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Be sure to update your project as you go -- that is the purpose of a build log like this: document your progress & get help and encouragement. We get asked many times for advice on how to restore models, but it is rare that someone brings forward a true scale model of a real vessel where both the vessel and model have interesting back stories. Good luck!- 32 replies
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The four guiding principles that are used in a court of law to determine if copyright has been violated are as follows (comments regarding your specific example are included in parentheses): the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes (your use would be nonprofit and educational in nature); the nature of the copyrighted work (copyright protects "highly creative" works -- instructions are unlikely to be considered "highly creative"); the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole (you're probably not intending to post the entire set of instructions); and the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work (your sharing of the instructions will have exactly zero financial effect on the original IP owner if the kit is OOP). Only a court can make a final determination, and only if the IP owner decides to drag you into court to defend his IP, but from here it looks like you're good to go.
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It occurred to me that you might try sending a message to @alross2. He's the designer-in-residence for BlueJacket Shipcrafters, and they make a kit of the US Navy brig Perry 1843, a contemporary of Malek Adhel, so they would have had similar rigging. Al might be able to direct you to reliable sources, or you might even be able to make use of Perry's rigging plan, which you can purchase from BlueJacket..
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Hi! That's a beautiful model, and I wish you success in your restoration efforts. I have moved this to a more appropriate area of the forum -- hope you get your rigging questions answered soon.
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What?? I've always kinda liked the half-black undersides.
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My first thought is that such information should not be too difficult to find, given the popularity of USN vessels as kit subjects (and without having to recreate all of the weird and wonderful WW2 camo schemes). Try searching for Nimitz specifically, and you should be able to find something among the plastic modeling crowd -- here is one example. Good luck!
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F4U-1A Corsair by DocRob - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/32
ccoyle replied to DocRob's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
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Only a very small subset of the staff here has the know-how to handle the technical side of the forum, and they might not be checking in regularly to see messages during the holidays. I wouldn't consider any answer to be definitive at this point.
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Check and see if any of these build logs can shed some light. Good luck!
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I am neither condescending nor troublesome, but as a moderator of this forum I am tasked with taking appropriate actions with regard to any new member who cannot be bothered with familiarizing himself with the rules and expectations of the public forum he has just joined and who, upon not receiving the desired response to a question that has already been asked and answered dozens of times on this site (which might have been discovered by the new member had he attempted even a modest amount of research before posting the question), immediately pitches a fit and treats the staff shabbily. You will note that I have indeed taken appropriate action in this instance. Kind regards,
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Have you read this topic? I hate to break it to you, but what you have there is a mass-produced decor model -- it is neither a clipper nor a sailing frigate. Such a model is a flight of fancy, bears only a passing resemblance to any real ship, and would require as much effort to correct its shortcomings as it would take to build a completely new model. Sorry, but there it is. And please note that I have split your inquiry into its own separate topic, so please do not add photos to the other thread -- that is considered thread hijacking and is frowned upon. Please have a look at our guidelines here.
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hello -old shipbuilder signing in for first time
ccoyle replied to manning16's topic in New member Introductions
Hi, John. You can send a private message to any member simply by hovering your cursor of the member's username or avatar, then selecting the 'message' option at the bottom of the pop-up window. -
A big consideration is the question of whether you want a historically accurate model or just an awesome-looking one. Neither of the two kits you mentioned is historically accurate, particularly with regard to the stern carvings -- compare images of the kit sterns to the SoS stern seen in the well-known Peter Pett painting. Don Dressel spent ten years building his SoS based on (if I recall correctly) the Mantua kit, but basically using only the hull formers and scratch-building everything else. As I recall, besides the carvings there were significant issues with the armament and rigging.
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Actually, just click the tag at the top of this page, but yes, there are many other whaleboat build logs available.
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Such an interesting contrast seeing your snowy diorama out on your sunny balcony!
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Valeriy, Not only is this simply a stunning model, but the circumstances under which it has been created make it doubly impressive. Cheers, friend, and I hope that 2023 will bring better things!
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Good luck with your project and with school!
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If I ever get up that way, there is zero possibility that I will just drive by and snap a pic. 😋 I will declare some kind of travel emergency that simply demands a pit stop of several hours' duration. Of course, I have lived in South Carolina for seven years now and have so far never driven farther north than Charlotte, so a road trip to New England would seem an unlikely event.
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Welcome aboard! Your work looks great.
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Very nice work, and congratulations on your finished model!
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New to ship modelling? But what do you build first?
ccoyle replied to MSW's topic in Wood ship model kits
Based on your photos, I believe I can safely say that you have joined the ranks of those doing the blowing away! -
Tachikawa Ki-9 'Cedar' by Javlin - Nichimo - 1/48 - PLASTIC
ccoyle replied to Javlin's topic in Completed non-ship models
Nice! I have been eyeing this same aircraft in card in 1/33 scale. I'm a sucker for brightly colored biplanes. -
Welcome aboard! Is your kit the old Gertrude Thebaud kit?
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Your craft knife, commonly referred to as an X-acto knife in the US (though that is a brand name) can accept a variety of blades -- the #11 blade in your picture is the most commonly used type. As you have discovered, #11 blade tips do not hold up well to too much pressure and are thus a poor choice for cutting the tabs in plywood frets. A pin vise is designed to be held in position by an index finger while the barrel is turned with a thumb and middle finger. The bit is held by a collet, which in turn is held in place by tightening the two or three pieces of the barrel (one part of it is threaded to fit into the other part). The collet normally has different-sized openings at either end to accept a wide range of bit sizes. This is harder to explain than to actually do -- play around with the vise for awhile and you'll quickly figure it all out. Cheers!
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