HMS Anemone flower corvette 1/72nd now with hedgehogs 11/4

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I have wanted to build this kit since I first saw it as a lad, true to form not enough pocket money and the parents were not going to allow me to have a 3 foot boat in the house!!!!

Fast forward 30 years and I decided that I was now going to build this bad boy, only now I have a penchant for shiny extras.........

So Great Little Ships had a new year sale, I had a little xmas money, the two made a loving couple lol

The GLS brass is immense the main set that forms the deck and fittings is about 6 foot long then you add everything else and you have a massive undertaking! And this is the kit, the Matchbox /Revell offering is basically the donor of a few basic parts, the hull being the main. This needs a lot of work too correct, namely the keel, great as an aid for bonding then its gotta go!!! The stem bar is also wrong and requires reshaping, an the hull plates requires smoothing down as they are very thick in appearance.

I decided to break from the versions in the box and hit upon HMS Anemone, a heroic little ship, that returned to dock on one occasion wearing 200 tonnes of ice!!!, she is a close sister of Bluebell so not too many mods required lol




















this one sheet for example is for the portholes complete with eyebrows



There is also a staggering amount of white metal castings to accompany this etch, just have not photographed em as yet!!

So those insane enough to join me hop aboard lol you will be more than welcome

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Vlad,may I be the first to say that you must be madder'n a box of frogs to do this beauty!!!!! I reckon I'd have palpitations just doing it OOB,let alone all that ferkin shiny stuff!!!!!

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Always up for a challenge me!! 'twitch' 'twitch', looks overwhelming but when you break it down, snot so bad

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Dicky, glad to have you along fella, if you have any info to add please feel free to throw in.

Its worth mentioning that I do have other projects on the go and they will get a look in and there is so much more I want to build too ........ so this is going to be a long term love afair.

[Deano]

I mean seriousley , thats one epic build ahead of you Vlad .... better pull up a sofa bed its gonna be a long one

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I started of with making the corrections to the hull, there is still an amount of work to do, but the heavy dirty stuff is done, an boy was it dirty.

A game of four quarters



The removal of the cast on eyebrows



The remains of the keel, took about an hour to saw it off lol



and a better shape....





You can see by the flat bottom why it was said they would roll on a patch of wet grass.

the eyebrows smoothed off and the plates sanded



I then started dry fitting the plastic deck to test fit and see if it would be appropriate for supporting the brass from underneath.



and the answer to that is probably not

[Rick]

Holy buckets Vlad, There's gonna be more metal than plastic on this one! I guess that's the best way to overcome the deficiencies of a 30+ year old kit! When you're done, it might stand up to small arms fire. Ambitious to say the least, but awesome for us land lubbers to watch this one come together. I'm with Dicky about supporting that deck with some re-inforcement to carry the super structure weight . . . er . . . Armor plating that your adding. Gonna keep an eye on this "flower" to see how it blossoms out.

Rick

[wbill76]

Wow, that's a lot of brass! Will be watching this one with interest Vlad, looks like a fun project and a super-detailer's dream come true.

[Leon]

Count me in Vlad,this is going to be one heavy ship with all that brass.

[deafpanzer]

HOLY SHEEEET!!! You DEFINITELY have lost your mind! BUT you belong here with us PERFECTLY! WOW! I am going to follow this til the very end... great start!

[bullardino]

That's insane... It's so big, and shiny, can't resist...

[TRM]

Outstanding Vlad! I was drooling over this one a short while ago!!! Bring on the Bling!!

[Tony Thunder]

Hi Vlad,

Definitely in for this one!

A good start!

T

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Gentlemen, its good to have you along for the ride, hopefully it wont be too choppy lol

Feel free to poke me and laugh and insist how mad I am! I see the precedent has already started, but dont be shy at offering help and ideas along the way.....

Looking into the deck support as mentioned earlier, I quite agree it would make it a lot stronger........

[vlpbruce]

Looks go Vlad. I'll be following you on this one.

[deafpanzer]

Mar 21, 2014 10:26:39 GMT -5 @vladski said:

Looking into the deck support as mentioned earlier, I quite agree it would make it a lot stronger........

Just go over to Dicky's shed for some white stuff... I was told he has enough stock for the whole island probably the entire continent of Europe.

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That's OK Dicky, I'm in England, gotta look after the locals first eh???

[robbo]

Wow I don't think I've ever seen so much etch being used on one build before. Glad I saw it on FB Vlad. Can't wait to see where this one goes mate

[Jeff aka Sandbox]

Let us know how many pairs of eye glasses and changes in eye glass prescriptions you go through on this build.
On a more serious note, a brief description on the various pe folding methods you use on this build would be interesting to know.

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Mar 21, 2014 15:29:43 GMT -5 Jeff aka Sandbox said:

Let us know how many pairs of eye glasses and changes in eye glass prescriptions you go through on this build.
On a more serious note, a brief description on the various pe folding methods you use on this build would be interesting to know.

You know what SB the brass so far has been so large you can see it from the end of the garden lol

As to PE bending, will try my best, but when I'm building I tend to forget about stuff

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Mar 21, 2014 15:35:26 GMT -5 @dickyf said:

SB - I could give yer a breakdown of the PE folding methods I'd use with this lot....

Haphazard
Innaccurate
Cack-handed
Cuss-filled

I'm sure that Vlad will use a whole different set...I can't wait!!!

All of the above but predominantly cuss-filled, usually the four letter word for a male chicken lol

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So on with the build.

Now the messy alterations to the hull are out of the way and before more plastic gets involved I decided a soldering marathon is in order.
This way I can apply the deck and then move onto adding the plastic and white metal etc, all will come clear, I hope!! either that or the plan will change drastically.

These four very large pieces of Etch are for the forcastle deck and have to be laminated together to give strength and the correct profile.



Tada



Notice the two long strips facing forward, yup these have to be shaped up at 90 degrees, whilst the long slivrs shape to the curve of the bow and are soldered into place. 1/35th jeep for scale at this point lol



Then a thin bead of rivets has to be soldered to the inside of this vertical face, along its entire length



Bullring (the ring at the bow) is folded vertically an four parts laminated to it to add thickness



Next is the two hawse plates again several parts laminated to add weight etc



Added behind these is some tread plate, this is the line of the anchor chains,. Also two small boxes for the fairleads



Whilst on a roll, splinter shields, these are made of 6 parts each and a series of 'rivets' to be pressed through and breakwaters, these both interlock when fitted so should add a lot of rigidity! the large splinter shield has extra bits to be added as yet.



the splinter shield for the hedgehog device...... before



And after



Davit supports, and the wardroom skylight



And a close up of the wardroom skylight, 17 parts in total



And all of this has been soldered so far feeling satisified

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Outstanding model making Vald  you can certainly see the quality in the brass and the workmanship fella, outstanding ... Did I already say that ?

[TRM]

Great bit of soldering Vlad!! Off and running nicely!!

[bullardino]

The more I look at the pics, the more I get interested in this build. Great job Vlad

[wbill76]

Tidy bit of soldering work there for sure Vlad. Looking good!

[modelfreak72]

What in God great creation! We have a mad man on our hands here! Great job Vlad! You are alot braver than me!

[Leon]

Great job on the soldering Vlad...Off and running now.

[deafpanzer]

Dicky's nickname has been Mr White Stuff. I think I am going to call you Mr Brass from now on! Never saw so much brass in my life... looking great!

[wing_nut]

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