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Everything posted by awanajv
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Yet another lesson learnt - CA glue is flammable. I was reading through several logs and saw that a way to get rid of the FUZZIES is to burn them. I used this concept on several of the lines and they looked great. However, I used it on the Ratlines on the Fore Starboard side while the CA glue was still volatile and WOOF! The forward most shroud caught fire and burned along with the ratlines. I had to cut out the shrouds and start over. Starboard side complete!! Now on to the port side
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I thought for sure i was missing some pieces. The kit says the grates that go over the holds are made of metal. Searched through all the bins to no avail. Then I realized that in one of the plastic bins, there was a bag of wooden slats with notches. I figured out that those fit together to form the crosshatch pattern and they replace the metal ones.
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Cutting out all of those gun ports was also painful. Lesson Learnt - I was only gluing the strakes at the ribs. But when you cut out the gun ports, the strakes that had a little bend in them straighten out or worse - fall out. Next time I will glue the planks to each other, especially just below the bulwarks there gun ports will be cut out.
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