Torp tip painted gold:
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/9...p015kt8.th.jpg

...and with weathering representing grime and grease:
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/5...p016fk2.th.jpghttp://img137.imageshack.us/img137/7...p017rs8.th.jpg

Im happy with the way it turned out to be , minor cleaning of excess paint is required on the whiskers.

TBC...

Very very nice. You and Chock (in the Alanger Project 971 thread) are opening my eyes to a whole new level of model making.

:up:

Thank you very much Bill.

:yep:

Sad person i am , i riped the torpedo apart after studying the digital photos of her.
Naked aye did not pick all that imperfections at the first glance.
I decided to rebuild it - i knew i can do better.
I left the warhead - was happy with it.

Added new turned piston:
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/4...p022xj6.th.jpg

brand new whiskers - changed the wire from steel to copper. Im leaving it unpainted.
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/9...p023wb0.th.jpg

the spiner was cut from PE leftovers , thined to about half its thikness:
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/2...p025wj6.th.jpg


brass tip was added to complete the job:
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/2...p027ky7.th.jpghttp://img146.imageshack.us/img146/8...p029pr6.th.jpg

Hope you dont mind me going on about that bloody torpedo so much ;)
I promisse thats the last you gonna see of her-allmost...

TBC...

Two remaining drip channels completed:
http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/6...l001vj1.th.jpghttp://img295.imageshack.us/img295/3...l002ry5.th.jpghttp://img295.imageshack.us/img295/5...l003zg7.th.jpghttp://img295.imageshack.us/img295/7...l004oi7.th.jpg

TBC...

Not much hapening in the doks at the moment , im still awaiting rest of PE for the flooding holes , so can not progress as quick as i would have liked.

I have been working / not to hard / on finishing the drip channels , just to kill the waiting time.
Decided to add the welds underneath the channels.
Looking at the fotos i think thats how the channels were originaly mounted to the hull.

Going by Chock`s idea of the weld , the streatched sprue was glued to the underside of each channel.
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/628...d001pn5.th.jpghttp://img244.imageshack.us/img244/5...d003yt4.th.jpghttp://img244.imageshack.us/img244/3...d002mt8.th.jpg

The glue should soften the plastic , allowing me to impress weld like seams with the tip of the craft knife.
Well see...:hmm:

TBC...

Well done build! Looking beaut! :DI never thought to look here for build stuff, just gaming. The folks over at Modelwarships.com and modelshipwrights.com should really see this stuff, post a link!

Whoa! the master visited the thread. :up:

I wasnt sure if i can post the link to Your build Rokket , which i stated on many occasions was the inspiration to my build.

Welcome to subsim.:rock:

Rest of the PE just arrived thanks to excellent service from Models by Mickster.:up:
http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/618/pe004wr7.th.jpg
PE by Modelbrass with long awaited flood holes.

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/3158/pe002yr0.th.jpg

...and White Ensign Models PE. /just brilliant /

TBC...:cool:

Flood holes uunder the dive planes:
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/6...i002bt5.th.jpg
marked the position with the pencil.
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/5...i006up8.th.jpg
20 minutes of dremel work , followed by file.
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/9...i005yx2.th.jpg
PE - it looks like straight forward job with easy shaping.
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/8...i008hx4.th.jpg
"Dry" fit. Even without the glue it sits allmost perfect.

TBC...

wow, lookin good! I could never be bothered to get detailing sets for my models, I just make do with what comes in the box! lol. keep up the good work! :up:

Thanks ajrimmer42.
I was just like You with models , than looking at pictures of other people models , suddenly mine wasnt all that prety. Few fireworks , box of matches and there was model no more.:lol:

The tins were glued today and is nice and snug.
http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/6...i012yg8.th.jpghttp://img220.imageshack.us/img220/6...i011mf8.th.jpg

TBC...

Very neat mate,

I really don't know what would be more of a pain, thinning the hull to within an inch of it's life so i could use the vents provided by Revell, or going down the more destructive but far more accurate road that you have done here. I guess it all depends on what you are prepared to live with?!

Sav.

Savvy - fitting the PE its easy , and painless. The effect You get with one of them sets its realy realy good. For one You end up with more accurate holes /shape and size /, and for two , it takes away the pain of thinning - as the only thinning its done on the edges of the part. Roughly 1 mm of overlap is enough to safely secure the part with glue.
What i do is i mark where the part supose to go on the model , than i cut away all the inside with the dremel to about 1mm from the edge. Than delicate scraping of the edge with the craft knife to the thikness of the PE.
Slow setting CA glue , filler , sanding , filler , sanding -done.

I always said this project is going to take months to complete , and im happy with it. Instead of making few average models i just decided ill try to make one , but one i can look at with pride.

BTW: ive been playing with the blogs this morning and created this:

http://u-552.blogspot.com/

Let me know what You think?

Hello mate,

Liking the Blog alot, very good photo's and very well laid out. It was photo's of aftermarket goodies like this that made my mind up as to buy or not to buy. :up:

All the best

Sav.