ccoyle
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Welcome aboard!
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Hmm. I seem to recall that at one point this kit was a solid-hull project. Good luck on your build! -
Launch day for the Falmouth Pilot Cutter is coming up soon
ccoyle replied to Chuck's topic in Nautical/Naval History
Indeed. I also suggested to Chris Watton (hint, hint) years ago that the schooner yacht Coronet, currently undergoing restoration, would make a swell kit subject. -
Good intro, Jeff. Trying to make one of these old kits conform to the dimensions of a known vessel can be a real challenge. It's quite possible that the model is not based on any actual vessel or plans, and it is probably made in what is known as a "box scale", i.e. the model is scaled to fit in a particular-sized box, not the other way around. There is also no harm in just going with the fact that the model represents a type of craft and not any particular vessel; I did this with my first POB kit, Model Shipways' Katy of Norfolk. When I learned that Katy was the name of the designer's wife, I simply chose to have "Virginia-Built Pilot Schooner" put on the plaque. Anyways, carry on!
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Welcome aboard! I look forward to seeing your projects. Cheers!
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One of the things we try to feature regularly at the MSW Facebook page is build logs that showcase noteworthy builds or particular skill sets. Your build tics both of those of those boxes. And the post drew extra sets of eyeballs to your content, which is of course one of the reasons why we make such posts. Cheers!
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Good review! I'm currently wending my way slowly through a hefty volume on the naval side of the Great War, and the discussion of evolving destroyer tactics in the run-up to 1914 is pretty interesting.
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Your diorama received a well-deserved post at our FB page.
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I haven't yet been able to get back to my build of MK's gunboat, but it is an excellent kit in all respects. Based on what we have seen in other Phoenix build logs, I think you will get a lot of pleasure out of this project. Cheers!
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I think that's a keyword in all of my build logs! 😉
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I hope we will be seeing a full kit unboxing and review here at MSW (hint, hint)? 😉
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Welcome! Those are some nice models. Please do start a build log in the kits section when you are ready to start, and don't worry about language errors. Cheers!
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Goodness, Greg! At the rate you work, I may be able to tag this build as finished later this afternoon!
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I think your expectations would not be met, at least if you're expecting a degree of historical accuracy in the kit. Don Dressel, an accomplished modeler and author, spent many years researching the SoS while attempting a build of the Mantua kit. The effort took 10 years, and the end result is that he used only the hull formers from the kit and replaced everything else -- literally everything else. He found many errors in the kit's rig, armament, and particularly its hull carvings (the stern carvings in the kit, as one example, are completely wrong). While there is no doubt that an eye-catching model of SoS could be built straight from the box, but I think that there are equally ornate subjects that are probably better values for the money, e.g. Euromodel's Royal William. Also check out some of the offerings from the Dutch comapany, Kolderstok. Cheers!
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Or perhaps a connection with either or both cities on the part of the crew? Much like many allied aircraft were named "City of such-and-such."
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I do build airplane models -- but in card, which is highly processed wood. 😁
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Congratulations on completing a very fine model! I hope you will place some photos in the gallery. Cheers!
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Have fun(?) with that! 😉
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Hard to tell from the photo, but Baltimore clippers had a lot of drag to their keels. The model looks to me to be a brig more along the lines of Scottish Maid. I can't recall off the top of my head, but I vaguely remember that the Baltimore clippers rather quickly fell out of widespread use because their speed came at a cost of hull capacity. Can't tell you for certain whether they were commonly used in the closing stages of the North American slave trade.
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Straightening aftermarket rigging line
ccoyle replied to DonInAZ's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Many modelers use beeswax to treat rigging line. It comes in small tubes, and you can drag your line through the tip, then use your fingertips to supply the heat (it doesn't take much at all) needed to melt the wax into the line. That should take some of the kinks out. Dampening the line and hanging it, as you have done, will pre-stretch the line, which may help eliminate some sagging in the finished model. -
Yup -- the thumbs-up button is insufficient to express the amount of jaw-droppage that happens when I catch up with this log.
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I, too, have mixed feelings about all of these modern necessities on replica tallships, but there is no question that you are doing a bang-up job of replicating the vessel in her current configuration.
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Hi! Is this by any chance the OcCre kit?
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