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Is there an easy wooden tall ship out there to build?
Chuck replied to thegrindre's topic in Wood ship model kits
One note of caution, please be aware of and stay clear of Chinese knock-offs. As a new builder, especially one conscious of the cost of these kits can be easily lured i to buying a kit that has been pirated by unethical MFGs. My advice is to stay away from EBAY or Amazon as they are a haven for such kits. In addition, building them here on MSW is prohibited because of the damage it does to the hard working legit mfgs who are our friends and colleagues. In addition, please stay clear of unscrupulous forums that work with these illegal operators to promote the theft of intellectual property and copyrights. The worst offender that tramples on intellectual property rights and promotes this crap is the Ships of Scale forum (SOS). Stay as far away as possible. Here is a topic written all about pirated kits and we created it to educate new folks in the hobby. -
Beautiful !!! Everytime I look at it. I know I said it before. But its worth saying again. This book is a little gem as well. I recommend you add it to your library.
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Its very pliable...so yes that can be done but better to use a hair drier to heat it so you wont risk risk melting it. Works a treat.
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Cant wait to see how far you got along. It stinks having this Covid quarantine which prevents us from all getting together. Hopefully soon we can resume our in person group meetings. I have seen this model and Bill is doing an excellent job on it.
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perfect!!! Once the stern is framed up and especially the lower counter planked it will be nice and solid.
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Hows this coming along? Have you made any progress?
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Syren Ship Model Company kits and build logs
Chuck replied to Chuck's topic in - Index of all kits by brand and subject
This is what we will eventually create for an easy index of all kit subjects by MFG. Just be patient. Its all coming soon.- 1 reply
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Click on the tags in the title above (shown in black) for an instant list of all the build logs for that kit subject.
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Really clean and crisp model of the syren. The rudder hole needs to be opened flat against the stern post and widened on the top but kept rounded. It needs to be wide enough to let the rudder swing. chuck
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How is progress coming along? Any updates?
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What date range would this best fit in? For moving into a correct forum by era.
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Its looking really good . Any progress on the model. I would love to see it. Chuck
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Funny....it looks great. Just remember to sand each row of shingles down even thinner after they are glued and dry. They should be very thin...before moving to the next row. In addition, measure the width of the entire area to be shingled to see if its consistent. Because the angle of the roof changes the area to be covered will change as well. Try and keep the area to be covered by shingles the same on the aft side and the fore side. And finally....leave just the smallest of space between each shingle. This way after you paint them.....if you are going to paint them I mean, you will have defined shape for the shingles.
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Welcome to the party Ron!!!! Have fun with the project and dont hesitate to ask me any questions.
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That looks very good. It may have taken a while but your care and craftsmanship shows it was worth the effort!!! You can actually use a very sharp #11 blade to slice most of the stern frames away. You are talking about the inboard sides of the outer most stern frames? That is how I did it. Take little thin slices with each pass. The cedar is soft and it should take too long. When you get close to the finished width....switch to some sanding sticks to give it a nice smooth finish. Just be careful......take breaks. Dont cut yourself or break the center stern frames.....
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Do have pics of the seat cushions in position? I thought about adding these also. I would love to see how they turned out.
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That is looking good and as it should be. Its good to see you got everything aligned and secure. Any more progress.
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Yes i think that looks good as well. No need to match perfectly as a little variation actually looks good. The surface quality looks excellent and its not “over-weathered” and blotchy which is what happens sometimes. Your ate perfectly subtle with the right color.
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That looks fantastic. Nice touch on the carvings. The gold leaf looks very good. I hope you enjoyed it. You did well carving those. I think folks underestimated to ability they have when it comes to carving. I hope this prompts more carving to be done on other models and more discarding if the castings that come with kits. Carving done like this really elevates a model. Yours really look great.
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Any updates? Doing some great work on this kit.
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looks pretty good to my eye ...yes it would have a curve like that. the severity depends a lot on the angle you look at it so it can be deceiving.
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Simon that looks great. So happy to see pictures of your progress. Chuck
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Any progress!!!
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admin test please disregard......but check out the great log and model!!!!
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