1:570 HMS King George V - Unofficial GB.

[Marcel]

Well, at least you created a space for me to put this thread in. Woud like to see your finished build of that aircraft carier one time, but life gets in the way sometimes.

I have no idea about the rules in an 'unofficial group build'. Is there something I should do when finished?

 

[Capt. Vick]

Like they told Chuck Heston before they filmed the chariot race in Ben Hur when he expressed concern over what he meant was his safety, "Don't worry Chuck, you'll win."

 

[Marcel]

Grrr, had a brain blackout, I guess. I glued the screws on the wrong side of their axles. Don't know why I did that because I should have glued them on when the axles were glued on the hull. Anyway, they are unusable now. Will have to order new ones, but I don't know if Revel will do a thing like that. I also have ordered the decals which were missing from the kit and they are not very responsive.

 

[Wayne Little]

Looks pretty good Marcel.

 

[Marcel]

Yeah, except for the screws which I cannot attach now. Pretty angry with myself to make such a stupid mistake.

 

[Wayne Little]

Sh*t happens mate, you still have done a good job overall.

 

[Capt. Vick]

Easy fix amigo. Just use your head and some stretched sprue!

 

[Wayne Little]

Looking good. But the "upside" pic could have been watching properly by Wayne only.

yep...and confusing to others...

 

[Marcel]

Easy fix amigo. Just use your head and some stretched sprue!

Can you elaborate on that? What is sprue?

 

[Wurger]

yep...and confusing to others...

Yep.. and therefore I flipped it vertically .

 

[Wurger]

Can you elaborate on that? What is sprue?

I think he means the mould frame. Using a warmed up piece of that you can stretch long thin plastic sticks of different diamters or just a long thin thread for an antenna wire for instance.

 

[Marcel]

Ah I see. Would that be a good way to repair this? I'll have to cut off the axle from the screw, drill a new hole and attach the other side. Problem will be that I'll be missing 1 to 1.5 mm of the axle, which I'll have to extend somehow. At the moment I don't see how I can extend that axle in a good way.

 

[parsifal]

The photo is pretty blurred, but my opinion would be to keep the prop, cut off the shaft and replace it completely, probably with some copper wire . Youll probably need to dril out the parts you want to keep using a pin vice and a lot of care. Getting the wire the right thickness will be fiddly as well. If youve got a micrometer it would be a lot easier, take the guesswork out of it.

This is a recoverable mistake.

 

[Wurger]

Michael is right. I would follow the way.

 

[Capt. Vick]

Yes. Sorry about not elaborating. Wire or micro - tubing from Albion Alloys is one way to go. Heating and stretching a longish piece of the plating frame that the pieces came attached to is another way to go. That is stretching sprue over a candle flame say. Or just find some stiff wire or tubing around the house and use that. Point is don't beat yourself up. Totally fixable.

 

[Crimea_River]

In my view, it doesn't need to be metal. You could also get some round plastic rod of the right diameter if you have access to a hobby shop.

 

[Wurger]

Or just one made of a stretched sprue.

 

[Capt. Vick]

Or just leave it out over night for the plastic fairy to fix.

 

[Wurger]

The choice is yours.

 

[Marcel]

Or just leave it out over night for the plastic fairy to fix.

That sounds like an easy fix
Will try to fix, but haven't done anything like it before. Hope I don't mess it up.