Deans Marine
General Discussion => Customers Builds => Topic started by: Pegasus on 17 October 2022, 11:24:54
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My new buiid HMS Manxman was collected by my good friend Bill Mcgowan on Saturday at the Blackpool show I could not attend as I had an oppointment for my Covid and Flu Jabs. Bill brought the kit to the Club (Glasgow Richmond) on Sunday wher it drew the attention of many members. I liked the kit right away the hull detail is first class and the Laser cut parts are excellent. I finished HMS Veralum last spring and while I always planned to build the Manxman it had to wait. The garden and working on club members boats took up all of my time now I have time to concentrate on building HMS Manxman.
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Hi Pegasus, I thought about Manxman as my next build as well, I like her lines and triple funnels but have instead decided to go for Ron's semi kit Swiftsure. Please post plenty of build pictures as you usually do as it's great to see a build come along.
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The Abdiel Class has always fascinated me ever since I built a kit as a Boy And since reading their exploits in the Book Very Special Ships.
I have finally started the build. I reckon with any luck that this will last right through the winter. Having fixed out all the small parts into boxes I do this by scanning the tray Plans and cutting the into the individual parts this means I can work on one box at time.
I started by pinning all the small parts (Lockers,Bollards etc) I found this to best way to fix then to the Deck Superstructure Etc. The kit has had an upgrade resulting in excellent detail.
I will record every part of the build however any one building the Manxman will get an Excellent DVD showing all the parts at each stage of the build.
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Railbob
I did not know that Deans did a Semi kit of HMS Swiftsure until Bill Mcgowan told me yesterday that was his next project after a Dido Class Cruiser I think that may well be my next project after Manxman. I look forward to seeing the outcome.
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Hi
our original prototype model, built many years ago
Regards
Deans Marine
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Excellent model another of those ships I always liked I remember many years ago building an Airfix kits using a Tiger kit and parts from a Belfast kit.
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I will buils the Manxman the sameway as I built the Veralum by building and paintin all the small parts first then in order the Guns. ships boats, masts, and lastly the super structures. Fter weighing everything including servos motors etc that will help calculate the final Ballast.
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The resin parts all painted
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The large seartch lights
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The metal parts all painted
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The Quad 50s and Bridge fittings
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The main armament is now complete, with added gunners.
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Finished the full mount altthough the have still to be motorised nearer the final build.
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I have been building all the sub assemblies however I cannot decide the colours to use. The colour on the DVD are are attractive but this was the used on the HMS Abdiel not the Manxman when she left the Builders she was overall Dark Grey she may wel have adopted the same patern as the Abdiel later on but I will not start painting the superstructure until I have nailed it.
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The pom pom platform
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The boiler room intake
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The emergency con position
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RDF cabin
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Galley
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Life Rafts
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Paravanes
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I have worked out the colour scheme For the ship. In the begining of August 1941 the took on the guise of a French Destroyer of the Leopard class HMS Welshman was similarly coverted. No pictures exist for the Manxman but some do for the Welshman.
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As seen the photograpg the ship is painted light grey as were the French painted at this time. So the Manxman too would have to be painted light grey at this time for the deception.
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I have painyed the crew for the Mediterranean theatre using whites and seaman working gear
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THe ships Boats were next not may favourite parrt of the build firstly the 16 foot gig
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The 25 ft Whaler
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Thw 25ft fast Motorboat
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The 25 ft motorboat
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The funnels are now complete first the fore Funnel
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THe mid Funnel
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The rear Funnel
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THe crane are now complete I enjoy working with photo etch it always enhances the ship
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I hope that everybody has had a good Christmas. I have been busy with the lead up to the festivites so I have not been working on the Manxman, however today I managed to complete a couple of parts the Rangefinders
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The last parts to be finished this Year the Shipyard will now be closed till next year. So I will wish everyone a happy,peaceful and happy New Year
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Having studied the Manxmans record I discovered that the 50 cal machine guns were replaced about four weeks after Commissioning by six 20mm Oerlikons before tshe was sent to the Med. As I want to show the ship as she seved in this theatre I wanted to fit the Oerlikons. The guns are not so easy to come by however my friend Bill Mcgowan came to the rescue. Bill had been collecting these guns for some time for various ships.and gave me six. I have built over 300 brass Oerlikons in 1/350 scale for Various warships, however the Six for the Manxman were not easy to build and I took three days to do so.
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I have finished installing the electrics in the Manxman. However I modified the instillation using longer shafts this will enable me to access all the running gear more easily. Coming from an Engineering back ground I always want ro be able to remove any faulty part having hands like shovels does not help hence moving the running gear makes it easier.
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I replaced the rudder with a larger brass one.
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I used longer shafts 16 inch to be exact the originak shafts and rudder are now being fitted to a gunboat
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The speed controller and reciever are easily accessed. The engines are fitted upside down this also helps with removal.
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The battery is forward and again easily accessed
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With the deck on and all snagging compleat the next stage is painting
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The hull has brass bilge keels and a sheet of lead below the hull. The lead sheet is the fibee glassed and smooth off. The reason for fitting the lead below the hull helps maintain stability in long thin hulls.
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The build of the Manxman is now complete and here are the final photos
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The bridge area
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Midships and searchlight platform
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Pom pom platform and 20mm Orlekons
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Remaining
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nice.. well done ^^^