Landing Barge - I'm going nutts...........and bolts!

[jpc1968]

That is huge, but going to look awesome man!

[chris0423]

Mar 21, 2016 13:29:27 GMT -5 jpc1968 said:

That is huge, but going to look awesome man!

Cheers jpc1968, didn't seem as large on the drawing board!

[kaytermarram]

A really great concept you have around, here and in your other builds. Busy like hell and crisp, full of detail. And the figures you use, are those from that guy in France (?) who makes 3D scans from real people and print them in figures? They are awesome like hell and I guess, I will take some of them, too!

Keep it coming!

Frank

[chris0423]

Mar 21, 2016 14:45:46 GMT -5 kaytermarram said:

A really great concept you have around, here and in your other builds. Busy like hell and crisp, full of detail. And the figures you use, are those from that guy in France (?) who makes 3D scans from real people and print them in figures? They are awesome like hell and I guess, I will take some of them, too!

Keep it coming!

Frank

Thank you Frank for kind words, yea the figures are from Reedoak in France, Unfortunately not cheap about €23 each, but they are ideal for this build.

[chris0423]

PE parts arrives for the hand rails, vertical frame sections and two types ff faces, open mesh and closed. there will/may be a few weapon stations, and this is where the solid screens will be used as well as the rear of the ship.


These are standard meshes that the PE company does. Basically £15 for a A4 sheet. These are bound to come in handy for something !


Guess I know what I am doing this weekend!.

[John Everett]

That's a spectacular photo at the end there. You could use it as a scalpel advert.

[chris0423]

Mar 23, 2016 19:46:29 GMT -5 John Everett said:

That's a spectacular photo at the end there. You could use it as a scalpel advert.

Not bad for camera on phone, was quite impressed with it myself!

[Prop Duster]

Chris
CHEERS

This is all looking so great, the figures make it.

[DeafStuG]

Oh Chris, i never saw this.....
very impressive work. I`m in.

[chris0423]

Cheers Prop Duster and Jeremy... you are very welcome to the show!.

Just a small update folks, I have been beavering away at the underside and propulsion, will show that in a week or so when I get it where I want it. But have also been doing a little in the bay, where the excavator will be sitting. a bit of scratch building, bits and bobs from the spares box and a splash of primer.

without excavator

without excavator

Thanks for stopping by.

Chris.

[Leon]

Looking good with just the primer on Chris!

[chris0423]

May 22, 2016 14:34:07 GMT -5 Leon said:

Looking good with just the primer on Chris!

Thanks Leon, I do like red primer !..hopefully be able to bring it out with a few scratches here and there.

[captfue]

Your piece is fantastic, I'm a figure guy myself ,but you syfi guys have all got real talent. You all really bring together, all the modeling skills. It's great!

[chris0423]

May 22, 2016 15:04:53 GMT -5 captfue said:

Your piece is fantastic, I'm a figure guy myself ,but you syfi guys have all got real talent. You all really bring together, all the modeling skills. It's great!

Cheers Captfue, I am afraid figure painting is at the very bottom of my skill set. I'd love to be able to paint figures and bring in a little life to them.

[wbill76]

Good to see you're still moving ahead with this one Chris.

[martslay]

It looks very cool! Good luck!

[chris0423]

Cheers wbill76 and martslay, yea moving along !.

got a little more done, this is the central area in the middle of the barge. it will be the mount for the excavator and also have to cables for pulling 'junk' into the bay. cables and wires still to do, but this is the area 'worn up' and weathered a little.

All the best, Chris.

[TRM]

That PE is off the hook...might have to track some down myself soon! Like you said...got to be good for something sooner or later! Fantastic progression on this! Love the deck! Top notch building!!

[Leon]

Great work on the worn area Chris! Very impressive looking.

[chris0423]

May 27, 2016 14:48:14 GMT -5 TRM said:

That PE is off the hook...might have to track some down myself soon! Like you said...got to be good for something sooner or later! Fantastic progression on this! Love the deck! Top notch building!!

Thanks Boss, vert much appreciated. The PE is a good job, just need to work out what I will use it fir now!

[chris0423]

May 27, 2016 21:52:06 GMT -5 Leon said:

Great work on the worn area Chris! Very impressive looking.

Thanks Leon, this was ok because its a small area, not sure how I'm going to handle the main hold/bay though.

[martslay]

SUPER!!!!

[chris0423]

thanks martslay, thanks for stopping by.

got a little more done yesterday, pipework now in place and calling this section done. final section of cable will be glued in place the reel cap put on once this section is glued in place.

[Leon]

Nice progress Chris! The pipe work looks great.

[joeydee]

Looks great so far, really convincing.

[chris0423]

Thanks Leon & Joeylee for the support.

In addition to its start/stop nature this build has little structure/logic so I am darting from element to element to gather up a few sub-assemblies that will all come together in the end. The jib being the latest of these elements. Believe it or not when I was priming this I dropped it and it was in 15+ pieces. managed to salvage it and here it is so far. Cables, weathering/chipping and further detail to add. ladder and anti-fall cage unpainted but there just for show at the minute.[/p]

All the best,

Chris.

[Leon]

Nice save on the jib Chris! That look fantastic.

[John Everett]

Is that thing scratch built!!! Do you have any pictures of it during the bare plastic phase? I particularly like the flanges at each of the major joints and the nut/bolt detail at each junction.

[chris0423]

Jun 3, 2016 0:52:56 GMT -5 John Everett said:

Is that thing scratch built!!! Do you have any pictures of it during the bare plastic phase? I particularly like the flanges at each of the major joints and the nut/bolt detail at each junction.

Morning John, yea all scratch built. I think I have some pictures of in progress, nuts and bolts are from Meng....best thing ever. Will dig out some pictures when I get home from work this evening.

Chris.

[wbill76]

Impressive work Chris!