793, an attack on the Lindisfarne monastery off the coast of Northumberland in northeastern England marked the beginning of the Viking Age. The RAS posts were cast from masters as were the Mark 59 Decoys.In A.D. The latest photos show some fittings which have been made in the last few weeks. The superstructure is also made using 3mm card.Ī more comprehensive report of this build can be found on Model Boat Mayhem. The deck is made from 3mm plastic card mounted on wooded framing. The Rudders were made using Plastic card sandwich and sanded to shape, then these were used as the masters for moulding and casting. The power is via two 540 brushed motors, Battery power is taken from two 12v Nimh battery packs, these feed the Forge distribution board. The model running gear is all self made, shafts are 6mm 316 stainless steel, stern tube is brass tube will brass machined bearings, props however are supplied by Keith Bender from the USA. This build has stretched my casting skills and making of the master fittings. The model is based on Scale Warship hull and several of the working functions will use Forge Electronics units, such as 12v distribution board, 8 way switch unit, servo slow and sound board. My current build which is entering its second year, is a 1/96 scale Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Roosevelt DDG 80 as she is as in 2020. Hopefully all will be completed for handover to the new owner in November Boats Dalits and boats still to be made up and fitted, guardrails,anchor chains, helicopter and mast still to be made up and fitted. The build of my 1/96 HMS Berwick is now getting well ahead, painting is well advanced as is fitting out of the superstructure, the Scalewarship etched brass bridge ,turret, Corvus launchers, gunnery director and emergency steering platforms have gone together well. I have now started making up the fittings using the Scalewarship etched brass items and some scratch building items, once they are made up I can start fixing them all in place, I will then move on to fitting out the quarterdeck. (4) All main decks fitted and cleaned up, etched brass portholes and eyebrows fitted, spurn waters fitted around forecastle deck. (3) Cross Beams and decks fitted and hull ready for portholes. Portholes to be drilled out and etched brass ones fitted. I will then use filler to correct any gaps and I can then clean up the hull ready for I have cut out deck panels, fitted the cross beams and have now glued the decks onto the hull, as the deck has moulded in round downs the decks have to allow for this, the bridge deck is glued but waiting cutting to size. (2)The lower hull has been given two coats of red primer to simulate anti fouling paint. (1) Building the Scalewarship Semi Kit Type 12 frigate HMS Berwick in 1/96 scale First stage of the build is to clean up the GRP hull as required, make and fit bilge keels ,stabilisers, fit shafts and A frames and make and fit rudders, ( NB As this is a to be a static model no motors or radio gear will be fitted ). The model its self is built on a MTB company hull and I have so far put a plywood deck on with plastic sheet covering, and the superstructure plastic card. I have always wanted to build this ship ever since going to pictures and seeing Away All Boats which was a story about the attack transport Belinda and the ship used in the film was the USS Haskell, so any one that has seen the film the captains sail boat will be put on the model! The Haskell Class up until the late 1960s made over 55% of the US Navies attack transport tonnage and many others became everything from civilian cargo ships to hospital ships some of which have only recently gone out of service. The Latimer was then re-commissioned and took part in the Korean conflict before going back in to reserve until being scraped in the early 1990s. It was mentioned by an on looker that the AA fire coming from the Latimer would of pleased any destroyer captain! After the war the Latimer took part in the magic carpet operations bringing US servicemen home before going in to reserve. During the battle the Latimer was singled out by the Japanese air force but she successfully repelled the attack and continued landing operations. The Latimer took part in landing operations at Leyte Golf and was in the first wave of landings on Okinawa where she landed the US 96th infantry division. USS Latimer was a Haskell Class Attack Transport Launched in 1944, The Ship was built using the Victory or C2 hull, Victories were the follow on to the famous Liberty Ships but larger and importantly faster.
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