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sjanicki

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  1. If it makes you feel any better, I made the exact same mistake when building the kit! Thanks for flagging it - hopefully they adjust the instructions.
  2. You have done such a good job on this! Honestly keeping the lines tight isn't a big deal as long as you wait to cut them and tie them until they are all in place - that way you can make sure they are all properly tightened. I used clothespins as weights to keep them taught while I tied the rest
  3. Of course! It is a wonderful kit. Please just tag me in your build if you have a question and I'll try to comment! Have you started a build log yet?
  4. There are a ton of different ways that people apply these copper plates. Personally, after applying the bluejacket plates to both the Revenue Cutter and USS Perry I found the following process to work the best: Apply all the plates butting against another vs. layered. My skill wasn't great enough to layer them without it looking horrible. Form each plate to the shape of the hull before trying to glue Cut the plates that need to be cut to shape before applying Apply the plates to the keel starting with the base. Apply to the side of the keel a single row. Apply a single row of plates along the waterline all the way around. Start in the center of the ship starting at the keel and tiling your way out with an overlap. The bow section and stern are the most difficult and require cutting each tile exactly to shape. This post shows how I went about it fairly well. Please let me know if you have any questions on my process! I will note that many, many, on this forum are far more skilled at copper plating than I am and have done a better job but I found this method to make a reasonably high quality result for my skill level.
  5. @EricWilliamMarshall I think you will see that that if you mount the cap rails very carefully you will hide that it may not be perfect underneath (that was a similar trick I used on my build)
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