Boats & Ships Thread, HMS Bluebell in Under Construction; A long time ago in a Galaxy far far away. Op sorry wrong start.
A while ago, almost two years ...
A long time ago in a Galaxy far far away. Op sorry wrong start.
A while ago, almost two years ago infact, I brought Revell's HMCS Snowberry A corvette
in 1/72 scale. Once I found that there was a Bluebell version that was no longer portrayed in the kit I just had to do one.
After a bit of google and general web surfing I found myself the owner of a Book on corvettes and a large pile of PE and white metal detailing sets from Great Little Ships- David Parkins Maritime division, Many know him for his aircraft and vehicle stuff.
To cut to the chase, after a year of building and waiting, fishing and building a bit more, I went cold on it and put it to one side. Some of the parts are crazy small and that's after they have been built up of three or four other parts! This in turn lead me down the path of plastic scale models of military bits and aircraft.
Being between kits, I started to look at Bluebell yesterday and slowly started to pick up the interest again. Most of the photos are of coarse on my dead hard drive, but I have some somewhere.
Here is one of the many sheets of PE One of those for the main deck. You can also see the white metal Anchor winch in the top left corner of the photo.
Here is a closer look at it:
Some of the hatches
Here is a shot of the new type C bridge under constuction.
A bit more done:
and a bit more:
and almost done!
In the last picture, every thing you can see is made in PE and white metal!!! Took rather a while I might add!
A pair of 20mm AA guns yet to be painted and added to the bridge:
The Funnel house is pretty much from the revelle kit but all the detail, ladders, pipes and whistle tube are either PE or White metal and the funnel its self has a PE wrap:
The main mess building received a new roof and walls in PE and can be seen here with a bit of post shadeing work.
More later. Please feel free to comment.
Ian M
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Wow , looks superb Ian , nice big bit of PE also , got a floaty thing planned myself so I will be following this one , the guns and deck look fantastic mate , please don`t put this one away its looking a cracker
Thanks chaps!
I have been looking at it for way to long and have kept putting it off, always some thing else on the bench. I have a clear desk now so I will be getting going again. I might have to learn how to solder again though! lol.
Certainly it a big boat and as of yet one of my most ambitious builds. I dare not think of the total cost of this one but its also the most expensive to date too!
Most of the tricky stuff has been done, but I have a few bits that still need doing. The life boats, The Carley floats and the depth-charge racks and throwers.
I will try to take a few photos along the way.
Ian M
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Well I got a few pictures taken of the bits! There are also loads of pipe rail supports and Shrapnel padding but you will have to wait to see those.
Here are the Depth charges, the DC rails and throwers, smoke generators 16ft dingies ans the carley floats. Should keep me busy for a while.
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WOW ian that is an insane amount of photo etch bits!!!! All absolutely tiny too! This looks like a real labour of love,you must have the patience of a saint, but its going to look truly spectacular when its done. Im just amazed and take off my proverbial hat to you mate! keep the pics coming , cheers tony
Thanks Tony. If you or anyone else for that matter want to see the PE in better detail David has an updated website, where you can see them in nice clear pictures. I think I got the lot, EXCEPT the square carley floats, the wooded rafts and the rocket flair launcher as those where not used on HMS Bluebell.
I think you will now understand the rather long pause!
Ian M
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Well between the oven blowing up and the cable company locking half the channels on my card its been a funny old day. No distractions (apart from those mad-brain kittens).
Finished one of the dinghy's that I started yesterday, Only the davits and cradle to do then its one more for the other side.
More later, The misses and I are cooker shopping tomorrow then going to the cable shop and demanding that they open the channels that they have locked!
Ian M
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One of those for the main deck. You can also see the white metal Anchor winch in the top left corner of the photo.
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