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  1. James H
    That's about the amount of time it takes me to sand using my sanding blocks. Looking really nice indeed.
  2. James H
    Remember folks, I have to build these quickly so you can buy them and take your time. 'Taint a hobby if you hurry.
  3. James H
    Fixing that bow should be pretty easy. Super nice work so far, and I did think that stage was important to stand back and admire 😝
  4. James H
    That would be entirely your choice, but I must prefer to make sure all my mast alignment is done 'off model' instead of fitting sections at a time during rigging.
  5. James H
    'Nisha' was a Brixham 'Mumble-bee' from 1907. I will be building this one concurrently with 'Erycina' for release around the same time. All I currently require for this one is the photo-etch and sails, which should be with me quite shortly. While there is no picture of Nisha, here's a photo of another 'Mumble Bee' class fisher. This one is smaller than Erycina and very petite. Like that one and other kits in VM's range, this starts with an MDF core, plenty of bulkheads with bevel lines on them, and a nice selection of pear in numerous thicknesses. An MDF construction cradle is supplied as well as an acrylic stand for display. Also some nice 3D printed and brass parts too. Again, I've not shown the plank strips here or the dowel for the masts. Note the shrouds and rats in the above pic. Ok, I'm still on my personally enforced 7-day workshop hiatus, so I can spend my spare time on my new PlayStation, but I do have the original prototype photos to study too, so both models will be started next Monday. Until then...
  6. James H
    Oh, this little sheet of 0.6mm pear was missing from my original parts pictures.
  7. James H
    The stand is actually quite nice but it's difficult to capture with it being clear. I do think it's far nicer than general fare you get in kits these days....if indeed you get anything.
  8. James H
    Consider those as being 'Limited Edition'
  9. James H
    After around 5 1/2 months, HMS Sphinx is now finally complete and the updated box label and manual are with the printers for the next production run. This last stage has of course been the rig, but I've added a few photos too which show the stand etc. There's not too much to say at this point. You will notice that all the blocks are the optional pear set and not the standard kit parts. Here's a fe sequence shots showing yards fitted, and stays etc. And finally, here are the completed images. Hope you like her!
  10. James H
    I'd better do an update to finalise my log!
  11. James H
    Bet you love ratlines! Weird there's a cannon sticking through the shrouds. I'd never noticed that before.
  12. James H
    I just use this stuff, thinned with white spirit:
  13. James H
    Yes, matt varnish on everything.
  14. James H
    oh...and this has shrouds and ratline too 😝
  15. James H
    Looking real nice with all aligned properly and those inner bulwarks meeting the deck.
  16. James H
    Erycina was a Plymouth Ketch-Rigged Trawler, launched as a cutter in 1882 and converted to a Ketch in 1894. This is one of three next subjects from Vanguard Models, following on from their previous Fifie and Zulu fishers. I'll be starting build logs for the other fishers when I'm ready. One of those, Nisha, will be built concurrently with this one. Out of Erycina and Nisha, Erycina is the large one, as you'll see from a cut test prototype in a photo below. Again, construction is an MDF core, with lime/pear planking and an engraved maple deck. There will be sail sets available for these. Here is Erycina! Here's some photos of the initial test prototype which is refined to make the production parts. Erycina is of course the larger vessel: My HMS Sphinx is now in the last days of work, so I'll be taking a day or so off afterwards to indulge in my PlayStation5 and mindless killing in Assassin's Creed, then work on this will begin. Until then, here are the parts (minus planks). More when I have it
  17. James H
    Yes, I varnished as I went along. I part-varnished the deck, excluding an inch along each side. When the cannon were glued down to the bare wood deck, I then infilled those areas in varnish. A little time-consuming, but quite easy. I didn't want to glue anything down to an already varnished deck, for the sake of joint integrity.
  18. James H
    Certainly no harm in using them as early as you can.
  19. James H
    A number of the plans are supplementary as you'll see the whole build through the manual, but you can at least refer to the plans too for peace of mind. As far as I'm aware, there is no coating on the brass. I tend to prime the brass with Tamiya Fine Surface Primer before I add paint. That stuff has a good bite to the surface.
  20. James H
    I usually dilute about 50:50, depending on glue/varnish type.
  21. James H
    That looks wonderful work, Tom. Is this far off release now?
  22. James H
    Absolutely outstanding!! 👍
  23. James H
    That's right. We don't support HEIC filetype. You really need to use a common format such as JPG.
  24. James H
    That's very, very odd. With the deck halves in place and fully seated into the slots, the deck edge falls directly on the centreline and both sit nicely up next to each other. 🤔
  25. James H
    Don't forget to use those jigs extensively too when you make them. They'll help make sure the quarter, main and fore decks maintain their widths.

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