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Nice work Robin I could do with some stain the same colour as the Hennessy for my Endeavour- 473 replies
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HI EJ I could stain it but i have found in the past that the wood does not glue as good as non stained wood. I have replaced wood in the past and almost doubled the price of the kit i was building, and not having a good supplier near me you end up replacing the replacement wood because you cannot tell what you are getting
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I liked the use of the different colour woods to represent the striping on Victory they work well together and allow the use of stain to let the natural beauty of the grain to show
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Thanks John . Seem to be good kits, materials are good and so are the instructions. The only little gripe i have is that they use Lime wood instead of Walnut and tell you to paint it to look like Walnut, but as the Occre kits are fairly cheap compared to some others then it's to be expected that they are saving money to keep the cost down
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Hi Paul How are you finding the quality of the instructions and materials with Constructo kits
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Happy you got it sorted mate, i usually find most trophy shops are reasonable priced for that sort of thing
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I am not planning on adding any there. I will leave the final decision until after all the decks are fitted and i can see how rigid it is then
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Thanks Carl
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Thanks Frank Had to use extra support because the bulkheads were still moving even with the deck in place and I wasn't going to take the chance of the joints moving once I start planking the hull
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The keel and bulkheads on this kit are only 4mm thick and after fitting the deck, the joints were a little bit flimsy, so i fitted some strengthening pieces to the joints Lower deck planked and cross beams for the next deck fitted There was no reason to plank this deck at all as none of it will be seen later, so i used some thinner planking and saved the kit supplied planking in case i need it later in the build
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Thanks Frank
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Nice Frank Get a brass nameplate made and engraved from a trophy shop
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Looks like a bit of bribery is on the cards
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I agree alcohol is for drinking not bending everyone knows that Just popped in for a quick look and a fine job you are doing
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Thanks for all the comments and likes, greatly appreciated All Bulkheads glued into place All seems to line up length ways too Used the straight edge on half the lower deck and marked it out for planking Lined up the other half of the deck against it by sticking them down together with double sided tape and then transfered the markings across Carefully removed the two halves from the double sided tape then laid a strip of planks along one edge then fitted and glued both halves to the keel and bulkheads When it's all dried, deck planking will begin Planks have been cut to 100mm in length and will be laid in a 5 butt system in a 13524 pattern
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Plumb line. Basically a length of string or rope with a weight on the end, you hang it up and it has no option but to hang in a perfect vertical line
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Thanks Dave Not too many goodies, in fact one little niggle about the kit is most of it is Lime wood and they tell you to paint it the colour of different woods I will take a nose through your log later to see how the kits differ
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Thanks Mike Have to find someone to show me first
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Started gluing the bulkheads in place using engineers squares to keep them square to the keel
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Looking good time to extra care when handling her now
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Thanks Frank . Yep a good base is a must to start any project
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