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Good luck on your project! I built Chris' first iteration of Sherbourne, which he designed for Caldercraft many moons ago. The new design is much more beginner-friendly.
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Sometimes these older 'beginner' kits can be quite a challenge! Good luck on your project, and don't be afraid to ask for help.
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Hull Finishing Examples
ccoyle replied to Burgundy's topic in Painting, finishing and weathering products and techniques
I hope you have a copy in hand? I checked at ME this morning, and their links to the practicum chapters were broken. -
Hull Finishing Examples
ccoyle replied to Burgundy's topic in Painting, finishing and weathering products and techniques
@Chuck has achieved some excellent finishes with basswood, and he has described his methods in several practicums. He'd be able to direct you to them more readily than I can. -
Hi, @Bontie. I have moved your query to the kit discussions area. To get an answer, you will probably need to be more specific about the "references" you refer to. Hope you get help soon!
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Check out this nearly-completed build log:
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Witam! I am a fellow fan of card modeling, though my work does not approach the level of the Polish masters. Glad to have you aboard!
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Completed the vertical stabilizer and rudder. Here we have the rudder framing and cladding. I added a joiner strip from scrap card. And here's the finished assembly. And, just for fun, here's the same shot of the rudder after being massaged with "magic erase". 🤫
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Welcome aboard, Gershon! I'm sure some members will chime in shortly with suggestions for rigging references. I have tagged your project as a first build, which should draw some extra attention to it. Good luck with your project!
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A noble and kind gesture! The model turned out well -- I'm sure she'll like it.
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The AI problem isn't limited to just Google. The internet is simply awash in AI-generated crappola grande. And I'm sure we all have friends who seem to be completely incapable of detecting it and insist on flooding their social media pages with it. As always seems to happen, dimwits and ne'er-do-wells have taken a potentially useful tool and largely ruined it. 😢
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"Magic eraser" -- I'm tellin' ya, that's the secret!
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I love all that nice, cool overcast in your photos! Makes me miss the Pacific Northwest, especially between now and October here in the Deep South! 🥵
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Okay, I got the fuselage completed and all the seams patched up, and I think they look pretty darn good! Of course, I also used my camera's onboard "magic eraser" tool on the photo. I should've thought of that trick earlier! 😂
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Welcome aboard! Finding just the instructions for that kit might be a challenge. In the meantime, you can check out this finished build log: .
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I have managed to do some very unsatisfactory seam work on the rear fuselage and will now have to go about seeing what I can do to doctor things up. Not the result I had hoped for. 🫤
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Your observations about Vanguard kits are interesting. The thing is, the Vanguard and Caldercraft kits, besides sharing the same designer, Chris Watton, make similar use of etched brass and small parts. Etched brass is commonplace these days -- you'll be hard-pressed to find any wooden kits that don't make use of it. And the only way to get away from smaller parts is to go for larger scales (which might actually be counterproductive, since larger scales can include more fine detail). That said, of the three kits you listed, the only one that wouldn't interest me, personally, is the Corsair, since that is a generic brig and not a historical vessel. But with your experience, you could build any of them, so choose whichever you like best -- just be forewarned that all of them will have that dreaded PE brass and small parts. Cheers!
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I did not properly appreciate until now how small this model is!
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Same here (sadly)! I wish I could travel back in time to meet the person who decided it would be a good idea to make yards consist of a fast-growing ground cover that needs to be mowed at least weekly during the hottest part of the year -- brilliant!! I'd shake the man's hand and then slap him around a bit on behalf of all of us tortured homeowners!
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So, after completing the SBLim and taking a week off to travel and visit family, the Zero is back on the bench! The aft fuselage is now skinned. A little tricky, as you can see that the forward-most skin tucks underneath the vertical stabilizer, the middle skin rides up the sides of the stabilizer, and the aft skin tapers to a sharp ridge leading down to the tail light. On the underside, the skins must align with the tail wheel well and the tailhook recess. That's all for now!
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Welcome aboard, Andrew, and good luck on your project!
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