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  1.    Cathead reacted to a post in a topic: HMS Beagle by Techtonic - OcCre - 1:60
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  17. Cathead
    Turns out I moved forward today. I experimented with various cloth methods, after reading some more build logs, and just couldn't come up with something I liked or wanted to do. So I went back to the paper sail and applied another layer of colored pencil followed by a thick rub of brown pastel. This ended up darkening it pretty well with a better match for the model's color profile, and looks more like a weathered, heavily used sail. Before: After: So I think I'm just going to go with this. I want to keep moving. I also
  18.    Maliba1025 reacted to a post in a topic: HMS Beagle by Maliba1025 - OcCre - 1:60
  19. Cathead
    Your excitement is justified.
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  23. Cathead
    Sorry for the slow reply, kept thinking I'd wait until I had something new to show but still don't. This is the first time I've done a multicolored sail with pastel. In the past, smearing hasn't been a big deal because I've just been using the pastels to age/weather the white paper into a faded yellowish (see the sails on my revenue cutter linked in my signature). It took a lot more care not to transfer colors back and forth between the different panels this time. I find that once colors get rubbed into bond paper, they smear less. I wipe/rub the paper surface first with fingers t
  24. Cathead
    Another detail you might consider, look closely at the deadeyes in the drawings given previously. Deadeyes are always rigged in the same orientation, with the point of the triangle of holes facing down for the lower deadeye and up for the upper one. They should "face away" from each other in a matched pair, like two triangles pointing away from each other. This is not only "right", it will also make the rigging easier and cleaner. Not sure if this is easy for you to fix or not, but wanted to point it out. Sorry I'm just catching up now, may be too late. One other small note, it's
  25. Cathead
    Ominous. Going back and fixing things one doesn't like is often frustrating but usually feels better afterward.
  26. Cathead
    Bowsprits add a LOT of length. Looks great!
  27. Cathead
    Wefalck, most Germans I've met have thought I was Dutch rather than American (when speaking German). Perhaps that's one reason? A few have thought Australian, oddly, can't explain that one.
  28. Cathead
    Personally I think I'd remove it. Even if you feel it's more accurate, from an artistic/presentation perspective it may be distracting to casual viewers. I have a "soft" rule for myself that anything that's right but I feel like I should have an interpretive card explaining "well, actually" for, maybe I should rethink. But it's certainly up to you!
  29. Cathead
    It sure looks like you're right about the chains, they should naturally have a gap for the gunport without having to be angled around it.
  30. Cathead started following HMS Beagle by Techtonic - OcCre - 1:60 and Lowell Grand Banks Dory by lraymo - Model Shipways - 1:24
  31. Cathead
    First builds are always a learning process, I cringe at some of my early attempts! You've got the right attitude, keep having fun.
  32. Cathead
    Looks nice so far, glad you decided to start a log. Things like the keel gap can be frustrating for the builder but are rarely noticed by viewers.
  33. Cathead
    No worries, envisioning hull geometry can be really hard until you get used to it (I still struggle at times). Here are a couple more photos to help you envision this. In the bow planking below, look at how the planks butt up against the stem (the part of the keel that curves up to the front of the bow). Those plank ends are actually inserted into the little beveled notch you're forming in the false keel. Without that bevel, they'd just butt right up against the edge of the stem and you'd have a harder time getting them to stay in place and getting a nice smooth joint.
  34. Cathead
    EDIT: Oops, looks like you deleted your latest question while I was responding to it, so the content below now seems rather odd! I'll leave it in case it still helps you or anyone else. This clarifies how and where the beveling happens. You are correct, the "bearding line" laser-etched into the false keel is the point at which the bevel starts. From that line, you bevel down toward the outer edge of the false keel (toward the real keel, away from the inside of the boat). So one point of confusion here is that I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "entire" and there are
  35. Cathead
    It's a good question, and good to ask before starting work as this piece would be difficult to replace.
  36. Cathead
    I struggled with the same question, and also liked the idea of shrouds connected to knees rather than through the gunwale. I, too, came to the realization too late to adapt my model's existing structure to it. I just went ahead and tied off to the gunwale, but I like your idea of the added knees. Looks good and captures the essence of the idea. No one but the most pedantic observer will ask "hey, why are there more frames in that section?"

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