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  1. James H
    Such beautiful work! Are you using epoxy to replicate the water?
  2. James H
    Iwata do some great airbrushes and that's what I use for my work, including magazine work. I have an HP-CH and HP-C+. There is a cheaper Iwata called a Neo and they perform superbly too. I would also tend to go for gravity-fed. I've also heard great things about the Mr. Hobby Procon too. My compressor is an Iwata Smart Jet. Take a look at www.airbrushes.com for some ideas.
  3. James H
    I think that turned out rather well! It seems like a lifetime ago since we chatted about the planking.
  4. James H
    I put a little offcut of timber on the inside bulwark, where the holes are being drilled. Just saved any possible breakout/splintering of the timber there.
  5. James H
    The Vaporetto is a strangely beautiful thing and I spent many a trip around Venice on them a few years ago. Gogs' build was perhaps one of my favourite ever build logs, and I was gutted when it, and all MSW1.0 crashed and burned. Panart's kit is actually very nice, so I can't wait to see you start to make some sawdust with this and give us your interpretation.
  6. James H
    That looks good to me. The only suggestion I'd make would be to taper that bearding in a little towards the last bulkheads, simply so the planking isn't pinched in towards the stern post. Got to say that you're doing a great looking job of this 👍
  7. James H
    Could it be something to do with copyright? It does seem pretty stupid to withhold them.
  8. James H
    They are just cut from the sheets and glued in, followed by a lick of Vallejo black acrylic paint. You can blacken them in a solution beforehand though.
  9. James H
    I'm pretty sure Chris said this was already sorted on the production parts.
  10. James H
    I don't know how I missed this one, but she's sure a lovely little vessel, and I have one here myself.
  11. James H
    Time to plank those inner bulwarks now 🤣 Looking good!
  12. James H
    I did think about that. I suppose it's down to the individual. Removing char from cross-grain is harder than 'with grain', and bearing in mind that I need to move quickly with this model, I took the decision to leave it, as per Chris's design prototype. There's no reason why a modeller can't remove all char as they've more time to do this than I have.
  13. James H
    I did remove the laser char and also used a small tungsten carbide file to add the same profile the other sides of the parts too. No paint for the gun carriages. They'll be in plain wood, the same as the inner bulwarks. We figured the red was more suited to a fighting vessel.
  14. James H
    I've already made a Scalemates entry. Does it need amending?
  15. James H
    Time for an update. I actually built most of this a. couple of weeks ago, in between tasks on the hull. I'm still doing that with other stuff at the moment whilst I add the rails and wales to the model and ready her for painting white underneath. These are just a small selection the photos I've done for these fittings, but you'll get a general idea. Cannon Gallows/Bitts Steps/Stairs Binnacle Coamings Not too much to say for these purposes, but they will have detailed text on how to make each item in the instructions. I'll do another update next week.
  16. James H
    That's correct. Royal/aristocratic yachts tended to be named after the person they were built for, such as the Royal Caroline which became Royal Charlotte for George III's wife. As this was built for the Duchess of Kingston, I suppose it's as good a name as any for the vessel.
  17. James H
    Firstly, welcome to MSW! This is a kit that I started building about 14yrs ago but it got destroyed in a house move, so I'll definitely be watching you progress with this one, to completion. I seem to remember it can be a little tricky around the bow and forecastle, but nothing insurmountable.
  18. James H
    My area too, born and bred. My info says 'Horwich', but it's actually Anderton, Chorley. It's just that this half of our housing estate straddles the Lancs border.
  19. James H
    That's looking real good. What did you use to scrape that frame to remove char?
  20. James H
    Great news Tom. So these are now ready?
  21. James H
    Welcome to MSW! There's loads of superb kits on the market, and I've built a number of Amati to know how nice they are too. I also did a review for the Fifie you mention: The Grand Banks and Runabout are also superb kits, and of course, three very different subjects in total. Did your SO sign up here at the same time as you? I had two new members at the same time with unusual names! Great to have you with us and I can't wait to see you start out on your journey with a build log.
  22. James H
    I know, and I can’t wait! (...despite me trying to convince him to do Foudroyant!)
  23. James H
    I reckon this one is a number of years away now, but it will be finished, eventually.
  24. James H
    It's 'bevel' for this Brit, but 'chamfer' is also good.
  25. James H
    There won’t be a full suite of mast construction images, or yards, rigging etc. Those will be very much like Flirt where it’s simple guide stuff. Traditionally, that stuff is taken from the plans, but there will be some illustration.

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