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jbelwood got a reaction from dvm27 in Heroine 1838 by ggrieco - FINISHED - Scale 1:24 - Western River Steamboat as she appeared before hitting a snag in the Red River
Hi Glen,
Paddle wheelers are my favorites. Especially fond of stern wheelers. Yours will be most intriguing to
follow due to the placement of the wheels. Hope there's enough room in front for a close up look.
John Elwood
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jbelwood got a reaction from Dimitris71 in Heroine 1838 by ggrieco - FINISHED - Scale 1:24 - Western River Steamboat as she appeared before hitting a snag in the Red River
Hi Glen,
Paddle wheelers are my favorites. Especially fond of stern wheelers. Yours will be most intriguing to
follow due to the placement of the wheels. Hope there's enough room in front for a close up look.
John Elwood
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jbelwood got a reaction from mtaylor in Heroine 1838 by ggrieco - FINISHED - Scale 1:24 - Western River Steamboat as she appeared before hitting a snag in the Red River
Hi Glen,
Paddle wheelers are my favorites. Especially fond of stern wheelers. Yours will be most intriguing to
follow due to the placement of the wheels. Hope there's enough room in front for a close up look.
John Elwood
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jbelwood got a reaction from ggrieco in Heroine 1838 by ggrieco - FINISHED - Scale 1:24 - Western River Steamboat as she appeared before hitting a snag in the Red River
Hi Glen,
Paddle wheelers are my favorites. Especially fond of stern wheelers. Yours will be most intriguing to
follow due to the placement of the wheels. Hope there's enough room in front for a close up look.
John Elwood
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jbelwood got a reaction from Canute in Heroine 1838 by ggrieco - FINISHED - Scale 1:24 - Western River Steamboat as she appeared before hitting a snag in the Red River
Hi Glen,
Paddle wheelers are my favorites. Especially fond of stern wheelers. Yours will be most intriguing to
follow due to the placement of the wheels. Hope there's enough room in front for a close up look.
John Elwood
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jbelwood reacted to Barbossa in HMS Diana By Barbossa - Caldercraft - Scale 1:64 - The 1794 Attempt
Hello Nils,
Thanks foor looking in and it's good to hear from you.
Besides, I have a question regarding the attachment underneath.
You can notice a lifeboat that is suspending somehow.
I wonder how the rigging or hauling was done, as I feel more than tempted to imitate this scheme
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jbelwood got a reaction from GLakie in US Brig Syren by _SalD_ – FINISHED - 3/16" scale
Hi Sal,
Really sorry I missed the last meeting. John A. couldn't say enough about your Syren
when I spoke to him recently.
It's been 7 weeks since my surgery. I do expect to be at the October meet and hope
you bring her back so I can have a look-see. In the mean time I've been going through
your build these past few days and WOW, you've become a master builder over night.
John E.
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jbelwood got a reaction from JesseLee in Model paint data base
Here's a cool link to help with your matching color problems. Just click on
any color in the photo and see what happens. You can upload any of your
photos where indicated and do likewise.
http://scalemodeldb.com/paint
John
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jbelwood got a reaction from Landlocked123 in Emma C Berry by trippwj - Model Shipways - Scale 1:32
Wayne,
Thought you'd enjoy my photo of Emma at the Seaport a few years back.
John
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jbelwood got a reaction from robin b in Emma C Berry by trippwj - Model Shipways - Scale 1:32
Here are a few photos of my shipyard taken while still adding details. This is a kit from Sierra West Scale Models.
Both the keel and frames are constructed from laminated layers of laser cut chipboard and plywood.
The last photo was taken while the dio was on a contest table at a Fine Scale EXPO last year. The setting sun
showed it in a different light, so to speak.
I took a few more just now that shows the completed diorama. Have to resize and will post if you like.
John Elwood
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jbelwood got a reaction from Cathead in Bertrand by Cathead - FINISHED - 1:87 - wooden Missouri River sternwheeler
Keith,
I recently completed the Inter-Action kit of the CR Lamb stern wheeler. Go to page 8 of the gallery of completed kit built models
and take a look. You should be able to get Darryl Jacobs at Inter-Action. His eMail is "djacobs@inter-action.ca". I believe he
recently moved to Vancouver, BC. Let me know how it works out.
John Elwood
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jbelwood got a reaction from Omega1234 in Bertrand by Cathead - FINISHED - 1:87 - wooden Missouri River sternwheeler
Keith,
I recently completed the Inter-Action kit of the CR Lamb stern wheeler. Go to page 8 of the gallery of completed kit built models
and take a look. You should be able to get Darryl Jacobs at Inter-Action. His eMail is "djacobs@inter-action.ca". I believe he
recently moved to Vancouver, BC. Let me know how it works out.
John Elwood
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jbelwood got a reaction from Archi in Model paint data base
Here's a cool link to help with your matching color problems. Just click on
any color in the photo and see what happens. You can upload any of your
photos where indicated and do likewise.
http://scalemodeldb.com/paint
John
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jbelwood got a reaction from mtaylor in Model paint data base
Here's a cool link to help with your matching color problems. Just click on
any color in the photo and see what happens. You can upload any of your
photos where indicated and do likewise.
http://scalemodeldb.com/paint
John
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jbelwood got a reaction from thibaultron in Model paint data base
Here's a cool link to help with your matching color problems. Just click on
any color in the photo and see what happens. You can upload any of your
photos where indicated and do likewise.
http://scalemodeldb.com/paint
John
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jbelwood got a reaction from Maury S in Model paint data base
Here's a cool link to help with your matching color problems. Just click on
any color in the photo and see what happens. You can upload any of your
photos where indicated and do likewise.
http://scalemodeldb.com/paint
John
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jbelwood got a reaction from Bobstrake in Model paint data base
Here's a cool link to help with your matching color problems. Just click on
any color in the photo and see what happens. You can upload any of your
photos where indicated and do likewise.
http://scalemodeldb.com/paint
John
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jbelwood got a reaction from captainbob in Model paint data base
Here's a cool link to help with your matching color problems. Just click on
any color in the photo and see what happens. You can upload any of your
photos where indicated and do likewise.
http://scalemodeldb.com/paint
John
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jbelwood got a reaction from Ulises Victoria in Model paint data base
Here's a cool link to help with your matching color problems. Just click on
any color in the photo and see what happens. You can upload any of your
photos where indicated and do likewise.
http://scalemodeldb.com/paint
John
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jbelwood got a reaction from canoe21 in Emma C Berry by trippwj - Model Shipways - Scale 1:32
Wayne,
Thought you'd enjoy my photo of Emma at the Seaport a few years back.
John
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jbelwood got a reaction from Jay 1 in Emma C Berry by trippwj - Model Shipways - Scale 1:32
Wayne,
Thought you'd enjoy my photo of Emma at the Seaport a few years back.
John
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jbelwood got a reaction from tasmanian in Emma C Berry by trippwj - Model Shipways - Scale 1:32
Wayne,
Thought you'd enjoy my photo of Emma at the Seaport a few years back.
John
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jbelwood got a reaction from tasmanian in Show a photograph of how you use the #11 or exacto knife
These life boats came with the CR Lamb kit. They were 3D printed and had a hull thickness
of 1/16". Use a #11 to scrape down the interior wall so that you can almost see through the
hull sides. Strakes and frames out of strip styrene.
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jbelwood got a reaction from Mike Shea in Grand Banks Dory color
Hi Neil, thanks for responding. This is my first venture into building a large scale boat model as previous builds
were in 1/8 scale primarily for my pacific northwest model railroad. I chose the Grand Banks Dory to get my feet
wet in lap strake small boat modeling. Want to eventually build the Lincolnville Wherry.
My color idea comes from The Dory Shop site as they suggest this was a popular color for many fishing dories.
They say that the yellow shows up on dark water while the green trim shows up in fog. Seems reasonable to me.
Also, this same color is used on the dories aboard the L.A. Dunton at Mystic Seaport.
I've already started the model. The instructions are very sparse and generated a lot of questions. Fortunately.
I attended the monthly meeting of our marine modeling club and got the answers that I needed. Will not be doing
a build log but may post a few pix as I go along.
My latest build is shown attached. A 1/8 scale kit from Inter-Action Enterprises. I love steam.
John Elwood
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jbelwood got a reaction from Mike Shea in Grand Banks Dory color
Glad I didn't do a build on this one as I had to trash my first attempt and start over. I chose this model
to get my feet wet in building large scale boats but primarily to gain experience in clinker built boats. My
biggest oversight with the dory was not realizing the importance of maintaining the curved bottom (rocker).
The rocker disappeared when I removed the frame from the template too soon. Tried to add the planks
with a totally flat bottom. Obviously lost the required sheer to attach the planks properly.
Anyway, short of trashing what I did, I salvaged the frames, stem, transom and bottom and started afresh.
Now I had to get a couple of sheets of 1/32 basswood. My LHS was out of stock and no longer able to get
more from their supplier, Midwest. Apparently, Midwest no longer offers this. Next called Model Expo. Guess
what, they also cannot get this from Midwest, their supplier. Called Bluejacket and was able to get more.
Thank you Nic.
Rather than ramble on about my frustrations, here are a couple of photos as she looks today. The inside
is stained with MinWax Golden Oak. Nothing else is painted. The oars were build according to plan and took
about an hour each. This is a great teaching experience. Hope to finish the model soon.
John Elwood
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