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I agree with the gorgeous part, but the Yaks are fairly common in the card-modeling world, as well as on the warbird circuit. -
Frank Joseph Henry Gardiner was born in 1942 in England. His works have sold at auction from $149 up to $2017. So, did you get a good deal?
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Tonight's progress: funnel guys attached (to stack only, not to deck), bridge added, and one of the pesky cowl vents completed (one more to go). The vents are printed black on the inside, but all of the photos I've seen show red inside the cowls, so I painted red over the black, though it doesn't show up well in the photo. I have deviated slightly from the construction sequence shown in the diagrams -- working on superstructure elements from the middle towards the edges, so that the guys won't be in the way of anything that needs gluing. Space is very tight in some areas. BTW, I did not elect to use the kit's optional bridge interior elements, which include interior walls, engine telegraph, compass, and wheel -- just too many tiny pieces for my liking. Sorry!
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I was able to find some photos that show where the turnbuckles (bottlescrews) terminate on the superstructure deck, so I made some pinholes in which to glue the guys and then glued the deck onto the superstructure. The stack is also complete, though only dry-fitted in this photo; I will attach its guys before gluing it down permanently.
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Hey, all you antipodeans: Before I go too much further with this build, I need to pinpoint where the turnbuckles for the funnel guys terminate on the superstructure deck. The rigging diagram is a bit fuzzy on this point, and I haven't been able to find any pictures online that clearly show that area. Anybody know of any? Thanks!
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Step 7 complete -- forward deck furniture: winch, vent, anchors, anchor davits. The winch has 21(!) pieces. 🥴 Today, my stupid tweezers launched one of the anchors -- TWICE. 🤬 Happily, I was able to find it both times. Tweezers launches don't always have happy endings.
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HO trains and layouts by popeye the sailor
ccoyle replied to popeye the sailor's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
I still have all of the N-gauge track and rolling stock from my youth, packed away in a box in the fading hope that one of my kids might one day be interested.- 72 replies
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Now finished with Step 6, lockers and gallows. The particular gallows (correct term?) shown below was a bit of a challenge. Again, the kit includes printed posts and crossbeam, but I replaced these with wood. The two bowed pieces are from the laser-cut detail set. The set included a hook as well, but it was tiny and kind of clunky looking. No matter -- my stupid tweezers tips slipped and flung the tiny part into another dimension. I tried cutting out the printed hook, which was a fruitless endeavor. The solution? A tiny strip of curled paper soaked in thin CA. Hard to see it in this photo. Heck, hard to see it period. And because David likes something in the photo for scale, here's a pic featuring one of my digits. No, I did not used forced perspective -- my finger was actually that close and the model really is that tiny. 😉 Next up: THE WINCH! 😮
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An observation I made last night while working on the life jacket lockers is that the locations for these are not marked on the printed kit parts. Typically on a card model like this one, the locations of things like lockers are marked by white spaces, which is why we card modelers call this part of the construction sequence "killing white spaces." But if you look closely at the model, you can see the uninterrupted printed coamings around the various deck structures where the lockers will be placed -- no white spaces. I presume that the life jacket lockers are required by the ship's current status as an excursion vessel; I'm guessing the way the kit is printed was purposefully done to allow a modeler the option of building Waratah more as she would have looked as a working vessel, e.g. sans life jacket lockers. Another nice touch about the kit that I don't think I have mentioned yet is that all of the printed parts needed for particular sub-assemblies are grouped together inside printed boxes on the parts sheets. This eliminates much of the hunting for parts that is required for most kits.
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We lose a lot of zealous newbies in the "Valley of Despair" -- they just need to stick with it until they get to that "Plateau of Sustainability."
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With this update, I'm now finished through Step 5 of the construction process. The forward companionway and the locker aft of it were easy enough. The superstructure was more challenging. It consists of of two sections, which I prefer rather than having the whole thing as one piece. The forward half had joiners to bridge the gap between the port and starboard walls. But once I got both halves finished and placed them on the deck for a test fit, I discovered that the walls of the forward half were about 1mm too long on each side. So, I had to remove the joiners, trim off the excess length, and re-do the folds -- nothing too difficult, but it took a little time to do carefully and make sure everything fit correctly. I then glued the two sections of wall to the deck, added a replacement joiner to the forward section, and also added some thick cardboard to the insides of the walls to make them straighter and more rigid. Next up will be the various life jacket lockers. Incredibly, they actually have the words "life jackets" printed on them, which -- at this scale -- can only be read under high magnification; at normal viewing distances, they just look like a smudge. 😜
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kit review 1/72 Brockley Combe, 1938 Cargo Ship - Navarino Models
ccoyle replied to James H's topic in REVIEWS: Model kits
I'm no expert, but it looks like the hull would need significant modification to make room for any RC gear.- 6 replies
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Not much to show for today. The big headache at this point was creating the eight mooring posts. These were originally to be made of card, obviously, but they are so tiny that folding them properly was a real pain, and I didn't like the results. So I decided to replace the paper parts with wood square stock. The kit includes microscopic angle braces for the posts, but I have omitted them, because they are just way too tiny to work with. I also did the little deck at the stern, the rub rails, and the aft companionway. Now it's on to the main superstructure.
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Papegojan 1627 by mati - FINISHED - 1/48
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Hallo, Tobias. Do you work for BMW by any chance? BMW's North America plant is just a few kilometers away from me here in South Carolina.
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So sorry to see, Eric. I hope you get everything dried out -- mold can be a real booger.
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The person to direct your question to would be Tomek (0Seahorse), since he designs card models that utilize just such a planking technique.
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Novice is greeting from the Bavarian Alps
ccoyle replied to XS400DOHC's topic in New member Introductions
Welcome! Lots of good things come from Bavaria. 😉
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