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donrobinson got a reaction from Eddie in Trabakul by donrobinson - FINISHED - MarisStella - 1:32 scale May 24, 2017

Hi Zoran, Thanks for the explanation of the MarisStella name. That was real interesting
donrobinson got a reaction from Eddie in Trabakul by donrobinson - FINISHED - MarisStella - 1:32 scale May 24, 2017

Good Morning Dave and Thanks for stopping in, you are right about the ca and weldbond. I like this method as the ca acts as the clamp and the weldbond as the "muscle" for adhesion. I use the medium ca so a person still has some time to position the piece being glued, this method really speeds things up.
donrobinson got a reaction from Eddie in Trabakul by donrobinson - FINISHED - MarisStella - 1:32 scale May 24, 2017

Secret is good with me . You have some sweet kits coming, yes Rick at Modellers Workshop just started a couple of months back distributing MarisStella kits. He is a super guy, and Zoran at MarisStella is always there to help and really knows his stuff so you should have no problems. Of course if you really get desperate I will always be around to put my 2 cents(CDN) in . Hope you enjoy them
donrobinson got a reaction from Eddie in Trabakul by donrobinson - FINISHED - MarisStella - 1:32 scale May 24, 2017

Hi Bob, Thanks so much
donrobinson got a reaction from Eddie in Trabakul by donrobinson - FINISHED - MarisStella - 1:32 scale May 24, 2017

I like your thoughts Ian, maybe a cool one is in order. Thanks for stopping in
donrobinson got a reaction from Eddie in Trabakul by donrobinson - FINISHED - MarisStella - 1:32 scale May 24, 2017

Thanks E.J., you said it so well and it's so true
donrobinson got a reaction from Eddie in Trabakul by donrobinson - FINISHED - MarisStella - 1:32 scale May 24, 2017

Thanks Mike, what kit did you get?
donrobinson got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Trabakul by donrobinson - FINISHED - MarisStella - 1:32 scale July 7, 2017

Thanks you all for your visits and comments it is really appreciated

Well it's been a long time since my last update. After many hours on pondering as how to approach the deck planking I decided to go with Zoran's(MarisStella) approach. The biggest reason being is that there is a central 17 mm wide plank that goes down the middle it would cover up any mast holes, pawl holes and one of the hatch holes. So I decided to plank the deck first and do the cutting out later. Planking went real good, I changed it a little by putting walnut at the bow and stern a blood wood plank then the cherry planks. I went with a four plank rotation, a big thanks goes to Ulises Victoria for his great tutorial on how to plank a deck http://modelshipworldforum.com/resources/Framing_and_Planking/Deck_PlankingIIbuttshifts.pdf.
It was a lot of work and many hours but it is finally finished, scraped and sanded. She is approximately 175 mm x 520 mm at the largest points and took about 220 planks to cover it. Next I will cut out the main hatch then install the central strip followed by the remaining holes required.
I am really looking forward when all forms of planking are done

Enjoy the pics
Take Care
donrobinson got a reaction from Eddie in Trabakul by donrobinson - FINISHED - MarisStella - 1:32 scale May 24, 2017

Hi Lawrence and Thanks. The lathe is really nice to have even though I don't use it to it's full capabilities yet. As far as being justifiable, mine has not reached that point, but when I retired I had a one time time chance to buy my tools and I went for it. So the bank may be able to take my house but the tools are mine!!!
donrobinson got a reaction from Eddie in Trabakul by donrobinson - FINISHED - MarisStella - 1:32 scale May 24, 2017

Thanks Ian, much appreciated
donrobinson got a reaction from Eddie in Trabakul by donrobinson - FINISHED - MarisStella - 1:32 scale May 24, 2017

Thanks so much for the tutorial Zoran, this makes things much clearer, I have been away from here for awhile and just noticed this. I will try your methods and keep everyone posted.
I will join you with the coffee, I have just completed an extra long birthday celebration so a beer is not really sounding that good yet
donrobinson got a reaction from Eddie in Trabakul by donrobinson - FINISHED - MarisStella - 1:32 scale May 24, 2017

I think you should be ok, if you find them breaking I would just harden them with some ca and that should solve your problems
donrobinson got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Trabakul by donrobinson - FINISHED - MarisStella - 1:32 scale July 7, 2017

Good evening folks, did a little work on the stowage hatch and thought I'd show some pictures.

This one is showing the location marked out and ready to cut

Here the hatch has been cut out using a rotary tool and a 1 mm end mill bit( a little shaky on the cut, should have had a beer maybe )

The hatch has been trimmed up and sanded using a sanding block\

The hatch has been built and am cleaning up the covers

This how it looks installed

I did not take any pictures of the construction of the hatch. It is basically two boxes built around each other. The only minor problem was when I was sanding the two inside end panels. I was using the disc sander sanding both pieces at once and did not realise one had moved forward, so I sanded that end flush, turned it end for end and sanded flush again. Although all ends were very smooth and even the pieces were now 3 mm too short.
So after singing a beautiful happy song it was out to the garage to make two new ones

Here I am packed up and ready to go to garage to spray some varathane
donrobinson got a reaction from Eddie in Trabakul by donrobinson - FINISHED - MarisStella - 1:32 scale May 24, 2017

Thanks Skipper and Bob, that's what this site is all about is sharing ideas and methods. I certainly did not learn what I know by myself , most of it was from this site. I would have a had a pile of expensive kindling by now if it were not from watching others here .
Looking forward to seeing you start your new build log Skipper
donrobinson got a reaction from Eddie in Trabakul by donrobinson - FINISHED - MarisStella - 1:32 scale May 24, 2017

Good evening folks, did a little work on the stowage hatch and thought I'd show some pictures.

This one is showing the location marked out and ready to cut

Here the hatch has been cut out using a rotary tool and a 1 mm end mill bit( a little shaky on the cut, should have had a beer maybe )

The hatch has been trimmed up and sanded using a sanding block\

The hatch has been built and am cleaning up the covers

This how it looks installed

I did not take any pictures of the construction of the hatch. It is basically two boxes built around each other. The only minor problem was when I was sanding the two inside end panels. I was using the disc sander sanding both pieces at once and did not realise one had moved forward, so I sanded that end flush, turned it end for end and sanded flush again. Although all ends were very smooth and even the pieces were now 3 mm too short.
So after singing a beautiful happy song it was out to the garage to make two new ones

Here I am packed up and ready to go to garage to spray some varathane
donrobinson got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Trabakul by donrobinson - FINISHED - MarisStella - 1:32 scale July 7, 2017

Out in garage, cutting some spare hatch covers. I had a thought of maybe painting the hatch covers so I thought making some practice ones would be a good idea.

Covers and hatch got a total of six coats of spray on satin varathane

To attach the rope handles to the hatch covers I decided to use zip siezings. The rope I am using for the handles is .025 in. or .633 mm from Syren. The zip siezings are 1.3 mm i.d. and 1.77 mm o.d. and approx. 1.5 mm long

First step is to thread two siezings onto the line, after stiffening the end of the line with ca then cutting the end at an angle

Then run rope through the bottom and back down from the top. Then insert the end of the line though the two siezings

Flatten one side of an appropriate size of dowel to the proper height, in this case 3 mm, and adjust the rope around it.

When adjusted properly turn it over, glue and cut the ends off. In the macro picture it looks kind of bulky but in reality it looks good.

Finally here is how they look. Now 19 more to go

Have a Good Night
donrobinson got a reaction from Stoyne in Trabakul by donrobinson - FINISHED - MarisStella - 1:32 scale December 22, 2016

Good evening folks, did a little work on the stowage hatch and thought I'd show some pictures.

This one is showing the location marked out and ready to cut

Here the hatch has been cut out using a rotary tool and a 1 mm end mill bit( a little shaky on the cut, should have had a beer maybe )

The hatch has been trimmed up and sanded using a sanding block\

The hatch has been built and am cleaning up the covers

This how it looks installed

I did not take any pictures of the construction of the hatch. It is basically two boxes built around each other. The only minor problem was when I was sanding the two inside end panels. I was using the disc sander sanding both pieces at once and did not realise one had moved forward, so I sanded that end flush, turned it end for end and sanded flush again. Although all ends were very smooth and even the pieces were now 3 mm too short.
So after singing a beautiful happy song it was out to the garage to make two new ones

Here I am packed up and ready to go to garage to spray some varathane
donrobinson got a reaction from Canute in Trabakul by donrobinson - FINISHED - MarisStella - 1:32 scale December 2, 2016

Thanks Skipper and Bob, that's what this site is all about is sharing ideas and methods. I certainly did not learn what I know by myself , most of it was from this site. I would have a had a pile of expensive kindling by now if it were not from watching others here .
Looking forward to seeing you start your new build log Skipper
donrobinson got a reaction from leginseel in Trabakul by donrobinson - FINISHED - MarisStella - 1:32 scale July 5, 2017

Out in garage, cutting some spare hatch covers. I had a thought of maybe painting the hatch covers so I thought making some practice ones would be a good idea.

Covers and hatch got a total of six coats of spray on satin varathane

To attach the rope handles to the hatch covers I decided to use zip siezings. The rope I am using for the handles is .025 in. or .633 mm from Syren. The zip siezings are 1.3 mm i.d. and 1.77 mm o.d. and approx. 1.5 mm long

First step is to thread two siezings onto the line, after stiffening the end of the line with ca then cutting the end at an angle

Then run rope through the bottom and back down from the top. Then insert the end of the line though the two siezings

Flatten one side of an appropriate size of dowel to the proper height, in this case 3 mm, and adjust the rope around it.

When adjusted properly turn it over, glue and cut the ends off. In the macro picture it looks kind of bulky but in reality it looks good.

Finally here is how they look. Now 19 more to go

Have a Good Night
donrobinson got a reaction from Eddie in Trabakul by donrobinson - FINISHED - MarisStella - 1:32 scale May 24, 2017

Out in garage, cutting some spare hatch covers. I had a thought of maybe painting the hatch covers so I thought making some practice ones would be a good idea.

Covers and hatch got a total of six coats of spray on satin varathane

To attach the rope handles to the hatch covers I decided to use zip siezings. The rope I am using for the handles is .025 in. or .633 mm from Syren. The zip siezings are 1.3 mm i.d. and 1.77 mm o.d. and approx. 1.5 mm long

First step is to thread two siezings onto the line, after stiffening the end of the line with ca then cutting the end at an angle

Then run rope through the bottom and back down from the top. Then insert the end of the line though the two siezings

Flatten one side of an appropriate size of dowel to the proper height, in this case 3 mm, and adjust the rope around it.

When adjusted properly turn it over, glue and cut the ends off. In the macro picture it looks kind of bulky but in reality it looks good.

Finally here is how they look. Now 19 more to go

Have a Good Night
donrobinson got a reaction from canoe21 in Trabakul by donrobinson - FINISHED - MarisStella - 1:32 scale December 6, 2016

Good evening folks, did a little work on the stowage hatch and thought I'd show some pictures.

This one is showing the location marked out and ready to cut

Here the hatch has been cut out using a rotary tool and a 1 mm end mill bit( a little shaky on the cut, should have had a beer maybe )

The hatch has been trimmed up and sanded using a sanding block\

The hatch has been built and am cleaning up the covers

This how it looks installed

I did not take any pictures of the construction of the hatch. It is basically two boxes built around each other. The only minor problem was when I was sanding the two inside end panels. I was using the disc sander sanding both pieces at once and did not realise one had moved forward, so I sanded that end flush, turned it end for end and sanded flush again. Although all ends were very smooth and even the pieces were now 3 mm too short.
So after singing a beautiful happy song it was out to the garage to make two new ones

Here I am packed up and ready to go to garage to spray some varathane
donrobinson got a reaction from Heronguy in Trabakul by donrobinson - FINISHED - MarisStella - 1:32 scale January 27, 2017

Out in garage, cutting some spare hatch covers. I had a thought of maybe painting the hatch covers so I thought making some practice ones would be a good idea.

Covers and hatch got a total of six coats of spray on satin varathane

To attach the rope handles to the hatch covers I decided to use zip siezings. The rope I am using for the handles is .025 in. or .633 mm from Syren. The zip siezings are 1.3 mm i.d. and 1.77 mm o.d. and approx. 1.5 mm long

First step is to thread two siezings onto the line, after stiffening the end of the line with ca then cutting the end at an angle

Then run rope through the bottom and back down from the top. Then insert the end of the line though the two siezings

Flatten one side of an appropriate size of dowel to the proper height, in this case 3 mm, and adjust the rope around it.

When adjusted properly turn it over, glue and cut the ends off. In the macro picture it looks kind of bulky but in reality it looks good.

Finally here is how they look. Now 19 more to go

Have a Good Night
donrobinson got a reaction from Mfelinger in Trabakul by donrobinson - FINISHED - MarisStella - 1:32 scale December 4, 2016

Good evening folks, did a little work on the stowage hatch and thought I'd show some pictures.

This one is showing the location marked out and ready to cut

Here the hatch has been cut out using a rotary tool and a 1 mm end mill bit( a little shaky on the cut, should have had a beer maybe )

The hatch has been trimmed up and sanded using a sanding block\

The hatch has been built and am cleaning up the covers

This how it looks installed

I did not take any pictures of the construction of the hatch. It is basically two boxes built around each other. The only minor problem was when I was sanding the two inside end panels. I was using the disc sander sanding both pieces at once and did not realise one had moved forward, so I sanded that end flush, turned it end for end and sanded flush again. Although all ends were very smooth and even the pieces were now 3 mm too short.
So after singing a beautiful happy song it was out to the garage to make two new ones

Here I am packed up and ready to go to garage to spray some varathane
donrobinson got a reaction from canoe21 in Trabakul by donrobinson - FINISHED - MarisStella - 1:32 scale December 6, 2016

Out in garage, cutting some spare hatch covers. I had a thought of maybe painting the hatch covers so I thought making some practice ones would be a good idea.

Covers and hatch got a total of six coats of spray on satin varathane

To attach the rope handles to the hatch covers I decided to use zip siezings. The rope I am using for the handles is .025 in. or .633 mm from Syren. The zip siezings are 1.3 mm i.d. and 1.77 mm o.d. and approx. 1.5 mm long

First step is to thread two siezings onto the line, after stiffening the end of the line with ca then cutting the end at an angle

Then run rope through the bottom and back down from the top. Then insert the end of the line though the two siezings

Flatten one side of an appropriate size of dowel to the proper height, in this case 3 mm, and adjust the rope around it.

When adjusted properly turn it over, glue and cut the ends off. In the macro picture it looks kind of bulky but in reality it looks good.

Finally here is how they look. Now 19 more to go

Have a Good Night
donrobinson got a reaction from KenW in Trabakul by donrobinson - FINISHED - MarisStella - 1:32 scale December 5, 2016

Out in garage, cutting some spare hatch covers. I had a thought of maybe painting the hatch covers so I thought making some practice ones would be a good idea.

Covers and hatch got a total of six coats of spray on satin varathane

To attach the rope handles to the hatch covers I decided to use zip siezings. The rope I am using for the handles is .025 in. or .633 mm from Syren. The zip siezings are 1.3 mm i.d. and 1.77 mm o.d. and approx. 1.5 mm long

First step is to thread two siezings onto the line, after stiffening the end of the line with ca then cutting the end at an angle

Then run rope through the bottom and back down from the top. Then insert the end of the line though the two siezings

Flatten one side of an appropriate size of dowel to the proper height, in this case 3 mm, and adjust the rope around it.

When adjusted properly turn it over, glue and cut the ends off. In the macro picture it looks kind of bulky but in reality it looks good.

Finally here is how they look. Now 19 more to go

Have a Good Night

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