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Ty for the likes everyone and if she ends up looking as good as yours Lawrence i will be happy . Due to some nice weather yesterday didn't get much done due to needing work done in the garden, but today fog had moved in so got most of the rigols added and cut the mouldings away from the gunports. Yey lighter nights and alfresco modelling are approaching weather permitting in the north of England! Keith
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Looking nice- when i bought my billings cutty in 1995 they had moved on to wooden deadeyes and blocks. I painted my yards black as opposed to blue suggested by billings.
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Shaped the supports for the channels and glued them in place. Added the mouldings to the upper hull- just used the laser cut scrolls supplied with the kit- however wasn't any suitable strip wood in the kit so cut some strip from some 1.5 mm sheet as the 3mm strip suggested by billings in the instructions was way too wide looking. Just when you thought you didn't have any planking to cut away from gunports anymore...... Hopefully we will get some nice spring weather this bank holiday weekend and i can take her outside and clean the sawdust out of all the nooks and crannies Keith
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looking great there- bit different from the mighty Vic! Have you thought about copper "dolls house tape" for running lighting conduits? Keith
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got the blue finished and the first coat of yellow is on the forecastle bulkhead. Also dry fitted some of the other fittings i have been working on including the skid beam assembly. Once second coat of yellow is on i can start thinking about adding detail to the sides of the hull as i wont need to sandwich it between my legs! also added capping rails. Keith
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builds into a nice kit- built this just over 18 years ago now myself
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Thanks again for all the likes everyone. Added the seats of ease to the bow grating and a thin strip below the capping rail on the forecastle bulkhead cut from lime sheet which wasn't a part of the billings instructions. Applied thinned down "priming coats of Humbrol matt 33 black and gloss 14 blue - nice using a colour apart from black and yellow! Also made the galley chimney from some brass tubing i had spare- didn't have any 6mm tubing in the fittings which is listed in the destructions! Hopefully will have most of the bow detail added within the next few days depending how the painting goes. Keith
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sometimes you need a break Frank- why i went and did german armour for four months- just needed a break from my victory Keith
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Bit more progress with the bow area and trial fitted the masts and bowsprit. Also made a start on the tops just for a break of routine Didn't use the ply from billings for the curved "heads" but used some offcuts of thin aero modellers ply i have in my scrap box- it is half the thickness of the billings ply. Keith
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Really coming along nicely there. Keith
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Trial and error is sometimes what it is all about Boyd- glad you found the right look you are happy with. Steps look brill m8. Keith
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