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Thanks for that rich, no i hadn't seen that site, between you and me i am already tempted by the matchbox 1/72 model. its crude and ugly and get zero out of ten write ups but what a great challenge once you have learned the detail with this ... Painted a few small parts last night., i made a...

I would love a new car but i cant afford the Gas for the one i got :rotf I do sympathise over the work situation, i am so glad to be out of that now but it was always a toss up between surviving another week and the money.

This build is a real departure from the safety of what I have learned over the years, Its quite exciting and I look forward to getting on with the build when I am doing other things. I need my brain working at 100% because trying to overlay the Revell instructions and the Pontus “instructions” (...

My advice would be gat a height tool you can attach a pencil too . Actually if you look down the Hull like its sights on a rifle you can get pretty near straight i found but i have an engineers eye :-) I see things out of line everywhere and its really annoying. .

I think i have worked it out...if i draw a straight line in photo shop like this it looks spot on However it only looks like that from exactly that angle because the pic is 2D and the ship is 3D You cant really see it but here i have drawn a pencil line along the same line and now it looks...

I have hit my first problem with the hull water line ? the bottom of the hull is red. on the instructions that red line is almost straight but when i transfer it to the model its miles out.... What i did was to count the steel plates on the side so the red line is 2 large 1 narrow plate down...

She has a private and commercial pilots licence and fly's the royal 737 with 1200 hours in her log book , the King is also a commercial pilot and has flown F5 and F16's .

It does have a thing for firing porcupines which i presume are effective against rubber inflatables ? and a pom pom gun that fires wooly hats.

A seasoned solderer and brazer here Paul , just not PE thanks

No idea what a bridge winder is Chris ?

Experimenting today, decided to buy a new soldering iron as the adjustable temp rheostat broke in the old one. This one has a built in temp control, adjustable to within 5c and heats up in 10 seconds to 350c. And this is my first ever attempt at soldering PE Pretty pleased with that and...

I wonder what the difference is between painting something black and then shading areas white to leave black panel lines.....and painting black panel lines and then over shading in white ? I have seen people do both on this ship. I am leaning towards all black as the hull and decks are black anyway.

Plastic is so last year :cool:

Don't worry i got your back :rotf

Anyway, Queens aside..... 6 sheets of PE approx 8" x 4.5" assorted turned brass fittings, depth charges and gun barrels , also wooden deck and some rigging line not shown And where i am now, This is the last chance to finish this as a large kayak before it becomes a small ship :)...

above just an interesting link

To me it shows someone actually did it so it must at least be possible :)....or AI :).

So this is the extent on the Pontus PE which i am informed is now at the local post office As you can see most things you would favour 3D print for are actually catered for in PE. Tomorrow i will try and detail the PE frets here and asses what might be doable and what's not for my fat...

As for immigration ? I doubt you get the full story on that either ? France sends tens of thousands of migrants over the channel each year. They don't want them. They send them in cheap rubber dinghies' that carry up to 200 at a time with a 25hp outboard. they give the migrants life jackets...

Ah i see i didn't realise it was all dry fit:-) actually i am quite relieved :rotf