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  1. Canute
    Jonny, Merry Christmas to you and yours. Hope Santa treats you well. The ship is looking good, mate!
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    Beats gnawing on them ala the beaver. But, not by much!
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    Blue Ensign and Mark, you're both quite right. We don't have perfect books, but the quest for that information you want, need and desire is a major part of the why we delve through them. So, some sources are better than others. Finding the nugget is a moment to savor. As the poet sang "What a long, strange trip it's been..."
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    Finally, I cut the rabbet into the keel. I cut it as a symmetrical groove, since the pictures I've been looking at all seemed to be configured so. But, while testing it with my trusty 1/16" scrap plank, I sensed that the rabbet should not be symmetrical. The plank edges should lay in the rabbet. Here's the rabbet: My tester: Copied the stem tapering pattern onto some 90# card stock. I also started fitting the molds. They're loose right now. Looking at the transom board, what were they thinking when they lasered the label onto it? I think I'm going to thin it and lay some nice boards over it. Lessons learned: Keep the cutting edges sharp. I love the nice, thin slice that sharp #17 blade can make for cutting rabbets. More light in that dungeon of a work space - actually a corner of my utility room. These old eyes aren't Hawkeye anymore. Thanks for stopping by.
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    Jonny, I like how you think. The Admiral only said she wanted the table available for yuletide festivities. She doesn't want you lock, stock and barrel, too. so, a give a little, get a little going on here. Keep brain somewhat engaged on ship building. Think happy thoughts. Nice cutter! I would think as long as it was for personal use, you'd be OK, but see the lawyers/barristers if worried about the legalities. Have a Merry Christmas and a Joyous New Year!
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    What was on the label? Model Master/Testors makes a gloss and a flat; guess a satin coat from them makes sense. For most models, use a clear gloss (Gloss coat, Pledge with Future, Klear) for a coating under decals. Smooth surface avoids silvering of the decals. Everything gets some amount of weathering, so a satin or flat final coat looks best.
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    Model Master paints are made by Testors. They are more military a/c or armo(u)r related. Come in both enamel and acrylic, although the acrylics have a more limited selection. You'll see many paints with FS numbers. These are Federal Spec numbers, used in the US post WWII. If it's a 3XXXX, it's flat. If its a 1XXXX, it's a gloss. Don't think anybody makes satin finish paints in the FS2XXXX line. HTH
  8. Canute
    Something about holding that book or magazine; works for me. That being said, some kit producers in other hobby fields now do their instructions on CD or ask you to download off their sites. The nicest aspect is the instruction pictures are in color. How many of us have tried to interpret a grey scale picture to get correct part placement. And the instructions can be spelled out, instead of some cryptic phrases. Closer to a practicum. And I can prop the tablet/laptop on the bench and work from it. It's another tool in your tool kit.
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    Gents, thanks for the likes. It's been too long. Between the holiday and some real world "gotta do's", I have accomplished zilch in the ol' boatyard. Keith, that started me thinking about the boat's colors. Right now, I'm planning to stain the frames and such a Golden Oak. Show the wood off. Ala Cap'n Steve. Do I paint the outside stock (meaning as specified in the instructions) or do I do something different. This launch is a typical ship's boat of the late 18th Century, isn't it. Would the Captain use it as his "Barge"? I'm leaning towards a Forest Green in place of the grey. Would that shade be appropriate? I have a sharp knife and chisel and will begin the rabbet on the keel tomorrrow. The keel segments are glued up under a short section of used rail, about 15-20 pounds, to reduce the likelihood of warping.
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    I'm having the same issue, no visible attachments. Any possibility of a re-do, please. I'm running on a current version of Fire Fox, FWTW.
  11. Canute
    Welcome to MSW. Very nice joinery.
  12. Canute
    Keep on truckin' with the bomb vessel. And good luck with the back issue. I fully comprehend your problem. My years in Phantoms have given me similar problems of a non surgical repair nature.
  13. Canute
    Rob, the file appears to be rounding your inside corners. Use your chisel and or #11 blade to carefully "sweeten up" those corners. Nice work on the frames.
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    Greetings all, My first foray into building a wooden vessel is this gem. I've been lurking a little while, as I've been evaluating my tool chest and selecting this build. Over the years, I've done any number of wooden structures and car kits, as a model railroader. Thought I should learn how to twist straight boards into boats aka planking. In my prior endeavors, we sealed and stained before we put any glue on any surfaces. Plus we had to fight warping wood ( due to using water based paints) with extra bracing. Should I treat the wood before any construction? Since this is primarily a basswood boat, should I apply some MinWax preconditioner? How about the cherry frames? Since I'll have to soak these to bend them, I suspect they get taken care of after the boat come off the mold. A few of the obligatory pix are attached: Kit box Some of the wood
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    Jonny, Looks good to me. White is always a tough color to get good coverage. And in acrylics, even tougher. Maybe you should tell folks you're going for a "weathered" look. I'd like to do a bomb vessel at some point, so your log is much appreciated. Thanks for sharing.
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    Gee whiz, Cap'n. That's only half my top speed. On a good day. Get better soon, but be safe.
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    'Tis no fun, to doeth deeds wrong handed. Didst breaketh me wrist whilest in a blizzard. Och, the paine didst feel. Spendeth weeks to the number of seven wearing a fixing device. Dost feel thy paine, Cap'n.
  18. Canute
    Rob, Patience, grasshopper! I think I'd do one frame to check if my cutting & fitting techniques were good. This isn't a race; precision does count. Relax and enjoy the build.
  19. Canute
    Inverting the bottles works, too. Some old square Floquil bottles, too. But, I will stir the heck out of the paint and maybe even strain it before using it.
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    The sealer material in model airplane "dope" is talcum powder. Scalecoat, a model railroad solvent based paint, also makes a sanding sealer. Takes many coats and buffing out with superfine steel wool to turn wood parts into steel siding on a boxcar. But for wood parts looking like wood, it works well. And some craft store chains, like Micheal's in the States, also carry sealer in aerosol cans.
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    Jonny, Yellow is a bit translucent, so an undercoat of white or pale gray would be in order. If you're doing much more yellow on the boat, carefully mask it. And paint the edges of the tape with the base color to keep the paint from bleeding under it.
  22. Canute
    Aye, Cap'n. Ye've finally let the hands partake of these spirits. No matter they be Black Strap, dago red or goodly rum. We be missing a good wet! Let's hear it for the Cap'n, lads!
  23. Canute
    Julian, try Micro-Scale's Liquid Decal film. Brush a little on a corner of the old decal to see how it covers. And you may be able to take some of the yellowing out by putting it in some bright sunlight.
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    Jonny, you'll have to learn the art of compromise; an art not seen much these days. Maybe you can rig up a storable building surface for your ships and another for her cards. I'm fortunate my Admiral/spouse of 31+ years participates in some of my hobbies (although not this one) and encourages me. Yep, she's a keeper.
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    Cardely, that would be a pretty good assumption. Unless the artist spent a lot of time at sea, observing the action first hand, he'd be working on estimates. Back in the day, I suspect they only drew details of what they saw from the beach. Navies back then weren't too concerned about the small details of their ships involved in action. Some of the current maritime and aviation artists can take months to do "prototypically correct" paintings. My flying squadron wanted a profile painting as a nice piece of memorabilia. We had to take a large number of photographs of the aircraft and shipped the package off to the artist. About 3 months later, we got a draft copy. After correcting that we waited another few months and got a very nice rendering of our Phantom.

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