Turrets looking good. Seems a person cant get away from fit issues, even on the bigger scale models. Sad.
True Steve, but on the whole , the fit has been excellent .
That is good to hear, Steve. [Y]
cheers steve .
all the guns have been added .
and my new bench buddy , ralph , hard at work , earning his keep .
the scout planes and captains barge are done .
Coining a new internet thing… WOL… which stands for Wow out loud! What a treat for the eyes. Which seaplanes are those? Almost look like bearcats. Fantastic work.
Cheers keavdog , appreciate your kind comments .
As far as l know , they are seahawks ,
the aft and bow gangways are done , I hope that is what they are called .
“Accommodation Ladder” is the term-of-art.
)You missed a fold on the david falls on the forward ladder–pontos loves folding things o_O.)
As a matter of practice, you rig out at least one Boat Boom per Ladder over the side.
There’s an order of prescendce involved. The after Ladder serves the “quarterdeck” and recieves officers and official visitors to the ship.
The forward ladder is used by elnlisted personnel for liberty calls and the like.
With that much boat traffic, the boat booms are rigged out to “park” them between trips. The booms follow the ladders, too–enlisted crew boats go to the forward boom; gigs & barges & officer transport go to the after one. (This allows being able to see people coming to the after ladder.)
Depending on how the ship rides to anchor or mooring, the booms are often set “offset”–as in forward to port and after to starboard. That allows the oat crews to skylark between trips on the “less brass” side.
Rigging to the same side is easier to model, if still a considerable pain.
Additional note–with accomodation ladders over the side, additional life rings are stowed near the ladder in case of mishap (they are a bouncy sort of affair). There will be coils of natural fiber line for life-saving use. Occasionally a section of Boarding net will be nearby, too (likely over near the over-the-side lifeboat davits).
These are the sorts of details the Department Head and Division Officers have to know for these things. Is that above and beyond average modeler–perhaps.
thanks capn , only just saw the fold I missed , will get to it after this post .
yes i’m afraid netting is above my pay grade , 1/200 is just too small , this is the best I can do . but I think it made for a better build , cheers .
david falls fold fixed , try saying that 3 times fast .
“david falls fold fixed , try saying that 3 times fast .” [bgr] [:D]
bautiful additions!
It looks cool Steve. I like it.
thankyou gentlemen .
Ah, an oops. The life rings (which are off wite/pale gray in wartime) are tied off on the lifelines abaft the rigged ladders. You would marline (rop yarn strand) them to the inboard side of the life lines.
Line for rescue would be flaked out
also inboard of the lifelines–it will be small stuff, no more than 3/4" line, and only about 15-16 fathoms’ worth (you can’t heavy line much further than that).
The netting would be something a person might could do with extremely fine gause–but would be way back aft between the lifeboat davits, where there’s no railing. It would be rolled to perhaps a foot in diameter and the width of the davits long, and bound in marline.
The “book” method for coping with “gone in” incidents is to have a 26’ motor whaleoat in the water already–especially if reciving dignitaries, or taking abboard Liberty parties.
Those accomodation ladders are skinny, barely a couple of feet and as rickety as your neighbor’s extension ladder. So, users are on their own until reaching the deck edge.
They dance around at the best of times. Have the boat at the bottom give them a good bump, and it’s like going to the rodeo.
All while trying to maintain a seaman-like bearing. So, you are focused more on getting to the top platform and Saluting the Colors before turning to the OOD manning the Quarterdeck.