ww2wings Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 :speak_cool:Very ambitious project Keep up the good work! LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougN Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 (edited) ALLAAARM!!!!! Excellent project Kevin, should be a very nice conversation piece when you're done! Doug Edited March 6, 2012 by DougN LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ads Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 wow kev it looks great! nice use of 3 x1 for scale thickness - it should look amazing and really great project - you should be proud!! Ads LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted March 8, 2012 Author Share Posted March 8, 2012 Still not sure on a specific scheme/boat number, but I'm ever so slightly leaning towards 997. If I do this scheme, the squiggles will be a very important part of the paint scheme, so I sprayed a chunk of the previously discarded hull, then drew some squigglies with a dark grey Prismacolor pencil. Though this is a little rough, I think with a little effort, it could look OK. (Still debating.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRutman Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 This is going to be one heck of a dramatic dio. J LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted March 8, 2012 Author Share Posted March 8, 2012 On 3/8/2012 at 8:42 AM, JRutman said: This is going to be one heck of a dramatic dio. J Thanks, Jerry, always nice hearing your thoughts. I'm glad you like it. Yesterday was a very unproductive day for me for some reason, the only thing getting done on this being the replacement of molded handles with wire on the mine tubes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 One of the things that bugged me about the first kit I built was the nose area. Revell sort of just faked it here, so I decided to take a crack at fixing it up. This should look lots better once puttied and cleaned up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 What to do with the roof has been bothering me for some time, and today I figured it out. I have large sections of 2" (12' in 1:72 scale), pink foam insulating material that can serve as the roof proper (may need to be beefed up a bit to the 15'-18' range), with balsa foam serving as the thick concrete under-hang at bunker entrance. This is just a crude mockup, with proportions still needing to be finalized, but it amply illustrates the concept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 Believe it or don't, this represents roughly an hour of work. Weld seam added to spray shield, anchor plates for handrails, one of five hatch covers added, and both pintle bases for anti-aircraft guns. (I may redo the handrail attachment points, as they look a bit large to me.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted March 10, 2012 Author Share Posted March 10, 2012 I decided to get some work done on the layout this afternoon. The base has been narrowed (and squared), so as to not have unnecessary acres of water that serve no purpose. Roof (first layer), has been cut to shape. I've also added one of the bomb lattice support beams (partial), just to get a sense of proportion. (I have several photos that indicate there was sufficient room underneath the transverse upper beams (not yet built), for a normal sized person to walk through upright, so the support beams were made 1" x 1/2" to represent 6' high x 3' wide beams, and that's probably close enough.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave J Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Thats going to be one heavy dio! LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ads Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 (edited) Thumbs up dude keep going! Ads Edited March 10, 2012 by Ads LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ww2wings Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Great progress! LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted March 10, 2012 Author Share Posted March 10, 2012 Thats going to be one heavy dio! Well not really Dave. (That's actually what I'm trying to avoid.) With the majority of the roof being foam insulation, and what wood is shown, the whole thing probably won't exceed 10 pounds or so I'd guess. Part of that depends on how I make the bomb catcher lattice on the roof too. If I'm able to use balsa or basswood, weight should be minimal. I'll probably run the transverse beams through a router to impart the curved tops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted March 11, 2012 Author Share Posted March 11, 2012 (I really don't know why I'm so obsessed with this recently, but I certainly am.) OK, I've now begun adding the representative corrugated sheeting that was suspended between the transverse trusses that were embedded in bunker roof, as well as strips to represent the bottoms of the trusses themselves. I don't believe the trusses or the sheeting was galvanized, but instead was probably painted to prevent corrosion, so I'll most likely go for a reasonably clean appearance in this area. .010 x .060 strips were used to represent truss angle bottoms (scale 4" wide), with truss center lines at 1", (a scale 6'). It's a guess, but a fairly decent guess I think. (This particular piece is completely screwed up, and will probably be trashed.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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