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Can it still be bought without the complete wood package, as earlier provided as by hobbymil.eu also? That would make a big difference in custom duties. I see they offer it still on their website: https://www.hobbymill.eu/products/wood-packages/cutter-cheerful-1806 Thanks, Frank. -
Hi Chuck, I read on the Syren website, Cheerful is no longer in production. Chris Watton of Vanguard Models will do the production, soon? But do we still have to order the Cheerful mini kits from you in the USA and the main part of the kit from the Chris in the UK? Would that mean paying shipping costs and tariffs twice for us overhere? Frank.
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Yaw dropping and simply very, very beautiful project... I'm in for building one after Winnie as well... Frank.
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Very good fix at the stern, but maybe is your frieze print not to small now? Luckily you can enlarge it a little on your computer later. A lot of work taping the run of the planking, but it pays of a lot, so that's time very well spent. Take your time, enjoy it and flip it over to check it with your carpenter's eye (left or right 😉) the run of your tape lines! You're definitely on the right track to build an awesome Winnie! Frank.
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Hi Greg, Looking sharp and beautiful! I just added small drops of white and yellow to the blue paint until the blue/green teint matched my prints of the friezes and the side quarter galleries. The teint of the color on the prints on the sides of the quarter galleries have a little more green in it than those on the back, at least in my case, that is, on my paper with my printer ink... Depending on the yellowness of your papertype, ink, etcetera, it will be 1 on 1000 gamble if you find a paint that matches exactly straight form the bottle. Good to see you're concerned about matching colors and teints too, as they make or break the look of a model I think. Frank.
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Thanks Chuck, JJ and the likes!!! Frank.
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*************** Chapter 5 *************** First step is glueing the rudder together… Little parts are only test fitted, not glued on yet ofcourse. Frank.
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And finally the deck planking has finished this weekend. Now first some heavier and lighter sanding and some WOP on the deck… And then up to chapter 5!!! Frank.
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Hi Fred, Any updates on rigging your Winnie? I wonder (haven't read back for a while, sorry), which rope and blocks, brands, sizes) you use for rigging your lovely cannons? Thanks, Frank,
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And replanked and first light sanding again… Let’s see if I can finish this before this Sunday evening, or else end of next week! Frank.
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Little setback, two planks weren’t satisfactory and had to be removed and replaced…. Almost made it planking the deck this holidays… Frank.
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Looking awesome and great progress! Do you really work with only one hand? Even more respect for your progress and beautiful build! Frank.
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Nice Edward! Frank.
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Hi all, Planking on, only twelve rows deck planking to go…still 5 days holiday left, so little more than two rows a day would finish the deck these holidays. I see now my little plank with bricks, the stove platform has curled a little, probably due to the moist black paint I put on. I have to see if my stove will be straight up later on…Otherwise I’ll replace it with fun to make dark redbrown clay bricks and a new black frame. Frank.
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Looking good and very good progress Steve, harsh and long work sanding inboard…but very important for later to get it right like you did. Very well done! Frank.
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Welcome to the group Allen, I'll be following your build. Have fun and lots of succes on your first scratch build of HMS Winchelsea! Frank.
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I'm afraid I did indeed bend it Chuck, ooops...it would be a lot easier to have used the sheet and cutting it, that's right! Cost me a lot of sweat above the traveling iron and multiple watersoaked planks thrown in the dustbin. Frank.
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The sassafras you used for the stem looks awesome to my eye. Have you tried milling some planks of it? How do they bend, cut and sand? If that's all okay I would go for the fine grained sassafras, not the more heavily grained and dark walnut ! It would combine beautiful and fine with the boxwood parts from Chuck and the ornaments for sure! Frank.
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Simply wonderful work and very nice progress Adward! Frank.
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Thanks Ciscoh and Dusan!
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Can’t help you with the different woods you mention, but for the looks, my taste would dictate me to use the same wood as the one you made the keel and bow wood of. For the gaps you describe along the curve of the rabbit at the bow, I would just fill them with some extra strip of the same with and sand/check/sand/check, etcetera…until it fits in the curve of the already constructed bow wood. The rabbit may not be of a constant width at the bow, but when you’ll be finally planking the hull, when you leave a very, very light tension on the planks so that they push very light against the curve of your already constructed bow wood, my guess is that you will be allright. Frank.
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Great progress and looking very good! Frank.
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Thanks Chuck, Glenn and the likes! Frank.
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After the jigsaw first comes the pencil drawing. Cost me a whole Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning to get it right. But ready to start planking the last four belts of the deck now. Frank.
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Hi Steve, there should be several 3/16" lasercut fairing caps in the package you received from Chuck! If not send him a message. Look at Chuck's build on page 7, post #207, it's described there were to place the 3/16"wide fairing caps to help with the inboard fairing. Frank.
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