Destroyer Escort in scale 1/35

[himmelhund]

hello all,

I have decided to place my ship into a diorama , plowing through the waves like the photo below. I shall not make the props, prop shafts and rudders.



It will not be USS Solar but USS Gendreau DE 639 , named for :Capt Alfred E. Gendreau , Killed July 21 , 1943 , aboard LST 343 at Rendova, Solomon Islands. USS Gendreau is painted in Ms 32/11D.



All Destroyer Escorts had their names welded at the stern , letters where made out of scrap iron( styrene letters by Plastruct).



I also placed the bilge pump drains port and starboard , also some other drains at port side.





At main deck , I also cut out some deck plates , these will be detailled later.





enjoy,

Himmelhund

[himmelhund]

hello all,

Have been working on the hawse pipe.





sorry for the blurry photo.

this is the way how I made the hawse pipe, first mark it.



file away the styrene and glue some support at the end and below deck.



superglue the correct tube into the opening , and sand away the surplus of styrene.





use some putty to fill in some gaps.



enjoy , more to come ,

Himmelhund.

[himmelhund]

hello all,

have done some more work on the hawse pipes , they are nearly finished.



Made a bollard and its base plate.



This is how it looks until now. While all this is drying I started on the towing pad.



the towing bit and base plate.



The pad eye , will be sanded into shape.



towing pad completed. Next I started on the smoke screen generator.



4 smoke screen canisters.





smoke screen generator base.

enjoy,

Himmelhund

[himmelhund]

hello all,

some more work done , I detailled the smoke screen canisters.



I detailled the 4 deck plates. In the first photo the different working stages. In the second photo the result on deck.





Last photo's are of the pad eye on the hull side.



close-up



enjoy,

Himmelhund

[himmelhund]

hello all,

Have been working on the aft 20 mm AA gun tub , located between n° 3 , 3" gun and the depth charge rollers.

an overall view.





one of the footsteps.



footsteps temporarely in place.



One of the many hatches , needs to be detailled further.



I also started on the upper works.



enjoy,

Himmelhund

[JeroenV]

A-MA-ZING!

[himmelhund]

hello all,

Today I have been working on the aft 3" gun tub. Photo's are of the different stages.







lots of detail on this tub , grab rods , ladder rungs , helmet racks , w/t door ,......

enjoy ,

Himmelhund

[Xavier]

the way I see it now, is like you "own" a miniature shipyard, and you are doing alone the work of building a ship, plate by plate, rivet by rivet... keep up the good work, we are watching!
Xavier
Der Autodidakt

[leachjeff]

I really enjoy your photo-documentation of your project.

[himmelhund]

hello all,

haven't done that much the last couple of days , here are some photo's.



placed the ladder rungs and a w/t door.



head set locker and supports



telephone locker and supports.



I experimented with the depth charge arbors.

enjpy,

Himmelhund

[Fatboy Coxy]

This thread just keeps getting better and better.

Himmelhund, the figure used in the photos, do you use him to give you a scale for modeling the smaller parts, I can't imagine you knowing the size of everything and then scaling it down.

Will you place figure onboard the finished model?

Please keep posting this is excellent work

Steve

[metzwar123]

way to go mate!!! what details you will be able to put into it!!!

[metzwar123]

oh, yeah, and dont stop with a paltry little ship stand....make a diorama for that behemoth, complete with a Wehrmacht attachment obvserving the loading by overhead crane of "top secret" goodies in those ubiquitous German wood cabinets with stamped insignia....the possibilities are endless!!

[metzwar123]

woops, i owe i thought it was a conversion to 3rd reich...well, skip the loading of nazi goodies.

[himmelhund]

hello all,

I have started to work on the forward superstructure. I was working from stern to stem , but this wasn't going to well , so I decided to work from stem to stern. Here are some photo's of the superstructure.









@Fatboy Coxy: I do not use the figure to modelling smaller parts , just to give you an idea on dimensions. I have bought some good CD-rom regarding DE's , lots of drawing of all parts on board this type of ship , including dimensions.

enjoy,

Himmelhund