The only mess you will be in is launching your torpedoes at almost zero feet. As for pyros, you can leave that to the Flight with the flares and bombs aboard. See Neil for details. :D
Rob.
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Scale is 1:1200 DB. I find that about right for photographs with WW2 Aircraft overhead. Some are Airfix, and others are unknown picked up on Evil bay. A couple are scratch built from other hulls and parts plus some bits machined up by me.
Rob.
Awesome Rob - really very impressive !!!! :) Have PM'd you as requested :)
After getting the layout for the town sorted I placed the walls and buildings and marked out the shape to cut the base with a marker pen
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I then cut out the base shape roughly to size.
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Following that I cut the foamboard and glued the two together.
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Next will be an undercoat of thinned down PVA glue to prevent the paint and glues used in the modelling eating into the foam.
Rob.
If any other pilots want a seat in the Swordfish for the Taranto game, there are now only three remaining so if you want to fly please PM me soonest.
Rob.
Those of you who are observant may have noticed a gap in the defences. That is because whilst the glue was going off I filled in my time by producing the end wall section for the town.
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A strip of plasticard was heated up and then bent around the end wall floor section. Glued in place with Gorilla glue and then had the two abutting walls added.
Rob.
So clever Rob... can’t wait to see the finished article
It's coming on a bit.
Yesterday the base paint went on and I then placed all the fortifications roughly in place.
Today I began cutting and gluing some of the trickier sections together. They will be attatched to the base first after painting. It is always easier to fiddle straight sections later to ensure the fit is right.
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Rob.
Oh! A lighthouse.
Coming along very nicely indeed :) :pint: Do you make the walls or are they commercially available?
Some are bought in and some are scratch built like this one.
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This was the sea fort for Copenhagen which we did at Doncaster last year.
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Here are a few bits joined together and ready for the paint shop or just done.
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Taranto has a inner basin called Mar Piccolo, and a gulf called Mar Grande. Little Sea and Big Sea. A channel with an opening bridge connects them.
https://www.google.it/maps/place/Tar...rYnk?entry=ttu
The channel is 400 meters long and 58 meters wide. It is strictly forbidden to go by sail along the channel - engine is compulsory for any boat of any size. But one day, on May 14th 1965, Olimpic champion Commander Agostino Straulino was in charge of the Italian Navy training sailship Amerigo Vespucci and was in the inner sea. The ship is 101 meters long and 15,56 wide. Checked the wind and readied a huge anchor to be hastly dropped in case of problems, Straulino decided to exit the channel with full sails and no engine. And he did it, at 9.5 knots, between two wings of cheering crowd.
Two letters from the Admiralty to Straulino followed. One was a praise for his extraordinary deed. The other was 10 days of confinement for breaking the prohibition.
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"Congratulation for your great sailing skillls and as a reward youi get 10 days in the brig"!
Back in 1976 with America's bicentennial there was a gathering of tall ships. Amerigo Vespucci was here in Boston Massachusetts.
Thank you so much for that information Andrea.
I had not heard about it.
Rob.
Thank to you for the great scenario, it is going to look really gorgeous!
The next phase completed yesterday was to glue together key sections of the outer defences and then undercoat them.
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Assembly has now begun on the outerworks. They are positioned and ready to glue down.
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Unpainted ones are the key closers which will be fitted after the main fortifications are in place.
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Here is the glueing process underway.
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And here the key piece being cut and incerted after everything is in place and glued. This ensures that a good fit is assured to the whole structure.
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I am now trying out the positioning of all the buildings prior to undercoating and painting them starting tomorrow. The Cathedral and two churches have already been started.
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Last evening I got all the rest of the buildings placed and am now removing them one by one for painting.
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That looks like superb bones, Rob, I look forward to seeing the end product posted.
Great job, Rob! I honestly don't know how you deal with those TEENIE TINY parts!
I have to admit Chuck that it gets more difficult with every passing year. :cool: Te eyes are not improving with the passing of time.
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Reinforcements docked today.
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Whilst I am painting a lot of buildings for the old town, as a break I have started assembly and cutting out of the second of the coastline sections.
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Amazing Rob
I completely missed this when it was shown, but Mrs K had recorded it and I watched it last night. If you pilots for Taranto get the chance do try to watch it. It is enthralling.
Rob.
Warplane Workshop, 11 April 2024, More4, “The Last Biplanes”
In the documentary series Warplane Workshop, viewers are taken behind the scenes of the challenging and passionate work of restoring historic warplanes to their former glory.
The episode “The Last Biplanes,” airing on More4 on Thursday, 11 April, focuses on the efforts to return two rare biplanes to the sky. These iconic aircraft hold significant historical value, and their restoration is a labour of love for the dedicated engineers and pilots involved.
At 100 years old, David Berry is one of the last surviving wartime airmen who flew the fragile Fairey Swordfish biplane, which played a crucial role in sinking Hitler’s Bismarck battleship. Engineers from the charity Navy Wings are racing against time to restore this rare biplane so that David can see it take flight once more.
Simultaneously, 250 miles away, another team is determined to make the US Navy’s last biplane fly again. This episode showcases the passion and dedication of those who strive to preserve aviation history and honour the legacy of these remarkable aircraft.
Warplane Workshop provides a unique insight into the world of aircraft restoration, combining engineering, history, and the enduring fascination with iconic warplanes.
Thanks for the heads up you guys :)
Exactly why I flagged the series in the O Club at the beginning of the month. An absolutely fascinating series showing off the good work being done out there to keep and get these old war horses flying again. Well worth a watch.
All 12 Pilots seats for this game at Doncaster are now filled.
Rob.
After alot of unwanted jobs over the last few days I finally got back onto my model.
Today I started work on one of the bridges connecting the island to the mainland.
Having obtained a set of bridge sections from Brigade Models, I next sorted out a set of magnetic plates as used for holding badges to clothing.
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Then I vandalized them.
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Next I also vandalized the bridge sections.
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What I did with them I will try and get completed for tomorrow.
Rob.
You are one busy boy Rob!
Very kind of you to say so Karl. We still talk about your visit, and our own mewmories are not simply confined to motorbikes! ;)
Rob.
Intriguing :)Quote:
What I did with them I will try and get completed for tomorrow.
Here are the bridges attatched to suporting piers by the magnets.
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Bridges now in place.
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More to follow.
Rob.
Beautiful Rob, shame its going to be littered with sunken ships :D