USS Edwin A Howard DE 346 project- progress update 4/4 p.6

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Thanks Stuart. I’ll get some more progress on this over the next few days. But being a ship project, and the amount of changes that I will be making, this will not be a fast project.
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Stikpusher wrote:Thanks Stuart. I’ll get some more progress on this over the next few days. But being a ship project, and the amount of changes that I will be making, this will not be a fast project.
I bet - they've never struck me as quick builds. I've got to do that tall ship soon and I'm sure that'll be a learning curve!
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Well, if had built this straight OOB, it would have been an afternoon build followed by a week or so of painting, depending upon what paint scheme I chose. But here I am going to upgrade with PE, 3-D printed parts, scratch work.... I am going to try soldering, something I have not done in decades... :whistle:
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That is what I admire about your work. I have band-aids.
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
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LyleW wrote:That is what I admire about your work. I have band-aids.
Thank you Lyle. I think my biggest problem here will be keeping myself from getting too deep into changes.
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So today’s update...
first up, I added a PE hatch from the flying bridge for the pilot house (research is teaching me all sorts of new terms on this one...) then I glued the superstructure sides together and the pilot house overhead/ flying bridge deck in place. Afterwards I added some styrene for the optical rangefinder platform. I also sanded off the molded on windscreen and evened out the soundroom extension top to blend it into the surrounding area.

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After that had dried a bit I had to make some changes. The kit is a Rudderow Class DE, which had a rectangular mount area for the Mk.51 director for the forward 40mm gun mount. The Butler Class has a round mount. Here’s a before and after shot of the surgery area...

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I had bought some appropriate size aluminum tubing for the mount area and cut a length to fit. I also added some thin sheet styrene for the decking and forward bulkhead there, and then I drilled out the three forward portholes for the pilot house.

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The lower deck for the 20mm and 40mm mounts is just placed on for now, pending my thinning of the splinter shields. I also cut them back a bit at the after end of the 20mm galleries, per the plans that I have....

That’s all for now...
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That is some lovely scratch building, sir! Way to go!
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Thanks Bruce,,, but it looks so bad blown up,with all those scratches and gaps... mind you in reality those are tiny... but here... :headslap:
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Stikpusher wrote:Thanks Bruce,,, but it looks so bad blown up,with all those scratches and gaps... mind you in reality those are tiny... but here... :headslap:
I apologize my friend! I edited my post. It was the plasticard that was fitted so well that caught my attention. Excellent work.
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Looking good Stik - I'm loving the conversion work!
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