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JeffinHouston
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GrandpaPhil reacted to a post in a topic:
Phantom 1868 by JeffinHouston - Model Shipways - First Build - pilot boat
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Spent the afternoon sanding and shaping the hull. Took a little too much from the stern, since you can see light under the template. Hopefully Ican display this finished project rather than just learn from it. Tomorrow, I'll start the carving process. Any suggestions or assistance before I begin?
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Phantom by _SalD_ - FINISHED - 1/8" scale
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Makes sense, and I've also got a flex tool that will be put to good use. Thanks for the note on the slow speed. While I can definitely not call myself an artist, I can recall the looks from the nice little coeds as I went banging toward my drafting classes with my 36" T-square sheathed in my backpack strap. Isometrics, perpective drawings, lines of perspective...its all coming back. The best part for me was that it all seemed to 'make sense' to an engineering brain while still requiring great creativity.
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Looking really good there sir! Hope you don't mind me going over some of your steps on my own project. I too was considering using my Dremel rather than carving by hand. Do you have a jig/stand of some sort you're using to hold the tool steady, or free-handing it?
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Couldn't resist...poked around in the box today. Completed the inventory, and I think I'm missing the eyebolts. Don't I remember another poster suggesting some crappie hooks having smaller eyes and being more true to scale for the Phantom? Other option is to just call ME and ask for them to send. Spent a few hours this afternoon filing/cleaning the metal pieces. Its not in the practicum, of course, but daggone it, its SAFE. I know I'm not going to get it perfect, but I want to. After the new carpet goes in this weekend, I'll be able to set up a more permanent work area, and get down to the real work. This brings up a question...if you only had 30 minutes or so to spend on a kit, what would you do? It seems best to work on a certain part until its complete, but some parts of the build will take (me) hours. Round off the deadeyes? Cut copper plates? Build the launchways?
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