ccoyle
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I'm not an expert on the Highland Clans, but I recognize Gaelic when I see it, so I checked it out with Google translate. 😉 I do, though, have a lot of Ulstermen in the family tree.
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Clan Menzies, eh?
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This is an excellent idea, and I can easily set it up for you, Frank, if you decide you'd like to have your own log.
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Yet again we have . . . Bridge (cont'd) It was finally time to glue the bridge to the superstructure, because now I need to glue stuff to the outside of it, e.g. handrails, that can easily be knocked off. Another 18 parts, including the platforms for ranging and direction equipment, part of the next installment.
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Yes, one could, in fact, by using weathering chalk. That's way beyond my abilities, though. I'll be happy just to finish this model -- I haven't even gotten to the hard parts yet!
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They are printed. The cut edges need to be colored. Oh, and the mistakes -- they need to be colored, too, but hopefully not often!
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And yet again we have . . . Bridge (cont'd) More bridge interior details. Believe it or not, 24 more parts have been added since the last shot, but eight of them are support brackets, so you can't see 'em.
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Bridge (cont'd) Added the back wall to the bridge, plus its detail bits -- 28 more parts in total. Yes, that's my craft knife handle in the photo, for scale.
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I was 13 when the original came out -- saw it seven times in the theater and dreamed of being a Hollywood SFX model-maker. Of course it's mainly CGI now. That was the only one of the nine Trilogy of Trilogies films that I didn't see in a theater. Pretty sad.
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This project has slowed considerably since I have been lassoed into watching the Marvel MCU movies in chronological order with my daughter. Thanks for understanding! 😉
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Moin, moin! Your English is very good, and no one will expect you to get all of the naval jargon correct. You have picked a challenging model for a first project, but you will find assistance here when you need it. Good luck!
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That's time well spent. I'm not entirely pleased with some of my early planking efforts and often wish that I had taken more care with them.
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Welcome! As a kid, I regarded my finished plastic models as something akin to sacred objects, but I did have friends in the "blow 'em up" crowd. The Swift kit has gotten many a modeler past the first-build hurdle. After completing her, I'd strongly encourage you to do an intermediate-level kit before taking on the Connie. Happily, these days there are many very well designed kits of schooners, brigs, and smaller three-masted sloops of that era available in kit form. Cheers!
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"Much malighned"? Yes, and deservedly so, but hey -- I built the box-scale USS New Jersey back in the day, so I'm game for a trip down memory lane. "Fool's errand"? Who's to say? That depends on your skill and creativity -- it might turn out fabulous. The important thing is to have fun. My only concern so far (and BTW I don't build in plastic, for whatever that's worth) is that there will be a significant and likely noticeable difference between the 1/535 scale kit and the 1/500 PE parts. The difference might not be glaringly apparent for smaller items like the light AA weapons, but I'm pretty sure it will cause fit issues with something as large as the superstructure. Carry on!
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Hi, Mark! The flattie was the second wooden kit I ever built.
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16: Bridge Work on the bridge has started. It began with an internal skeleton made of six formers. This was then wrapped with a single-piece wall and topped with a deck. The various control panels were doubled. Then work commenced on the many, many elements that will be added to this small structure. Here's the progress so far on the forward elements. These brought the bridge parts count to 29. Cheers!
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Do you use these, comments?
ccoyle replied to Dave_E's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
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Beautiful job, Ras!
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13-15: stuff Yes, you read that right. Steps 13-15 cover a small handful of tiny lockers, valves, and watertight doors. I didn't take any pictures, because all of these would be difficult to spot amongst all of the already-added bits and pieces -- it's a very busy deck with a lot of 'white spots' to kill. I will add pictures once I get started on the next major assembly, the bridge. Cheers!
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Considering the vital role she played in securing the supply routes to Australia, I should think that USS Lexington (CV-2) was worthy of a piece of your rapidly diminishing shelf space. 😉 If you do a battleship, I'd vote for one of the South Dakota-class -- I've always liked them.
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SOLEIL ROYAL 1669 by michel saunier
ccoyle replied to michel saunier's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
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Considerably more detailed than the ones I will be crafting in paper for USS England!
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