Recent content by mpakier

Hello Today is the last day of the contest. I'm very sorry to say it but I was not able to finish the model for the contest. I had less free time then expected and there was much more work the I planned. As you know I planned to modify the digital navy free kit in bigger scale (1:400 vs...

The hull is finished (but only in test version). Now I think it's time to start building the real model because until now I have nothing done.

You can check here how the secondary guns should look like. http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org/models/ships/HMS_Dreadnought/max/12pdr.jpg You can not make the same in 1:700 (even 1:400) but at least proportions can be right.

No. It's my design. When I will test that everything is OK. I will publish it for download.

To make my build thread more attractive I will be showing some interesting stuff that I found. Here is a link to HMS Dreadnought 1:100. presley.perswain - 1905 HMS Dreadnought

In my first post I told that I will be building the details first and the hull at the end. But one day (it was few weeks ago) I decided that I need a stand for all the small parts. This is an original digitalnavy hull that I had build. I had a lot of fun with it so I decided to start...

It was a lot of time since my last post. I was making a ladder for the turret. I was trying different materials. Here you can see a tool that I made for this. Below the turret with the ladder. It is made from cotton and glued with CA glue. Below the link to 3D model of the...

I will show how everything is done, when I will be doing the final version.

Hello I started building main turret. This is not a final version. I want to check, how detailed can it be in 1:400 scale. It is not painted and some things are still missing. The guns are only for picture, the final ones will be much better. There will be a ladder on the front and...

Free Model #3 HMS Dreadnought 1:400 Hello This is my build thread for Free Model Competition #3. Since last free model competition I started some models but didn't have enough time to work with them. Now I hope that, thanks to the contest I will have the motivation to finish the ship...

I will try with knife. Nail polish remover is in fact acetone (even if the new ones say that they are acetone free). I think that there is no risk of using chemicals here because I have to paint it all anyway. Michal

After few tests and some googleing I found the way to remove the unwanted glue from the planks. The glue is cold "butapren" but it can be a local name. It's chlorine-rubber glue. It's not easy to remove because even after drying it has a consistency of rubber so you can't sand it. The way I...

I was not planning LED lighting but there is a competition so everything can happen. Michal

Here is what I'm planning to do now. I found this site with the tugboat model (Dundrym Bay) from similar time to W.O. Decker. There are the plans of the model too. The hull is different but similar. On page 43 and 44 of the rebuilding report I have few frames of the hull. Then on page 49...

Hello. I was a long time again since my last post. All this time I was building the pier for the diorama. First I used a cardboard to make planks. As you can see the color i awful but I was preparing this almost 2 months so I have to leave this as it is. Below you can see all the...