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Dimitris71
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Dimitris71 reacted to michael mott in Bristol Pilot Cutter by michael mott - 1/8 scale - POF
John, Pete, thanks for following along and all who have visited and liked what I am doing.
In order to be able to set in the Lexan after every thing is varnished I needed to be able to fix the cleats with the bars afterwards, fortunately I had some very small brass flat head wood screws, I purchased them from Lee Valley
page 203 they are #0 x 1/4
Step 1 was to make a small self centering awl for transferring the hole position to the cleat. I used a bit of 3/16 steel hex stock I had on the rack.
after they were marked I used the same awl to make the indent larger for the #60 drill
the next pic shows all the tools for setting the holes.
I did have to countersink the frames so that the screws had enough purchase on the cleats I did this with #33 drill just twirled it between my fingers.
seems to hold well enough.
one down three more to go
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Dimitris71 reacted to pete48 in Bristol Pilot Cutter by michael mott - 1/8 scale - POF
Beautiful work Michael, Wow that looks amazing
Best Regards,
Pete
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Dimitris71 reacted to Jim Lad in Bristol Pilot Cutter by michael mott - 1/8 scale - POF
Good thinking, 99 - those heavier rods certainly do look better, Michael.
John
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Dimitris71 got a reaction from Omega1234 in Arethusa 1907 by Elia - Knockabout Banks Fishing Schooner
Hello Elia, just checking for new updates... How are you? I hope everything is alright.. :)
Kind Regards
Dimitris
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Dimitris71 reacted to mtaylor in BEFORE YOU POST YOUR BUILD LOG - PLEASE READ THIS - Starting and Naming your Scratch Build Log
There's no reason at not to use the scratch section. It covers everything scratch build media.
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Dimitris71 reacted to Mirabell61 in SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:144 - POF - first German four stacker of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line
Thank you very much Bob,
I`m trying to Keep the upper hull rails clean and in natural wood appeal whilst applying the black paint without messing, and with help of the Tamiya tape masking it really works very well...
Nils
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Dimitris71 got a reaction from augie in USF Constellation 1797 by Jparsley - Artesania Latina - 1:85 scale
Excellent work my friend.!! Bravo!!
Regards
Dimitris
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Dimitris71 got a reaction from Canute in USF Constellation 1797 by Jparsley - Artesania Latina - 1:85 scale
Excellent work my friend.!! Bravo!!
Regards
Dimitris
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Dimitris71 got a reaction from mtaylor in Arethusa 1907 by Elia - Knockabout Banks Fishing Schooner
Hello Elia, just checking for new updates... How are you? I hope everything is alright.. :)
Kind Regards
Dimitris
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Dimitris71 got a reaction from mort stoll in HMS Victory by Heinz746 - Caldercraft
Hello again Heinz, in my humble opinion (due to lack of experience) i think they look perfect... I see also that they are cut perfectly and they are very neat and clean.
Cheers
Dimitris
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Dimitris71 reacted to captainbob in SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:144 - POF - first German four stacker of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line
Beautiful work, as always.
Bob
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Dimitris71 reacted to maggsl_01 in Endeavour by maggsl_01 - FINISHED - OcCre - 1:54
Hello again
it's me and I came to a decision: I will NOT follow the instructions for fixing the sails on to the yards. The instructions say that you use one piece of thread for this job and it should be wrapped around the yard like a spiral. This does not look as realistic as it should. I visited Mr Marquardt once more and take a look at the drawings there. Now I will do it similar to this: I will fix the sails hole by hole with one thread each.
You can see the difference at the mainsail on the pics. First one shows the result as the instructions say, but I am sure the other way is the better way. It takes much more effort, time and patience - but it is not my goal to set any new record for building this at least marvelous ship (and kit) but better a record-breaking qualitiy of a model :D
CU soon
Cheerio
Max
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Dimitris71 reacted to michael mott in Bristol Pilot Cutter by michael mott - 1/8 scale - POF
Druxey, Bob, Ian, Steve, thanks for your positive comments, and all who pressed the like button.
I finished rough sanding the four lights and am starting to work on the cleats with the bars that protects the Lexan.
after cutting the cleats they were drilled with an .046 drill to accept some 3/64th brass rod 3/8 scale size.
the cleats were then given an initial shaping, by stacking them on foundation with 2 sided tape to sand them
after assembling the first one the bars looked a bit small so I up sized them to 1/2 inch (1/16) but did not want to re-drill the holes. after cutting the copper tube to length I inserted some 1/32 brass rod in each end and gave the tube a gentle squeeze with some round nosed pliers to hold the rods in place.
I am thinking that the copper looks better anyway.
Michael
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Dimitris71 reacted to Mirabell61 in SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:144 - POF - first German four stacker of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line
Many thanks to Dan, Patrick, Pete and John,
and all the "likes", for your appreciations,
Dan,
he`s just calling the dry dock crane Operator for Attention......
Patrick,
nice comment, thanks...
Pete,
I do hope that the badges will not fade out (UV light) on the photo paper..
John,
yore always wellcome John, glad you like it..
Nils
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Dimitris71 reacted to Jim Lad in SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:144 - POF - first German four stacker of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line
Just catching up, Nils. She continues a masterpiece!
John
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Dimitris71 reacted to pete48 in SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:144 - POF - first German four stacker of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line
Beautiful Nils, the badges really set her off nicely
Best Regards,
Pete
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Dimitris71 reacted to Omega1234 in SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:144 - POF - first German four stacker of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line
Hi Nils
She's looking great. What a credit to your skills and workmanship!
Cheers
Patrick
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Dimitris71 reacted to Bedford in Bristol Pilot Cutter by michael mott - 1/8 scale - POF
A master class!
Just beautiful Michael
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Dimitris71 got a reaction from muratx in Amerigo Vespucci by Dimitris71 - Mantua - 1:100 scale
Thank you all for all the likes and visits to my build log shipmates.. So i will keep the seizing at the particular spot with this color of rope... I like it too...
Kind regards
Dimitris
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Dimitris71 got a reaction from canoe21 in Amerigo Vespucci by Dimitris71 - Mantua - 1:100 scale
Hello shipmates, I would like to ask, whether the way that i have tied the grey thread around the black rope(I don't know the term in English) seems proper since its color is different ? Should i tie a black thread ? How they look like ? Thank you in advance!!! :)
Kind regards
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Dimitris71 got a reaction from muratx in Amerigo Vespucci by Dimitris71 - Mantua - 1:100 scale
Hello shipmates, Thank you for the likes and for stopping by!!
The work on the bowsprit continues ... Testing the ropes and the distance between them..
Kind regards
Dimitris
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Dimitris71 got a reaction from canoe21 in Amerigo Vespucci by Dimitris71 - Mantua - 1:100 scale
And some more progress and photos of the bowsprit...
Cheers
Dimitris
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Dimitris71 got a reaction from canoe21 in Amerigo Vespucci by Dimitris71 - Mantua - 1:100 scale
Hi, Jeff and Heinz thank you for the kind comments.
And a big thanks to all of you for pushing the like button...
At last the netting on the bowsprit finished... I have to say that it gave me a hard time . After that my eyesight will never be the same B)
Kind Regards
Dimitris
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Dimitris71 got a reaction from canoe21 in Amerigo Vespucci by Dimitris71 - Mantua - 1:100 scale
Thank you for all the likes and visits to my build log !! :) Nigel and Jeff thank you for the kind comments..
The work on the bowsprit continues, this time with a little help from Filippos, I'm finished the second net...
Kind regards
Dimitris
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Dimitris71 got a reaction from muratx in Amerigo Vespucci by Dimitris71 - Mantua - 1:100 scale
Hello shipmates, Marc - Greg - Jeff , I do thank you for your help and your suggestions... I was not quiet happy with the result, so, i took it of and i bought some new netting and installed it. I also used more fine rope to bind the net on the bowsprit. The result, for me at least, is better.... :D
Slog-Nigel-Boyd - Patrick thank you for pushing the L button... :)
The first photo shows the netting yesterday, the others the new one...
Kind regards
Dimitris
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