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We may have to use modellers liscence for the door situation methinks Boyd! -
Saves on wasting timber Boyd and in our household is in plentiful supply!- hope the weather other side of Irish Sea is better than the Cumbrian side m8
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Ty all for the comments and likes- appreciated, bit of a nightmare bending wood in two different directions. I used cardboard (cereal packet) to make templates for the pieces round the quarter gallery. Keith
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Got more timber placed around the stern and roughly sanded back- still needs smoothed off and cleaned up. Cut the pieces from a sheet of lime wood as the billing timber isn't that good. Keith
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Hello Boyd looking good- the door issue has been puzzling me too! Nice work with the ladders and decoration re-alignment too. Doing my quarter galleries from the bottom up- used strips cut from a sheet of limewood for mine- will hopefully have first lot finished ,sanded and photo's on my log soon. Keith
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clearway replied to RandyEvers's topic in Wood ship model kits
You can prime with white primer and use wood stain on metal castings as per the photos attatched.
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Ty for the link Jerry- nice cutty model and your Victory looks amazing . Keith
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Ty Geoff- still a lot of detail to go and not sure how to go about detailing the ornamentation as the billings laser-cut stuff is just plain with no detail except for the outline! Was going to invest in the caldercraft castings but at 1/72 scale they will be oversize- will have to get some dimensions off some of the caldercraft victory builders on here. Seeing your Santa Maria is making me feel guilty about ignoring my AL Pinta. Keith
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Beautiful use of different woods there looks fantastic. Keith
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I nearly bought the heller victory myself. but settled for the billings one- if i had known about dafi's etch set i would have chose the heller kit- ah well! Keith
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Lol Keith i used self adhesive copper strip cut to 15mm x 5mm tiles- worked out at around 3200. Keith
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Thanks to all for the comments and likes so far. Planked the stern and the bottoms of the quarter galleries today will sand everything to correct profile if this awfull weather breaks and i can get outside! Keith
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Nice joggles on the planking- just been doing the same today on my victory. Keith
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Managed to get the rest of the decks planked today- had to stand while doing it- me backs killing me- getting too old . Will start planking the stern next. Keith
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Well done Jesse- when i built my Scottish Maid i was returning to the hobby after a 4 year break and more or less just built her O.O.B. as i was working on the dining room table with no workshop facilities. You are doing fantastic work on yours keep it up.I always rig the mizzen lower shrouds first then the mizzen forestay and work forward and up from there, next i bend the sails to the yards before attaching to the masts leaving the backstays till all the running rigging in place finally rigging the braces last. for the angle of the mast you can use a protractor to work out the angle on the plans then make a wooden template. Keith
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order for timber sheet and strip to replace the plywood pin rails, timber heads, kevels etc arrived today along with some 5mm anvil cleats for the shrouds from model dockyard. Also finished planking the poop deck, dry fitted the catheads and started planking the quarter deck as well as spraying the cannon barrels. Next job after planking is finished is to open out the holes for hatches and masts and sand them- interesting to see the difference in shade between old planking and new. Keith
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Cutty Sark by NenadM
clearway replied to NenadM's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
I coat my hulls with a couple of layers of matt varnish- you can now get hold of acrylic quick drying varnish which should be ok with the paints you are using. I varnished the decks, deckhouses and masts where they are a wood finish but did not varnish any other painted areas except for the hull as already mentioned. You can buy spray on lacquer for the copper which may be better than using varnish? the copper on my cutty was applied and lacquered around 16 years ago and still looks reasonable. Keith- 4,152 replies
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Cutty Sark by NenadM
clearway replied to NenadM's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
Strongly recommend lacquering the copper - i recently refurbished an old model of hms victory for the lad in the local modelship which was over 25 years old and a lot of the copper had gone black! Keith -
After much sanding that is most of the primer off, and can start thinking about adding more detail as well as finishing the decks- feels like some progress is being made at last poop deck planking underway Keith
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coming along nicely there, nice to see you sorted the gunports out- going to be fun rigging the lanyards for them keith
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When i made mine i ran a piece of veneer strip around the rims of the tops to strengthen them. Keith
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Not been much done with models recently due to visitors and the untimely passing away of our tabby cat Jack who was 3 years old- he was rescued by the R.S.P.C.A. and adopted by us along with his sister- He did have health issues but he did have three happy years with us hunting every small furry animal within range of the house. Just wanted to post a tribute to him he was hell of a character! Jack with his sister elizabeth or elly for short when only a few months old- our daughter is a massive fan of pirates of the caribean hence the names! Back to HMS Victory- primed the hull twice which will now be sanded back to bare wood. also primed the wheels and stained them. Keith
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You could go for closed gunports- depends on whether naval or mercantile floats your boat so to speak- i prefer merchant ships usually, but have always wanted to build Victory & Cutty sark- one completed one started! Keith
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Nothing ventured nothing gained Boyd! Though if first time scrathbuild go merchant ship with two masts and not a ship of the line! keith
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Best advise i can give on metal turning is do not take too much of with each cut and slow with the cutting tool. Nice to see you restoring and taking on the old lathe. Keith
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