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yellow filter will work wonders there (i have oil lamps in outbuildings and the light is a soft warm orangey yellow) nice work. Keith -
Reducing mast circumference without a lathe
clearway replied to Charlie pal's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
i wrap first coarse sandpaper around a block of 2" x 1" (50mm x 25mm) block of wood then sand and twist the dowel in my fingers starting from the end with the smaller circumference and working my way down little at a time turning the dowel all the while. Keith -
i use acrylic on my metal models, but use primer. if using enamel i just prime it with a heavily thinned coat of the colour first. Keith
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thanks for the likes and comments as always they are appreciated. back in the shipyard and decided to go with brass strip for the davit crutches which will need painted black next. added the rivets by drilling partly through and pressing a metal point into the hole. take care all Keith
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i would just leave them if not too obvious, when rest of yards and rigging are added it will be even less obvious. Keith
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nice work, my shoulders and neck end up aching these days when doing the ratlines!! Keith
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Greetings from the Cumberland Mountains
clearway replied to RandyR's topic in New member Introductions
greetings fra the old county of Cumberland (now Cumbria) in the N.W. of England -
welcome back Emmet
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welcome back Emmet (i think keith s and myself are creating a bit of Keith confusion across the board)😁. Keith
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I agree geo that boat looks a lot better! I decided not to go with the cannons as they would add even more clutter to the bow area and didn't do it for me. It is interesting to see all the little variations in our Terrors 😉
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Thanks for looking in and the likes/ comments everyone. Back on the davit posts and added the taper on one side of the base and fitted spigots for locking them into the deck (cut the heads off planking pins), also got the brackets pinned using cut down Peco track fixing pins. The brass ring on the deck is from a stash of brass rigging eyes i have from mantua. Can't decide whether to use brass strip for the bands on the crutch, or black card? take care all Keith
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gets better n better , also at 1/72 scale you should be able to replace the plastic yards and masts with wood which will be a lot less "bendy" (i have this one in my stash and am still thinking about it). Keith
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ahhh but don't forget keith the bulwarks will be lined with spare spars and barrells so all is not lost😉. Looking good so far Daniel. Keith
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What the other keith said regards blacking the brass, as it will tend to develop green verdegris and end up nearly black after a few years anyways if not treated properly. Also natural brass effect would look better if leaving the wood just varnished. Keith
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thanks for looking in folks, it's Autumn/Winter in Cumbria and every river from West Cumbria up to Dumfries and galloway in the Scottish borders is on flood alert! On terror the stanchions for the spare spars have been painted ready for installing (been working on other models for a break). Take care all. Keith
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i have said this already but definitely booking you in for some serious therapy🤪😁. Keith
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I hear you there Keith, but we can be happy that we got it as right as we could and corrected as many of occres mishaps as possible, One thing that did confuse me was that if you look at the midship section it looks like the spigots on the bottom of the davit posts fasten to the stanchions for the spare spars even though they don't come close to each other (probably just a perspective thing). We do know that we have got the windlass about right and the massey pumps look better our way and we have added the flywheels, and not forgetting the 10 spoke ships wheels. I think we are fairly close to what she looked like to be honest short of waiting for matthews book and scratchbuilding.😉 i did notice on Matthews plans he stopped the stanchions at the entryway but he had 5 on one side, i will stick with 4. Keith
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Hi Keith- for the outboard davit posts i was thinking maybe an iron ring/ eye for resting the davit spigot into, and a U shaped bracket with a retaining pin and a pin for the arm- but still thinking about it hence why only the inboard post brackets have been added. It is looking like they customised things for Erebus and Terror yet again with these! Keith
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Thanks for likes and looking in everyone, another bit of detail occre missed time again! Was looking at her working out details that need adding before i glue all the deck fittings that are still loose and realised that it would be better to fit the stanchions for holding the spare spars/ oars etc amidships first. On the earlier Antarctic expedition plans for Erebus/ Terror shows 4 per side starting abreast of the forward hatch down till about half way along the pin rail for the mainmast. That was awfully close to the funnel for the steam engine so i thought stay with 4 but finish them just short of the midships entryway, used billings chainplates soldered to some etched handrail stanchions left over from Victory. Also got the yellow wash and some oak stain/ varnish on the resin ships boat. Take care all Keith
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Regards the tiger kevin all the detail is included with the kit so i just went with it, i will leave all the hatches open so you will be able to get cheeky glimpses of some of it at least. I am also building the takom jagdpanther G2 but didn't bother with the maybach engine on that one! Keith
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here you go Kevin, unfortunately the top of the hull is glued on but trust me everything is in there!!!! keith
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will look great 😉 i feel your pain though, i am building the takom 1/35 king tiger with full interior (oh boy it is a full interior!) and lo and behold unless you cut big chunks out of it all that lovely detail is invisible! Keith
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looking good, can't beat model ship repetative syndrome🤪, Keith
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