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Awesome! I love to see some off-the-beaten path working boats being built!

Very nice! Proves the point that even these 'basic' sort of kits can produce wonderful results.

31 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:

something to experiment with perhaps?

Nope. My kit is already boogered, and I have no great desire to take a second crack at one.

22 minutes ago, Snug Harbor Johnny said:

But a cooling breeze seemed to blow it all away while  was prepping my paver front walk for the application of polymeric sand.  The sun came out and dried up everything blasted clear by a pressure washer.

Coincidentally, the streets in my neighborhood got sealed today -- wife says they got the work done before the afternoon showers started. I'll have to see how it looks when I get home.

On 6/3/2023 at 10:05 PM, MikeE said:

I'm not so sure on how to start the build log. If anyone has any instructions, please let me know. the build logs I've seen so far are for the beginning of the model. I have completed the beginning and would like to continue on.

 

Mike, you can start your log at any point in its construction.

1 hour ago, Dave_E said:

Did you say once you got from Hobby Lobby?

Yup. I like it, obviously -- great for more than just canopies.

Great job! Congratulations!

That's a fine finished model. Congratulations!

Good luck on this beautiful little steamer! The original is still in operation.

That's a pretty long list of modifications, considering you'd be starting with a mediocre plastic kit in the first place. A complete scratch build might be easier.

Here's the patched-up seam. I first filled it without about three passes of canopy glue, then applied a thin wash of appropriate edge color, followed by a shot of matte clear spray to take the shine off the filler. It doesn't look too bad -- certainly not the Polish Touch, but better than the untreated gap looked. Naturally, bright lighting and closeup photography makes it look worse than it does at normal viewing distances and lighting.

And here's the rest of the spine.

8 minutes ago, CDW said:

I'm interested to see how that seam gap is remedied.

 Me, too!

2 hours ago, Dave_E said:

Are all those ribs card? They look like wood.

Yep, they are all card. They are part of the laser-cut frames set, cut from what the Poles call "beer mat" stock -- it is the same stuff used commercially to make disposable coasters.

On to skinning the spine. The kit includes joiner strips, which is nice -- I would have made them myself but the kit spared me the effort.

I glued the first four pieces together using their joiner strips, then glued the entire piece first along one side . . .

. . . and then along the other. The color registration is good.

I got a bit of a seam gap on the other side, which I'm going to try to remediate. We'll see how that goes.

5 hours ago, Sergey Karelia said:

does anyone have examples of Blue Shadow builds? to strive for

No finished ones here, but there are plenty of finished gun brigs from that time period for more general reference.

2 hours ago, mtaylor said:

They do make a "thin" CA glue and an "ultra-thin".  I haven't used them so I don't know how "thin" they are.

Thin CA is pretty darn thin and will make a horrible mess in a hurry if you're not careful with it -- I shudder to think about what "ultra-thin" must be like. 😳

A fantastic result! Congratulations!

I wonder if the rust in those photos increases her radar cross-section? 🤔

27 minutes ago, Louie da fly said:

PS: Dan Vadas (sadly missed) made a model of the Cerberus out of card - you can see the build log if you do a search).

I was going to mention the 1:250 card model published by Paper Shipwright and still available from them as either a printed kit or free download.

Framing for dorsal hump and vertical stabilizer has been added -- calling it a night. Not all of the transverse bulkheads come up to the height of the dorsal profile piece; I'm not sure what the deal is there, but I'll find out once I start adding the skins.

Not uncommon for card planes, the fuselage consists of a number of conic sections.

Welcome aboard!

I have resurrected this pathetic, long-dead topic only to share with you what can be done with this very kit by those card modeling wizards over in Poland. Oh, that I should ever possess such skills!

Curtiss H-75

P.S. Stumbled across that thread quite by accident while searching for info on an unrelated kit.

1 hour ago, MariusMi said:

1) brake the bond and replace

You may be able to loosen the bond with water if you used wood glue.

Very nice! Much sleeker-looking than a typical cutter.

Interesting. I always have enormous amounts of difficulty trying to stick EZ-Line with CA.