scratch building an USN Destroyer Escort in scale 1/35

[mschoo]

Well, I think that the photos in this thread are forever going to put an end to the "what would YOU put in your dream workshop" questions-- this looks like the most incredibly well stocked, well laid out and pristine model room I've ever even heard of! Great progress, you're really tackling this methodically and carefully!

Cheers

Mike

[rammstein]

hello all,

 

@ dodgem37 : the bins with rolls are all scale plans of ships.

 

 

from left to right British ships , center : german , Italian , Japanese ships , US ships . in each roll is a plan.

ie. red 2a starboard profile of HMS Warspite scale 1/96.

ie. green 4e forecastle deck & after superstructure RN Zara scale 1/100

ie. black 8b port side profile Bismarck scale 1/100

ie. blue 10d gallery deck USS Essex CV 9 scale 1/96

 

the frame is roughly cut out from 1,5 mm thick styrene , and sanded in shape.

 

you can also see on top off these bins left to right mould DE under sheet of styrene , part of center form DE on top off a new mould I am building , at right aft section DE.

 

some more photo's of the aft part of my DE.

 

 

aft section under construction.

 

 

frame 13 this one is made 2 times , here is were 2 sections come together.

 

 

frame 13 placed inside the hull.

 

 

with some deck supports in place , I am waiting for supply of tubing to come.

 

 

with wingnuts in place , ready to receive the center part.

 

enjoy,

 

Rammstein

[dodgem37]

Rammstein,

Thank you for the explanations. I am amazed with and love what you are doing. Will you be scratchbuilding and casting deck stuff? Or are there aftermarket companies you will be using?

 

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Mark

[Azgaron]

Very interesting! Looks good so far rammstein!

 

Cheers,

 

Håkan

[rammstein]

hello all,

 

dodgem37 , I shall see what is available for deck fittings , but I think I have to make lots of stuff myself.

 

At this moment I am working on the center section of my ship , which is almost complete , I shall post some photo's tomorrow.

 

Rammstein

[rammstein]

hello all,

 

here are some more photo's of my build.

 

 

the center section seen from frame 6

 

 

again the center section seen from frame 13

 

 

the center section completed.

 

 

the center section and aft section behind each other , not bolted together.

 

 

the 2 sections bolted together.

 

next photo's are of the front section.

 

 

a small strip of styrene glued on the bottom.

 

 

frame 1/4 reinforced.

 

 

start on the front section has been made.

 

enjoy,

 

Rammstein

[LSP_Kevin]

Rammstein, this is modelling on such a grand scale that I can hardly take it in. Your work is amazing; you obviously have a great talent for engineering, as well as modelling.

 

Kev

[dodgem37]

This is really cool.

 

Sincerely,

Mark

[mattlow]

Got to agree with Kev. This is more engineering than modelling.

 

Also, your workspaces are always so amazingly clean and tidy!

 

Matt

[Youngtiger1]

Holy cow, a 1/35 scale destroyer...Wow. That thing is huge. I have a hard time tackling small scratch build project for my 1/32 kits and your doing this beast... :bow: BTW, I see that you have a scale drawing to build a 1/96 USS Essex CV-9 Carrier I bet you will need a full room just to house such model. Anyway, awesome work my friend. Keep up the good work.

 

Mike

[rammstein]

hello all,

 

thanks for the kind replies.

 

@ Youngtiger1 : if you look at the last photo of page one you will see that space is not the problem , the boat in center is 3 meters long the whole complex is 20 meters x 8 meters. I can place an Essex Class carrier in scale 1/32 in this room.

 

some more photo's.

 

 

the front section nearing completion.

 

 

front section complete , ready to get fixed on the other 2 sections.

 

the next 4 photo's are of the complete hull from different angles.

 

 

 

 

 

I hope my stock of tubing will arrive soon , so I can make the deck supports.

 

enjoy,

 

Rammstein

[JRutman]

This mind boggling cool! Great work and very precise. Shows what can be done with the much maligned vac-u-form process.

J

[dodgem37]

Now that is well balanced.

I hope your stock of tubing will arrive soon so I can see more!

 

Sincerely,

Mark

[rammstein]

hello all,

thanks for the kind replies, well I am still waiting for the tubes to arrive , so I will be working on the outside plating , next 2 photo's shows the progress.

 

 

 

The photo's are not that clear , but I hope you like it.Merry X-mas to you all.

 

Rammstein

[Barry]

Rammstein, this is modelling on such a grand scale that I can hardly take it in. Your work is amazing; you obviously have a great talent for engineering, as well as modelling.

 

Kev

 

 

This mind boggling cool! Great work and very precise. Shows what can be done with the much maligned vac-u-form process.

J

 

These two post cover my thoughts exactly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Awesome Project.

Barry