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  1. Torbogdan
    Thanks a lot! Good advice, I did not think of that. That´s why I like this site, there is always someone who has experience and willing to share it and give friendly advice. I couldn´t agree more with that it will be time consuming but like Reklein, thats the whole reason I want to build it! Also to learn new techniques and working with new/different materials.
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    I have decided to take a break from model ship building and build an aircraft. As it is not a ship I won´t put the log in the ship section. I hope it is ok to put it here as this is the "general topic" section as I understand it. I also understand that people visit this website to view modelships and not aircraft but maybe someone might find this of interest. It makes more sense, to me, to post here than to become a new member of some other site. I hope it it ok but if it is not admin can just move the log to a more correct place or remove it altogether. Anyway. The model I´m building is Model Airways 1:16 Fokker Dr 1 triplane. the aircraft flown by the red baron Von Richthofen. I have started to construct the main spar of the upper wing. Instructions are so far good but sometimes a bit unclear. For example the spar is made up by four parts glued together to form a beam. As I understand it the two parts making up the "thickness" of the beam is to be glued on top of the lower part. But it could be glued to the front and back also thus making the spar slightly longer and thinner instead of slightly shorter and thicker. Looking at the pictures gives some indication but I would have preferred one extra sentence explaining this. My little building corner. I wish it was much bigger, it kind of limits ( I think) the size of ships that can practically be built) Some pictures of the drawings
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    Everything is all right

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    Mounted to the base. Except a green or maroon piece of cloth at the bottom of the base it is done! So what will my next project be? Well it will be an airplane actually. I have bought the Model airways 1:16 Fokker Dr1Triplane! I hope I won´t get keel hauled for this I won´t have a log about it here on building logs for model ships but maybe I can have one under the "shore leave" heading? But after the Fokker I have OcCres Cazador lined up! So then it is back to wooden ships! My building philosophy is to build what I´m interested (unfortunately way too many different eras and machines…) And also to build more or less "straight from the box". I´m not much for scratch building or improving or changing model kits. I just like to build them as they come. If they are not 100% historically correct I´m not bothered by it. In other words, others build much more accurate models or better looking models or more correct models, that is fine by me. We all like different things and have different approaches to the hobby. But I love to follow builders who modify and scratch build their models! Also when the model is done, I tend to loose interest in it. I usually just put it on a shelf and forget about it. When it is done, it´s just done. Can´t really explain it but the model becomes irrelevant. I like the building process, creating things. I´m also very unsentimental, if some one wants to buy models I build, I sell them in a heartbeat. If I would, in a few years, "want it back" I would just rebuild it. Well time for a toast and christen the ship in champagne (before it is retired to a shelf )
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    I have added a few wrinkles in the flags to make them less stiff looking, that was very good advice! Also many thanks for all nice comments and such! Here are a few more pictures, I have not had much time to fix all the little things (actually not that many but a few) but hopefully I´ll do that this weekend. I did cut out and start on a base plate for the model. It is a ordinary bit of fir wood. I stained it in the same color as the ship. I have a little fear that base and ship will "blend into each other" and think of replacing the oak mountings with brass ones. I will have to pre mount it and see how it looks. I really liked this model kit. I think that the level "advanced beginner" was an accurate description of it. The instructions was very clear and easy to follow. A New comer would have no trouble finishing this kit. This is only my second wooden ship but I think that Dusek produces very good models with good instructions. Granted I have not built any models from other manufactures but with that limit in my experience I can recommend Dusek as good models!
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    My next build.... Oh that is a secret for the moment but will be revealed next week! It will no doubt cause quite a stir
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    So close to done it is basically done! A few pieces of rope is left to secure some cargo and a last "going over and check for details" before it is 100% done. My second ship model and I´m pretty proud of it. I learned a lot and did a few mistakes here and there but nothing much I think. So what will I try to improve specifically next time? Learn how to take better pictures… Get the rigging "tighter", when I try to tighten one rope something goes slightly askew or another rope becomes slack, or a cleat snaps. So I will read up on how to get nice tight rigging. Now it is off to work but I will make one last post after this one with a few better pictures and some more text. So far a great day!
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    As I´ve written previously I need some cargo to hide a few bad stain spots in the deck, and here they are! But first a picture of my trusty sewing machine. It is from IKEA and cost euro 99. Not the most advanced machine around but more than good enough for me! From some of the left overs from the sail I simply sewed two straight lines next to each other, did this three times. Then with a tweezer I turned them "inside out" and stuffed them with a bit of left overs and tied a string around the opening and flattened them a bit. This is the end result. They will of course get a some paint on them to make them match the boat a bit. I do not think a Kogge from about 1410 or so had white cargo sacks… Size wise they might be a tad big but absolutely ok. Compared to the hatch they are not overly "out of scale" I think. It was a quick easy way to get some extra cargo. The "opening" of the bags and end of strings got a little white glue on the to stop the fabric and strings from unraveling. Now I´m waiting for the barrels to arrive, should be in this coming week. Then I can do the finishing touches and the model will be finished. So maybe next week end or the one after that I will break out the champagne and celebrate a bit
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    I´m very satisfied with Dusek. i have built two of their models, Pinta and Hanse Kogge. Both hade very good instructions. I´m an experienced plastic modeler but have never built a wooden ship model before and I had no trouble finishing the kits. Good clear instructions and lots of drawings. The Pinta was my first and there is a building log of it here. The Hanse Kogge is about 96% done and also have a log here. My vote would be Dusek.
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    I enjoy it, I´m not very good at it but it is fun.
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    Some updates. Rigging is done! Lifeboat is tied into place but the cargo stack is loose. i´ll move it around a bit to see where it should be glued. Also waiting for the barrels to arrive. I will also make a bundle of sail and maybe a few "sacks of grain" from leftover cloth of the sail. The reason for some more cargo is not obvious in these pictures. When I stained the hull some of the stain "leaked" into the deck despite it being varnished. So there are a few areas that does not look too good. So my idea is to cover those spots with cargo! It is an old trick I used when I built plastic model tanks. All mistakes and "ugly spots" I covered with mud or equipment The rope for the anchors must be fixed as the float in the air so to speak. When it comes to cargo, I won´t go over the top, and if I do I´ll post here first before gluing into place to get feed back!
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    Getting there slowly but surely. The sail is in place. Some running rigging left and the flags and fixing the cargo. I ordered some extra barrels as cargo from a polish manufacturer, waiting to see how they look. I´m thinking about adding some other pieces to make it looked more "lived in" but I´m not sure. What do you think, is it a good idea to add small touches such as a sword, shield, box of carrots, some animal pelts or is it better to "keep it clean"? I took the pictures yesterday in quite a hurry. they are not that good, I´ll try to post better ones soon.
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    Sometimes the answer is so obvious that you miss it... You are so right. I have quite a lot of extra sail, I´ll try on that.
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    It does´t look like much, but it is a big deal! I did the sail and bested the ´orrible sewing machine in fair combat! It was not easy figuring out how the machineworked or what went wrong, (which frequently happened) but finally it was done. Blood was shed as I tried to correct a jammed machine with a x acto knife and dropped it so it cut my left thumb but I´m done! Some finishing touches left, like removing some threads. The sail is a bit too short though. I wished it was about 10mm longer (from the top of the mast to the deck) so to speak. But it will do! I´m thinking about staining the sail in some weak tea to get a more weathered, medieval look but cannot decide if I should. Should I?
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    Nice figure. Good work. Remember it should look good, I believe, from "normal viewing distance", so about two feet. What it looks up at super close range At double size is a bit unfair I think. You´re doing great.
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    I´m working on the rope ladder to the look out post. Lots of repetitive work. Suddenly I have a whole new understanding for the persistence needed when rigging for example Victory... It is a bit difficult to "get it right". I simply make a knot and seal it with a little white glue. The "steps" of the ladder becomes a bit different in length. I try to even it out but its fiddly work.
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    The oars are done. Just afraid to show them as yours are much nicer
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    Just a few pictures. The cargo and life boat is not glued yet, just put there. A bit more rigging done. [/url]
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    I was able to fit the boards after a bit of work in the life boat. I had to shorten them a bit and then, with a little force could "bend" them into place. So in the end everything went well No picture for now but will add some tomorrow. I have also painted the boat in the same dark brown stain as the Kogge itself. Now I´m eagerly awaiting the thread from Syren ship models so I can continue to finish the rigging. "In the end everything will be all right, if it is not all right, it is not the end"
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    Well, you goofed boy! A quote stolen from an old James Bond movie when a southern sheriff on vacation in Thailand tells mr Bond that he just failed... Well, I failed a bit too. I glued the railing in place and completely forgot about the sitting boards! With the railing glued in place and very securely fit I will have to do some thinking… Sometimes it is good to follow the instructions to the letter instead of "Oh I´ll glue this, I think that is the next step".
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    Finally photo bucket is up and running again. Some pictures of progress so far with the rigging. Work will have to slow down a bit as I´ve run out of rigging thread. I have ordered quite a lot from "Chucks" or, more correct I guess, Syren Ship models. When i get it I can continue to rig. So far I´m very pleased with Syren and their service. I ordered on friday evening and on saturday I got a mail that the ordered had been shipped, very quick service. As all I ordered was a few packs of thread it should cross the atlantic fairly quick.
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    Thanks Popeye, Now i have yards and yards of thread on the way! Should last me awhile.
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    A new day is here. I have a suspicion that I have used the wrong thread/rope in the wrong places when rigging the ship. I ran out of rope ( of the correct size) basically after doing the standing rigging. There are several different sizes of ropes, ,25mm, .5mm, .75mm and 1.75mm. The 1,75mm is very easy to identify but harder with the .5 and .75mm kinds. It is a very high chance that I used the .75 when I was supposed to use the .5mm. So now I´m out of one kind but still need a bit to line the sail. It will look very wrong to line the sail with too thin rope. I guess I will have to visit a sewing store and buy some more. So what have I learned from this? To check carefully and mark which rope is which, not to chance and play it by the ear. Photobucket still won´t cooperate. So no pictures
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    No picture as photo bucket does not load… Anyway, I´ve build quite a bit. Mast is in place, yard arm is in place and standing rigging is done. Working on the running rigging. Hopefully some pictures as soon as photo bucket decides to cooperate. Some snags happened along the way. The drawings were not clear how a rope of the running rigging was supposed to "end". I looked at all the drawings and tried to look at the pictures but no luck, It kind of grew on me that I could not find how the rope was supposed to be attached. Finally I just drilled a hole in the support structure for the look out post and tied it there. It was fiddly work though and my patience started to grow thin after a while. Not only that but it seems like there is not enough .5mm thread. Very strange as it says the kit contains 3 meters (approx 3,3 yards?) and I have not used that much. Anyway I got the rope in place and started to tighten it. Wrapped it around a cleat and tightened carefully and snap, the cleat broke off. It angered me and I thought it best to stop working on that part. So I decided to glue the last plank on the life boat. Dryfitted the plank and snap it broke... I was not a happy camper by now… One deep breath, I stood up and left the workstation so an accident involving a hammer would not occur. I´ll get back on it tomorrow with a fresh start and a full back pack of patience.
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    Found your build log today. I thought about buying this model a few weeks back but got Cazador instead. Very nice build! I´m a sucker for cutaways and your log really peaked my interest in this model. Sad I have three unbuilt models to finish before I can start on this one

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