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Light table question
GrandpaPhil replied to GrandpaPhil's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
What about just buying a glass dining room table and putting lights below it? Those run about $110 from Home Depot. -
DE ZEVEN PROVINCIEN 1665 - SEAHORSE- 1:100 - CARD KIT UNBOXING
GrandpaPhil replied to Johngr's topic in REVIEWS: Model kits
I have the base kit. It is incredible! -
Also, paint from the inside out. That way you can cover up your earlier mistakes as you paint.
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T34-43 Advanced Squad Leader Mash Up by DerekMc - 1/72
GrandpaPhil replied to DerekMc's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Use a piece of a paper clip. Paint it and no one will ever be the wiser. -
Congratulations! Very nicely done!
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USS Constitution by mtbediz - 1:76
GrandpaPhil replied to mtbediz's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
Nice job on the coppering! Constitution is looking good, Mustafa! -
I got pieces of heavy-ish cardboard for at least two of the decks now. I will need between three and four decks total for this one. There are two internal gundecks and then the weather deck, with a forecastle. I might drop in an orlop deck too, just for structural integrity, which would be the 4th deck.
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Light table question
GrandpaPhil replied to GrandpaPhil's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Thank you very much for the information! -
If you are going to convert a table to a light table, how thick does the acrylic sheet need to be to prevent flexing while drawing? I am going to frame in the top of the table in my model room with 2x4’s, put LED stick lights inside and then close it in with a hinged 4’ x 8’ sheet of acrylic, but I am debating between a 1/4” thick and an 1/8” thick.
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Well done!
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The 100-gun Ship Victory by John McKay has full sets of cross-sections of Victory. They are quite excellent.
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The Magenta is definitely going to be built in exactly the same fashion as my model of the Hannah, hull wise. I acquired the box that it will be cut out from, today. The center keel and the bulkheads will be made from pieces of tri-wall corrugated cardboard. That will be heavy enough to hold the shape of the hull in a modified POB fashion, especially considering how big this one is going to be. Cutting will commence when I finish the Revenge.
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Welcome!
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Congratulations! Well done! Looking forward to the next build!
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Very cool!
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Here is my wife’s coffee shop:
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Firstly, relax. You are an excellent model maker. You have surpassed many already. This is well within your capabilities if you decide you want to make your own shrouds and ratlines. I made my own shrouds and ratlines in all the completed logs in my signature box. Please feel free to use them. I use my online build logs as a digital notebook for myself so I can recall exactly what I did and how I did it while building a model. Maybe they can help you out as well. In my Prince de Neufchatel build log, I talked about making the deadeyes and discussed techniques so I would remember how to do it. At the scale that you’re building at, I would buy a large number of smaller deadeyes. I cannibalized some of the deadeyes from my HMS Victory kit for the Hannah and bought a bunch for the Solferino. You’re going to need at least 60 for the lower shrouds (15 shrouds on each side x 2 deadeyes per shroud x 2 sides). Ratlines are time consuming but totally worth the effort if you are so inclined. I learned most of what I know about rigging from Wolfram Zu Mondfeld’s Historic Ship Models.
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Do you think this crazy idea is feasible?
GrandpaPhil replied to Ulises Victoria's topic in Wood ship model kits
Shipyard makes a 1/96 HMS Enterprise card kit that runs about $38 at Ages Of Sail. It will have the exact masting and rigging plans for the Enterprise. Shipyard’s kits are amazingly detailed and designed. Then you could cann materials from your Surprise kit to use on your Enterprise. -
You can tell that you’re a ship modeler when one definition of heavy reading involves the books that you use to make your models dry flat, lol.
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The dollhouses have been an interesting change of pace. I have learned a few tricks that can be applied to my ships. That is most of the furniture for the coffee shop one, which is the one I’m currently working on.
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