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  • British Pre Dreadnought build.

    The building of the HMS Thunderer.
    " How to" on a Victorian Pre Dreadnought.



    The kit.


    I start building the Bridge and upper foredeck.


    Next job was opening up all the holes for fittings.



    and trial testing the parts for fit and the easiest order for assembly.



    Now the undercoat.



    Next the hull got a coat of black and whilst that was drying I did the funnels in Buff.



    Now getting all the ancilliary parts painted.


    Gluing in the Stubs of the masts and the Ventilators.
    Much easier to place before the Funnels go in.





    Finally for today the Funnels, sea boats, and guns.


    The next job was to silver solder wire together to make the two detatchable topmasts.


    Here they are painted and ready with the searchlight platforms added.



    Just the rigging and bunting to add now.

    Ship completed with detachable upper masts for ease of storage.





    Here she is at last all masted rigged and ship shape fashion.





    Rob.
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    Dobbs

    Welcome back shipmates!

    Great to be back!

    Dobbs Today, 05:05 Go to last post
    Bligh

    Anchorage pending closure.

    Only Keith can answer those questions I'm afraid.
    It is beyond my pay grade.
    Rob.

    Bligh Today, 01:52 Go to last post
    Bligh

    Welcome back shipmates!

    It would seem that all is up and running now, excepting a caveat on my Firefox security check which warns that the photos transmitted are not encoded

    Bligh Today, 01:48 Go to last post
    Capn Duff

    Welcome back shipmates!

    I also can now get on, huzzah

    Capn Duff Yesterday, 20:32 Go to last post
    Bligh

    Welcome back shipmates!

    It would seem that I now have access to the Anchorage once more. Just how much remains to be seen as I try out the various sections.
    Rob.

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    magnoan

    Anchorage pending closure.

    The best solution, I presume.

    magnoan 03-23-2024, 09:49 Go to last post
    SkeenaH

    Anchorage pending closure.

    Late to this thread with a stupid question... I assumed there would be a file server somewhere with the entire website living on it. Can not this file

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