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Looks great - good job - last ship ? say it isn't so

Looks great - good job - last ship ? say it isn't so

Some progress being made. Attached pix shows target build configuration, replaced after funnel, and prototype 20mm dry fit. I managed to replace the funnel without causing too much damage. The 20mm requires some refining prior to building them all.

Beejay - A friend of mine (dreaded plastic modeler) just lent me that book. Looks like the two gun version it is. I am not looking forward to building those tiny hedgehog bomblets. Rick - It never hurts to ask. :)

Beejay - I made it to the museum and got a picture of her 1943 configuration. I will be returning to see what else they have for this time period. I have also contacted a colleague at the Fleet Maintenance Facility in Halifax. He is going to check the drawing office archives to see if they have...

My research indicates this configuration is from the end of the war, after her refit in 1944. When delivered to the RCN she had 3, 4.75s 6, Orlikons 1, set TTs 1, 3" HA gun 2, depth charge racks and most of the changes you state above. During the refit the after house was also...

As a young sailor, I spent many days on my hands and knees holey stoning (rubbing with a block of volcanic pumice) the teak deck on HMCS CAPE BRETON. The deck never appeared brown. Before holey stoning it was a medium grey with a very light greenish hue. Afterwards it was a light grey.

As a young sailor, I spent many days on my hands and knees holey stoning (rubbing with a block of volcanic pumice) the teak deck on HMCS CAPE BRETON. The deck never appeared brown. Before holey stoning it was a medium grey with a very light greenish hue. Afterwards it was a light grey.

WOW! excellent work Tamara.

WOW! excellent work Tamara.

The GPMs look very interesting to me. The assembly diagrams are better than most I have seen. Most seem to assume you know as much about the subject as the designer.

The GPMs look very interesting to me. The assembly diagrams are better than most I have seen. Most seem to assume you know as much about the subject as the designer.

thanks beejay. The aft TT and X mount are just dry fits. It's the build them all and fit the best to the model theory. I appreciate all your input and the information you posted. I have started scratch building the depth charge rack(s). A link to the photos in the RCN archive would be nice.

A little more progress. This model has very good fit and I have experienced no problems. If I had one complaint about this design it is the layout of parts on the various pages. The parts for a single structure can be spread out over several pages. I could understand this if the parts were very...

YEAH, WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT? Most would have given up long ago. Build the other one, it will turn out even better.

Arghh! Billy, tis a mighty fine vessel.

Well I got my markers but have started on HMCS OTTTAWA while waiting. I'd guess I'll be back to this build once I get to the fiddly bits of OTTAWA. I really like these markers by the way - http://www.cardmodels.net/forum/showthread.php?p=82026#post82026

Great model. I am also interested in ships from this period. Designers of machines then had so much more art in their designs.

Whoops :oops: Sorry about that. I missed that point entirely. Doh! Must be the solar flares, yeah, that's it. I agree , the 'the' is a bad habit and I shall discipline myself immediately.

Thanks for the picture, now I have a 3rd possible configuration. Hopefully the museum can provide some definitive information.