ocean clipper

Yon 2 things i now going to forget those 2 ports in the bow .Camers yes i had a olympus it got stolen when we went to visit the victory last year bought another olympus which has quite a bit more on it like you i am still finding new things on it ,it has a 3d thing think i will give that bit a miss,i do ont have SLR camera just a compact olympus sh21 i put the manual on line easier to go through DEREK

Yon on my camera i have 2 macro posistions macro and super macro,macro the flash works super macro the flash is took out  have a look  on your camera DEREK

Hi Yon i forgot all about that gun port up front now you gone and reminded me,actually i have a few unfinished jobs to do still buckets etc,you done a nice job on those bows i am going to leave a lot of that  for later on have allready  caught the cats heads and pulled them,we all got our ways of doing things and you seem to have escaped unscathed so far,me i am going to do all the lids then bung the other cannon barrels in (bung em in not very nautical is it )then do unfinished  bits on deck and anywhere else.Then its hello masts .Your deck varnish looks smart or is that a light shining on it,seems to have a nice sheen to it,did you not use a matt varnish ?       DEREK

Dan absolutely amazing build,even now i look at scratch builds yours in particular and think how can he  do something so neat and perfect,i love  building my kits i am not particularly  good at that,i often wonder how some people like yourself have the gift of those skills,your talking to someone here who hammers a screw in and screws a nail in.Scratch is some thing i will never ever be able to do,i really am envious of people like your good self.Once again fantastic build pleasure to look at    DEREK

A Quick update on my build have slowed  down a bit neglecting other household  things that need doing,as soon as the weather breaks will be in the garden giving that a spring clean.Ok chain plates are on pleased to say,next job the gun port lids going to be a bit tedious those are no rush its not going anywhere.DEREK

Hi Kevin yep the manual is cack  when you get that part i agree,have completed my  channels and dead eyes now,not the best chains i have come across poor quality,i found also when you put the strop in the channel i t was a struggle with the smaller dead eyes to get enough strop below the channel,to hook the chain,got ther in the end after a few choice words.I spoke to Gill over this part of the build and he just plain forgot to put anything about it  on his log thast is why its not mentioned .DEREK

We all get flash bounce dont worry about it some of my photos are   awefull,those lights inside look effective not sure i could do that,wiring a plug is about my limit,bet your pleased you bought that Tamiya tape you do get a nice line with it  DEREK

Hi Kevin nice to see your build up and running once more,how you get on with those strops and dead eyes? just finished my channels and fittings pleased to say,nearly filled my swear box up doing those lol.Brass strips me personally i have not followed the plans 100% with them to be honest ditto with the diff patterns on them,once they are painted they all look the same anyway they really do.Ok keep up the good work.   DEREK    

Hi Derek. Repaying your visit with one of my own. That is one big and beautiful ship model you have there. One of these days I'll have to step up to the plate and have a go at this classic. Outstanding work so far!

Thanks for looking in Patrick as some one once said to me there is no reason why you cant do a big build it is no different from a small build just more of it DEREK

Yon have  sent you a PM DEREK

Yon i have recently ordered  some bits of off CMB and not had a prob yes they sent the wrong stuff once  but was soon rectified,emails no they not so good at answering those i dont bother with them usually i phone them with my order just have the  item numbers to hand.Only other places i use sometimes are Hobbies in norfolk ot westbourne  models in bournemouth but neither hold as much stock as CMB  DEREK

Hi Patrick i really like the look of the Niagara unfortuantly i cant find anyone who stocks it in the UK  yes cornwall model boats sell model shipways but only 2 kits,so no idea of size price etc pity that DEREK

Sjors, I had my moan over the strops and chainplates on my build we all get a turn at it .I was thinking of doing the Mirage but now you said the plans are awefull from start to finish i wont bother. DEREK

Hi Derek

 

Seems like chainplates and channels were thye order of the day for the past couple of weeks.  Well done on your progress despite the shortcomings of the kit supplied materials.

 

Cheers

 

Yon

Hello yon yes you could say that was certainly a patience trier for sure.I see where you went for your holiday was in news for all the wrong reasons  DEREK

Hi Sjors those decrative bits really make a differance,you said the drawings are terrible is that all over or just the crows nest ?

DEREK

Hi Rob i use Tamiya tape it is made for modelling the adhesion causes no damage when took of ,it does not bleed you get a nice perfect line,ok its not the cheapest tape around but. DEREK

Frank you stop worrying over Sjors cannons they not going to work i took the rubber band of them  DEREK 

Er Mobbsie next time i will make sure i read the posts correctly first,transpires you made the  square piece up yourself ( i should have gone to specsavers ) DEREK

Hello Mobbsie just took a look at this build and its looking A ok mate,am envious of one thing i see you  had some square timber supplied   to cut for the gun ports wish i had that in my Victory  had to cut 4 seperate pieces yours is going to look a lot neater,not sure who your build is from if it is jotika am amazed they do not supply that square timber a bit more.Anyway nice job so far DEREK    PS a bit of CA on the wood stops it splitting while you cut it

Kevin at last your back on track,never mind about naked windows and naked profiles on round house just do not put any naked wabbit  pictures up.lol DEREK

Hi Frank wow those sails are outstanding they really look amazing to me sail like that allways look better then sails unfurled,you get the beauty of still seeing all the riggin plus the sails nice job Frank  .DEREK

Hello David fiddly job i know main thing it is done and looks good,i also had a love hate relation ship with those strops,Gill said he trimmed the top prong back Dave drilled a hole and put the prongs in there,i ended up combining both ideas trimmed top prong back a touch and inserted bottom one into a hole worked out ok,amazed nothing in the manual regarding this fit.   DEREK

Hello Rosemarie hope your feeling better,looking forward to some new photos of your build. Derek 

Hello Patrick so you to have joined the broken mast boot society it getting to be a  big circle,i to replaced them with styrene,amazing the uses for that material on this build.    DEREK  

Hi Mark going to follow this build so far you are doing a remarkable job,keep the photos coming. DEREK