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Welcome home Gil. I look forward to the resumption of play. -
Nicely thought through and executed Ian. Once you've got the process figured, the production part goes very quickly, despite the seemingly large numbers. Enjoy your trip away - hope you have nice weather for it.
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Great tip thanks Janos!
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Thanks Mike. You should dive in and have a go.
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Wow. What a pleasure to see your updates Danny. You never fail to delight.
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Superb as always Bob. Not sure why you're not happy with the head works - I'd be delighted to have done the same!
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Your sense of humour matches your modelling skills Michael. When mini me is finished over there, send him my way for a while would you - I've just the job for him!
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Thanks Bob, though looking at your Essex, you'd do an even better job I'm sure.
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Great job on the coppering Sjors - she looks fantastic!
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Nice work on the masts so far Kevin - up to your usual excellent standard of work. Great photos too!
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Thanks guys. Keith - the two Cutters will be hung from davits on either side of the stern quarters. I showed the davits under construction in my previous post.
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25' Cutters Ver 2.5 continued Some progress this weekend. I have finally finished painting the hulls and am now able to get on with fitting out. Today I managed to fit the footwaling, aft platform, forward platform, cap rails and thole pins to both boats. While I've kept the same general colour scheme as the other boats, these cutters will be a little less 'fancy', having planked platforms instead of gratings and a generally more 'working boat' feel to them. I got a bit carried away and forgot to take any progress photos, except for these few to show where I'm up to. Next up will be to fit the thwarts, mast steps, mast support bands, and lifting eyebolts. And that will just about see them completed. Maybe next weekend.........
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Hey Rusty, great to see you back at it. This is going to be a great planking job to follow.
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Safe travels Augie. I hope you have a most enjoyable and memorable trip. We'll all look forward to tall tales and true on your return.
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Thank you so much Lawrence, Mike, and Michael.
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Gee Jack, Even your "working shot" photos look so well composed! Nice work on the oars, by the way.
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Looking fabulous Kevin. 42 months to that stage is "speed building" in my books!
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The stand looks great Sjors, and a nice touch with the name plate. Coppering looks to be coming along nicely too.
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Beautiful work on those detail pieces Danny.
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Thanks very much Alan, Augie, Sjors, Mobbsie, Ian and Mark, and also all of the "likes".
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Slog - sorry for the bum steer on the Coptic markers, but good to know they have at least been tested now. On paints, you should be able to use acrylic paints, like Winsor and Newton. Buy them in tubes and thin with water (ie squeeze some out and drag some water into it on the palette). Using paints in this way, you can mix your colours to get an exact match, and thinned to your desired consistency. If you're not sure how to use something, it's always worth checking out You tube - I invariably find a few videos of people demonstrating exactly what I'm after. It might not be in our field of modelling, but the techniques are generally the same. Painting is one are where there are plenty of video tutorials. Don't ask me how I know!
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Cutters Ver 2.5 continued.... Only a minor update today. I've been painting the hulls for the last week or so. Decided to break out the airbrush for this job and after six coats of white paint on top of the gesso undercoat, plus one coat of clear Satincote (one more to come), here's a quick sneak peak at the outside of one of the hulls - just to prove that progress is being made As soon as I get another coat of Satincote on the external hulls, I'll move onto the interior, painting that in yellow ochre before proceeding with the fit out. This painting lark is a slow process! In between watching paint dry, I've been working on the quarter davits to carry these Cutters. I've mainly been working from the diagrams and description in Longridge for these. The basic structure is boxwood, with working brass sheaves held in place with a copper wire pin. I also manufactured the cleat for the base of each davit by silver soldering brass wire into a T-section and then cutting/filing to shape. These have been blackened and placed temporarily in place for the photo. The davits will be painted black prior to final fitting. At the base of the davit, I have manufactured separately some brass swivel/hinge plates to attach the davits to the hull - these aren't shown in the photo below, but will be fitted in due course. So here's what they look like (only 3 of the 4 davits shown in the pic):
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