Julie Mo
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The quality of your work is so good, Keith, that I often forget this is all done in a very small scale. As I' walking through the pictures of your build, I can see all this work being done full scale. It's always a joy to see your work. Julie -
I have had some progress on the model. But now I am at one of those points where I am not sure which direction to take. It seems most who have built this kit, once they get to the transom, run the planking parallel to the waterline. But none of those builds ran the hull planking diagonally. I plan on putting a decal on the transom with the hailing port on it. This transom however isn't very well defined. The lines of the hull almost erase any distinction between the hull and transom. But if I continued to lay the planking parallel to the existing planking all the way through to the transom, that definition will pretty much completely disappear. If I ran the planking in a different direction from the rest of the planking, what orientation would look best? I don't think the planking should run parallel to the waterline on this build. Other orientations I have imagined seem equally wrong. The lack of a well-defined transom calls into question even placing the hailing port on it, let alone the name. But on the real-life yacht, the name is there and it looks fine. However the transom here is much better defined. Maybe I need to make some alterations to do the same on the model. Any thoughts?
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I'm having a hard time getting back to the model. So many other things are jumping in line in front of it. But I did work on it a little tonight. No pics though. I still can't access my website. Just another thing that has to be taken care of before my life gets back to normal.
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I've been working on a community project to which I volunteered and it's like I came out of retirement. Just this week I put in over 50 hours on that project so far. My poor Endeavour sits in the workshop being almost completely ignored. And to add insult to injury, our neighborhood "mayor" just sent out flyers about getting everyone together to set up the cul-de-sac for Christmas. But it gets worse.... With my computer switch, I lost all the login information for my very old Dreamweaver 2004 program that I have used for a decade or so to update my website. I have a few new pics to add but I can't access my website to upload them. I called GoDaddy today but I needed something to let them know I am the owner. So dial back a few years... Everything I did, way back when, I used an email address that ended up becoming a dumping ground. So I created a new Super Secret email only for important matters. Before we moved, I had all the login info in an Oscar Madison type file that sat on my desk, securely placed under my keyboard. HAHA! Take that NSA! But it seems I may have "misplaced" that sacred file. Where's Lisbeth Salander when I need her? So the Super Secret email address login info lies somewhere in the datagigascoobeedoobytes inside my old hard drive. GoDaddy emailed me the reset stuff but Comcast won't let me in through the other logins I have, probably because I made that Super Secret email the admin. See. I told you I was really smart!
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Really nice work, Sam! I'm a nut for detail and the close-up shots were eye candy for me.
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The problem was one of the memory cards wasn't fully seated. Now I have to load everything on to the new HD. And I have to try to get MS to activate Win7 again. Spent three hours with them yesterday only to be told I did a clean install with an upgrade and I have to load in the previous windows program. But it won't let me do that because "the version you have is newer." I think it depends on who you get. When I activated the clean install on my CAD machine, MS did it no problem. I did manage to get a few more rows done on the model. So much less stressful!
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Separate video card. It's a EVGA GeForce GTX 950 SSC. I think everything is fine with that. Though I'm still on the other computer. I ended up doing a clean install of Win7 Pro so I have to load everything in. The old hard drive was too bogged down with garbage. I'm a bit worried though. I keep getting the dreaded BSOD when trying to update software. For a while I couldn't update Win7. I had to go through the command prompt and type in DOS commands to turn Windows Update off and start it up again. Now It's loading in the new updates. Maybe that will solve the BSOD problems.
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Parts came today. I was pretty rusty so I took my sweet time cleaning everything up and making sure it all went back together properly. I had one glitch, forgot to connect the CPU power to the MB. I'm loading in the new software and hopefully by tomorrow I will be back up and running. I'm working on a 12" monitor right now. Everything is miniature, just like model building.
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My computer died, at least the important parts like the CPU and motherboard. All my passwords and such are on that hard drive so it took me a while to remember the password here. I had cleaned all the dust out and also investigated a rattling sound I suspected was a fan gone bad. I removed the CPU fan, cleaned it up, cleaned off the conductive gel, reapplied new gel and put it all back together again. Next day all I got was a black screen. When I opened it back up again I found I put too much goop on the CPU and that may have bled out to the circuitry. New parts are on the way. On the plus side, I have managed to get some things done around the house but I haven't touched the model since my last post. We are entering the beautiful weather months now (Mother Nature turned off the microwave) and I've been enjoying the weather. On the minus side, I am now on a very old computer that has a monitor close to death. So I may disappear again. Just call me Lazarus.
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That's a beauty, Bob. Very nice! I love the detail and realism. But are you sure you didn't take a picture of the real thing and Photoshop it to a small scale?
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Mike, that is simply awesome! You just continue to blow me away.
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When I saw your Rainbow I started laughing, at myself. Here I bought the largest scale I could find because I had concerns about being able to work on something so small, then I see your Rainbow and I'm blown away... again. I know you have a Honey I Shrunk the Kids machine hiding somewhere. C'mon, fess up! I knew there were model builders with amazing skills out there but I had no idea just how amazing until I came here. I am most often speechless.
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Glue efficiency (most useless topic ever!)
Julie Mo replied to Robin Lous's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
When I think of all the "new and improved" glues I have tried, I have to laugh how I always returned to PVA or CA glue. Every foray into a glue I have made ended in disappointment. New was never better. And when I recently tired another glue I had never used, hot hide glue, I was pleasantly surprised. It pushed PVA and CA glues to the back of the line. But when you consider hide glue has been around for over 4,000 years, you just have to wonder just how advanced the ancients were. -
Well, Carl, it seems you've forced my hand so I have to show the zoom picture. But before I do, I recently said in a post somewhere here that learning patience helped me tolerate being a perfectionist. Truth is, impatience still gets the better of me. Before I know it, I have a tool in my hand so I can see how something is going to turn out, when I should be finishing that area first. That's what happened with the mahogany/sapele keel. I shaped it... too much. The picture will show you what I mean. I had meant for the planks to but up against and under the keel. But I went too far with the shaping. Now I will have to do some modifications to build it back up. As for the black streaks, they are burn marks from ripping the veneer. At first I was going to plane them off but I liked the look so I left it alone.
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I finished the planking to the rudder. I needed every bit of spliling that I did on the last few planks to avoid planks breaking off before hitting the bottom of the keel. I've fired up the glue pot and we'll see how far I get tonight. Why is it I seem so busy yet I am supposed to be retired?
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Thank you, Bill. The way I look at it, if working on the model gives one pleasure, when it is finished doesn't matter. I started this on November and I haven't even finished the planking yet. But I have really enjoyed my time spent on it. If I rushed through just to finish, I wouldn't be nearly as satisfied as I am now.
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HOF, thanks for the kind words. It's been a challenge but at the same time a lot of fun. Carl, the ever changing directions the planks want to lay along the length of the hull tell me no matter where I started, a challenge would be waiting for me down the line. I doubt this could have ever been accomplished in the real world. None of the sailboats I have seen with angled planking have full keels. Most have flat bottom hulls with fin keels, a much less complex hull to plank.
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So Carl, does that mean you are coming over to plank the bow? No, I still haven't touched it..... HA HA After a lot of house painting today (living room), I dashed into the shop because it was killing me to see how my crazy plan was going to turn out. I mean, I actually wake in the middle of the night to think about this. Maybe I need to get a life outside this house! This part of the planking was like asking two teenagers what's the best app for your phone. At the rail the planking wanted to lay one way. At the rudder, it needed to go the other way. Spiles, smiles, twists and turns, I just decided to pin the planking down and hand my fate to Neptune. After a few full width planks, I started tapering the planks as soon as it reached the top of the keel. I want the plank adjacent to the rudder to run parallel to it. This method actually worked well. I will stick with it until the planks are running parallel to the rudder. I'm not sure if you can see, but the last two planks are about 1/2 width by the time they hit the bottom of the keel. Now I'm going to read a good book...
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I guess I seem to have forgotten about it. Probably because it's not as challenging or fun.
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Thank you, Bob. Sometimes I miss those links. Seems pretty straightforward. Now I need to get me one of those awesome proportional dividers.
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In Praise Of Lacquer
Julie Mo replied to Julie Mo's topic in Painting, finishing and weathering products and techniques
I agree, Steve. I wasn't thinking of period ships. My brain is wired for the 20th century on. To me, a sailing vessel built in 1934 is REALLY old. -
I was under the weather today so the house had to wait but I still couldn't get as far on the planking as I wanted. Too bogged down. But this is where the impatient me surfaces. I had to see what she will look like if I just applied a clear finish - mineral spirits applied: That light stripe on the bow really bothers me. Hopefully I can tone it down when it comes time to finish the hull. OK, I'm done bragging about my kid. I didn't install any splies today. This is how it turned out in relation to the lines I drew earlier At the keel and rail, the planks overlap the line. Midway, it's short. I will probably have to make another double ended pointer spile before resuming normal planking.
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One of the things that was frustrating me was getting the plank laid and clamped before the glue set up. It was getting trickier as the plank length got longer and the bends increased. Then a light bulb lit in my head. I remembered a band clamp Rockler now sells and improvised some clamps I have with rubber bands and ty-wraps. The smaller version But I needed larger clamps to get around the keel. I had to make sure the plank didn't slip out of place so I used another clamp that didn't have the rubber band. I added the small red clamp for a little more pressure at the tip. This section of the hull has a lot of plywood in it and makes using push pins difficult. The band clamp solved the problem.
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