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vossy got a reaction from yvesvidal in Mississippi 1870 by vossy - Sergal - 1:50 - Riverboat
finally got some crew onboard! the chief engineer checking up on the poor bloke who has to shovel you know what! sorry about the pic quality! really bad at this! level 2 structure planking continues at glacier movement pace!
chris
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vossy got a reaction from yvesvidal in Mississippi 1870 by vossy - Sergal - 1:50 - Riverboat
crawling along with all this planking of decks and cabin structures! finally have second deck glued down, but requires another coat of matt clear I reckon. second deck cabin structure is a slow process to plank. here it is just dry sitting on top of the deck itself. when completed and ready to mount, it will also be white, so any small gaps the camera shows up can be filled if necessary.
none of my passengers and crew have been glued into position as yet, and I am still procrastinating over the horse bay area detail. anyway, sorry, not much of an update, but it is a way to bump my log up from page 5 I guess
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vossy got a reaction from cog in Mississippi 1870 by vossy - Sergal - 1:50 - Riverboat
finally got some crew onboard! the chief engineer checking up on the poor bloke who has to shovel you know what! sorry about the pic quality! really bad at this! level 2 structure planking continues at glacier movement pace!
chris
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vossy got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Mississippi 1870 by vossy - Sergal - 1:50 - Riverboat
hey dave, I really like the figures myself I must say. the problem with them though is that they are actually just a little bit smaller than 1:50 scale.
the figures stand 38mm tall to be exact, but they do tend to look in scale with the doors of the boat so I went with them. now the horses in the link
you sent me, and thanks for doing so, are 1:50 scale and thus stand about 60mm tall. I thought maybe they would be just a little too tall in relation
to the humans and thus look too out of place. having said that, I probably will get some to really make sure. it will be easy enough to place one into
the stalls as the area is quite big and I can get my hand in there no problems, well at least until I put the side rails on, but this is still a fair way off.
I am still looking around for something to put on/against the empty wall in the bay. thinking hay bales, buckets, maybe tools etc. again it all is a matter
of finding stuff the right scale.
chris
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vossy got a reaction from Roger Pellett in size of people
its not that hard! just look at your build and use common sense. relate figures etc. to doorways and other structures that are pretty standard in our world. always remember though, that all of us already are in possession of the best calculator/convertor in the world; our brain!
chris
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vossy got a reaction from CDW in Bismarck by Semorebutts - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/200 scale - PLASTIC - with MK1 detail set
This is really impressive mate! I have this kit along with all the PE. One day I will get around to doing it! lol
Chris
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vossy got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Mississippi 1870 by vossy - Sergal - 1:50 - Riverboat
finally got some crew onboard! the chief engineer checking up on the poor bloke who has to shovel you know what! sorry about the pic quality! really bad at this! level 2 structure planking continues at glacier movement pace!
chris
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vossy got a reaction from geoff in Scale plane builder turns to the sea
hey rob, my number 1 piece of advice is go with something you are really interested in. the first wooden ship I built was the amati santa maria. even though it is usually listed as an intermediate kit, I still chose this as I am a bit of a columbus freak! sure, it had its challenges for me, but this site was a godsend and all in all I think I turned out a really nice model. I guess the big thing to remember is that whatever you choose, it wont be built overnight. that's why I say choose a subject you are really interested in because the build can be with you for a very long time.
chris
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vossy got a reaction from geoff in Scale plane builder turns to the sea
G'day Rob, you will love it here! You will find ships/boats of all shapes, sizes, periods, skill level etc. imaginable! What's even better though is the great friends you can make and learn off along the way.
Do you have any idea of what your first build will be?
Cheers
Chris
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vossy got a reaction from Omega1234 in Scale plane builder turns to the sea
G'day Rob, you will love it here! You will find ships/boats of all shapes, sizes, periods, skill level etc. imaginable! What's even better though is the great friends you can make and learn off along the way.
Do you have any idea of what your first build will be?
Cheers
Chris
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vossy got a reaction from PeteB in Scale plane builder turns to the sea
hey rob, my number 1 piece of advice is go with something you are really interested in. the first wooden ship I built was the amati santa maria. even though it is usually listed as an intermediate kit, I still chose this as I am a bit of a columbus freak! sure, it had its challenges for me, but this site was a godsend and all in all I think I turned out a really nice model. I guess the big thing to remember is that whatever you choose, it wont be built overnight. that's why I say choose a subject you are really interested in because the build can be with you for a very long time.
chris
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vossy reacted to Jetz1138 in Scale plane builder turns to the sea
Chris,
Excellent advice. Believe it or not, that's exactly why I selected the Mayflower. I took a tour of the Mayflower replica in Plymouth, Massachusetts many years ago, and was completely fascinated. The ship, the journey... the complete story. Buy, you're right, I need to go back to what's of interest to me. I really like your choice of the Santa Maria.... hmmm. now that may be a good for my list.
Rob
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vossy got a reaction from mtaylor in Scale plane builder turns to the sea
G'day Rob, you will love it here! You will find ships/boats of all shapes, sizes, periods, skill level etc. imaginable! What's even better though is the great friends you can make and learn off along the way.
Do you have any idea of what your first build will be?
Cheers
Chris
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vossy reacted to drobinson02199 in Heritage 46 Yacht by drobinson02199 - FINISHED - Amati - Scale 1:20 - SMALL
I'm about to begin work on the flying bridge, and with the interior cabin finished, I realized that while the flying bridge is removable to view the interior cabin, it might be good to light the interior.
I can do that by attaching led's to the bottom of the flying bridge. There is room to make a cavity for the battery and switch, which you can see in the pics below. Would have bee much harder to do this if all of the railings and finish had been applied to the flying bridge.
Regards,
David
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vossy got a reaction from cog in Mississippi 1870 by vossy - Sergal - 1:50 - Riverboat
crawling along with all this planking of decks and cabin structures! finally have second deck glued down, but requires another coat of matt clear I reckon. second deck cabin structure is a slow process to plank. here it is just dry sitting on top of the deck itself. when completed and ready to mount, it will also be white, so any small gaps the camera shows up can be filled if necessary.
none of my passengers and crew have been glued into position as yet, and I am still procrastinating over the horse bay area detail. anyway, sorry, not much of an update, but it is a way to bump my log up from page 5 I guess
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vossy got a reaction from John Allen in Mississippi 1870 by vossy - Sergal - 1:50 - Riverboat
crawling along with all this planking of decks and cabin structures! finally have second deck glued down, but requires another coat of matt clear I reckon. second deck cabin structure is a slow process to plank. here it is just dry sitting on top of the deck itself. when completed and ready to mount, it will also be white, so any small gaps the camera shows up can be filled if necessary.
none of my passengers and crew have been glued into position as yet, and I am still procrastinating over the horse bay area detail. anyway, sorry, not much of an update, but it is a way to bump my log up from page 5 I guess
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vossy got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Mississippi 1870 by vossy - Sergal - 1:50 - Riverboat
crawling along with all this planking of decks and cabin structures! finally have second deck glued down, but requires another coat of matt clear I reckon. second deck cabin structure is a slow process to plank. here it is just dry sitting on top of the deck itself. when completed and ready to mount, it will also be white, so any small gaps the camera shows up can be filled if necessary.
none of my passengers and crew have been glued into position as yet, and I am still procrastinating over the horse bay area detail. anyway, sorry, not much of an update, but it is a way to bump my log up from page 5 I guess
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vossy reacted to drobinson02199 in Heritage 46 Yacht by drobinson02199 - FINISHED - Amati - Scale 1:20 - SMALL
Finishing off the main cabin interior. First picture shows the curtains up, as well as the magazines and maps. Closeups of those follow -- they are real mag covers and real maps, all reduced to miniature in the kit.
A build tip: the instructions call for the curtain cloth to be sized with diluted PVA glue to give them some body, but that didn't do the trick -- after folding they were too floppy. So after folding and tying, I used hair spray to stiffen them.
The bow picture shows the moldings covering the join points.
The final picture shows the molding reversed to act as a flashing where the sides meet the hull deck. A build point: looking ahead in the instructions, the hull deck is made up of a 1mm frame and 1mm planks, so when installing that flange, I needed to make sure I had 2mm underneath it all the way around.
Regards,
David
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vossy reacted to drobinson02199 in Heritage 46 Yacht by drobinson02199 - FINISHED - Amati - Scale 1:20 - SMALL
Chris:
The curved couches are made of some sort of "leatherette" material. The square ones flanking the table are painted wood. Regarding more interior detail -- stay tuned. There is another wave of interior detail coming, but I need to do some other steps first.
Regards,
David
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vossy got a reaction from Nirvana in Heritage 46 Yacht by drobinson02199 - FINISHED - Amati - Scale 1:20 - SMALL
this is so cool dave! love the interior! what are the curved couches made of? you could maybe even add more scratch interior detail perhaps?
chris
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vossy got a reaction from BETAQDAVE in Phantom ship boats
hey dave, when I was in the oz navy, whenever we were abroad all the pilots were land based and came out to the ships from various boats. I cant remember a pilot (and I had a fair bit to do with them), actually being based on a vessel. I did hundreds of os deployments and cant ever remember a time we put our boat over to collect a pilot. it was always the other way around. they would come to us in a boat that was moored at the local dock until needed.
chris
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vossy got a reaction from drobinson02199 in Heritage 46 Yacht by drobinson02199 - FINISHED - Amati - Scale 1:20 - SMALL
loving this build dave! after I build the countless riverboats on my list I may have to give this a shot too!
chris
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vossy got a reaction from popeye the sailor in King of the Mississippi by OldBritAbroad - Artesania Latina
really liked the fly screen doors. looks very effective!
chris
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vossy got a reaction from Oliver24 in Santa Maria by Oliver24 - Amati - Scale 1:65 - First wooden ship
well done oliver! get yourself a good, easy sandable filler and apply a skim coat over the entire planked surface. once it has thoroughly dried, then sand the hull until it is smooth and all the little gaps have been filled with filler. remember, this version of the hull wont be visible once you apply the second planking, so it doesn't matter how much filler you use really. just make sure that it will take the final planking strips. 99.9% of them would though. you will find the second and final planking easier I reckon. the strips in this kit are thinner, and much more pliable.
important: from here the look of your final hull for viewing is greatly determined by your filling and sanding at this stage. I cant stress this enough. once again, well done. chris
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vossy got a reaction from zappto in Santa Maria by Oliver24 - Amati - Scale 1:65 - First wooden ship
well done oliver! get yourself a good, easy sandable filler and apply a skim coat over the entire planked surface. once it has thoroughly dried, then sand the hull until it is smooth and all the little gaps have been filled with filler. remember, this version of the hull wont be visible once you apply the second planking, so it doesn't matter how much filler you use really. just make sure that it will take the final planking strips. 99.9% of them would though. you will find the second and final planking easier I reckon. the strips in this kit are thinner, and much more pliable.
important: from here the look of your final hull for viewing is greatly determined by your filling and sanding at this stage. I cant stress this enough. once again, well done. chris
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