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I wouldn't worry about it just yet. As long as you have some material to attach planks to, you're okay, and the nice thing about wood is you can always add some filler pieces and sand/file them down to the desired shape.- 5 replies
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Today I did the eyebolts for the mast partners and finished up the bow bitts. Next up in the instructions are a bunch of sub-assemblies that all say "do this or do that but don't install it yet!" This I interpreted as a kind of code meaning "time to take a break and build a card model!" Ah, don't be sad -- this is how I said this build would go down! Before we press the pause button, though, here's a couple of photos to show how far Phoenix has progressed since January of this year. She's gone from this: to this: The next round of construction should make some similarly dramatic changes. See you in a few(?) weeks!
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Got on a little bit of a roll today. Added the boat chocks, mast partners, and mast coats. Also the quarterdeck ladders. And since I'm past the point of being able to damage them too much through rough handling, I gave in to the urge to add the quarter badges . . . and stern carvings. The ship's name is a piece of etched brass with raised lettering. I attempted to do the letters in ochre, but the paint dried too quickly -- the tiny amounts needed to do the job dried on the brush tip by the time I got the brush from the paint supply to the piece. So I went with white instead -- and I think I like the white better. That's it for now!
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My goodness, we are having a rash of homely WW1 tanks around here! Interesting models, nonetheless, but definitely not winning any beauty contests -- if there were such a thing for tanks. 😉
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It's been less than a week since I stumbled across the combs issue, but the solution feels like it has taken much longer than that. In the end, I was able to get three gratings out of the MK supply of combs, and I made the fourth out of some leftover Amati combs. Of course, the Amati combs were a different color, so the resulting grating had to be painted. I found a suitable color in my wife's furniture refinishing supplies. Ultimately I gave all of the gratings a coat of paint, just so they'd match better. And here they are on the model: Miscellaneous deck stuff is next -- kind of like "killing white spots" on a card model!
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They're both Bendixsen ships, so it's a win-win for us Humboldt County folk (whether native or part of the diaspora).
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My favorite card model vendor made an announcement on social media that they would suspend shipments to the US. I managed to sneak in an order before the deadline. Fortunately, I have a lifetime supply of models waiting to be built. That could be a good thing or bad thing, of course, depending on how life plays out. 😬
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My condolences, Lyle. I hope you will find getting back to your project to be suitably therapeutic.
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Hello! New to the forum, happy to be here :)
ccoyle replied to BuckyBoo's topic in New member Introductions
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My goodness, you put this whole log together today? 😮 You've been holding out on us, friend! 😉
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Hopefully this will not all turn out "verrrry dumb!" as Arte also used to say! Great pop culture references like these remind me of just how young some of my coworkers are -- these would sail right over their heads!
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It is becoming increasingly evident, Mark, that "No Idea" no longer suits you as a username, as you clearly have at least some idea!
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I think he was saying that there is no comparison.
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"Curiouser and curiouser!" I found the MS combs in my stash. The MK combs have 1mm slots, while the MS combs have 1.5mm slots. And here's where it gets whacky -- gratings made from the MS combs will fit perfectly inside the kit's coamings, but gratings made from the MK combs will not. 🤔 Seems like maybe somebody pulled the wrong combs from the shelf when they packed the kit? Stay tuned!
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That is one comically ugly tank!
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Back from the break! And first -- time for a little sleuthing! I had a very sneaking suspicion about the reason for my troubles with the grating combs, and sadly, this photo proves my suspicions were well-founded. This photo shows a random selection of combs. The middle section is aligned, as is demonstrated by the needle sitting neatly astride the combs. BUT, as you can plainly see, if you go about five rows above or below the needle, the grooves are suddenly all wonky. And wonky grooves, my friends, make combs that don't mesh together! Somewhere in my stash of Long-Forgotten Leftover Parts, I have some Model Shipways combs. I don't remember having had any issues with them -- might have some Amati combs leftover somewhere as well. Heck, the MS combs may have come from Amati -- you know how that supply chain operates! I will have to hunt those combs down and see how they work. Stay tuned!
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Not too shabby, Dave! The first few card models one attempts are more about learning techniques -- finishing the project is of secondary importance. As with any medium, your workmanship will improve with successive builds. Cheers!
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Well, it's been a mixed bag of results today. First, here's a shot of the finished quarterdeck rails, along with the completed skylight. The skylight includes plastic inserts for the 'glass'. Since the model has no interior to gawk at, I painted the backs of the inserts black. After this, I started work on the gratings, and this is where things got super annoying. First, the combs for the gratings fit VERY tight, which makes them stay together nicely when assembled but makes the actual assembly process needlessly frustrating. Second -- and here's a word to the wise -- the combs provided in the kit DO NOT produce the same spacing as seen in the photo-illustrated instructions! So, if you refer to the photos to count the number of combs to use for a particular grating, then assemble the combs and trim them to the 'proper' size, you get a grating that is TOO SMALL!! Ask me how I know this. 😡 I am presently taking a mandatory mental health break. 😑
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