Ronald-V
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Amazing progress so far! And I do like your color choices, it gives the ship a nice warm appearance. -
I've learned with building the Sphinx that diluted PVA gives you also more time jiggle around before it sets. Nice progress so far! Master Korabel and Vanguard Models are both quite innovative with their designs.
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Don´t be to hard on yourself, the figure looks great! We all know how small these things are
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Okay...it's time for me now to place the lower stern counter into the right place, but I have a question...let's see if I can explain it. Blue Ensign did a great job explaining how he tackled it, with temporary pinning the rest of the stern pieces. So you can see if everything lines up. Sounded like a great plan, so I did this too. Need here and there a few little corrections, but in general this looked good and on the correct height (if it's not please let me know ) I asume the first layer of planking needs to be on the same height (thickness) of the lower stern counter. One flows in the same height into the other, without elevation? Well that is what I think it should be but if it's not by design, please let me know. Because as you see in the lower pictures, you see that my first layer of planking is a bit lower than the stern counter. In the outer corners not so, but closer to the stem it is lower. I can put some filler to get it more level with each other.
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Great result! And like Blue Ensign said...impressive construction speed!
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Thanks Glenn and everyone else for the likes! And everyone that has visited my buildlog this year, giving likes and comments/tips how to improve. Hope to see you next year again. I wish everybody a healthy and fun new year ❤️
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Thanks for the suggestion Chris! I'll take it one step at the time...and see where I end
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Good luck with your Sphinx journey! It's such a lovely kit...I also toyed with the idea of building it without rigging etc. due to space saving. But I also lack the experience to rig a three masted frigate...so i'm going to rig it just for the experience I think...but I have some time to decide it so nothing is set in stone at this point.
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Congratulations with finishing this stunning ship! Quite a epic journey and wonderful result
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For the Beginner Modeler
Ronald-V replied to kgstakes's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Well a disc sander with adjustable table (like the proxxon one) made my modellers life a lot more enjoyable. It makes it so much more easy. And a Dremel ofcourse...those two are my essentials...for now -
Last update this year I suppose The hull is now sanded smooth and the little cracks/deeper lying planks etc. are filled. Ready for the next step I guess. I will test fit the prow/keel and sternpost patterns to see if it fits right, and maybe there are spots that need a little extra sanding (places around the tabs that are connected to the prow and keel). Also need to test fit the lower counter ofcourse. I think I also need to check if the upper hull side patterns are flush with the gunports inside. I haven't done that yet, but also didn't see it mentioned in the manual. Would be a good moment for that.
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And be aware....when you are at the part of glueing it in place....don't put glue on the deck, but only at the false deck below. Because the PVA will moisture the wood causing it to swell a bit. This resulted in that the deck didn't fit anymore because I couldn't get it fast enough onto the false deck, and as a consequence...the deck became fixated in this swelled up size due to the glue that dryed. So I messed this up a bit Totally my own fault due to the inexperience working with thin sheets of wood. So maybe I can warn others to not make these mistakes
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That a beautiful result so far!
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American Revenue Cutter – Seahorse – 1:72 – Card Kit
Ronald-V replied to Jsk's topic in REVIEWS: Model kits
Looks like a fun project! Will be interesting to see how you tackle it. And nice review/story -
Looking forward to see your progress on this one.
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Yes Sphinx is a good alternative, but not sure how experienced you are. I'm building it now and it's a real joy. Your criteria of decent instructions and materials are met with this kit. I can't judge how difficult it is because i'm not that far into the build yet, and i'm considering myself a experienced beginner. But knowing the designer and prototype builder are here on the forum, that gave me enough confidence for trying to tackle this kit
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Thanks for the compliments! And everyone else for the likes! I really appreciate it
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Finally closed! Took a bit longer then expected because I was quite sick last week with a flu and fever, but feeling good now so I could do the last planks. I used some 1mm pear that I had lying around, because I had run out of the lime wood. Not because Chris didn't supply enough, but because I redid such large areas. This gave me the change to get a bit familiar with pear wood and how it behaves, so maybe that gives me a bit of an advantage for the final layer. I couldn't get the first layer exactly as I wanted, without mistakes and knowing exactly what I did, but I have learned a lot! So hoping that I learned enough to get a decent second layer that I could be happy about and leave it unpainted. Otherwise there is always the option to paint it white if it's not too great Now first some sanding and filling here and there to get a nice smooth base for the second layer.
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Congratulations! That´s a real beauty!
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Welkom! And nice model you have there
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Great result! En welkom
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