1/350 scale NUMA oceanographic research/exploration ship "Neptune's Trident"

[PR19_Kit]

For goodness sake, why don't these 'official bodies' and companies think things through rather than going with the knee-jerk reaction?     

[Weaver]

For goodness sake, why don't these 'official bodies' and companies think things through rather than going with the knee-jerk reaction?     

I've started a new thread for it in Everyday Chat so let's talk about it there rather than here, since it isn't specific to Seadude's thread.

[seadude]

I don't know what else I can do........if anything.........to correct the issue for you. The pictures are coming up fine for me.
Is anybody else having the same problem from any other country.........or even in the US?

[PR19_Kit]

Read the thread that Weaver started, it seems to be UK watchers only that have the issue with Imagr, or whatever they're called.

[seadude]

It has come to my attention that the UK has now decided to block images from Imgur. I will continue to host pics on Imgur for other countries to see. But for UK people, I will use this website forum's post image attachment system to continue in this thread so UK members can still see the progress I am making. 

[Old Wombat]

It has come to my attention that the UK has now decided to block images from Imgur. I will continue to host pics on Imgur for other countries to see. But for UK people, I will use this website forum's post image attachment system to continue in this thread so UK members can still see the progress I am making. 

No, it's the other way around - Imgur has decided to geo-block the UK, so no images will display in the UK, even if uploaded from the UK.

[seadude]

Anyway, getting back on track.............

If I use that clear dome astronomical idea I had, there's not much I can put under that dome, if anything. Long ago, I bought a 1/350 scale Freedom and Independence class Littoral Combat Ship models. I don't remember which one it was, but one of them had an interior bridge with consoles and chairs. I could put a small control console and at least one chair under the dome, but that's about it. Not much space for anything else. It would be similar to the look of the stellar cartography lab that was seen in the movie STAR TREK Generations aboard the Enterprise-E.  Otherwise if the console and chair look too weird, I'll remove them.

[Weaver]

You could put an instrument under the dome with no crew operating it directly. Another thing you could do is sink the floor of the dome into the deck below to give more headroom/equipment room near the edges of the dome.

Thanks for putting your pics directly onto the forum for us  - I know it's more work. 

[seadude]

Well, this is my last option for this area on the ship above the bridge area. I don't know what else to do?
So Yay or Nay?

[Weaver]

That's a great idea - make it look like a literal observatory. That gives the same "science-not-war" vibe, but without having to come up with a shaky rationale for the big clear dome.

[kerick]

I like the look of the clear dome but the observatory does make more sense. Both would be cool. I'm not helping, am I? Go with the observatory and run with it. Save the dome for another ship!

[seadude]

Applied gloss acrylic gel medium to the floor of the well deck a few days ago. As I may have said in a previous post, I'm putting 1 of each watercraft in the well deck to show what types of vehicles this ship can carry in the well deck. Not that the ship would carry "all" of the vehicles at the same time. After all, what the ship carries ultimately is decided by what the mission of the ship will be.
As I said in a previous post, I'll be starting to glue the upper superstructure hull piece to the lower hull piece soon. But, there's problems where the sides don't match up as shown in the red circled areas due to warpage of the hull pieces. I tried everything I could long ago to fix the warpage, but nothing seemed to work. I'm open to ideas and suggestions.

[seadude]

Upper superstructure hull piece has now been fully glued to the lower ship hull piece. Next comes lots of PSR for the rest of the week and maybe this weekend. Painting the ship may not possibly start until next week.........I hope.

[Rick Lowe]

That works. 

Glad you got the warping issue sorted out.

[seadude]

PSR of the two glued hull pieces went easier than I thought it would.    Not many spaces I had to fill.
So that meant I was able to get an early start on painting today. Sprayed the ship with TAMIYA Fine White Surface Primer about 2 times today. But whenever I have spray can painted models in the past or present, my efforts aren't always my best. Runs, drips, bubbling, too much, too little, you get the idea.   
No matter what I do to a model when spray can painting it, the coverage never comes out even. I'm hesitant to spray can paint a 3rd time as I don't want to "overspray" the model. So I'll go over the model with hand brushing and touch up areas and missed spots that need more painting.
The aft flight deck will get painted Vallejo Medium Gunship Grey just like the aviation hangar floor had. As for the regular decks that the crew walk around on, I haven't figured yet what color to paint those. Maybe a medium or dark shade of grey? I don't know yet.
And then there's TONS of intake/exhaust vents all over this ship. TONS! After all the white painting has finally been done, I'm thinking of highlighting all those vents with TAMIYA Light Grey Panel Line Accent Color wash. Anybody have thoughts on this?
And then after that is done, I'll start on the lower hull which will be painted Vallejo # 69.023 Turquoise.
So this weekend is going to be quite busy.