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Flying Fish by Reuben - Corel
Reuben replied to Reuben's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1851 - 1900
Hello Steve, thank you very much. That makes a lot of sense and one less thing to worry about. I am presently procrastinating about drilling holes in the deck for the anchors. That seems quite unreversable. Thanks again and best wishes, Reuben -
Flying Fish by Reuben - Corel
Reuben replied to Reuben's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1851 - 1900
A friend of my mine has been providing advice...he makes model aeroplanes. Should I trust him? -
Flying Fish by Reuben - Corel
Reuben replied to Reuben's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1851 - 1900
Sooooo, if I varnish the deck and stick a cabin on the varnished bit later will it stay stuck? Or do I need to varnish deck and cabin together? I was think the varnish might dissolve or crack or spontaneously combust.... Thanks for your patience and help. I really appreciate it. -
Flying Fish by Reuben - Corel
Reuben replied to Reuben's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1851 - 1900
Thanks very much. I will have a look at how to do that. Some parts are already dark and I was wondering if it was by design. My model is rough so I prefer it darker. There's some gold ropes for somewhere I can't work out, as I don't have any colour pictures, and I think I will darken them too. -
Flying Fish by Reuben - Corel
Reuben replied to Reuben's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1851 - 1900
So I have a question and please don't laugh: I am almost ready to start putting some of the prefabricated brass bits on, but should I varnish before doing that or do you also varnish the brass? -
Flying Fish by Reuben - Corel
Reuben replied to Reuben's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1851 - 1900
This is me gluing a file to my thumb. Hot water, soap and whiskey saw me through it....
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Flying Fish by Reuben - Corel
Reuben replied to Reuben's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1851 - 1900
Thanks both very much. Please don't ask for any high resolution photos. -
Flying Fish by Reuben - Corel
Reuben replied to Reuben's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1851 - 1900
So I have spent more than 100 hours making mistakes so far. I have finished, more or less, the hull and rails. Many of the white areas you see is my skin after gluing the model to myself. I have learnt so far that the instructions on this model are quite limited. Paraphrasing they say 'look at the pictures and build ship'. Well I've spent agonising hours looking at the pictures and prayed it would build itself. I've never made a model of anything in my life, unless you count Lego and it is intimidating especially when you see what masterpieces people build. The planking was a nightmare. I didn't know at the time how to bend the wood and didn't understand that I needed to shape anything and learnt by trial and error what glue worked best. I literally started with some cold glue, an old Stanley knife and a file. Now I have a dremmel tool, multiple files and knives and sand paper and a magnifying glass and a glue factory. The shop keeper said it was for a beginner. Perhaps a raft would have been better to start with.... Anyway, onwards!
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Flying Fish by Reuben - Corel
Reuben replied to Reuben's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1851 - 1900
So I have spent more than 100 hours making mistakes so far. I have finished, more or less, the hull and rails. Many of the white areas you see is my skin after gluing the model to myself. I have learnt so far that the instructions on this model are quite limited. Paraphrasing they say 'look at the pictures and build ship'. Well I've spent agonising hours looking at the pictures and prayed it would build itself. I've never made a model of anything in my life, unless you count Lego and it is intimidating especially when you see what masterpieces people build. The planking was a nightmare. I didn't know at the time how to bend the wood and didn't understand that I needed to shape anything and learnt by trial and error what glue worked best. I literally started with some cold glue, an old Stanley knife and a file. Now I have a dremmel tool, multiple files and knives and sand paper and a magnifying glass and a glue factory. The shop keeper said it was for a beginner. Perhaps a raft would have been better to start with.... Anyway, onwards! -
Hello! Sometime ago i walked into a model shop in Italy and they had beautiful ships I couldn't afford. The shop owner encouraged me to build one. So I bought the flying fish schooner from Corel. Investigating my new project I found some lovely plans, a lot of wood (in plank form) and almost no instructions. I stared at the assembled wood, the beautiful diagrams; holding my little pot of glue, and wept. I am stubborn and have been struggling along, making many, many, many mistakes. I am embarrassed when I see other models on the internet. But for bette or worse I will finish my little ship. And I need heeellp!! I need a shipbuilding guru, a modelling Yoda.....
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