TonyT Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 (edited) Norbert, Have you considered going to some of the shows to do scans? I go to shows in the UK like this http://www.thevictoryshow.co.uk/ these are examples of what you see http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff321/taylortony/Viuctory%20Show%202011/German12.jpg http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff321/taylortony/Viuctory%20Show%202011/Arnhem2.jpg http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff321/taylortony/Viuctory%20Show%202011/Auz.jpg http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff321/taylortony/Viuctory%20Show%202011/German13.jpg http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff321/taylortony/Viuctory%20Show%202011/German18.jpg or trying to join on to something like http://www.shuttleworth.org/events/photographyday-september/ Edited July 29, 2016 by TonyT Vandy 1 VX 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbert Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 Hi, We still keep with the tie-down story. we can do the pad-eyes in sets of 14 pieces and 14 hooks with a minimized footprint on the printer. Hooks are done with a slot at the end, so it is easy to insert and glue the extreme chain link Naturaly, figures hook are easy to install despite there is a good installation side (hook point up, the other way is wrong) The installation on the aircraft requires more dexterity Norbert Jolly Roger, Hubert Boillot, Luca and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbert Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 Erik, thanks for your help, I will have no reason not to do USAF crews Tony, we go to shows doing scans, the question may be going to british shows... Norbert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Those look really great. Even the chains themselves really add to the realism Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luca Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 (edited) Excellent work (as always) Norbert... but where do we find the US Navy carrier deck section (large enough to contain a Super Hornet diagonally plus a fire tractor) to install those pad-eys into? I need all those pad-eyes/hooks plus the two crewmen in the pic above... but without a proper deck section it's a problem Whick deck section have you used to install your pad-eyes? It looks great... measures? cheers Luca Edited July 29, 2016 by Luca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbert Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 Hi Luca I did the deck section myself : It's a section just ahead of the island : going forward, you have the island, a lift with the double row of red/yellow markings and then this section. There is another lift a little further ahead. The area is called the corral. On the angle of my plate is the angle of the lift, for a small note of colour. I bought a piece of plywood, standard here in europe, 40 x 80 cm. I draw the position of the pad-eyes, checking with CVN deck pictures, knowing the standard pattern of pad-eyes is 10' x 10', with a row shifted at 5' in between. You draw also the other deck deck elements positions at that stage, and additional pad-eyes positions you may find on pictures. After you have marked the pad-eye position, you drill the pad-eyes holes. Then you prepare the deck surface. I think everybody has his own way. I primed the plywood surface with grey primer. Then I mixed white glue with black and white pigments and covered the deck with this mixture with a flat brush and before it dries, I went over with a fine comb to replicate the somewhat corrugated surface of the deck. I did this a second time to ensure you can not see the wood anymore. You grain everything protruding too much. You trace the deck pannels at this stage with a hobby knife, they will show up later. A spray of lighter grey paint over it, that you slightly grain (or wash) on the corrugated lines shows then up. At the end, you insert the pad-eyes, paint the deck markings depending to the deck section you replicate, some weathering and it's done. Norbert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luca Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Thanks Norbert... plywood tends to curve/bend with paint and the passage of time, already tried many years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 I've stared at this photo many times now, and I'm still not sure if it's the real thing or a model. I suspect the latter (due to the evidence of some wash on the nose leg retraction arm), and if so, it's just incredibly realistic. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbert Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 Thanks Norbert... plywood tends to curve/bend with paint and the passage of time, already tried many years ago You can also use extruded polystyrene in 20 mm thickness, or some large and rigid laminated wooden flooring tiles. BTW, If somebody knows the dimension of the US Navy life rafts container, you see all around a carrier, I would be interested Luca 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbert Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 I've stared at this photo many times now, and I'm still not sure if it's the real thing or a model. I suspect the latter (due to the evidence of some wash on the nose leg retraction arm), and if so, it's just incredibly realistic. Kev Look at the port leg, I forgot to dismantel the tie-downs from the ring, and they shows whithout chain... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandy 1 VX 4 Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 You can use thick ABS plastic from plastic shops. It comes in 4 by 8 foot sheets like plywood. Or use marine-grade plywood Luca 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbert Posted August 10, 2016 Author Share Posted August 10, 2016 Hi I changed the printing supports of the pad-eyes, in order to get them much easier to remove, they hold now only on the bottom side. Sets of 14 pad-eyes with 14 chain hooks in 1/32 and 1/35 (and 1/48...) cheers Norbert Kagemusha and Luca 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luca Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 (edited) Great work (as always) Norbert... I need all these goodies (pad-eyes, crewmen) but my problem is the deck section... Flightpath makes a beautiful one, but it has sized for their White metal/etched pad-eyes... Edited August 10, 2016 by Luca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbert Posted August 11, 2016 Author Share Posted August 11, 2016 Hi Luca If you are more on plastic than on wood, you can find in do it yourself store polystyrene plates in 5 mm thickness. That could be also an advantage if you want to work the surface to reproduce the corrugated deck surface. The bigest plates are larger than an exhibition table, you can make this way a huge deck area. Norbert Luca 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luca Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 (edited) If you are more on plastic than on wood, you can find in do it yourself store polystyrene plates in 5 mm thickness. That could be also an advantage if you want to work the surface to reproduce the corrugated deck surface. Hi Norbert, 5mm polystyrene plates seems a great idea... I'd like to reproduce the corrugated deck surface just as in your pictures above... any chance you make all the work for me? I'd pay you the whole job of course... This way if they are needed more than 14 pad-eyes to fill the entire section you can let me pay more... Edited August 11, 2016 by Luca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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