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Burroak
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Burroak reacted to Livingstoneman in USS Constitution by Livingstoneman - Model Shipways
This Saturday I worked on the dreaded post. Took me 3 hours to do it and I am not happy how it turned out. I did just the one side with terrible results. The wood kept splitting. I guess when you deal with such small pieces, looking where the grain is traveling would be helpful. I will sand it down further and use wood filler to fill in the gaps.
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Burroak reacted to Livingstoneman in USS Constitution by Livingstoneman - Model Shipways
ok, got some extra time to do a bit of sanding. I realized that my filler block was a bit thick, so I traced the print and checked & sure enough, I was way off. So I worked on the block and even finished the other side. Did the notches & started on the supporting rail. I used an old Scanner to do the tracing. After pulling the guts out and replacing it with a led it worked like a charm.
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Burroak reacted to Livingstoneman in USS Constitution by Livingstoneman - Model Shipways
Today my goal was to make a filler block. Tackled just the one, and 3 hours later here are the photos.
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Burroak reacted to Livingstoneman in USS Constitution by Livingstoneman - Model Shipways
Thanks Wq3296 for the Luck. Yes, I need all the Luck I can get. The project already started with it's challenges. The kit was missing the second blue prints and a bell. So I contacted the company and with in a month I got in the mail both items for free. I was just lucky that my Mom had planned on visiting me here in Africa, so there was not much a delay.
The second challenge was putting glue on the wrong sides! Then gluing a hull in the wrong place. But all was fixed.
The part I am working on now is the filler blocks...man this is going to take the cake.
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Burroak reacted to Livingstoneman in USS Constitution by Livingstoneman - Model Shipways
This is my first build. And yes I am told I should start with a more simpler model, but my pride tells me I think I can do it. So here goes nothing. I did one plastic ship model by Revel of the Cutty Sark when I was 15 years old. But when it was finished, I got board and modified it into a space ship.
This could be a nice reality check to my confidence level. HA!
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