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Additional work on the empennage, plus wing mated to fuselage. Main story here is the wing -- there are pretty much zero instructions on how to afix this to the fuselage. The wing fits between two fuselage bulkheads, but the space produced by them was about 2 mm too short. So I took my best guess at how to fix the problem and simply whacked 2 mm off the aft end of the wing structure. But the wing still wouldn't fit, because the cutouts in the fuselage skins were in the way. So, reckoning that any damage would be covered by the wing fillets, I hacked away at the offending fuselage skins; this was either going to work or be an irretrievable disaster and wind up in the Great Bin in the Sky. Since there were no internal formers to help mate the wing to the fuselage, I first looked at many online images of P-36s and then, once again, made a best guess at how the wing and fuselage should be positioned relative to each other. Final judgement of the outcome would hinge on whether all my guesswork ultimately allowed the wing fillets to be positioned more or less correctly and hide all of the radical surgery. Happily, the fillets went on without much fuss, and everything looks good to go for continued construction.
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I'm one of those "no treenails" advocates, so take this advice accordingly. 😉 For models that do have treenails, the biggest turn-offs for me are a.) treenails not aligned properly, and b.) treenails too dark (producing a model that looks like it has the pox). So on the basis of color alone, I would choose #1 -- but I'd choose a filler (or stain) that is even lighter.
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Cap San Diego by mikegr - 1/160
ccoyle replied to mikegr's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1901 - Present Day
You got it in the right place, since you are doing a scratch build using the kit parts as templates. I've seen this attempted before, but I can't remember in whose build log it was or if they ever finished. The card company, for those who may not know, is Dom Bumagi ("Paper House"). I believe they are out of the Ukraine, and they offer some very nice kits. -
Progress continues, but it's not terribly exciting. The next step of the build is to prepare for fiberglassing the inside of the hull. The major component of this prep is to sand smooth the fillets around the bulkheads and to clean up the messy spots. This is one end of the hull finished up. I did about five hours of sanding last weekend, but I didn't keep track of how much total time the job required. The other end of the hull is about half done. Here's one side, on which sanding has barely started. You can see it looks pretty rough and there's a lot of slop to clean up. And here's the other half, which was today's task and is about 95% done. Lots of fine dust all around. I had to stop for the day because the sandpaper was wearing my fingertips raw. That's all for now!
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I have the card version in my stash.
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Thanks, guys, I do appreciate the encouragement, but I'm being honest with my assessment. There are folks who are far better at working in this medium than I. I can only try to get better each time and try new things. Some kits go together better than others (kinda like wood kits in that respect). Some turn out great and hold up well under close scrutiny, others benefit from some thoughtful and judicious camera work. This one will fall into the latter category, methinks.
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The acquisition of such an item would probably put you in some pretty select company as far ship modelers go.
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Welcome aboard!
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Fuselage, cont'd. Not really happy with this kit, which is too bad considering how much I like the subject. In short, there are a disturbing number of fit issues that I have only partially been able to navigate. On top of that, the diagrams are on the skimpy side; this has led to the discovery of a number of parts only after I have completed the particular structure to which they belong. Oopsie! Anyways, if the model is held at arm's length and viewed in dim light, it still creates the impression of a Mohawk.
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That's not by accident. Quarter badges are not real windows, but rather an attempt to fool the eyes of lookouts on potential adversaries or prizes into thinking that the sloop is a larger man-of-war, e.g. a frigate, which would have real quarter galleries.
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Beautiful! Your ship modeling skills are matched by your photography skills.
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'Cuz it's huge, even in a small scale!
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Those are some ambitious projects, but I have no doubt they'll turn out great.
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I'd never seen one, either, until a few flew over my house some weeks back. And yes, they are quite loud.
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There's that famous white shelf with yet another great-looking model! Congratulations, David!
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Not trying to be curt, but this topic has come up multiple times in recent months. A quick search using the keyword "seawatch" turns up this list of topics. Please have a read through them.
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Pages will roll over automatically based on the number of posts made. There is no method to create units.
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Stitches and temporary bulkheads out now -- kinda looks like a real boat. Next step: prep for fiberglass -- say hello to Mr. Sandpaper.
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So far, so good.
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I forgot to edit my post last night -- I got up a second wind and whipped up a last batch of resin. It was like a Goldilocks moment -- it came out just right. Let me just say that getting the right consistency made a BIG difference in both the speed of finishing the task and its neatness. So tonight I get to have a clip-n-pull party for all those stitches, oh boy! Then we'll get to see what it looks like without the "porcupine" visual effect (or "cactus," as someone at work called it).
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