Landlubber Mike
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Really gorgeous work Rod! Very impressive! I love your case too. Just out of curiosity, did you cut the plexiglass yourself, or did you have it cut professionally? I'm trying to figure out what to do with my case, and weight is making me lean with plexiglass. I bought a case from Model Expo for my Badger, but I have to source the glass. Thanks! -
Gorgeous work! I really like your display case - where did you get it? I plan to start my Unicorn at the end of the year. I need another couple of months to finish my Badger. Will be nice to work alongside you and Ian.
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Hey Daniel, your Mercury is looking great. I'm just about done working on the Amati Hannah SIB, which is difficult given the scale but thankfully is mostly all photo-etched parts - the fact that you scratched built this ship is really impressive. Really nice work. Are you going to put it in a bottle with water? I'm using fake water from Vallejo, which has been even more difficult than I imagined given the shape of the bottle and narrow bottle opening.
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Hey Chris, hope you and the twins are doing well Your build is looking fantastic as always. I bought the Le Gros Ventre book/plans off of eBay this summer for a good deal. Looks like a fun build. I probably need another couple of models under my belt before progressing to it, but that's on my list too.
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Thanks very much for all the birthday wishes. Thanks also John, AVS and Bigcreekdad for the comments on the build. I'm about to turn back to and wrap up the Badger after a fairly long hiatus with the birth of my twin girls. They are starting to sleep the night (or at least most of it), so I should be able to get back to the shipyard. In the meantime, I've been finishing up the Amati Hannah ship in a bottle kit that I started alongside the Badger. Hoping to get that wrapped up this month, but adding the "sea" to the bottle has been tricky.
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Hi Ian, Most importantly, I wanted to extend my condolences for the loss of your faithful companion Tom. Your stove is magnificent. Really top notch work. Mike
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Hi Mark, so sorry to hear about your dog. They are like any other close family member in my book. Nice job on the repair - I am really enjoying your build and learning a lot.
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I fight my Admiral about that orientation all the time! Really nice work Mobbsie!
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Thanks very much Jason!
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Thanks for the painting tip Chris - it worked out incredibly well. Nice updates too - I don't know how you have the time with the twins to work in your shipyard. I haven't been so lucky
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Thanks very much Kevin and Mobbsie! I don't know how much relaxing I can get in having three little girls under the age of 4, but life is good
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Hi Mark, really incredible work - thanks for sharing. On the issue of ebony versus other means of blackening wood, has anyone used any of the ebony stains that are out there? I purchased a small can on Varathane ebony stain (which I believe is pre-mixed with pre-stain conditioner), but haven't had a chance to try it out yet. I believe Minwax offers ebony stain as well. I've been thinking about avoiding the use of black paint on my future builds as well. Can't argue with Chris' results using leather dye on pear though - wow!
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Wow Ian, that's really incredible work! A masterpiece! Just out of curiosity, if you're using solder to join the pieces, will you be able to blacken the solder also? I prefer the look of blackened metal over painted, but always wondered whether the solder could itself be blackened.
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Thanks for the techniques - I like how they turned out. Twins are doing very well, thanks for asking. They are four months now, and not waking up too many times during the middle of the night. Hopefully things get easier soon so that I can finish my Badger and move on to other builds.
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Hi Frank, looking great! Did you use some kind of weathering solution for the wood? The anchor stocks came out very nice. For the anchor puddening, I used the technique in the attached article on anchors. Hope that helps. Anchors.pdf
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Hi Bill, welcome to the Badger club. The kit does make for a nice model. There are a few of us here that are working on or have completed the Badger. I'm just about to the running rigging on mine, but my wife recently had twins, so I am a bit waylaid at the moment. If you have questions, please don't hesitate to ask!
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Really nice job John - you're really cranking along!
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I have the Proxxon mini lathe DB250. It came in very handy in building my masts and spars on my Badger.
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Great! I'm a few months from starting my Unicorn, but it will be nice to work on this build alongside yours and Ian's
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Sorry to keep asking you questions, but what kind of paint and color did you use to paint the ship's wheel? It looks fantastic, and well coordinated with the boxwood in your build
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Hey Chris, thanks for the response. For the deck elements, the pear almost looks more red than the planking on the hull which is why I thought there was something different. Looks absolutely gorgeous
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That's what I started using as well. They make removal much easier and cleaner in my experience.
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