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  • Birthday 02/26/1970

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    Anderton, Lancashire, UK
  • Interests
    Foreign food, travel in general, modelling in timber and plastics, photography and guitar playing.

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  1. James H
    I've hidden some comments. Let's stay on track please.
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    Glad it's sorted!
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    Can you flush your browser cache and cookies? Try with a different browser too and let me know what happens.
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    It's not uncommon for companies to keep their development quiet until an announce close to release. I actually suggested to Chris about 4yrs ago about keeping mum for the largest part of development but I feel he's was right about the direction he took. With projects like Surprise, Indefatigable, and Sphinx, the R&D is extremely expensive. Many modellers don't realise the ongoing costs of a project, and the companies reliance on existing kits to help fund stuff like Surprise etc . It's only natural to rethink and do what most other companies do. I will still do a build log though, but not publish until a kit is announced....then it will be a busy and intensive build log period!
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    The deck is fitted out first as deck beams need to be fitted over this area, followed by the jigs (again) which will maintain the widths/shapes as the hull is then planked and the exterior bulwarks added. You can always mask off the deck area while you work on the exterior.
  19. James H
    Just a note. I painted the cabin areas in an ivory colour that I mixed from white, with a touch of ochre added. The subsequent deck beams and knees will be in a more pure white colour.
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    I'm aware that I need to get an update done. These photos represent what Surprise currently looks like. Over this week, I'll prep some closer detail shots of construction etc that got me to this place. As you can see, she's changed quite a lot. The fit has been great throughout. I also need to paint those figures too! Please excuse photo quality. I did these with my phone.
  22. James H
    Looks perfect to me!
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    And these photo will need no explanation. These were made while waiting for other things to set etc. Until next time.
  25. James H
    Time for an update. I've been away for just over two weeks and since returning, I've fought bad weather (for outside MDF sanding) and my head being crushed (metaphorically) from my new job. Ok, here we go. As the basic hull framing is now complete, it's time to prep it for the flat stuff (bulwarks, planks etc.). For this, I used 120 grit aluminium oxide paper, wrapped over a bit of thin ply. The inner bulwarks are easy to sand flat, with no protrusions etc...just a levelling of the various elements of the frame. Aware that the bulkhead ears are always going to be vulnerable in some modeller's hands, jigs have been supplied that you clip to the protruding ears. These are now clipped to each of those areas. The hull is now faired. To do this, I used a combination of sanding paper, sanding sticks, and a sanding mouse. A strip of lime was used to gauge removal of material. Before I do anything to the interior, I need to take the inner bow bulwarks and soak these so they can be clamped into the areas to retain their new shapes. These are left for 24hrs to return back to their pre-soak size. Pear does expand a LOT when soaked.
  26. James H
    A luthier too?
  27. James H
    Unicorn Models are a banned manufacturer on MSW. We neither allow or condone promotion or links relating to them.
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    Q1, 2026.
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    and that’s an understatement!
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    Possibly ‘Advanced’

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