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  1. yancovitch
    yea....was always a mystery to me too.....:)
  2. yancovitch
    yea...where to put it....where to put it.....i know all about that......hmmmm....i never knew if the ties for the deadeyes should be natural or black, and still don't know.....
  3. yancovitch
    looks very nice indeed good shew............one thing i can't figure out is the pin rails over the cannons in this kit......i thought all the lines would get in the way of the functioning of the guns........
  4. yancovitch
    yea....i can't wait to find out......ordered some in february...never received...ordered from another place a few weeks ago....so we'll see what happens.....
  5. yancovitch
    well...that's basically done....waiting for some led's from china.....probably being sent by junk....
  6. yancovitch
    congratulations on the drat lines....a big thing out of the way ....a pretty ship she is.......
  7. yancovitch
    my curiosity is still on hold:)
  8. yancovitch
    waiting..waiting.....
  9. yancovitch
    absolutely right...the only way to go.....
  10. yancovitch
    thanks fellows...just realizing how much work i still have to do and had a tiny pang of discouragement....but...i'll just attack one thing at a time and not look at the whole.
  11. yancovitch
    ha...i figure i must have spent one or more past lifetimes on ships like these, so i'm used to making do with small spaces.......long as i can get it out of the house
  12. yancovitch
    ok....rudder is done...masts and yards are basically done....have to make three different size cannons and the deadeyes next.....all for now....
  13. yancovitch
    so very kind, fellows....thanks.....and that's an astute wife haha.....and she's right......for me at least, it's much easier to build big.......at least, scratch building....you can more easily shape and pick up parts between your fingers without them poping out and dropping god knows where....ha...even in this size, i must spend a substantial part of my building time, on my knees, looking for parts dropped....another reason for building big haha......amazing how a piece can drop straight down and be often nowhere to be found, expecially on a small build......i'm constantly procrastinating finishing the rigging on my confederacy, cause it's so painstaking small to work on..... but as soon as i finish the basic build of the couronne in the basement, i'll bring it up stairs in the dining area, as i have no access to the bsmt from the outside, and work on the rigging there, and, try to work on the other ship at the same time.....very litte mess to be made at this time......wife's been so helpful and supportive....bless her......... and for r/c the bigger the better, so it looks more realistic....not bobbing up and down on the waves
  14. yancovitch
    wasn't gonna post any shots till the basic hull was finished, but i thought i'd add one here and there, cause i don't keep any records of the progress at home ....so at least it's somewhere was tired of looking at the bare side of the barn..especiall at this scale, so i added some windows...this time i use art resin which was a bit expensive but they didn't charge shipping and i oversprayed with uv protected satin urethane by minwax, and to also dull the gloss.....decided on some fancy supports for the chanels, cause i figured it's a fancy ship......added the gunport lids but not installed until i paint the insides red.....gads...my wife is keeping tabs on how much i'm spending, and it's about $2000 cdn. so far including electronics.....maybe i should have bought a kit haha....but it shouldn't be much more than that to complete...oh....i will eventually line all the windows with some leather cord or whatever you call it....for jewlery making...........getting flags printed may be a problem for a french ship ....with the british it was easy and cost little......cornwall hobbies gave me an estimate of 140 to 180 pounds.....scratch that................anyways....a la prochaine
  15. yancovitch
    just found this.....very nice.....what is the blue that you are usning?
  16. yancovitch
    oh my gosh.....the admiral's approval for sure
  17. yancovitch
    coming along great....gonna be a real eye catcher when people come to visit you .... like...hello ej.....WOW!!! LOOK AT THAT BOAT!!! (i just thought that most would say boat rather than ship...but i could be wrong )
  18. yancovitch
    wow....he's back gorgeous...so clean...so clean!......and lets repeat what i just exclaimed!!
  19. yancovitch
    haha....changing habits is a full time job ........
  20. yancovitch
    and at the end you say '' i can't believe i built that whole thing!''
  21. yancovitch
    ok...made the entrance way, although the steps are a bit too far apart, which i can't change now....got pirates of the caribbean figures which i will modify ....they may be a bit too large... .i don't know......added the bell and did a lot of work which is not evident ...........will have to make two more smaller lamps.....will look for some amber tint......
  22. yancovitch
    ok...made the entrance way, although the steps are a bit too far apart, which i can't change now....got pirates of the caribbean figures which i may modify ..or not ....they may be a bit too large....i don't know......added the bell and did a lot of work which is not evident ........... have to make two more smaller lamps....
  23. yancovitch
    hmmmmm....not red for sure, cause when i install some orange led lights, they will look orange in the dark obviously ....so during the day they will be white....but....i think i'll warm them up a bit ..amberish, when i spray them.....(i sprayed the frame white)....could have done a better job with soldering the frame, but i figure i'll leave that option open after completing the ship...maybe then, i'll experiment with a clear epoxy covering type of lantern...we'll see......
  24. yancovitch
    haha.....i thank my wife for that...don't know why i didn't think of it
  25. yancovitch
    condom would have been great, but too fragile, so my wife suggested a nylon sock....and i'll go for it....will cover with urethane or epoxy after painting frame white........like a chinese lantern.......

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