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Fright

Tue Dec 11 2018, 01:21am

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I started work on this plastic model kit in August of 2018 after seeing a documentary about this ship. Up until then, I knew nothing about these vessels but was intrigued in researching and building one. After opening up the box, I started with dry fitting the two hull halves together. One side of hull has about a 1/32nd difference. I used white putty, CA glue and a lot of sanding to make them match up. I filled in the hole where the prop would attach so I could later drill open a precise hole.

Fright

Tue Dec 11 2018, 03:54pm

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Spray painted the hull and deck with primer gray. Looking at a picture of the actual ship's hull, it appears that there are two rub rails and only one on the kit. I used some round Evergreen strips and then flattened one side by sanding. I used a strip of tape to help with placement and then glued rail to the hull. A little clean up and I sprayed again with gray primer. I also noticed that on the real hull, it does not have the half-circle opening on it's starboard side. I traced out the shape onto a piece of paper; transferred onto some thin styrene; then cut out and glued shape to the opening on the hull. I used putty to fill and, when dried, sanded smooth. I also drilled two small holes on both sides of hull just above the waterline to represent intake/discharge openings

I then taped and spray painted the hull with red oxide, flat black and

Tim C

Wed Dec 12 2018, 04:06am

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Looks like it will be a fun build. Nice spray paint work by the way.

Later Tim

aew

Wed Dec 12 2018, 08:51am

aew

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Nice attention to detail.
(But if you didn't have pictures of the real ship, that would have saved you all that extra work!)

Fright

Wed Dec 12 2018, 10:19pm

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Here's a photo of the mushroom anchors on the Nantucket. They show signs of wear from sitting and dragging along the ocean floor. They also show four small triangular openings around the edging. I used my knife and a sanding stick to show some wear on my anchors. I used and fine drill to recreate the four openings. They're not triangular in shape, but it will do. Sprayed with gray primer; red paint and used some weathering powders to recreate the weathering.

Sorry - I did not take photos while assembling my three small boats, but they are finished. I will do some slight weathering on them before installing them on deck.

Tim C

Thu Dec 13 2018, 04:18am

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Looks like you are doing nice work in a nice work area. Enjoy the build.

Later Tim

Papierschnitzel

Thu Dec 13 2018, 05:35pm

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Joined: Wed Apr 11 2018, 08:19am
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I love these kind of ships! One day I want to make one out of paper also

Great build start of yours. Looking forward for more!

Chris

Charles

Sun Dec 16 2018, 10:48pm

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Joined: Mon Nov 28 2011, 06:07pm
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You are making a nice ship
I just love non usual ship

Good work =D>

Fright

Tue Dec 18 2018, 07:26pm

Registered Member #4833

Joined: Sat Sep 24 2016, 07:19pm
Posts: 95

After purchasing my LED lights from Evan Design, I turned my attention to the two beacon towers that came with the kit. They were SOLID plastic towers - Big problem? Thanks to some tips from a couple of experienced modelers, I ordered .219 inch Evergreen round tubing to create my towers. Measured and cut tubes to correct length. To duplicate the electrical cable that runs up the towers for lights, I used a 1/32"x 1/32" piece of basswood strip that was leftover from my Bluenose build to glue to towers. I 'borrowed' a few jewelry rings from my wife's crafting stash to create the horizontal rings around towers. All towers are painted using White Ensign Spar.

I used my Xacto blade to remove the two smaller lights that are on the original forward tower and, after using a round file to shape them to fit, glued them to the new tower. I then assembled the parts for the two tower cages. I cut out, cleaned up and painted the two very fragile cross beams that sit under each cage unit. I then ran the wiring for the 3mm slow-flashing LED's through the hollow tower and glued each cross beam, cage and light into place on towers.

I thought that everything was finished with assembling the towers but I started to notice that there were 'extra' parts on the spues that are not listed or shown on the instructions. Puzzled, I looked up photos of the real ship as well as other model builds and... I found the answers. There are a couple railing rings that should have been installed in the cages. Also, there is a three-part assembly for the radar unit that sits atop of the aft tower. The radar unit was installed onto the Nantucket towards the end of WWll. I decided to install the radar unit on my tower to give it a more finished look! Lindberg really needs to update these instructions !!!!

Anyway, here is what my towers look like: