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  1. Always a treat to have more Riverboat fans here! Cheers Chris
  2. Hey Pop, I should have some more updates on the weekend or maybe Monday Aussie time. You are doing a great job on this model, and indeed your paddle wheel does look fantastic! Cheers Chris
  3. I had a fight with a carving knife and a leg of lamb! Nearly cut my thumb off! Its why I haven't updated for a while. Should be good to go again pretty soon though. You keep up the good work. Cheers Chris
  4. Really nice update Pop. Hoping to get back to mine again soon once my hand has healed. With the door knobs, I find simple things like dressmakers pins are more to scale, or even old, bent used planking nails. That's what I used for my paddle wheel fake nails on my build. Cheers Chris
  5. Looks really great! Congratulations on your work! Couple of questions if I may? 1. What glue do you use to attach the PE parts? 2. How do you actually cut out, pick up, and attach the PE parts? 3. Would/could/can you do an instructional short video or more detailed photo explanation pertaining to points 1 and 2? Cheers Chris
  6. Hey thanks David. Yes that is exactly what I wanted to know. Does it say anything in the instructions about gluing on and then later removing those paper guides? This is a quite expensive model that probably is bought by mainly experienced builders like yourself who wouldn't get caught out at this stage, but if a novice did buy it and glue the paper on too well it could turn nasty. I reckon, just like the dodgy false bulkheads you had to fix, this is another stage Amati needs to address. Cheers Chris
  7. Great work David, but what I still don't get is, how do you remove the paper strips from the thin ply not glued to the hull? Cheers Chris
  8. Does anyone know if kits in any medium exist of this vessel? Cheers Chris
  9. Hi David, this is progressing nicely. Well done. How do you get the paper off the strips once you have glued it on? Cheers Chris
  10. Does anyone know if a kit exists of HMS Pandora? Either wood or plastic? Cheers Chris
  11. I would love to see an out of this world high end Bounty or Endeavour, or a ship that doesn't get much airplay, the Pandora. Cheers Chris
  12. Looking really good David. You can really see how your adjustments to the frames have pushed her out. It would have looked silly and too sucked in if you hadn't fixed those. Well done. Cheers Chris
  13. Looks great David. Those deck planks must be quite narrow? What length are you making them? Cheers Chris
  14. I buy all my kits from Cornwall. I got my Sergal Mississippi Riverboat from them. Here in Australia that kit would have cost me about $1200 AUD when I bought it in mid 2017. I got it from CMB, delivered in 4 days to my door, for a little under $700 AUD. Same with my latest kit from there, Model Shipways Chaperon. Nearly half price. Every kit I have got from them comes extremely well packaged and arrives in under a week from half way around the world. In all honesty, I would probably never buy a kit from any where else. 100% recommend them! Cheers Chris
  15. From what I have seen on other builds of this vessel those parts shouldn't be too hard to fabricate from wood. Specially for a man of your talents! Cheers Chris
  16. Stunning to think you made this from card Dan! Well done. Looks super. Cheers Chris
  17. Hi Dave, please do a log mate. It is incredibly useful to others down the track. Cheers Chris
  18. Hi, is it just me, or can no-one else view your pics? Cheers Chris
  19. What's with the paper on the bulkheads in the second picture David? It is used as some sort of a guide as to where the doorways are? Nice planking too. Are you going to stain it or just clear coat? Cheers Chris
  20. Hey Mark, any more info on that? Size etc? Links? Cheers Chris
  21. Is this kit the current "go to" kit on the market for size, quality, plans, material, and authenticity? Or are there any others in the wings/development that rival it? Cheers Chris
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