Boiki Class Destroyer @ 35th

[turtle]

Good evening all,
Here be my latest headache - Boiki Class Destroyer of the Imperial Navy 1900's era building to the 1/35th scale so approx dimensions = 1828 mm x 183 mm and displacing 8.5 kg.

1:1's:




Basic GA's




and the startings of a basic hull and deck:






not the prettiest of sights at the moment, but after a couple of hours on the end of a sanding block it shouldn't look as bad  .
Lots of rethinking various things due to the larger scale and narrow beam - guessing it may be a little 'tippy'.
Cheers for having a gander.

[marc_reusser]

This looks like its going to be spectacular.

[5thwheel]

Nice pictures.  Given the size of the men in the photos, that is not a very large ship. Almost has a submarine look to it.  Long and sleek; probably moved through the water smoothly but very hard to turn. With the narrow width it probably rocked a lot.  Four boilers; wonder what kind of engines it had.  I think It will make a great model.  Keep it coming.

[turtle]

Marc - I believe that should read: spectacularly average 

Bill - here's a few spec's of the 1:1:
Modified copy of a French "Sokol" design,
Dimensions - 63.96m x 6.39m (old school = 210' x 21')
Displacement - 350 tons
Machinery - reciprocating (VTE), 2-shafts, 4 x Yarrow (later Normand) boilers IHP - 5600, 26 kts.
Bunkers - 80 tons
Complement - 62/69
It's stated that they had good sea-going capabilities - a couple took part in the 'around the world' voyage to 'Tsushima'.

However that being said about it's sea-going capabilities I'm still thinking I might have to add some anti-roll strakes (removable).

Cheers.   

[Ray Dunakin]

Cool. Is this going to be another r/c model?

[turtle]

Hi Ray,
Yep another RC build.
This one is for me, however someone has already put in an offer so  .
Will probably use this as a test-bed for a couple of new techniques - aluminium soldering mainly, but if that fails it might just end up as a plastic-fantastic  (weight being the main issue).
An hour and half of blocking and it looks a little bit better  .
To be continued _ _ _ _

[Chuck Doan]

Nice project!

[turtle]

Experimental day yesterday and today. Built up a torpedo tube in brass (seem to have altered the camera settings  , sorry about the quality) and have just started one in plastic so I can do some weight calculations.
Not the prettiest of soldering jobs but as it may or may not end up in the recycling bin who really cares  . So a quick peek at the TT (hand wheels are pre-built and from the scrap/parts bin  ):





To be continued _ _ _ _

[finescalerr]

You really do owe us an apology; that must be the most hideously modeled torpedo I've ever seen. Please continue to fabricate subassemblies at such a painfully low level. -- Russ

[marc_reusser]

Simply WOW! That is truly a work of art.

After seeing where this is going, I am definitely binning all my in-progress boat builds.

[shropshire lad]

You really do owe us an apology; that must be the most hideously modeled torpedo I've ever seen. Please continue to fabricate subassemblies at such a painfully low level. -- Russ

For once (and only once ) , I am in agreement with Russ , this is a shamefully inadequate piece of work and really shouldn't be allowed to get passed the quality police check . Therefore , if you do consider it worthy of the bin may I suggest you submit the item in question to a member of the sub-committee (not necessarily myself) for assessment .

   If the sub-committee decide that you are justified in binning the aforementioned item then they are under orders to redistribute said item to a worthy member of this Forum to put on their mantelpiece to show lesser mortals what can be done with a few bits of metal and a couple of dollops of solder . If they don't have a mantelpiece then said item will automatically be sent to my house , which does have one . Or it will when I build it .

  This policy has become necessary due to the high incidence of amazing work being discarded willy-nelly into the dustbin by top notch modellers because "it doesn't meet their high and exacting standards" . This has caused great distress amongst us lesser modellers who very often would kill for a cast off from the likes of Chuck , Marc or Russ . In Russ's case I am not necessarily talking about the same sort of model as the other two !

  I hope that I have made the position of the Forum Management very clear and that if you have any doubts please don't hesitate to ask a member of the Management team for clarification .

  Thank you

    Nick , CEO of the Management Team and Chairman of the Quality Sub-Committee .

[mabloodhound]

"Not the prettiest of soldering jobs"

My God, man.   What's not to like?   I can't spot a single soldering defect.
Just looks perfect to me and the details are incredible.

[5thwheel]

I wish I could solder that badly.

[Hauk]

Experimental day yesterday and today. Built up a torpedo tube in brass (seem to have altered the camera settings  , sorry about the quality) and have just started one in plastic so I can do some weight calculations.
Not the prettiest of soldering jobs but as it may or may not end up in the recycling bin who really cares  . So a quick peek at the TT (hand wheels are pre-built and from the scrap/parts bin  ):

As others have pointed out, what is wrong with the soldering? Looks perfect to me.

And what have you done to the brass, it looks nickel-plated?

Would love to hear more about how you made this torpedo.

[Mr Potato Head]

I'm not sure this is the correct sentiment
Bullocks
I'm tired of this thread
I can't look anymore
MPH