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  1. 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.
  2. James H
    I usually dilute about 50:50, depending on glue/varnish type.
  3. James H
    That looks wonderful work, Tom. Is this far off release now?
  4. James H
    Absolutely outstanding!! 👍
  5. James H
    That's right. We don't support HEIC filetype. You really need to use a common format such as JPG.
  6. 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. 🤔
  7. 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.
  8. James H
    That looks real good. You see how quickly the shapes come together and the reason behind the sequence? All designed to make sure you minimise risk of breakage. I've finished for the night on rigging now. Time for wine.
  9. James H
    Watching along. Feel your pain with customs. Perhaps kit smugglers are the future...
  10. James H
    That's how it felt for me with those 900+ photos and almost 30,000 words.
  11. James H
    I'm getting a feeling of déjà vu. Nice to sit back and watch someone else tackle her.
  12. James H
    I think I actually believe you!
  13. James H
    I'm about a week or so off completing Sphinx, so thought I would post a few progress pics here showing shrouds and shroud cleats in place. I really, really love ratlines. Did I ever tell you that? All 1270 of the lovely little knots.
  14. James H
    Slowly is the way to work and you'll do just fine. Nice shape, isn't she?
  15. James H
    Fairing those parts 'off model' is only about removing a rough quantity of material so that it's easier when you have everything together. The quantities you see me removing in the manual were further faired in when the full was ready for overall fairing.
  16. James H
    Finished yet?
  17. James H
    Everyone who has just announced the happy arrival of their newborn Sphinx, please open a build log. We want to see them all of course, but it will save B.E.'s log from being overwhelmed with your news.
  18. James H
    Can't wait to see this one on here tomorrow when UPS bring that heavy box
  19. James H
    Hi Chuck, A big welcome to MSW. Nice to chat with you via email earlier
  20. James H
    Hi Zoran, I don't see any posts by any MSW moderator on this topic. How did this happen, and where? Why would people wish to devalue your work on this project? There's no doubt that MarisStella have some amazing and amazingly beautiful ships/products in their range, and many fine vessels I would one day to like to try. Without derailing this build log, here is a review of one such kit:
  21. James H
    So, have you got it yet? 😜
  22. James H
    Sorry, no...I DO mean their Flat Red. The two bottles I have aren't even close to the same colour, and the later one is really oily and bad to paint. Maybe they changed the formula or this is a bad production run.
  23. James H
    Be careful of Vallejo Red. I have two bottles here of the same catalogue number, and they are very different. The older one paints dead easy and is quite vibrant. The newer one looks 'dirtier' and doesn't paint anywhere near as easily with a brush.
  24. James H
    A quick heads-up... As the printers included an extra set of plans and manual (zero idea why!!), there is ONE more HMS Sphinx in the store. https://vanguardmodels.co.uk/product/hms-sphinx-1775/ No further kits can be made up until the next PS comes from Italy some time next month. I'm sure Chris won't mind me letting you all know
  25. James H
    Yes, it comes with masting and rigging. See post #285 above. And the masting pics in this build log.

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