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reklein got a reaction from Elijah in Eight Sided Drainage Mill by flying_dutchman2 - FINISHED - scale 1:15 - Achtkante Poldermolen
Happy is the miller who lives by himself
As the wheel goes round he's gaining in his wealth
one hand in the hopper and the other in the bag
as the wheel goes round he cries out GRAB !
Thats when you tickle the little kid you're singing the song too. Origin unknown. My father in law sang it to his daughter and we sang it to our kids and grandson
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reklein got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Eight Sided Drainage Mill by flying_dutchman2 - FINISHED - scale 1:15 - Achtkante Poldermolen
Happy is the miller who lives by himself
As the wheel goes round he's gaining in his wealth
one hand in the hopper and the other in the bag
as the wheel goes round he cries out GRAB !
Thats when you tickle the little kid you're singing the song too. Origin unknown. My father in law sang it to his daughter and we sang it to our kids and grandson
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reklein reacted to flying_dutchman2 in Eight Sided Drainage Mill by flying_dutchman2 - FINISHED - scale 1:15 - Achtkante Poldermolen
Painted the first coat with acrylics. Van Dyk green and the inside raw sienna which is a light brown. I opted for a lighter color instead of black.
Due to the abundance of walnut in my possession, I made the shutters from that wood. Also, it is 4 mm thick instead of 3 mm, which it calls for
The mill will have a lot of hardwood incorporated. The plans call for plenty but I am doing more because I have lots (left overs from the woodworkers club).
Marcus
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reklein reacted to tozbekler in HAMİDİYE by tozbekler - FINISHED - 1/100
Body paint....and ancor winc
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reklein reacted to tozbekler in HAMİDİYE by tozbekler - FINISHED - 1/100
Make a 150mm canon barrel ....
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reklein reacted to tozbekler in HAMİDİYE by tozbekler - FINISHED - 1/100
deck coat.... 20 days to draw them ... 3 hours were cut
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reklein reacted to semorebutts in Bismarck by Semorebutts - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/200 scale - PLASTIC - with MK1 detail set
I brought out the bismarck today to install the foremast.
then the main mast which is slightly off center.
then I shaded the range finder.
and installed it.
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reklein reacted to semorebutts in Bismarck by Semorebutts - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/200 scale - PLASTIC - with MK1 detail set
Stuck working in a blizzard for who knows how long... wishing I was home with the Bismarck...
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reklein reacted to uss frolick in "Nock's Volley Gun" the 1790s British anti-boarding rifle
Here's another cool Youtube video from 'Forgotten Weapons', narrated by Ian, aka 'Gun Jesus', on the seven barreled 'Nock Volley Gun' from the 1790s. Enjoy!
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reklein reacted to gjdale in Bismarck by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - GPM - 1:200 - CARD and PE
Congratulations Danny on yet another fine (and instructive) build.
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reklein reacted to Dan Vadas in Bismarck by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - GPM - 1:200 - CARD and PE
Thanks very much guys .
No, I've had enough of this model .
Well, this is it - Bismarck is FINISHED . Here are all the final pics - enjoy :
Thanks to all those who followed this build, and especially those who commented. Now onto HMS Hood .
Danny
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reklein reacted to Dan Vadas in Bismarck by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - GPM - 1:200 - CARD and PE
Thank you John and Carl.
All the portholes and steps are fitted. The closest set of steps are about to be painted :
There's another Boom near the bow :
The main entry ladders are made from PE. I scratchbuilt the platforms :
It's now time to fit the screws and rudders which I made 5 months ago :
The final things to fit are the two flags, as I usually do. It signals the end of the build . I de-laminated the paper to make it look a bit more realistic, and glued the pieces back-to-back :
I only need to glue the model to the base, which I made a while ago. It's just been given it's final coat of lacquer (I'd forgotten to do that earlier ). The final pictures will be posted a bit later today.
Danny
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reklein reacted to Dan Vadas in Bismarck by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - GPM - 1:200 - CARD and PE
I've fitted the one boat that sits on the davits. I used 0.2mm wire to simulate the lowering cable, and some 0.4mm wire for the support bracket that holds it to the middle of the davit :
All the railings are finally completed, apart from a bit of touch-up paint for the port side ones :
Because I was two lengths of railing short I've had to use a some that was left over from Amatsukaze. Unfortunately it's only a 2-bar rail, but I managed to have enough 3-bar to get to the aft cleats so I did a bit of a "fudge". Unless you look carefully it's not really noticeable, and it'll do me :
There's actually still quite a bit to do to finish this model, things I'd forgotten about. I'd left off fitting the portholes and steps to the hull in case they were damaged any time I had to move the model (which was a lot ). I've made a start to the steps - there are about 70 of them to fit. I'm using 0.2mm nickel-silver wire for them :
Yes, I've noticed the bit of grey touch-up paint needed near the bottom . It's not the only bit either.
Danny
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reklein reacted to SawdustDave in USS Constitution by SawdustDave - FINISHED - 1:60th Scale
Sorry Bill. I tend to forget to post photo’s explaining most of my techniques on this particular built since there are so many excellent comprehensive build logs for this ship.... Tom and Ken among many others.
However, I will explain the clean trimming for your benefit.
The technique I used for the white trimming of the rails is simply using Titebond wood glue to apply very thin strips of a heavy watercolor paper along the edges.
Actually, I used CA gel to secure the beginning end and then, after 30 minutes set time, was able to glue up the length of each strip a couple of inches at a time.
I would have several strips going at a time, so it actually went pretty quickly.
I used an old fashion office paper cutter to make precise width slices.
I am experimenting with thin watered down CA to give them a seal coating. I will be very careful to come up with a coating that will not yellow the paper stock.
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reklein got a reaction from Piet in USS Constitution by SawdustDave - FINISHED - 1:60th Scale
Very tidy paint job on the headworks. Would you please show us how you did it??
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reklein got a reaction from SawdustDave in USS Constitution by SawdustDave - FINISHED - 1:60th Scale
Very tidy paint job on the headworks. Would you please show us how you did it??
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reklein got a reaction from Canute in USS Constitution by SawdustDave - FINISHED - 1:60th Scale
Very tidy paint job on the headworks. Would you please show us how you did it??
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reklein got a reaction from mtaylor in USS Constitution by SawdustDave - FINISHED - 1:60th Scale
Very tidy paint job on the headworks. Would you please show us how you did it??
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reklein reacted to SawdustDave in USS Constitution by SawdustDave - FINISHED - 1:60th Scale
PORT SIDE COMPLETED....
I decided to completely finish the port side head rail structure before going to the starboard side.... primarily because I was not sure how I would approach the white edge trimming.
The second photo includes the cat head, installed, but not completed (the rigging of the eye bolts have not been done)
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reklein got a reaction from Omega1234 in Eagle of Algier 1753 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - 1:48 - Chebec - Nils Langemann
Looking at this made me wonder at first where North Africans got their wood? Then I remembered that one of the things they wanted for their ransom payments was timber from North America. I suppose they traded with other European countries in the same way. Beautiful work Nils. Where do you get your motivation?
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reklein reacted to ccoyle in Wilhelmina VII (KW140) 1914 by kees de mol - Scale 1/25 - Herring Lugger
I have always liked the lines and sail plans of these vessels. BTW, a vleetnet is called a gill net in English.
Good luck!
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reklein reacted to popeye the sailor in Bismarck by Semorebutts - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/200 scale - PLASTIC - with MK1 detail set
they are real.....I've seem 'em. some look like a wookie
..one of his baby pictures....look at the eyes....and the claws digging into the admiral's leg. he was a terror as a pup! he's mellowed out now, but the first thing that hits the floor, usually ends up in his lair under our bed. sticks to me like glue though.....my 'lil buddy
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reklein reacted to Moxis in SS Maaninka by Moxis - FINISHED - 1/25 scale - Lake steamer
Yes, ratlines is the second difficult task with which I have struggled many many times. Luckily this ship doesn`t have them. But this is how the railings look now. Still not quite perfect but much better than earlier. I won`t change them any more.
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reklein reacted to jbelwood in 1:96 scale figures for my Pilot Boat Build
Jaeon,
Nils is correct. Here is a photo of my HO scale stern wheeler with HO figures from Preiser. They sell a ships crew (figure
in yellow slicker) along with others that may fill the bill. Also, go onto the Seaport Model Works site, they may have some
also.
John
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reklein reacted to Dan Vadas in Bismarck by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - GPM - 1:200 - CARD and PE
Most of the smaller main deck details are now fitted. The rest will be done after the main deck railing is installed. The main guns are also permanently mounted :
The Wash Deflectors took a while to fit, with all the very small support braces taking the longest :
Danny
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