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1/570 scale Model
by Bruce Beveridge
The forecastle is still missing some details as I
found that I should leave off a lot of the small stuff until the major
stuff is applied. The center anchor is in place with my center anchor
grating decal applied over acetate. I was surprised how good it looks.
The railings are all GMM. Loren got the scale perfectly as evidenced by
the foreward crane supports. The portholes along the gunwales are not
completed yet. The hull paint is ruffed in. I used auto primer for the
anti fowling paint. The windows along A and B decks on the hull have
been thinned from the inside with a dremel tool. I also painted the
inside edges with a gray paint to give the appearance of being thinner
and more to scale. The yellow line will be added much later. The well
deck recesses have been added because the model lacks these. The
foreward cranes still need work. The DARK cables are two dark and the
clamps need to be applied. The kit cranes had to have the bases
shortened greatly because they sit to high as they are out of the box.
The plastic railings have been removed. This process destroyed the
raised plank lines. I used a dry brushing technique to bring back a
resemblance of planking that looks real good. I used a Polyscale light
tan as a base and then dry brushed Testors Model Masters brown over the
top and then the same Polyscale tan over that again. The steam and
electric winches have had the wheels added. The hatch over the #1 hold
is wrong and I have to fix it. The capstan steam control wheels have
been added. My decals are in place on the foreward end of the ship.
The fore B deck decals were a waste of time. I had no idea that the
foreward bulkhead was part of the foreward bridge piece and will be
added later. I should have read ahead. The crew galley skylight decals
are to big and will be replaced with smaller holes. The bollards are
hand made on the well decks. The aft well deck has the recess added.
The center mushroom vent broke off while I was applying the aft B deck
piece. I had to fix the aft well deck crane bases, they are NOT round.
The aft B deck, as you can see is nearly a complete rebuild. The actual
entrance deckhouse is to far forward but I'll let that one go. I
enlarged the Olympic plans out of the "Shipbuilder" ( the plans are at
1/167th scale )and used it to make a completely new docking bridge. The
docking bridge that came with the kit is FAR to big so I replaced it.
The phone, telegraphs, binnacle have been added. The wheel broke off
and is now in the twilight zone of my work shop. Luckily I bought two
sets of GMM parts. The white skylight/hatch covers over the third class
room have been filed to be more accurate. I added the steam wheels here
also. In the well decks, where the rust touches the white, I used
strips of white Microscale decal sheets to get a perfect line. This
model is real ruff at this point. I found that adding to many little
things at first becomes a pain as they get in the way and break off.
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