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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. -
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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Yep, I'm a Humboldt County boy -- a fact that neither time nor distance can erase.
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Mariposa was my most recent California address before I packed up and moved to South Carolina.
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Great story! Quite a few of those place names resonated with me, being a native Californian myself. An old high school friend of mine currently lives in Kodiak. Another friend was an observer aboard a Japanese processing ship in the Gulf of Alaska. Sad to hear about Storis -- she was a beautiful ship. Cheers!
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Nope, just an American soccer fan who got sucked into the Evertonian black hole for hopes and dreams back when Landon Donovan and Tim Howard were Blues. But I still love 'em. Fortunately, I have been a Bayern Munich fan for far longer than I have cheered for the Blues, so that kind of balances things out in a way -- one team gets me trophies, the other keeps me humble. But I don't think that Everton is all that far away from the "Big Six" glory-land -- all we need is a completely revamped midfield. No big deal. 😝 Don't worry -- I won't excommunicate you. The president of our organization at work is a big-time Man U fan, and we still get along well enough.
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Oh, dear -- then I'm afraid I can no longer converse with you. Long-suffering Toffees fan here. Just kidding! Ship modeling crosses the usual footballing boundaries. 😉
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I just noted your location and can't help but wonder: are you from the red side of the Mersey or the blue? 😉
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Okay, every time I see "Chris C." pop up in my new posts notifications, for a split second I think that someone is hailing me -- for reasons that should be readily apparent.
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Fabulous! The world's smallcraft offer a virtually inexhaustible supply of modeling options. I look forward to seeing you work your magic!
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HMS Victory by helge - Caldercraft - 1:72
ccoyle replied to helge's topic in New member Introductions
Welcome aboard! Oak is really not a first-choice wood for deck planking, or any planking for that matter. The grain is just far too open. I don't know what is provided in the kit, but holly is a good and inexpensive option for decking, which should be fairly light in color. -
I loved the old Jacques Cousteau documentaries back in the day, too. I also built the old Revell kit of Cousteau's PBY Catalina.
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Because of weathering and constant holystoning, decks tended to be uniformly light in color. For cutters, off the top of my head: Avos by Master Korabel, Alert by Vanguard Models, Cheerful by Syren Ship Models, Sherbourne by Caldercraft, Lady Nelson by Amati/Victory Models, Le Renard by Soclaine, Hunter by Mamoli.
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I have to ask, what is going on with the orange-colored deck planks? It looks a bit odd. As for second kits, if you successfully complete Swift, then you should be perfectly capable of handling any number of potential subjects. Jumping directly to a square-rigged three-master might be tough, but it would mainly be about the complexity of the rig. I chose a cutter as my second POB kit -- the single mast greatly reduces the task list for a novice builder. Many great cutter kits currently on the market.
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Filler is your friend. Are you planning on leaving the nails in? They will make your sanding job much more difficult.
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Does anybody have some experience with CAF Models ?
ccoyle replied to yvesvidal's topic in Wood ship model kits
Le Requin is one of the CAF kits that is unavailable at the moment pending a finalized licensing agreement between CAF and Ancre. -
Depending on how slight the warp is and how the hull substructure is designed to go together, it's possible the parts may lock together in a manner that sufficiently straightens the assembly.
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Hello and yet another Syren in progress
ccoyle replied to Kevin53's topic in New member Introductions
Very hard pressed to tell that that is a first model -- well done! -
YTL-45 Taiwanese Navy tugboat by Erik W - FINISHED - 1/350 scale
ccoyle replied to Erik W's topic in Plastic model kits
Fabulous execution of an unusual subject! -
Any kit under $20, regardless of point of origin, is bound to be a highly-simplified, toy-like project.
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