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Did you think I was going to take a break after finishing my Bf 109 last night? Ha! That is where you'd be wrong! Of course, you are also wrong if you thought I might be going back to work on Phoenix. The reason I'm not is because I only have a month before I'm taking a long-ish Christmas break, during which there will be no modeling. 😒 So I've decided to tackle a small project that I think I may be able to finish within four weeks. That project is the Norwegian excursion steamer DS Børøysund, currently home-ported in Oslo. She began life in 1908 as the Odin. She went through a number of owners over the years, all of whom it seems didn't care for whatever the ship's previous name was, so they changed it. She became the Børøysund after being acquired by the Norwegian Veteran Ships Club in 1968. Børøysund is 33.1 m long with a beam of 5.5 m. Her triple expansion steam powerplant can whisk 100 passengers along at a breathtaking 9 knots. At 1/250 scale, the model consists of only two pages of parts and when completed will be a shade over five inches in length. I also have the laser-cut detail set. Look for first cuts soon!
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Bryan, I hope your recovery is going well!
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Thanks, Paul! That filter is called a vignette -- just one of the filters available on my phone's camera.
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The Big Reveal! And so, just two days shy of two months from beginning to end, we reach the end of this journey. As is usual with Halinski kits, which have sometimes been described as 'over engineered', this model was quite a challenge to build and thus very rewarding to finish. It is not a kit for the faint of heart or neophyte card modeler, but its degree of detail and realistic artwork are matched by few other publishers in the hobby. On to the pictures! Thanks for stopping in, and I'll catch y'all on the next one!
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Between last night and today we finished off the drop tank pylon, gun sight, canopy, armored headrest, antenna, aerials, wing cannons, aileron balance horns, and pitot tube. And with that, she's all done. And that's all you get to see for now, because it's way too late here to be taking more pictures!
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Here is the finished gun sight. Yes, there was certainly some eye strain involved. I'm down to only 18 parts left to add to the model, so the next post (whenever that is) will be the Big Reveal.
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Nautical archaeology internship programs
ccoyle replied to Ferrus Manus's topic in Nautical/Naval History
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A very quick update, sans photos. After cutting the canopy free of its molding, I discovered that it was too large to fit the model. I dimly recalled having the same problem with the E-4. So, as on that model, I will be forced to display this one with the canopy open. Needless to say, that will be one of the very last steps of the build. In the meantime, I have assembled the propeller and its hub. This, too, will not go on until the very end. One of the things I need to do very soon is decide whether to add the structure for the E-7's drop tank. I will likely not add the tank itself, as I'm not overly fond of drop tanks visually, but I may change my mind. I'm still reading up on whether all E-7s had the drop tank hardware or whether it may have been removed in the field for whatever reason. The kit artwork allows for either option. Stay tuned! If all goes well I may be able to wrap up this build this weekend, but we'll see how it goes.
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For anyone interested, these are high-quality kits, and difficult to come by in the present geopolitical climate.
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See post #1 in the "Mandatory - for sellers" thread.
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Potential buyers always appreciate a few images, if you can post them.
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I have had similar mixed results with CA and EZ-Line. I now use Evergreen Canopy glue whenever possible. I still have to do a 30-second count, but at least most of the time I get the desired result.
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MV Mountwood by MikeBerk - FINISHED
ccoyle replied to MikeBerk's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1901 - Present Day
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We are now into the home stretch. The major components are done, and there remain only a few bits and pieces. Some of it is tiny details that are easy to overlook, and others are not so easily overlooked -- like the canopy and propeller. Here is the canopy in progress. The kit includes both inside and outside frames. I have always found inside frames very difficult to do. Not only are they hard to position properly inside the molded canopy, but aligning them with the outside framing is nearly impossible, for me at least. And after all the effort, the interior framing is never something that stands out to the viewer. Solution: I use only the exterior framing, but I paint the interior color on the back side before gluing the framing to the canopy. This helps with the illusion that there is interior framing when in fact there isn't. And all glued up: Canopy glue requires 24 hours to fully cure, so I will resist the urge to mess with this until at least tomorrow afternoon. The canopy flexes quite a bit while cutting it out, so a full cure is required to help prevent separation of the frames from the canopy. Before adding the canopy I will need to build and install the gun sight as well as the armored headrest, which is a feature that was not found on the earlier E-4.
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Finally, finally got around to having a base built for the dust cover, which I have had for at least a year, possibly more. With that, Fly is officially cased and done for realz now.
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Beautiful model, Rick! I have split your posts into a separate topic to avoid the misconception that this model is the same model as in the other build log. Cheers!
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Mamoli's Blue Shadow rigging question
ccoyle replied to johnhoward's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Hi, John. I have split your query off into a separate topic. I can't answer whether the Blue Shadow is over-hatted, but on the question of British vs. French practice, I would lean towards British, since she's a colonial vessel. -
Beautiful boat -- looks like a CLC Chester Yawl.
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A very novel subject and well executed!
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Looking very good! You did well with the stern gallery castings. Sometimes such castings provided in kits look a little clunky, but I think the bronze color here and the warm wood tones complement each other nicely.
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