dkuehn
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I'm working on the Master Korabel Phoenix right now. I'm making the yards the same way you did here. (using the drawing, not measuring anything) From now on I'll check it with a 180 degree rotation after marking the center part of the yard before construction just to be sure. I can see how that would be quite frustrating. You'd assume the drawings would be spot on. Thanks for the heads up.
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I think he meant that it would be nice if you had some James H photos available to help you see what to do as your current instructions are lacking a little. I just bought the Flirt so I'll have some James H photos to get me through that build.- 312 replies
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Damn, I just ordered this thing yesterday (Sunday) and the UPS tracking email I just got says it will be to my house on Wednesday. That's a heck of a lot faster than I would have guessed, UK to California. I guess I won't be sitting back and anticipating very long. 😃
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Just ordered the Flirt kit. I tried to order a couple times with WorldPay and kept getting some fatal error and couldn't complete the purchase. I just tried Paypal and it went through fine. Now I sit back and anticipate its arrival...
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This is what my wife thinks of my boat building.
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Yup, that's been on there for many years. It's been so long that I wouldn't be surprised if there were never any new Nelson's Navy kits. Doesn't matter though, we now have Vanguard Models (Chris Watton) putting out great new kits.
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I just removed you from my Christmas card list.
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I don't know if you're just being modest, but I like to see mere mortals working on kits too. I'll never achieve the results of modeling gods like Chuck, but enjoy it nonetheless.
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It's basically done. There are a couple more things I can do to it, but I may or may not. I'm calling it done. I have the MASTER KORABEL BRIGANTINE PHOENIX on the way from Model Expo, should be here next week. I may try to shoot for more patience and higher quality work on that one. We'll see how that goes. Here are the final pictures to wrap up this build log. Thanks for following along.
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I have the yards on and most of the rigging done, there are a few more things I need to rig. Then all that's left are the flag poles, anchors and bulwark guns. Should be done in a couple days.
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I believe I have all the standing rigging done. Now to work on the yards and such.
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I'm back to ratlines again.
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Finished the ratlines and got the forestays done. Now I need to start on the topmasts.
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For the ratlines I photocopy the full size plans and cut out the ratlines and use that as a reference for tying them. (another post for extra procrastination)
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I have finished up the shrouds and the port side gunport doors. Now I need to start the ratlines, so I figured it would be best to do another post as an effective way to procrastinate actually tying the ratlines.
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The bulk of the shrouds are rigged, still have some mizzen mast shrouds to do and I need to tie the shroud pairs at the top on all the masts. Then it's lots of ratlines mixed in with gunport doors. The guns on the bulwarks I'll do after the ratlines, they tend to catch the line as I'm tying it.
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I've been working on the deck fixtures and the beakhead. The beakhead was a little fiddly, but I added support beyond what the instructions said and that made it more manageable for my rough fingers. I still have plenty to go on the deck and then the gunport doors and channels.
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I have been working, but it has been slow going and I've made changes with paint that I wasn't happy with. On the box the top color is a light blue, I don't really like that so I went with a darker blue color. That ended up looking really bad, so I painted over it with some yellow ochre that I had left over from my Lady Nelson. I had mentioned the possibility of doing a second planking with the boxwood that I ordered from Model Expo. The wood that I received didn't look like what I was expecting and I'd rather have an incorrect planking line than the yellow planks. I did however use some of that wood to plank the decks. I saw in another thread how the laser etched deck sheets bubbled up on another Dusek kit, so I decided to just plank it with the wood I got from Model Expo. I'm a little heavy handed and have had to repair the bulwarks several times where they are above deck level, they are easy to break if you aren't careful. The next thing I have to do is the bulwarks framing pieces and then start on the deck fixtures. It is far from perfect, but I'm happy with it.
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I don't want to speak too harshly of Model Expo, I feel I got a great deal on my Dusek Golden Hind, $88 delivered to my door. But I sure won't order any wood from them ever again.
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Here's the reply I got: Not worth putting any effort into a return, so maybe I'll find a use for it sometime. If I need to order wood in the future it will be from Chuck.
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John said he would forward the email to parts. I gave them the weekend and Monday and Tuesday with no reply, so I sent an email to parts just now. We'll see if they respond. They may be busy with the sales they've had going on, but it certainly doesn't seem like excellent customer service at the moment.
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I did the other side and then taped the template back into the plan sheet. Now I need to do all the exterior wales, paint and put the keel parts on. (it said to do the keel parts right at the beginning, but that would have really complicated sanding the planking)
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Thanks, I went with it. I also used it to tape off the bottom wale/waterline for painting. Now I need to do the same to the other side.
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Thanks for the kind words. I assume this is a reasonable way to mark the gunports?
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I have finished the planking and did some rough shaping of the upper bulwarks. Now I need to use some wood filler and do more sanding. Then I need to get the bulwarks to final shape and then mark the gun ports for cutting out.
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