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  1. James H
    The Duchess of Kingston was finished yesterday and today I spent some time doing the final photos for the instruction manual. I also did some images for the box art and they take a lot longer as I'm image stacking around 40 to 70 individual focus pictures to create a single, fully-focussed image. This was a beautiful build and I completed her in a few days over 10 weeks. Not bad considering that I've been back at work for 6 weeks now, and when I built Flirt, that took a whole 10 weeks of lockdown to complete. Hope you like her. Available either later today or tomorrow for pre-order at Vanguard Models.
  2. James H
    Hi Tim, Firstly, welcome to MSW. Also, great to see you get this log started here. There's no such thing as dumb question. They are all valid and it's how we learn. We are all still learning in some way. Off to a great start. Take your time and ask as many questions as you need.
  3. James H
    Just beautiful. Now.....where's mine?
  4. James H
    I've pinned this topic for future reference.
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  6. James H
    Those little fish look great! I'd be real happy wit those.
  7. James H
    Hi Tom, Sent you a message.
  8. James H
    There you go:
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  10. James H
    There are so many different textured. sheets of flat styrene available, yet I always wondered why you couldn't buy a timber textured one. 🤔
  11. James H
    Click on the tags in the title above (shown in black) for an instant list of all the build logs for that kit subject.
  12. James H
    Click on the tags in the title above (shown in black) for an instant list of all the build logs for that kit subject.
  13. James H
    I was thinking about a very thin and narrow piece of ply, maybe about 4 inches long, and wrapped in abrasive paper. Anything with varying densities could mean than they'll not act as a bulwark against any internal irregularities.
  14. James H
    She's looking great. I've never had to fair the inside of a hull before, so let me know how that goes.
  15. James H
    Please ignore the main mast nearest shroud. I just needed to lift over a couple of lines to get everything into alignment at the mast top.
  16. James H
    I reckon there's probably enough here to merit a quick update before this model is soon completed. Pretty sure I'm now in the last week of the build. I just spent Sunday plus Mon and Tue evenings doing the rats and they are now sealed before I do photos. Going back a little, the masts were the next things to be built, starting with the lower mast tops. Dead simple to build as you can see. Tapering the mast sections was a lot easier on my Proxxon lathe too. Before fitting the masts, I added the hawse cable and finally fitted the grating through which is runs. Then on with the masts! Yards are also nice and simple, with no hexagonal centre section, so these went together quite quickly before being painted and fitted out. Time to rig. Bowsprit (here just needing the bowsprit stays adding. One thing I really love doing are the shrouds (he says sarcastically). I like fitting those about as much as the catharpins and rats. 🤣 Here you can see the shrouds fitted, just waiting to be ratted. ...and that really IS it now until she's complete. Le Coureur will soon be sharing my bench with HMS Victory once I've done the final Duchess photos.
  17. James H
    We've just done an update on the map and you can now hover over a pin to see who it is.
  18. James H
    There's some stunning metalwork there
  19. James H
    Plastic plank crimpers do have their place and I still use them from time to time. I have Amati's plank nipper and always found it very useful. Of course, the electric ones are very nice, but the nipper is a simple tool that does its job as long as the internal nip surface isn't to be seen.
  20. James H
    No, I apply straight from a bottle of Gorilla Glue CA gel. It's quite controllable. I love the stuff and it's been a godsend this last 7 months since I've been working for Vanguard. https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Gorilla-4044400-15g-Superglue-Gel/dp/B01KVQKG9C/ref=sr_1_56?dchild=1&keywords=gorilla+glue&qid=1602102905&sr=8-56
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    For second plank, I don't edge glue. I can't see the point as the planks won't be moving anywhere. I do bevel the edges of the planks to make them sit as close as possible to the previous. Also, those little gel dots are maybe 2mm apart, roughly, and quite small.
  22. James H
    I have asked the developer about this. If you double click on a marker, or right click (I think, as I'm on a Mac), I do see who the marker is, but that should be a simple hover function.
  23. James H
    You're not trying to scroll the one a few posts up? That's a screenshot only. Look at the first image and it will tell you where to find it on the menu at the top of the site.
  24. James H
    I see 'UK' as your location under your avatar. I mean that the system looks at your location and translates it to a marker on the map.
  25. James H
    Just zoom out and scroll the map.

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