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I approve of the SB2U. I have the 1/33 scale card version from Kartonowa Kolekcja, showing an example from VS-72 aboard Wasp in Feb 1942. KK published an earlier kit of the same aircraft in pre-war markings, but I missed out on that one.
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Santa Maria German model
ccoyle replied to Lizjames's topic in NAUTICAL RESEARCH GUILD - News & Information
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Love it! I have a soft spot for the Flowers, having built the 1/100 scale card version from Modelik, which had something like 2000 or 2500 parts. I was pretty new to card as a modeling medium at the time, so it was an ambitious project, but I got it done. Heck, it would still be an ambitious project, even for someone with a lot of experience!
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Thanks! Didn't do much this past weekend thanks to the garage being too cold.
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Unlikely. Duck hunting has never appealed to me. Doves are another matter.
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Hi, Tom! I was born in Tucson while my dad was stationed at Davis-Monthan, but we moved when I was only two months old. Have never had the good fortune to ever get back there. Cheers!
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It was really cold in my garage today, so I only got a few little things done. First I rounded off the ends and rub rails... ...then filled in the gaps in the bulkheads around the rails... ...and applied the second coat of epoxy to the deck undersides. Next up will be massive amounts of interior and exterior epoxy work. 😬
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Great job, Chris! I'm happy to see this one completed. Cheers!
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Hello, Luc. I am sure that many of our members would enjoy watching your project come together, but posts with only text and links to photos are not likely to attract much attention. If you are copying & pasting your text from another source, look for the "paste as plain text" option, and use the "choose files" link at the bottom of the edit window to insert photos into your posts. These two things will make your posts more reader-friendly. Wishing you well on your project!
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Bateaux LeClerc is a defunct brand of model kits once manufactured in Canada. As far as I know, there is nothing notable about their kits to set them apart from others that date back to the same period. The state of kit manufacturing has come a long, long way since then.
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Just found out that according to CLC's website, regarding MAS LV epoxy: no "amine blush" "Amine blush" will defeat all attempts to adhere subsequent coats of epoxy or varnish. Appied in anything less than about 98% humidity, MAS will not blush."
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I think we make an exception for boats -- no car/truck restorations or homebuilt aircraft. 😉 (In truth, though, such things are why we have our Shore Leave area.)
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Been thinking a lot this week about how to proceed with the epoxy. In light of what has been said about the need to remove any amine blush, it seems like the best way to move forward would be to round off the rails, glue the decks on, and then get the entire exterior + rails coated, so that no bare wood is left to get wet during the washing process. Seems sensible to me.
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Wait -- you built a Victory in nine months?? 😲
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I can pretty much guarantee that a kit of Griffin doesn't exist, but that's not unexpected when one considers that thousands of wooden sailing ships plied American waters over the centuries; only the tiniest fraction have ever been modeled. Do you have any information at all on what kind of ship Griffin was?
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I suspect he had his people build it -- a perk of owning the company?
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Welcome! Chester Nimitz was another Texan from nowhere near the coast, and he did all right, so you're in good company.
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Try Billing Boats.
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I should also add that the epoxy is probably intended to add some structural strength, considering how thin the plywood is. But hey -- I'm not a boat designer. I'm just following the instructions based on the assumption that these guys know what they're doing! 😁
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Okay, I think I need to clear up some things. The epoxy in this case is not the finish; at this point in the construction it is essentially a sealer. The unthickened epoxy is still pretty darn thick -- it's like trying to paint with honey. Perhaps the cold temps these days have something to do with that. In spite of how thick it is, I was still disappointed to find later that there were quite a few runs, even though I had endeavored to spread it as thin as possible. As for finishes, the instructions recommend marine varnish for anything left bright, and marine primer & paint for anything else. I may end up painting the interior if I'm not entirely happy with the epoxy results -- I'll wait to make that decision. Thanks, all!
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