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New US carrier to be named for a WWII hero, not a president
ccoyle replied to mtaylor's topic in Nautical/Naval History
I agree with Hank. Up until the advent of the Nimitz-class, naming carriers after persons was rare. Now of course it is the norm. I much prefer the tradition of the old convention of naming carriers after historical battles (e.g. Coral Sea, Bunker Hill) or previous warships (e.g. Enterprise, Wasp). -
Welcome, Max! I hope you will enjoy your time spent here. Cheers!
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Are we talking SMS Scharnhorst/Gneisenau or DKM Scharnhorst/Gneisenau?
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Yep, ZHL is a known and well-documented IP thief and thus a non-starter at MSW.
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Your work is very neat to this point, Daniel.
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Chris, have you ever considered something like crowd funding for the development of a product like Sovereign? I know that some niche musical artists are doing something similar to fund new recordings. I think that some modelers might not mind pitching in if they knew that their contributions were going to help make one of their dream models a reality.
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Of course, I should add that Dirk has done an exceptional amount of super-detailing on his model, which you might also choose to do, but the kit makes a great model straight out of the box, too.
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Depends on how sure-handed you are. I have built all of my hulls without a keel clamp and have only burned and/or nicked myself a few times. Sherbourne is a great kit -- instructions are a little sparse, but plenty of build logs here. Especially have a look at Dirk's (Dubz). It's a gem.
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Hello, iosto! I have moved this log to the kit builds section since you are starting with the CAF kit. This is a good example of a 'kit-bashed' or super-detailing project. Cheers!
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Every social media platform has its own methods of operation and conventions on proper usage. If nobody ever told anybody how to do stuff right, we'd all keep on doing it wrong! 😉
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True, it might be locally very popular, and that should be factored into the asking price. By "not a particularly popular subject" I was thinking more about shallow-draft Dutch yachts compared to, say, three-masted men-of-war with lots of guns. 😉
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Welcome to the forum! Very nice work you have done there so far. Cheers!
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BTW, if you drill with a rotary tool, you will inevitably break bits now and then, and they tend to be pricey if you buy them from the usual hobby suppliers. I have had good success using bulk bits from Widget Supply. They have them in all wire-sizes for $2.29/10. Another tip: pin vises are too big to reach into some of the tight spots we modelers need to access. You can make finger drills by gluing wire-gauge bits into the ends of short pieces of dowel, ~1" in length.
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Which is why I never use the brass pins that come with kits. I use push pins like the ones in your photos to temporarily fix planks in place. I do drill a pilot hole with a Dremel, and I use a tack hammer on the push pins. Yes, I lose a few now and then to attrition, but they are cheap and easily replaced. Are your bulkheads made of plywood or MDF? If your bits are getting dull, that seems to me that it might be more indicative of the quality of the bits themselves rather than any fault of the kit materials. Using a variable-speed Dremel set at the lowest rpms, I've never had any trouble drilling pilot holes. I'm also concerned about your drill's "wobble" -- that will place extra undue stress on the bits. Is it an actual Dremel-brand rotary tool or a different brand? Cheers!
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Chuck Passaro wrote an excellent practicum for building a plank-on-solid-hull model based on Model Shipways' Sultana kit. Your kit is built in the same style. You can view and download the practicum by clicking here. Cheers!
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Guus, please see the reply I posted to your question in the new topic I split off for you.
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Well, there are a number of knocks against this kit. It is an older kit, so it probably does not compare favorably to newer design standards. It is not a well-known company. It is not a particularly popular subject. For something like this I would expect to pay around $25-$50 on an auction site such as eBay. Normally at such sites, you can set a minimum bid -- try $50 (or the Dutch equivalent) and see if you get any hits. If it doesn't sell the first time around, you can lower the starting bid or choose a "no reserve" option. Cheers!
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If the square-rigged Pinta was what you really had your heart set on, consider this one as a warm-up project to be better prepared for that one. 😉
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First hint would be to start a build log and post a few pics of the unboxing. Read the instructions once-over, inventory the parts -- try to get a sense of how it should come together. Read the threads on hull planking and have a look at some examples in the build logs. Ship Modeling Simplified by Frank Mastini is a good primer if you haven't yet done any reading. Relax and don't be afraid to start cutting and gluing -- everyone is a beginner at some point. Cheers!
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