Colossus-Building the Bismarck-Trumpeter 1/200th

[Iron Mike]

That's a lot of rigging! Sending

 

[helios]

Woof. That rigging looks like a spiderweb. It'll really bring things together once it's done though.

 

[moon puppy]

Wow!

 

[bob letterman]

Wow!!!! Just keeps getting better and better!



Bob

 

[Piet]

Top build!
I only have this ,you probably have it already.

 

[mike walsh]

Fantastic work Laurence.

Your nailing it.

Michael

 

[White_Wolf]

Wow!!!! Just keeps getting better and better!



Bob

Thanks Bob, I am looking at some 20-30 more "wires", then still hand rails to finish, weathering here and there etc

 

[White_Wolf]

Top build!
I only have this ,you probably have it already.
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Yes, I do have it, but thank you very much for posting it, much appreciated.

 

[White_Wolf]

Fantastic work Laurence.

Your nailing it.

Michael

Thanks Mike, appreciate it mate. 5 years ago we were having a chat at the show .....can you believe that?

 

[White_Wolf]

Thank you all for your kind words, very humbling notworthy

Rigging progress below.

Not fully centered I am afraid, I didn't realize until after I had a look on the PC, before posting it. Everything looks symmetrical so yay me.

After massive amounts of searching, I managed to find some really nice diagrams, 3 views plus axonometric, which helps a lot. Also, some diagrams I am using as references, have the cables numbered, making it a lot easier to track them on the drawings.

There are at least 20 more wires (I think), I am working on getting it done asap. Asap as in within the next two weeks - the complicated bits are still ahead, namely the wires between the two masts.

Thank you all for watching this thread,

Laurence

 

[Iron Mike]

Wow, Laurence!! That is very imposing, fantastic to say the least.

 

[White_Wolf]

Wow, Laurence!! That is very imposing, fantastic to say the least.

Thank you Mike, that is very kind of you.

 

[moon puppy]

I'm not sure what's off centered. It looks great! Any thing your's seeing that may look off center is probably because lens distortion?

 

[White_Wolf]

I'm not sure what's off centered. It looks great! Any thing your's seeing that may look off center is probably because lens distortion?

This is what I meant ... the two masts should have been aligned.

Thanks for the compliment

 

[moon puppy]

Move to the right a bit.

 

[centaur567]

Looks good to me. Fantastic job!! Gary S. XLV MMXX

 

[Duke Maddog]

I didn't see that misalignment, but I did notice that two of the horizontal arms on the right next to the searchlight platform seem to be off. The top one looks like it's angling up; the other looks to be angling down. Again, it might be just me.

This doesn't detract from your already outstanding work on this sensational masterpiece!

 

[Heavens Eagle]

I think your center of camera was a little to the left Laurence. It is looking good to me!

 

[Brokeneagle]

Another week another "not quite finished yet". Rigging continues, hand rails on the main deck has begun, but only a portion at the stern, because of the space I need along the hull to do the rigging.

Tomorrow will make a start on rigging the fore mast and main mast. Here's a taste of what I am about to get myself into:

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Fore mast above

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And the main one - I can see another week of work on the rigging alone ... joy...

Thanks for watching,

Laurence

...and thats why I haven't built a large battleship.
popcornDrinks:
Epic build Lawrence with outstanding results. I was going to get this model but I don't think I will now as the rigging/ railings and detail painting is overwhelming!
You have done a masterful job on this one mate.
Ian

 

[bob letterman]

What Ian said!!!!!!!!!

Plus, I believe your camera was off slightly! Looks fantastic!



Bob