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You're right -- no legitimate manufacturers offer this as a kit. Most likely this is an unlicensed kit designed from a plan set. That's one of the ways that IP thieves can bring one of these to market.
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BTW, does anyone know if such a small warship would have flown a pennant? If so, anyone know style/colors? -
Hey, Andrew. I don't know if CLC competitively prices there supplies or not, but just for future reference if you need any of those CA applicators, they are commonly sold in hobby shops under several brand names as "Z-Ends."
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The Pacific (Monterey) Double ender. Crab and Salmon boats
ccoyle replied to Perry Sims's topic in Nautical/Naval History
Hello, Perry. First off, I am very sorry to hear about your medical condition -- I wish you all the encouragement I can, friend. We have, from time to time, made exceptions to our vending rules when extraordinary circumstances warrant. This sound like a wonderful collection that you have assembled, and the double-ender is just the kind of smallcraft that needs attention from the modeling community at large. It would be a terrible shame and waste to see these resources tossed out. We have some members who specialize in these kinds of working boats, thinking specifically of jhearl and FriedClams -- would love to see what either of these gentlemen could accomplish with your stuff. However it works out, I hope you are able to find a safe repository for your collection. Very kind regards, Chris -
Yes, I know of the stuff -- I'm just too lazy to go and buy any. 😉 I used Aleen's Tacky Glue.
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Heller Royal Louis 1/200 by Robert Taylor
ccoyle replied to Robert Taylor's topic in Plastic model kits
Well, two left sides is definitely a downer. With all the lock-down stuff going on these days, it's possible that the company may be short-staffed in the customer service department. -
At this scale, yes, I used a single fold; double folds are fine for 1/64 or larger. No stitching, just penciled and scored panel lines. I ironed the cloth before drawing the sail outlines (taken from the plans) and cut out the sails with my wife's sewing shears (an expensive pair that she's had for many years). Fraying edges can be a problem, which is why double-folds are usually necessary, but with sails this small I was able to get away with it. Cheers!
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Nothing tricky -- just cloth and glue. Hems are folded and glued. If I make bigger sails, I glue on the appropriate panels around the edges & reef point bands. All glue, no stitching. Bolt rope is glued, too.
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I'm glad that you're giving some thought to upgrading the guns. Your hull is looking quite nice and is worthy of some better-looking armament. Cheers!
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Okay, too late for the furled sail question -- I already made the new sails. It's not hard to do; I just didn't want to do it. But now they're done (though no bolt ropes yet and not bent to yards). On the left is the pre-sewn foresail, and on the right is the new sail. One of the things I don't particularly like about pre-sewn sails is that the stitching is always way out of scale, therefore I don't sew. Instead, I glue everything up. Also, panel lines are barely perceptible on real-life sails, except where adjacent cloth pieces are color-mismatched. So, I lightly penciled the panel lines on the aft side and scored them, which gives just a hint of lines on the front. BTW, for cloth I used one of my last remaining bits of drafting linen -- might have been my last piece. And here's Maisy, the suspected sail-eating culprit. She's so darn cute and lovable that it's impossible to stay mad at her. 🥰 Cheers!
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Well, I understand completely about not having one's heart in a model, but still I would lean toward stripping off the copper and going for the white stuff, which was known back in the day as "white stuff." Like Glenn said, you could easily sand down that hull. After a nice paint job, no one would have a clue about its thrice-done history. Cheers!
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All shrouds and backstays set up. Replacement main yard under construction. Before I get too far with that last bit, I'm wondering how these small boats would have dealt with furled sails. Would they have furled the sails and then re-hoisted the yards to keep them out of the way of rowers, or would they have lowered them to the deck? Asking for a friend. 😬
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This imitates the method used on the full-size boat. The idea is that the model can serve as a kind of inexpensive dry run.
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Polish PZL P.11c by ErnieL - IBG Models - 1/32 - PLASTIC
ccoyle replied to ErnieL's topic in Completed non-ship models
Nice! I have this one in 1/33 card from Halinski -- it's so beautiful and detailed that I'm afraid to booger it by actually attempting to build it! -
Welcome! Your models look perfectly presentable, and bear in mind that our community of "literal experts" includes large chunks of beginners and otherwise middling modelers who nevertheless simply enjoy the hobby. You will, for example, never find one of my models being labeled as "built by an expert," but I take satisfaction in them. Enjoy the journey!
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Chris Watton is a cutting edge designer with a long track record of great kits. Speedy will be challenging, but doable for a motivated builder.
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Welcome, Ernie. I think I may have visited the large scale modeling site a time or twos some years back. If memory serves, "large scale" was defined as 1/32 or larger, and 1/33 scale card planes were acceptable thanks to our European compatriots fondness for metric scales. Cheers!
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In reality, the front wheels were larger to compensate for the deck camber (downward curvature from the centerline to the bulwarks).
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Unmitigated disaster has struck. 😥😥😥 I had just finished setting up the remaining mainmast backstay and then was working on making the foremast backstays, when I happened to glance to my left. That's where I had the two sails waiting to be set -- only there wasn't two. There was only one. I didn't panic, because the sails had fallen off my desk before, so I just set about looking for the sail ... and looking ... and looking ... and looking. I looked everywhere, even following the old adage about looking where it couldn't possibly be. I scoured my entire modeling room three times. No sail. The only possibility I could come up with is that our one-year-old spaniel, Maisy, who likes sticks, came upstairs and helped herself. I thoroughly searched the house and yard looking for evidence. Nothing. It's gone -- vanished. I am beyond depressed. This was supposed to be a quick and easy build. I really don't want to scratch-build a replacement, because that defeats the whole "quick and easy" thing. Besides, if I make a new sail, it won't look like the other pre-sewn sail, so I'll probably have to make two -- plus replace the yard. And that will add days to an already overly-long build. 😟😟😟 I am really not feeling motivated right now. I thought I was nearly finished. Man ... just ☹️.
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Yes, no ratlines, hooray! And yes, the finished results don't look bad, but boy what a pain it has been to arrive at them! Also, since the model is quite small at 1/72 scale, it won't be readily apparent that the rigging line isn't Syren's finest, or similar, besides which I wanted to do this one as much out-of-the-box as possible to keep it cheap.
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