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Hello, Chris. Will your Alert have the spread-yard rig as shown in the AOS book? When I built Sherbourne, I modified her rig to that configuration. -
That's a Chris Watton design and a great kit. As harlequin said, if the strip wood and dowels are all that is missing, it's still a pretty good deal.
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Skip, your last painting really brought back a memory. I used to do some fisheries work on Stone Lagoon in Humboldt County, California. The lagoon is the middle one of a north-south group of three lagoons that form Humboldt Lagoons State Park. There's an old red schoolhouse across the road from the lagoon. The lagoon and its lone schoolhouse made an easily seen and identified waypoint for US naval aircraft practicing low-level ingress missions, so every so often we would see an F/A-18 or Intruder zip over at treetop height, just like in your painting.
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¡Bienvenido a nuestro grupo! Requerimos que las notificaciones sean publicadas en inglés. Muchos de nuestros miembros utilizan la traducción de Internet. El significado del aviso traducido suele ser lo suficientemente claro para que todos lo entiendan. Esperamos ver su trabajo! Welcome to our group! We require that notices be posted in English. Many of our members use Internet translation. The meaning of the translated notice is usually plain enough for all to understand. We look forward to seeing your work!
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Welcome! For tools, the best advice is don't go overboard on buying a lot of them to start with, as very often you will acquire many that you don't often use later. If you are starting out with essentially no tools at all, it may be a good idea to start out with tool set, such as those that are sold by X-acto. These are sometimes marketed for different kinds of models, i.e. one specific for trains, another for ships, etc. I started out with a "train" set but found that most of the included tools were equally useful for ships. Another good idea is to hold off on buying tools until after you actually purchase a model, since many model kits will give you some idea of what tools are needed to build the kit. Also, as you read through the instructions, you will get an idea of what is needed to complete each particular step of construction. There is a lot of individual tastes involved in tool selection as well, since there is often more than one way to do a task, and not everyone agrees on how best to do it. It's all part of the journey! Cheers!
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Just a personal opinion, of course, but I'm not a fan of the billowy look. I think that it's hard to pull off in a convincing fashion.
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You are. Bill just hasn't made any updates lately. Fear not, though -- he was on the forum today, so we know that at least he is still with us!
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kit review 1:32 Fifie – The Scottish Motor Fishing Vessel by Amati
ccoyle replied to James H's topic in REVIEWS: Model kits
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Welcome, Reed! Don't feel too bad about your first model -- all of us (well, most of us probably) have a first model (or models) that we're not too proud of. Don't hesitate to share your work with us. Cheers!
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Wow, great choice, Keith! She's a looker, to be sure. When I saw the pictures, I immediately thought of Coronet, which is currently undergoing restoration at IYRS. It'd be sweet if a nice set of plans results from that work. BTW, I somehow managed to miss the completion of Altair. I wonder where I was??
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Unfortunately, I can't help with that part, but I will be interested to see how this comes together. "Back in the day," a good chunk of my modeling efforts were devoted to 1/700 waterline kits. None of those efforts have survived into the present day, though.
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Pictures are very unforgiving in that way. But, happily, things never look as bad when viewed at normal resolutions and distances.
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I hate DIY projects, mainly because a) the estimated project times are always wrong by at least a factor of two, b) I'm not good at them, and c) after I finish my do-it-yourself project it always looks like someone did it himself (if you catch my meaning)!
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Judging from the build logs of this model posted here, this is a very nice kit. Have fun building!
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Will this be a build log?
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Bummer! At least in this instance, the finished model will be truly deserving of its name!
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A bit more progress -- more than actually shows in the photo, really. Gun mount assembled (dry fit only for now), gun pit interior planking done, rudder completed, and iron strap on stem and stern posts done. I had to run out and get some new glue for that last job, as the CA wasn't doing the trick. I bought some "Rapidfuse" from DAP. It's supposedly twice as strong as CA and sets in 30 seconds. No complaints so far.
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Great choice for first model!
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It's a good point for any new modeler to remember that kit instructions are only one person's suggested sequence for assembling the model, and there's no written law against deviating from the sequence if one thinks he has a better way. In fact, many experienced builders make little use of instructions and are chiefly concerned that the kit come with good and detailed plans. Cheers!
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Anna, Something for you to think about on future models -- in your fifth photo down, the planks make a hard bend where they meet a bulkhead near the bow. The planks should follow the curve of the hull, which you can see in the shape of the false deck. This requires that the bulkhead formers be beveled, which means that they are filed or sanded in a manner that allows the planks to make the desired curve without kinking. You can see how this is done in some of the other build logs. Cheers!
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