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  1. mtdoramike
    I've been working on the Lady of the sea lately and she's now about 3/4 the way finished.
  2. mtdoramike
    A strong solution of vinegar works great in getting rid of mold. But upon looking over the pictures, the display base got the worst of it. The hull and deck look quite weathered and gives the ship character. When restoring a boat, I try to only fix things that are falling apart, have come loose or something that greatly detracts from the model. To me, it would be a crime to remove or re-do an aged model to looking prestine again, which erases the journey that model has taken and the history of it.
  3. mtdoramike
    I disagree with Allan as far as wasted time. To me, any project that furthers your abilities is not wasted. But with that said, I would opt for a ship model kit with the most rigging and learn from there, the most important part is the rigging diagram plan sheets that will accompany the kit. Most of the current kit manufactures have decent to great riggings diagrams, Model Shipways, Artesania Latina is good as well as Mamoli to mention a few. One thing to bear in mind when rigging a tall ship model, there were certain rigging like ratlines and standing rigging that are pretty much standard, But running riggings is a more catchers catch can, meaning they would tie them down where ever it was convenient at the time. They have several Anatomy of a Ship books that are great for detailing parts of ships.
  4. mtdoramike
    I got the decks all sealed and deck house(s) attached.
  5. mtdoramike
    I'm glad to see you pull out this kit Popeye, I love Tamiya kits and look forward to your progress. That is a heck of a box of paints.
  6. mtdoramike
    Nor mine, but they are neat. Thanks for sharing Keith, I can see what you spent your Holiday weekend doing hahahahahaha.
  7. mtdoramike
    A fellow modeler reached out to me this afternoon and offered to send me 6 barrels that he created on his 3d printer. We will see how well they will work. Here is a picture of the barrels.
  8. mtdoramike
    But those brass barrels sure do look good, It really pains me to paint brass.
  9. mtdoramike
    The reason for significant hullo ballast inside the hull has to do alot with weight above the waterline. With this plastic hull being so light, it will require quite a bit of dead weight just to get it to sit appropriately in the water. I have been told by a couple of others that built this model to try and keep it as light as possible from the deck upward and after seeing the weight of all these brass fittings I can see why. I'm going go as though I'm going to use the brass barrels, but if I can find a decent lighter alternative I will go with it. Wish I knew someone with a 3d printer. One good thing, I can always replace them later if I decide to.
  10. mtdoramike
    I can't believe Billings used SOLID brass foir the deck barrels, 6 of them no less. That's one thing about Billings, they don't cheap out on their fittings. But, and there's always a but: these brass barrels weigh a good pound and a half to two pounds, which is way to much weight for any structure above the waterline unless you want to add a ton of ballast weight in the hull. I'm going to replace the brass tuned barrels with 1/2" wooden dowel rod, which will weigh considerably less. We'll see how they turn out, if I don't like them I can always resort back to the brass one's.
  11. mtdoramike
    A little spit and polish and you won't know the difference.
  12. mtdoramike
    Yep, I has some indentations on the sides of the hull just below the top deck. So I had to fill them with plastic putty after roughing up the plastic hull a bit to insure proper adhesion.
  13. mtdoramike
    I spent a little time working on a few detail parts like the copter and mini-sub as well as finishing the top deck house.
  14. mtdoramike
    I spent a little time working on a few detail parts like the copter and mini-sub as well as finishing the top deck house.
  15. mtdoramike
    Beautiful job so far, it's a pain to keep those gun ports aligned isn't it:)
  16. mtdoramike
    Someone needs to grab this kit, it's pretty much complete with all the detail packaging as well as all the running hardware from motors to speed controllers. I would have been tempted had I not just picked up a Trumpeter USS Missouri.
  17. mtdoramike
    I suggest you post a picture of the actual Merit Hornet kit itself.
  18. mtdoramike
    I have built numerous A.L. kits over the past 30 years from the HMS Victory to a paddle wheeler and have nothing but good things to say about Latina products.
  19. mtdoramike
    That is like asking the question, (why is it always when my boat is furtherest away from me that my motor decides to stop working?).
  20. mtdoramike
    I was able to spend a little time on the Calyso the past few days.
  21. mtdoramike
    No problem Mark, this was never intended to be a build log only a topic of conversation. I will most definately do a proper build log in the appropriate forum when I get started on it, which will be a few months yet. Hopefully we will be able to tie this thread in with the build log.
  22. mtdoramike
    They have a ton of hop up upgrades for these Trumpeter kits and the Missouri is no exception. I'm probably going to build it straight out of the box, with a few exceptions, I would like to put a wooden deck on it and maybe some brass turned cannon or guns. Don't get me wrong, the Craig said the kit can be built straight out of the box and get a fine model and looking through everything I agree. But I have seen some brass turned guns for a Trumpeter Bismarck and you could tell the difference between the molded guns and the brass turned guns. So eventhough the guns will be painted ( to me it's almost a crime to paint beautifully turned brass) but we'll see.
  23. mtdoramike
    Yeah, I suspect that is why the running gear package is setup for a two screw operation. The dummy props woulod have to be for display only because I can see where they we cause a bit of drag if not operational. I know what you mean about space Lou, the model as well as the real deal takes a lot of room to turn, although battle ships weren't as bad as carriers for needing plenty of ocean.
  24. mtdoramike
    These are some of the extras I received with the kit. The props and prop shafts are for a two screw setup, which is a default setup for most of these battle ship builds. But the actual ship I believe was a 4 screw.
  25. mtdoramike
    Absolutely beautiful work.

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