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Hawk42

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  1. Poor instruction and its small size together with my poor eye site has me just monkey it together. I would not recommend this model.
  2. Assembling the chain plates and the deadeyes. Photo Steps 13-14, Paragraph 10 Instructions call for using copper wire to make the chain plates, by using a 24 mm length, folding it (=12 mm) twisting it around and securing it to the hull (into the wales) with a nail through the loop made in the bend, then threading the open end through the chainwales and securing it around the deadeye. DAMAGE CONTROL: hand drill holes into the wales where you want your nails to go, prior to nailing into it to avoid splitting this 2 mm piece of sapely wood. I found it easier to do the opposite. I use 50 mm of wire and looped the bend over the deadeye and twisted to secure the deadeye. I put the extended wire through the chainwales and wrapped the wire around the nail. Then sent the nail home, hiding the ends of the wires. If you used to much wire, just trim the excess. Looks like its gone be a chore to run the rigging through these deadeyes. Tightened the chainplates by twisting the deadeye with tweezers after they were nailed down. The foremast looked better but as my wife says its gona be up high, and no one will notice the flaws. Should I paint the chainplates black?
  3. The length is only about 16 inches so it does make it a bit of a pain to get into some areas.
  4. Explore the Universal Series http://www.bestrc.com/constructo/index.html SPECIFICATIONS Stock Number: CNSB6116 Length: 15.75 in (40 cm) Height: 14.5 in (37 cm) Width: 5.3 in (13.5 cm) Scale: 1:100 This is where I have to work. There is a small table behind me. And this is where I am at at the moment. Starting on the chain plates.
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