ChrisLBren
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Hey Kevin, We are all our own worse critics - trust me - I almost gave up on my Confederacy build a half dozen times - mostly because it wasn't meeting my own perception of "perfection" Stick with the build - again I admire anyone who can build like you with plastic - lord knows I can't….. Happy holidays, Chris -
Looks great Rusty - i can't tell from the photo - do you have a top finish on it or not ? Ive seen the dyed used with or without - personally i like a bit of glow on my dyed wales so in my case Danish OIl Worked well as does Tung Oil. Im sure Wipe On Poly wood have a similar effect.
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Hi Rusty, Good luck with the Fiebings - love this stuff - just make sure to mask everything - it splatters easily. Chris
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Nice work Bob ! I know how tricky building those lights can be from my experience on Confederacy. Really well done
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Love it !!!!! The use of one wood - Pear - and iron fittings - looks spectacular !
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Thanks Alexandru - Ive got the Commerce de Marseille Monograph - another 3 decker - and am thinking about building her in 1/48th. Enjoying watching your build, Chris
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Hi Alexandru, I'm admire your work immensely - curious - how long long ago did you start your build and when do you foresee finishing ? Also will you mast and rig ? Thanks, Chris
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Thanks man - I'm merely imitating Bernard Frolich's approach - using boxwood, swiss pear and dyed swiss pear to resemble Ebony - all woods sourced from Hobby Mill - which I can not recommend highly enough.
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Thanks guys - next up the head timbers - which should be fun/challenging. I've got plenty of 1/8 costello boxwood! Then its really all down hill from there to finish her up.
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Rail construction continues… And everything is lining up - unbelievable !!!
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Looks gorgeous - I don't have the patience to bend Ebony - nice work !
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Incredible !!!
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Congrats Remco - looks gorgeous !!!
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Beautiful carving Sherry - I would suggest simply using whatever finish you are using on the rest of your model. On my Confederacy build Im using 100 percent Tung Oil, Danish Oil and Sanding Sealer - the Tung finish gives the most glow out of the three.
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Thanks Chuck and Mark ! Trail board is dyed swiss pear and the humanity - thanks to you Chuck - are your resin copies painted to resemble boxwood. Now if one day I can carve as half as good as Chucks sculptures…..
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They arrived today - Volumes 2 and 3….. Now I can become an expert on French Naval Architecture thanks to Mr Boudriot!
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Thanks Bob ! Appreciate you checking in - I've always admired your work - and watching your progress on Essex.
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Thanks Ben - was just editing a better photo when you sent your reply. Honestly i think carving is the most important skill for scratch building - making frames and repetitive assemblies doesn't scare me with a full frame build - its being able to do justice to these gorgeous vessels with sculpture - which is what draws the eye - thats the artistry. Im feeling semi OK with carving rails/filargee - next is being able to carve humanity and not relying on Chucks beautiful resin copies painted to resemble wood.
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Not perfect - but the cheeks are carved and installed...
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Hey Kevin, Enjoying watching this build - I'm horrible at plastic models - in admiration. Growing up every weekend my Dad would take me to the hobby shop to buy a Tamiya or Hasegawa kit that I would trash. Most recently I destroyed a Pocher Monza back in 09. Damn - sticking with wood... Chris
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Hey Ben, Looks great - perfect proof of concept - now the big question is - are you completing Confederacy or jumping to the Pegasus ? Congrats! Chris
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ancre Le Commerce de Marseille by Zbigniew
ChrisLBren replied to Zbigniew's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
Wow - beautiful work !!! I recently purchased this monograph - I'll be following your log closely, Chris
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