Uncarina Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 (edited) Here is a work in progress of the HMS Clematis from the Revell Platinum Edition kit. I chose this ship because on December 30, 1940, after ordering the convoy she was escorting to disperse, singlehandedly attacked the German Cruiser Admiral Hipper. After facing several broadsides unscathed HMS Clematis forced the German ship to withdraw. I've made several modifications to the kit so far, including modifying the keel, riveting the funnel with Archer's rivet decals, and adding a ships wheel to the control room. All markings are painted, and I used a custom mix of Tamiya paints for the B-55 Admiralty color. I'm also using several photoetch and Shapeways sets purchased from Niall Orr. All comments and advice welcome! Cheers, Tom Edited January 16, 2018 by Uncarina dutik, Shawn M, Bill Cross and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logical Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Looks great. I keep seeing things like this and think "I'd love to build a boat" when I get the kit though I look at them and bottle it. So far I've done it on Revell's Bismarck and LHD-7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted June 21, 2016 Author Share Posted June 21, 2016 It's an ancient kit, but it has a lot of detail and surprisingly good fit. The Platinum edition includes some nice photoetch and metal upgrades as well. I'm taking my time with this one though, since it is a fairly epic build! Cheers, Tom Rick Griewski and Jeff 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Great looking build Tom. I've always had a bit of a soft spot for Flower class corvettes since many of them served in the RCN. Carl Jeff and Uncarina 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted June 25, 2016 Author Share Posted June 25, 2016 Great looking start Tom. She will be a beauty once finished. A lot of work but everything will show on the finished model. I didn't know just how big a kit this was until I saw a couple at a local show. Mega 'WOW' factor. I like the colours too! Dan Dan, Thanks! It is definitely an epic build, and I'm taking my time, puttering away as a break between aircraft builds. That large size pretty much turns this into a lot of mini-models. Cheers, Tom Rick Griewski 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted June 25, 2016 Author Share Posted June 25, 2016 Great looking build Tom. I've always had a bit of a soft spot for Flower class corvettes since many of them served in the RCN. Carl Carl, Me too! Being half-Canadian, I was strongly tempted to build one of the 10 built in England for Canadian use, but the Snowberry is built too often for me, and the old decals made by Bob Pearson are long out of production. Thanks for checking in! Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted January 16, 2018 Author Share Posted January 16, 2018 Rescued from Photobucket! LSP_Kevin, RLWP and Fooesboy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youngtiger1 Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Good rescue bud, I have two of these in the stash to build someday as they do build into an impressive model once finished. A friend of mine has one in his display case that he build out of the box and everytime I visit his cave I drool over that boat...lol It's still heck of a ship OOB, of course extra detail is always nice and you can go broke buying things on shapeway on this as there are many cool 3D parts on that site. Btw, have you done anymore work on her since 2016? Jeff and Uncarina 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Cross Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 My admiration. I had the non-delux edition and sold it because of the PE that from Great Little Ships (you basically kept the hull and threw out everything else). Once I saw the build below, I couldn't in good conscience build the straight plastic kit. Rick Griewski, Uncarina and Tnarg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted February 12, 2018 Author Share Posted February 12, 2018 (edited) Good rescue bud, I have two of these in the stash to build someday as they do build into an impressive model once finished. A friend of mine has one in his display case that he build out of the box and everytime I visit his cave I drool over that boat...lol It's still heck of a ship OOB, of course extra detail is always nice and you can go broke buying things on shapeway on this as there are many cool 3D parts on that site. Btw, have you done anymore work on her since 2016? Thanks for checking in! I actually have recently: lots of work with Niall's photoetch and 3-D printed sets, including the platform, shield, and assembly of the 4†gun, the Oerlikon mounts, the breakwater, the pom-pom platform and gun, the anchor winch, and the Carley float platforms. I will try to get some photos posted in the next week or so. Cheers, Tom Edited February 12, 2018 by Uncarina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted February 12, 2018 Author Share Posted February 12, 2018 My admiration. I had the non-delux edition and sold it because of the PE that from Great Little Ships (you basically kept the hull and threw out everything else). Once I saw the build below, I couldn't in good conscience build the straight plastic kit. Bill, thanks! I love that build, the only other Clematis build I've seen. Like mine, she's in the 1943 configuration. I read somewhere that all of the hull rivets were drops of glue applied with a syringe. Hope mine is half as good. Cheers, Tom Gazzas and Bill Cross 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Cross Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Tom just building it will be a feat of endurance and will I'm sure make you happy. Please keep us updated. Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 (edited) Okay, here's an update: Overall: The 4" gun shield is 3-d printed, while the gun tub and splinter shields are entirely photoetch. The breakwater is styrene, using the kit parts as a template. Anchor winch, 3-d printed: Oerlikon tubs, photoetch: Pom-pom--3-d printed, gun tub--thinned walls with Dremel, skylights and rear hatchway--all photoetch: All aftermarket so far has been provided by Niall Orr. You can contact him via Shapeways, or the Britmodeler forum. Hope you like her so far! Cheers, Tom Edited February 13, 2018 by Uncarina mustang1989, Tnarg, Bill Cross and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Very nice Tom. Really happy to see her back !......Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 Harvey, thanks! It's been nice to make some progress. Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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