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Congrats on your purchase,you will have to post a pic or two when you get the opportunity Kind Regards Nigel -
Great work mate!!!A big undertaking,but to be honest anything lesser would not be appropriate for your build Kind Regards Nigel
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Hi keith No not done it yet I will do it as soon as I start on the other half of the deck.I am getting minimal time in the workshop at the moment,so everything is happening very slowly Kind Regards Nigel
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Now that is fantastic!!!Not as silly as it may seem,reduction in wall thickness to allow for veneer planks and a cheaper low detail material.I still may need to put one of my kidneys on ebay for one in 1/64 scale though Kind Regards Nigel
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Thank you very much indeed Nick I know what you mean,but I am the other way round,I automatically treenail everything The only reason I paused for thought is that I need to order some more drillbits This pause had made me take a second glance Kind Regards Nigel
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There are probably over a dozen videos of that model mate.The engineering work inside the propeller hub is awe inspiring Kind Regards Nigel
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Fabulous work Bob she looks fantastic.The boxwood against the deck really shows how white the holly planking is.I have never worked with Holly,mainly due to the fact I have yet to find a supplier in the UK. Kind Regards Nigel
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I think the best lighting job I have seen is on a model of a Maersk anchor handler by one of the members from the OSV society.He used electronics to make the led striplights flicker on switching on to emulate fluorescent tubes perfectly as they 'start up'.Mind you absolutely everything else about the model down to the homemade fully functioning variable pitch propellers is astounding.Just search 'Maersk Master' on Youtube Kind Regards Nigel
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Hi Michael I bought the tissue paper from WHSmith,I don't know whether you came across one when you were in the in the UK,but they sell books,magazines and stationary.The tissue is intended for use in present wrapping and comes in fairly large sheets.When I start the other half of the deck,I shall take some pics and post a mini tutorial,perhaps another week or so,I am just completing a few little jobs to bring the portside to the same stage as the starboard was prior to planking It should look good on the Trinnidad cross section you have stashed Kind Regards Nigel
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Thank you very much indeed Bob and thank you for your vote re treenailing Kind Regards Nigel
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Hi Buddy What started out as a little research into the term 'companionway' as I always took this to be a general term to mean steps down from a deck into a cabin or lower deck,which it is,sorry Kester,but none the wiser as to the name of the actual enclosure,has led me to look at images of ballahoo's enclosure.You will only ever see the top tread,if that,unless your depict the sliding hatch on top fully or partly retracted You may end up making stairs and not be able to see them.You would still have to make a 'black box' for below deck level to create the illusion. Kind Regards Nigel
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Thank you very much indeed mate I would leave the copper in a natural finish.The lighting,if I go ahead will be using minibulbs,not leds.Run on half voltage they would give a soft,candlelike glow.This should provide very subtle lighting.The bulbs I use have a minimum lifespan of 16,000 hours so replacement would not be in my lifetime unless of course I didn't switch them off for the next two years . Kind Regards Nigel
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Thank you very much indeed Michael I have decided,to not decide at least until the other half is finished Kind Regards Nigel
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Whilst you still have access from below,clothes pegs on the inline joints between bulkheads can help to reduce clinkering.This does mean one plank at a time though whilst the glue dries,but it reduces the amount of sanding and filling required.You can't use this method when you get close to the bottom as the pegs won't go in. Kind Regards Nigel
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What research material I have for this period suggests either treenails or iron spikes.The copper 'nails' would be a representation rather than replication if you know what I mean.If I do choose to show them,I will adopt the 'all or nothing' approach.So this would mean all fixings both inside and outside the hull.Size wise at 1/60 they are quite prominent.A standard treenail or spike head would be around 0.4mm.Smaller diameters would be employed to represent the double nailing in the pear gratings I have to make and slightly larger sizes for the wales and spirketing as this acts as binding strakes on the internal faces of the frames.All the 'fixings' would be sanded flush.I will employ copper pinning anyway on replicated timber joints,these will be in abundance at the stern as this will be framed in an 'authentic' manner(at least as near as I can get it as no plans exist).Considerable pinning was used in the deck framing around the knees,so this would be shown. Kind Regards Nigel
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Thank you very much indeed Patrick Kitchen floors,mmm,now there's a story I altered our house to open plan and found floor screed to be 60mm out of level from the front to back result,kango floor screed up and rescreed whole of ground floor . Kind Regards Nigel
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Thank you very much indeed Alistair I agree,the deck is a focal point of the model and makes a big impact. Kind Regards Nigel
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No worries about hijacking mate,that looks a fabulous model Dan's Hasegawa model was wood,but the kit was discontinued probably about 30 years ago.They also produced a Focker triplane as well.There is a pic of his model in the what else do you model thread. Kind Regards Nigel
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Thanks Mark The cable runs are already planned and yes different to how everyone else does it .I have worked out how to do it and have NO visible wiring inside despite having big lumps of upperdecks unplanked.Still on the fence with this as well and need to experiment making scale lanterns. Kind Regards Nigel
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Are you sure Brian,the long discontinued model Dan built was timber frame?It hasn't been available for many years. Kind Regards Nigel
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They say a change is as good as a rest Brian Sounds an interesting model,not dissimilar to the hasegawa one Dan Vadas had built. Kind Regards Nigel
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Thank you very much indeed mate Work is slow at the moment due to lack of time but I am moving forward and that is what matters Kind Regards Nigel
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Thank you very much indeed Mark I am consciously challenging everything that I took for granted on previous models with this build.It is sort of back to the beginning in order to attempt to create something that is truly different.I am even contemplating internal lighting which is a first for me on a static model Kind Regards Nigel
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Thank you very much indeed Grant Yes they would be scale size I can get copper wire down to 0.12mm dia,but have yet to find drill bits smaller than 0.3mm let alone something to hold a drill that small That is now one vote each way Kind Regards Nigel
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Thank you very much indeed Robert and thank you for your agreement.I have seen many fine models,both with and without treenails.Depending on the vessel,they can add to the impression,but can sometimes over complicate it and end up with too 'busy' an appearance.It may well be just the fact that the deck planking follows the curve of the hull towards the outsides and to treenail would result in straight lines that would 'jar' with the curves I have worked so hard to achieve. Kind Regards Nigel P.S.If anyone has any further thoughts,please post them for and against because still very much on the fence
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