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Welcome! So when you say "high desert," I assume you're talking about Lancaster, Apple Valley, Victorville, Boron -- somewhere in that vicinity?
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😬 Well, I almost completely FUBARed this model. Having glued up the internal formers for the right wing (pics later), I commenced gluing up the same for the left wing. Each wing structure consists of about 16 pieces -- pretty impressive framing for a card model. As I got down to the last two parts for the left wing, something seemed off. And then I noticed it: I had inadvertently and incorrectly oriented the two main spars, causing the second wing to not be a left wing but rather a second right wing! Yikes!! Happily, the carpenter's glue had not completely set, and I was able to get the wing disassembled and re-assembled properly. Whew -- that was a close one! 😮
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I missed the finish on this one -- very striking. Well done!
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This looks like a kit model of the Half Moon, only pierced for four guns instead of the more usual eight -- perhaps an older Corel or Billing Boats kit.
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This is not to be unexpected. It reminds of me of Neil Peart, the late drummer for Rush. After his wife passed away, he took a long hiatus from the band, but he came back to it eventually. If you are passionate about something, as your models clearly show, you will return to it at some point. But time away for grieving is something none of us would begrudge you. Take care of yourself, Chris
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"Kit bashing" is a loosely defined term in the hobby that simply means that a kit hasn't been built straight out of the box. This could be anything from scratch-building parts to replace the off-the-shelf fittings in a kit, to adding a lot of extra detail to a kit, to substantially reworking a kit to represent a vessel other than the kit subject.
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I had another go at the fiberglassing today and things went much better, faster, and easier. Why is it always the first crack at any new skill that sucks the worst? My daughter simply observed that it's like the first pancakes in a batch, which I thought was a good analogy.
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Thankfully, unlike my canoe project, the PWS-10 requires no fiberglass work. After the cylinder head covers were done, the two fuselage sections mated, and a few other bits added, this part of the build came to a successful conclusion. Of course, I still need to do this all over again for White Tail when its laser set arrives in the mail.
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I will try to stay positive with this post. Wish me luck. 😜 I decided it was time to attempt my first ever fiberglass job. The result looks like I've never done fiberglass before. Things started off well enough. I got the fillets between panels 1 and 2 done quickly and without much difficulty. (The spreader bar in the image is temporary.) Spreading out the fiberglass cloth was a bit more of a challenge, but I got that done, too. So then it was time to add the resin ... and that's where the wheels fell off. Despite my best efforts to get the cloth as smooth as possible, once the resin went on every slightest imperfection in the cloth turned into a wet, sticky wrinkle. It was a nightmare trying to get the resin spread quickly and all the tiny wrinkles ironed out. Time turned out to be my enemy, as once again the working time for the resin proved to be too short. I didn't take a picture of this step, as I was very unhappy with the process and result and have decided to postpone photographing it until after the resin hardens and I can better assess what the true damage is. Hopefully it will not be as bad as I fear and Mr. Sander and me will be able to put things right. Hopefully.
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You are nearing the finish! As for where to belay the yard lift, you have some leeway as to where to do that. If there is a pin rail at the base of the mast, I suspect that's where it would go, probably via a block seized to the deck.
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These old wooden runabouts are things of beauty. Good luck on your project!
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Beautiful model, Bill! I'm looking hard for the horrendous block-stropping and over-gluing, but darned if I can see any. Cheers!
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I'm very pleased to see another Soclaine kit being featured here, since we rarely see them. True that Soclaine are not on the cutting edge of kit design, but they offer some interesting subjects, and Recouvrance is a beautiful ship. I wish you well on this project!
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New To Building Ships Help and advice needed
ccoyle replied to Richard O's topic in New member Introductions
Just be forewarned that lots of masts and cannon also involves a lot of tedious and repetitive tasks, which is not everyone's cup of tea. Say, for example, you build a frigate with 24 guns on its upper deck. That's 24 barrels and 24 carriages to assemble. If you rig the guns, then that's 6 blocks per gun (144 total) plus 3 ropes per gun to attach and coil down on deck (72 total). A basic carriage usually has 12 wooden parts and roughly 13 metal parts, 25 per gun, meaning 600 total for 24 guns. All together, that's 840 parts just for the deck guns alone. Still undaunted? Then I will second the advice about Vanguard Models. Take care! -
I liked it when my kids were 2, 4, and 8 -- when asked, I would state their ages as 2 to the first, two squared, and two cubed!
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Weathered decks on working ships tend to look pretty bland and worn. Star of India in San Diego just got a new deck in 2017, and the contrast between the old deck and the new deck is interesting.
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That is a beefy looking hull structure! And I like that it's not a gigantic model -- the scale produces a manageable model.
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Welcome, Rachel. Depending on where you are in SoCal, you may be able to attend meetings for one or the other of two very good local modeling clubs (if and when they get back to meeting face-to-face). One is the Ship Modelers Association, which meets in Fullerton (link), and the other is the San Diego Ship Modelers Guild (link) -- both great groups where you can get additional advice and coaching. Enjoy your stay here!
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My condolences, Doris. Your tribute to your husband is a very touching gesture, and your model is, as always, spectacular. Kind regards.
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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
Brian, that is a very interesting story. Please feel free to post your pictures in this thread, as they are relevant to anyone building or thinking of building this model. Cheers!- 6 replies
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please read How to Quote from a Post
ccoyle replied to ccoyle's topic in How to use the MSW forum - **NO MODELING CONTENT**
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Eh, squeezed some more work in. All louvered panels done and a dry fit of the two fuselage sections. The machine guns are 95% hidden.
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