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Winter is slowly returning to this part of the world and I will slowly be returning back to my model ship work bench. This is where I left off and where I will be starting the new build season. I will keep modelshipworld in touch as the work progresses. All of your comments/inputs/advices are more than appreciated and welcomed.
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Hello! This would be my first build log, as recommended by Mark Taylor in another forum section, when asking about the Disarmodel Whaleboat, 1:40 scale. I really have no open box pics at the moment, but I can get some later and upload. It is indeed a very nicely packaged kit, all of the wood tightly grouped, as well as a small plastic box with the smaller parts inside. There is a nice poster of a top-view of the assembled whaleboat, and last, the instruction booklet. This is where the fun begins... instructions are basically quick comments per each step, and not that many pictures to help a novice builder. There are no plans whatsoever, so for those looking a kit with a nice instruction/print set, this is not for you. In the other hand, the frames are nicely laser cut, but delicate... they have a very thin veneer, so to speak, that will eventually come loose, so there will be sections that you will have to fill in, as these frames become part of the structure of the boat (think of huge ribs). Assembly was pretty straightforward, with 2 thik additional pieces for bow and stern that you will have to fair, along with the frames, in order to install the planks. The keel per se is delicate in a couple of places, so you have to be delicate when sanding/fine tuning the fairings on frames. Now, onto the first pics... first planks, port and starboard. Not glued in place... the planks were lightly wet, and installed so they take form... not sure if I will form the hull, and prepare ribs in lieu of the kit frames... still thinking if going this way! And sorry for the background, but my worktable was too cluttered with other stuff that I have to clear! As soon as I have a bit of progress, will post more info/pics... duty calls, have to work, pay the bills! All feedback greatly appreciated!
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It's been quite a while since my last build, I've been really busy at work, we had a Technician leave just before Christmas and have now got 2 new Apprentices, they have had to be trained in the basics of the job, and of course, as is traditional with all new Apprentices, several practical tricks have to be played on them, sent to the Stores for a long weight (wait) and the one that caught me out when I was an Apprentice, a 100 Farad Capacitor which would have been about the size of a small town. I've been interested by Disar Models for a while but have never seen anything built of theirs until about 4 months ago when I found a YouTube video of a Spanish chap building HMS Agamemnon's Launch and decided to get one knowing that if I had any problems I could watch his videos. So lets have a look inside the box, The Instruction Manual has nice colour photos, a small amount of written instructions in 5 languages including English and a parts list. Having read through it several times there are a few areas that might require a bit of guesswork so this might not be a kit for a first build. The Frames and Keel are Laser cut in 5mm Plywood, there was a slight warp in the Keel but this disappeared when I removed it from the fret. The other 2 sheets are Laser cut Mansonia wood which is African Walnut, All the strip wood is nicely cut with straight edges, it's a mixture of Mansonia and Iroka. The Plastic box contains the various Blocks, Dead Eyes, Brass wire and strip, 2 Barrels, the Anchor, Tiller and Ensign. 2 Spools and a length of thread for the rigging. There aren't any plans just a doubled sided colour pictures of the completed model, there doesn't seem to be any measurements for the lengths and diameters of the Mast and Spars so I guess I'll have to measure these pictures. Cheers Andy
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Hello! I have myself a Viking ship model and thought I'd put together a build log. Its my second undertaking in wooden models, having recently wrapped up my first build on Occre's Polaris. I got the Drakkar as a birthday gift and was very excited to pop it open and have a look. Flipping through the instructions provided by Disar, I realized that Occre was really holding my hand through my first model. So while I'm excited to share the progress I make on this build, I also think that I'm much more on my own with this build and fully expect to seek input from the community when I inevitably get myself into trouble! I got the keel and bulkheads out of the rather thick board with only a little difficulty. As I was dry fitting the pieces, I noticed a couple of things... First, all of the bulkheads were smooth. Several Viking ship build logs I've seen here, notably Amati, a few of the bulkheads are notched to help guide the layering of the hull boards. Since mine doesn't have that, I'll have to commit a little extra effort to measuring and lining things up. Second, the top of most of the bulkheads were not level with the keel. This kit does not have a false deck, the deck boards are laid directly on the bulkheads and keel. I thought it very important that it all be level together, so I sanded or filled notches in various bulkheads until they were all level with the keel. And here lies my first mistake! By making the tops all level, I'd now misaligned the bottoms of the bulkheads, to which the garboard strake is meant to attach. So I've got some fairing repair ahead of me. But I have had some good luck. As I was preparing to start this build, my wife told me I had to fill my own stocking for the upcoming Christmas holiday. A perfect excuse to go grab a few new tools! Just a few small things but most notably a right-angle clamp that helped get the bulkheads into place. And that's where I am now... I have a lot of planning, measuring, and marking to do on my hull pieces before anything else gets fastened. I'll let you know when there is more progress.
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I've just began a new build. It's a Basque Tugboat by Disamodel. The only problem, is that the instructions are in Spanish. Thank goodness for translation sites online. I just got the hull in its first coat of primer. My planking was a mess so thank goodness the hull is painted. Alan
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I have built a few wooden ship kits over the past years ,but this is my first non-sail for a while. Bought it on holiday a few weeks back , stuck it my case . Saves Postage and I tend to travel light..No Airline surcharges. It was surprisingly heavy ,due in part to the large amount of White metal casting. the kits comes with 2 Booklets... One a 98 page colour step by step construction detail subscript in Spanish. They 2nd booklet is a comprehensive list of parts in English Spanish, French ,Italian and German. Also included is a to scale double side plan and an A4 4 page booket on mainly how to construct the steam winch, I hope you can see from the Thumbnails the MDF used for the hull and part of the bridge construction...There is also a large amount of white metal for rivet detailed sides, winches etc.. which all seem flash free and cleanly cast There are also three resin?castings for the bow , stern and the engine room casing The only part I can see me changing is the Funnel as it is wooden dowel.... Will try to source something better So..all being well..as we say "Heid doon an awa we go"
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