Hms Cornwall 1/350

[boatman]

Cheers Chris, yes these railings just need bending to shape, my yamoto has separate stantions with 0.1mm wire to thread through them, cant say im thrilled at the thought of doing them!

WELL Mark i hope you have got a good manifier as them stantions will take some doin as i thought they would be all complete like other 1/200 ships p/e so how high will your stantions be on yammy as the are about 3/4 of an inch hign in 1/72 scale but in 1/200 will be a real challange could i see a pic of them stantions please ?
chrisb

 

[Mark1]

WELL Mark i hope you have got a good manifier as them stantions will take some doin as i thought they would be all complete like other 1/200 ships p/e so how high will your stantions be on yammy as the are about 3/4 of an inch hign in 1/72 scale but in 1/200 will be a real challange could i see a pic of them stantions please ?
chrisb

1/200 would be a challenge Chris but mine is the tamiya new tool 1/350!
This is how many i got to do,each one needs a hole drilled to fit them.
And heres how big they are.

 

[Mark1]

And the small ones!

 

[boatman]

WOW so they are a qauter of an inch high Mark an why 1/350 th as your yammy is a 1/200 th isnt it or a 1/350 th ? as im gettin a bit mixed up here an if i was you make up a jig to hold one complete length a then drill them out with a upright mount drill as mine takes very tiny drill bit as when i bought the upright bench drill i went threough 4 chucks in B&Q before i found a chuck that was fitted with very arccute jaws in the chuck to hold these small 1mm drill bits as mine were a job to drill out at 3 times the size so better you than me wow
chrisb

 

[Mark1]

WOW so they are a qauter of an inch high Mark an why 1/350 th as your yammy is a 1/200 th isnt it or a 1/350 th ? as im gettin a bit mixed up here an if i was you make up a jig to hold one complete length a then drill them out with a upright mount drill as mine takes very tiny drill bit as when i bought the upright bench drill i went threough 4 chucks in B&Q before i found a chuck that was fitted with very arccute jaws in the chuck to hold these small 1mm drill bits as mine were a job to drill out at 3 times the size so better you than me wow
chrisb

Its 1/350 Chris, the holes need to be
0.3 mm By 0.5 deep so it will be a very time consuming effort by hand.

 

[boatman]

WELL Mark take your time an be steady as do a few at a time an i know this will get tedious but the end result will be well worth it keep on pluggin on
chrisb

 

[Mark1]

Got some more done today,the upper decks painted, will gloss coat and do and oil wash and weather next. The main deck has been masked and the hull given a coat of black, next job is to mask off the bootline and paint some hull red.

 

[boatman]

HI Mark love your modeling very well done on them p/e railing they are ow mate Bob's nightmare that he is now doin an you have no such qaulms as it seems to me you find them easy to fit ? an what size guns did she have ?
chrisb

 

[Mark1]

HI Mark love your modeling very well done on them p/e railing they are ow mate Bob's nightmare that he is now doin an you have no such qaulms as it seems to me you find them easy to fit ? an what size guns did she have ?
chrisb

Thanks Chris its not that i find railings particularly easy its just i dont worry to much if there not 100% perfect because i know they should get better with practice, if i concern myself with perfection i will never finish anything lol
She had 8 inch main guns.

 

[Mark1]

Got some red on the hull,probably should have been a bit of a brighter red but its a big improvment on what trumpeter would have you paint it which would have been cocoa brown, more suitable for jap ships. Im gonna try to weather it, once i checked out some utube videos anyway

 

[boatman]

HI Mark it the correct colour in my opinion as its near enough to red lead what i used on my tiger so no probs an looks brilliant
chrisb

 

[Mark1]

HI Mark it the correct colour in my opinion as its near enough to red lead what i used on my tiger so no probs an looks brilliant
chrisb

Thats good to hear,thanks Chris

 

[Mark1]

Bit more done, fitted the railings and then painted the grey on the hull. Structures just dry fitted at the moment.

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Bit more done, fitted the railings and then painted the grey on the hull. Structures just dry fitted at the moment.View attachment 475827View attachment 475828View attachment 475830View attachment 475831

A very neat and tidy looking build Mark,like it a lot.... despite the name!!

 

[Mark1]

A very neat and tidy looking build Mark,like it a lot.... despite the name!!

Thanks Andy its only my second 1/350 build so plenty of room for improvement but pretty happy with it so far.

 

[Bri62]

Stunning work mate well done
Brian

 

[Mark1]

Stunning work mate well done
Brian

Thanks Brian

 

[Allen Dewire]

Dang Mark, it looks like I'm late getting down to the docks. A great looking floaty boaty thing you're building here Sir!!! That is some really nice etch work and the wood decking looks good too. Now, the big question is.......How much did Chris bribe pay you to go over to the floaty side???......Keep it coming!!!

Prost
Allen

 

[Mark1]

Dang Mark, it looks like I'm late getting down to the docks. A great looking floaty boaty thing you're building here Sir!!! That is some really nice etch work and the wood decking looks good too. Now, the big question is.......How much did Chris bribe pay you to go over to the floaty side???......Keep it coming!!!

Prost
Allen

Still waiting for the envelope to arrive Allen lol. Im not lost at sea yet, next build will have wheels or tracks i think and cheers for the comments,appreciated.

 

[boatman]

OW Mark you have only just come over to the dark floaty side you cant go yet as im really begining to like your super builds lol an cheque from the bank of dunlop on the way to you lol
chrisb