Banana Boats and Basing (Migrated Thread)
May 7, 2017 7:24:02 GMT
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Post by gvwalker on May 7, 2017 7:24:02 GMT
My first post on the new Naval Modelling folder.
I haven't been doing any naval modelling since I got back from Afghan late 2014 (I've been over in the aircraft folder doing AAAF repaints).
But the move over here has motivated me to save all my scratchbuild posts and I might just have to pick up where I left off.
Anyway, here's my post from early 2014 of my remediation attempt on the DD banana issue.
Mon Jan 27, 2014 8:43 pm
Banana Boats and Basing (Pic Heavy)
Banana Boats
(Disclaimer - none of the ideas below are my own. This is my take on what I have seen others do in the couple of years since I joined this forum)
I had today off work for Australia Day so got a few ship things done despite the temp being 38 deg C.
The banana boats have been annoying me for some time so recalling a simple fix from Weeds (I think it was [edit: actually it was Hap] ) I set about straightening all the Tribals, and J/K/N class DDs.
Quite an easy method. Using garden ties (plastic encased thin wire) I bound them down to a 6 inch steel ruler and put the kettle on.
Pour some hot water in a flat shallow container and drop the ruler in for about 5 minutes.
Then out of there, make any port/starboard adjustments and then into cool water for ten minutes or so.
Rinse and repeat.
Pretty happy with the result.
Basing
Another method to counter the 'banana scourge' I have seen is to base them on a material that won't conform to the curve of the ship.
I initially tried this method with a Nizam and Arunta and it works quite well. The material I used is the plastic from old audio cassette and CD covers. Nice clear plastic that's easy to work with.
For the name plates I have made up each navies ship list with the country insignia imported as the bullet point in MS Word (text in Calibri 9 point bold). Initially I just made the available units in one document but when expanded to class names I had to then separate them into one navy to a document as they have become so large (175 Fletchers!).
These are printed out then laminated so the glue won't make the ink run. Cut them out and white glue (PVA) them to the bottom of the base.
I have used a silicon sealer to glue the ship to the base. It's clear and the excess can be sculpted into wake.
Another method I've tried is to just glue the name plate as a 'tag'. For larger units that don't have the banana issue I think this works OK and saves a bit of space taken by the base in storage.
I like how these two T Class subs came out with the WOTC base removed and re-based.
And that was my day
I haven't been doing any naval modelling since I got back from Afghan late 2014 (I've been over in the aircraft folder doing AAAF repaints).
But the move over here has motivated me to save all my scratchbuild posts and I might just have to pick up where I left off.
Anyway, here's my post from early 2014 of my remediation attempt on the DD banana issue.
Mon Jan 27, 2014 8:43 pm
Banana Boats and Basing (Pic Heavy)
Banana Boats
(Disclaimer - none of the ideas below are my own. This is my take on what I have seen others do in the couple of years since I joined this forum)
I had today off work for Australia Day so got a few ship things done despite the temp being 38 deg C.
The banana boats have been annoying me for some time so recalling a simple fix from Weeds (I think it was [edit: actually it was Hap] ) I set about straightening all the Tribals, and J/K/N class DDs.
Quite an easy method. Using garden ties (plastic encased thin wire) I bound them down to a 6 inch steel ruler and put the kettle on.
Pour some hot water in a flat shallow container and drop the ruler in for about 5 minutes.
Then out of there, make any port/starboard adjustments and then into cool water for ten minutes or so.
Rinse and repeat.
Pretty happy with the result.
Basing
Another method to counter the 'banana scourge' I have seen is to base them on a material that won't conform to the curve of the ship.
I initially tried this method with a Nizam and Arunta and it works quite well. The material I used is the plastic from old audio cassette and CD covers. Nice clear plastic that's easy to work with.
For the name plates I have made up each navies ship list with the country insignia imported as the bullet point in MS Word (text in Calibri 9 point bold). Initially I just made the available units in one document but when expanded to class names I had to then separate them into one navy to a document as they have become so large (175 Fletchers!).
These are printed out then laminated so the glue won't make the ink run. Cut them out and white glue (PVA) them to the bottom of the base.
I have used a silicon sealer to glue the ship to the base. It's clear and the excess can be sculpted into wake.
Another method I've tried is to just glue the name plate as a 'tag'. For larger units that don't have the banana issue I think this works OK and saves a bit of space taken by the base in storage.
I like how these two T Class subs came out with the WOTC base removed and re-based.
And that was my day
