modelling", "superb", "amazing". If only people were honest enough to say what they really think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
branchie Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Resist, must resist. I'm just glad you don't do them in N Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl1967 Posted December 24, 2009 Author Share Posted December 24, 2009 Resist, must resist. I'm just glad you don't do them in N lol... i can do them in any scale Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 lol... i can do them in any scale Just out of interest Carl (yeah, right), how big would Glen Sannox be in 00? (not sure if I've asked you that before, if I have - sorry!). Cheers, Dave Waverley West Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike W Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 lol... i can do them in any scale Hmmm, that sounds tempting - would love a model of Loch Striven in N, although how I'd fit that into a layout would be up for debate! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl1967 Posted December 24, 2009 Author Share Posted December 24, 2009 Just out of interest Carl (yeah, right), how big would Glen Sannox be in 00? (not sure if I've asked you that before, if I have - sorry!). Cheers, Dave Waverley West Glen Sannox Length: 1028mm Breadth: 184mm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl1967 Posted December 24, 2009 Author Share Posted December 24, 2009 Hmmm, that sounds tempting - would love a model of Loch Striven in N, although how I'd fit that into a layout would be up for debate! Loch Striven in N Length: 198mm Breadth: 64mm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ramrig Posted January 19, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2010 Any Update please? .........................................Or are you up to your neck in red plastic seats? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl1967 Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 hi all sorry for the long stint!!! but its cold up them there stairs but i have been up there working on Heb for the last two days, but its still to dam cold up there so progress is slow!! new pictures of what i have done today are of the bridge deck raillings and air conditioning duct. more soon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallows Close Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Hi Carl, This is really looking good now. Just one question.... How do you intend to do the Cal Mac lettering and the ship's name? A trip to the local signwriter's for vinyls? I know what you mean about the cold - It has all but stopped my modelling too! Cheers, Chris. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ramrig Posted January 31, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 31, 2010 Hi Carl. That is a very impresive model you have built. Still no sign of those red plastic seats yet . They must be your worst nightmare to make!!! Regards Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl1967 Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 Hi Carl, This is really looking good now. Just one question.... How do you intend to do the Cal Mac lettering and the ship's name? A trip to the local signwriter's for vinyls? I know what you mean about the cold - It has all but stopped my modelling too! Cheers, Chris. hi chris all letering is going to be painted on! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl1967 Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 Hi Carl. That is a very impresive model you have built. Still no sign of those red plastic seats yet . They must be your worst nightmare to make!!! Regards Steve Hi Steve the seats are sorted!! I am going to make a mold from milliput, a male and a female side, witch i will set two rows of ten, then i can just press out as many seats as i wish out of heated plastic card. I have made molds from milliput before and its fantastic stuff. I made a mold from milliput for a revel 1/32 Tornado Gr-1 to convert it to Gr-4 for the Perth show. It got 2nd in the 1/32 section. See pictures, I have circled the part i molded. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 And just as I'm about to be released back into the community, you go and post some more pictures, Carl. I don't know, some people. Cheers, Dave Waverley West Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbler Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 carl.........you need to see a doctor, mate! seriously good stuff here.... can you go into more detail on this milliput/plastic moulding malarky, sounds like it could come in handy for a later project. cheers, scott. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl1967 Posted February 3, 2010 Author Share Posted February 3, 2010 carl.........you need to see a doctor, mate! seriously good stuff here.... can you go into more detail on this milliput/plastic moulding malarky, sounds like it could come in handy for a later project. cheers, scott. Hi Scott Its hard to explain! But I can do a step-by-step process with pictures and text, when I get round to doing it. But basically all you do is make what it is your going to mould out of milliput, make it on the end of a tapered piece and leave to set, when set carve and sand to shape, or if its a part you already have, stick it to the end of a unset block of milliput and let set, then taper the milliput out away from the parts edges. Then, Mix milliput and form it in to a block, then press the part you made in to it, using car polish on the part so it releases from the milliput. Remove part and leave to set hard. (This is the female side) When set, sand flat the moulded side, the side with the part, sand it very smooth to like 1200 grit. But make shore you do not sand too much off. Also make shore the sides down to the part taper out not in. Then mix up she same amount of milliput, using car polish, brush the female mould so it has plenty polish on it and in the moulded part. Then press the unset milliput in to the mould and leave to set. When set pull apart very carefully. Then sand off up to 1mm from this male side to give clearance for the plastic card. Brush car polish on male and female sides, Put female side on the bench, place plastic card over it and worm with a heat gun and then press male side in to female side!! Job done. You only have to worm the plastic card, do not melt it. Or it will all go wrong. If they are stuck together you did not put enough polish on and you might have to do it again. But you can try prying it with a small screwdriver. You mite be lucky. Air bubbles can be a problem but the polish helps, you will hit snags with this process but if you get it right you end up with a mould for life. Carl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigwelsh Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 There was another interesting technique in the month's Air Modeller to do a 2 seat Lightening cockpit with a Miliput mould and a vacuum forming machine, there was no outer used with that method, the part being made in 2 halves. Making rounded objects in an over or in boiling water is about as adventurous as i've got with plastic-card! That Tornado is superb and its nice to see examples of other disciplines and techniques shown on here (though ironically its in a boat thread anyway ). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl1967 Posted February 11, 2010 Author Share Posted February 11, 2010 sorry dave! new pictures...lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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