Tugboat Jean Bart

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October 21, 2023
The buildt so far, most of this is dryfit...
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October 21, 2023
Close up of the deckhouse, still a lot of details to ad here,
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October 21, 2023
Rear of the deckhouse and base of the mast,
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October 21, 2023
The anchorwinch with added control wheels, slightly to large but the only ones I had,
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October 21, 2023
Radar mast with PE parts added,
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October 21, 2023
Capstan with extra details added
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November 11, 2023
Adding lighting to the exterior and the necessary cabling
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November 11, 2023
Now what is this bit...
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November 11, 2023
A replacement for the hoist block at the stern
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November 11, 2023
More lights and cables on the side of the superstructure
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November 11, 2023
Finally I found pictures showing the top of the exhaust, so I changed it again
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January 9, 2024
Still more details are being added, Bands that overlap the horizontal welds in the hull
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January 9, 2024
The fore mast, with extra scratchbuilt details,
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January 9, 2024
I also scratchbuilt a second radarmast,
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January 9, 2024
a gideblock for the towcable on the stern
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January 9, 2024
and a watercanon on the topdeck.
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April 4, 2024
Finaly, paint. I used different primers for the hull (Vallejo) and the superstructure (Tamiya) for ease of the furter painting. This is temporary on hold until I get hold of a new bottle of Hull Red.
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April 9, 2024
The first real collors are on the moddel, white with a drop of yellow ...
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April 9, 2024
and Yellow with a drop of white, just to tone the collors down a bit
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April 9, 2024
while I searched for Hull Red which is in the Vallejo Model collor range, I notised it's not in the Model Air range. There is Fire red and Anti Fouling Red, which is more of a faded red, no idea which one to choose.
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May 11, 2024
Slowly adding color to the deckhouse. Funnel now painted as wel as the doors and some other details.
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May 11, 2024
Hull also painted, although some overspray needs to be taken care of.
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May 11, 2024
This is how far I have come
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October 21, 2024
And this is where I am now,
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October 21, 2024
She's got a name
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October 21, 2024
and a number, and lifeboats
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October 21, 2024
View from above
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October 21, 2024
Last detials in production, life preservers
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November 1, 2024
While I was comparing my reference material I noticed that there was something wrong with the main mast. I started studying it and finally discovered where the last PE bits belong. A little more explanation with the PE set would have been useful.
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November 1, 2024
Fortunatly the ladders from the kit came off easily. They were replaced by a centrally placed PE ladder. The brackets, against which the fall bar ladders will rest, I made myself from a leftover piece of PE railing.
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November 1, 2024
The fall ladders,
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November 1, 2024
These mini pieces should eventually become hoist blocks, but that will take some patience.

Comments

39 21 October 2023, 15:13

Treehugger
Sweet metal railing parts. 🙂

Q: Where did you buy them?

21 October 2023, 16:24

Matti Thomaes
Hello Treehugger,

I bought them on the site of Naval Models itself, this set should still be available, although the stock is limited

navalmodels.com/

21 October 2023, 18:00

Tim
Yes

21 October 2023, 21:22

Treehugger
Q: Is there not supposed to be railings on top at the back in photo 3? Just below the mast structure.

22 October 2023, 17:29

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

22 October 2023, 18:26

Matti Thomaes
@ treehugger, yes indeed, it is one of the few pieces of PE that I still have to add
Guy, welkom, take a seat,

23 October 2023, 05:58

Michael Kohl
Count me in on that one. Very nice progress so far.

23 October 2023, 15:49

Jörg Schäfer
I'll stay with you too. Looks good already.

24 October 2023, 02:58

Christian Lehmann
👍

24 October 2023, 04:46

Matti Thomaes
I've been working on the details to make it all look a bit more realistic, I hope to get busy with the airbrush very soon.

11 November 2023, 16:35

Matti Thomaes
I had hoped to be in the painting phase by now, but no, still adding detail to it. I didn't have the time to do much, as other things kept getting in the way.

9 January, 09:41

Tim
Great progress. All the extra detail is nice.

16 May, 06:24

Matti Thomaes
Thanks Tim👍

16 May, 08:15

Matti Thomaes
Well doesn't time fly. It's been months since I gave you guy's an update on my Jean Bart. I have been working on her, but only in short sessions. This gave me the impression that I was getting nowhere with this one. Then came along the Plastic & Steel show where I had the opportunity to work on her for two full days, and lo and behold she is close to getting finished. Just adding the last details know, than some weathering, clear coat and windows and clear parts and done.
Hopefully next update very soon…

21 October, 20:24

Mike Goodman
I think it was time well spent, seeing how impressive your rendering of this tug is at this stage!

2 November, 18:23

Matti Thomaes
Thanks, Mike, It is indeed a far cry from the original kit, of I may say so my self.

2 November, 18:33

Snake Plissken
When you are finished, perhaps you can do a review on the PE set to correct or add to the instructions, in reference to photo #29. Great build so far ❤️️

2 November, 19:59

Album info

First time I post a work in progress album. This old kit from Heller gets an update with the photo-etsh set from Naval Models. This set contains the necessary railings and stairs together with some parts for the radar and antenna. I build the rest of the details from scratch. Construction began about two months ago, after assembling the basic elements (hull, deckhouse, chimney and masts) began detailing using photos of the original.

Seagoing Tug Jean Bart

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