Daring to be different

[Rick Lowe]

Sorry, we've all just been stunned into silence by the build... does that sound suitable? 

All going good so far, carry on , sir! 

[Gondor]

Decided to bite the bullet and start cutting holes in the new deck, I had to do this at some point otherwise there's no point in doing what I am doing, as if I didn't you wouldn't see anything. I started with the VDS well deck as it's the simplest cut-out to make. I deliberately cut it short so I could adjust it later.

VDS control view-port into the well?


There is a gap because the side is a bit too close to the centre line. Reasonably happy with it though. The other side...


Well happy with that 

So some fetteling to do but definitely getting there. Small steps, but I don't want to screw this up and most steps are scary.

Gondor

[Old Wombat]

Usually better to fettle than fix!

Good work, so far!

[Captain Canada]

Very cool. Love the details like that. Small scale ships have so much potential. Keep it up !

[Gondor]

A few minutes well spent today


There will be cleaning up to be done at a later time, the rest or the forward area of the VDS well needs to be constructed and the remainder of the upper deck needs to be cut back.

I decided to take a picture of the aft of the ship to see how well the sides look.


Not too shabby if I say so myself. There is of course more work to be done but the basis is there.

I also tried to take a picture of the open door towards the Limbo well, it will probably help if I cut out the deck above the Limbo well.


Probably not much more going to happen until the weekend, we shall see though.

Gondor

[Gondor]

Yesterday evening I made up the Port aft end of the ship which includes the external vision port for the VDS well.



This evening I have fitted it into place. I had to remove a little of the Port hull at the rear of the ship so that the excess plastic could overhang the side. It will be trimmed back later and it was the easier method for installing the rear plate.


The hull was on its side but you can see that there is a section missing. Unfortunately, you can also see that part of the control station vision access is not as good as it could be. The longer side of the recess should match up the side of the VDS well but it's behind the side of the VDS well. I may just replace the side wall completely as when I had to previously move it outboard slightly, part of the lower rear corner was lost. Now it's a little bit too far forward as the wall forms the well side of the rear vision port recess.


Learning as I am going and I think it's going reasonably well, especially as this and my Leander build are my first ship builds.

Gondor

[NARSES2]

Learning as I am going and I think it's going reasonably well, especially as this and my Leander build are my first ship builds.

Gondor

Going well   

[Gondor]

I removed and did the best I could to improve the edge of the wedge in the VDS well. It's not perfect but it should do once the VDS equipment is in place covering up most of it.


I managed to correctly refit the part.


Although after taking a picture from the aft looking forrard I found that the wall was at an angle so as I had only just refitted the part I was able to make corrective adjustments.


It looks much better now. The only thing is that this now shows that the Starboard wall needs adjusting 

I have also been thinking about painting. The Limbo and VDS wells will need to be painted at some point. This brings up how to paint the observation windows. I am thinking that perhaps I should use a round rivet rather than paint. If anyone knows of a currently available decal of a round rivet that is 0.5mm in diameter then please let me know.

Gondor

[Gondor]

Further work has been carried out. I trimmed back slightly the rear of the deck above the external view-port to ensure that the new upper deck would fit.


I also untwisted the Starboard VDS well wall. It's difficult to see at the moment as the new upper deck needs to be slightly widened. I think what is in the picture is part of the new deck, I will see if that is the case later.


I also decided to open up part of the Limbo well, which was deliberately cut undersize, you can still see parts of two walls though.


More to follow, just no idea when 

Gondor

[Rick Lowe]