clearway
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Ty for the likes folks and Ty Olaleon- nice work there. Due to the weather being nice over the weekend (despite the forecast and a dodgy start to the day Saturday) the garden took most of my time- However managed to get most of the Port side coppered- the end is in sight (for that side anyways!). havn't counted but theres over a thousand so far i think. Spring in Cumbria and they are forecasting snow for the next couple of days!!!!! Keith
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Nice work Frank- no boats supplied with the billings Vic so i've been looking at the quaycraft resin boats. Keith
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it's all about trial and error and getting it right for you Boyd- she is looking great m8 Keith
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Made a start with the coppering- forgotten the joys of doing this! Have cut the plates 5mm x 15mm- couldn't find a way to re-create 1/75 nails that didn't look like scaled down golfballs and i rub the self adhesive copper strip down wityh some dowel so it would obliterate any detail i added anyways- am open to ideas though- was thinking of maybe using a scriber to dot nail holes in after fixinf all the plates on if i havn't gone bonkers by then . Have fun all Keith
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It is erm interesting Boyd shall we say! Keith
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Ty for the likes and comments everyone. Got the first coat of black paint on the hull- two more and i am going to start the coppering. Seems strange seeing her in black after months of plain wood and sanded back primer! Keith
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Yep if following the destructions only 10 "full" cannons needed for the upper gun deck, six for the quater deck and two for the fore deck Keith
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Ty Phil- used it on my cutty sark so i know the pain i am about to face! at least when i did the cutty i was ignorant of the joy i was about to endure Keith
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Just a quick update-added the rest of the detail to the sides which will enable me to start painting them and coppering the bottom using self adhesive dolls house tape. Keith
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i have the academy warspite with white ensign upgrade kit- but will wait till i have finished Victory methinks! Whatever version you model it will certainly be a unique portrayal of her if modelled when run aground/ being scrapped. Keith
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Ty Boyd- still dreading the coppering though- vowed after coppering my cutty sark i would never do it again, but 16 years later here i go again! Keith
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looking good there- this should be in kit build logs in progress though methinks where more people will notice it. Keith
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Looking good-i remember reading a build of this ship in model boats magazine about 15 years ago and she is bit of a beast by all accounts!. The guy in the article didn't mast her due to the size she would have ended up!
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That could work- especially if you remember to leave staggered gaps in the deck planking which you can plank in later to hide the join lines. Keith
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Ty Lukas- will be 1.4 metres long when finished- don't know where she is going to live when finished though! At last the catheads, the rest of the rigols and the timber for the hammock netting alongside the forecastle knightheads is in place. All that is left are the steps and i can start painting the hull and coppering her bottom Keith
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definatley recommend leaving the cannons on the upper gun deck till all the woodwork is finished and sanded- the amount of sawdust and shavings that gather under there is sick!- i am waiting for better weather so i can clean all the rubbish out of there now all the major woodwork on the hull is finished. Keith
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It was still like that in the 90's as well- not sure when Billings moved over to laser cutting for their Cutty Sark. Keith
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Looking nice and with lighting fitted it wont be as un-noticable as it may have been otherwise. Smurf or blue painted scotsman?! Apparently the Romans got to the naked blue men and built a wall to keep em out Keith
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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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Hi Dominic didn't realise this was you- just been catching up with your Vic and she looks good so far- did you ever finish you soveriegn of the seas? Keith
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see what you mean mate- yes that looks right with the datum lines showing the curve better.
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Probably a mis alignment as mine doesn't - take one of the planking strips and run it frombow to stern- it should flow smoothe with no dips. Keith
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