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  • Birthday 10/03/1958

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    Brighton, UK
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    Golf, model making , Brighton and Hove Albion FC

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    I haven't posted for a while but am now in the land of the retired so have got more time to build more ships. Can someone advise please. I am currently building the OCCRE Bounty with the cut away decking. It suggests that the scale is 1/45 and I was wondering if anyone knew of somewhere where i could purchase 1/45 scale ( or 1/48 possibly) figures that I could manipulate to resemble sailors who would have been on this ship? Any advice would be most appreciated. Cheers dave
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    fantastic Allan. Exactly what I needed. I see the idea of creating a small jig with two nails to wrap the rigging line around. I was trying to wrap it around my fingers and of course the line would unwind as soon as i try to take them off. Looks like some practice is required. Thanks again.
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  13. brightonseagulls
    Hi All I registered here a few years ago and I will be honest I fell into the habit of starting and then moving on to other plastic models ( Discovered the old Airfix, now Dapol locomotives and built some of them) I built the AL Hermione and it took me 2 years and it is HUGE. My wife wants shot of it as it takes up half the shelving space in the bedroom. I did the AL Swift which is a fabulous kit and I am really happy with it. Not too big and looks really good. I am doing Le Reynard at the moment and into the rigging stage. Just deciding if to do it with sails or not. I find my biggest problem on all my ship builds is joining the planking to the bow of the ships. I bend the planks enough, but butting them up to the prow just looks a right mess and I end up filling the gaps with wood filler. Practice/Practice/Practice Hope everyone is staying safe and well. Cheers dave
  14. brightonseagulls
    Good morning everyone. I am sure this must have been asked before, but i can't seem to find anything that matches what I need ( but that is probably just me) I have started to build OcCre kits ( building a couple of their Trams which are excellent quality) as AL kits seem to have lost their quality and I am finishing off the AL Le Reynard ship, which is a lovely little project. My problem ( apart from the instruction diagrams) is how do you folks manage to create coils of rigging rope that I see in all of your builds. I find that I manage to wrap the "ropes" around the fittings etc, and glue them in place, however, that ends up with just two or three "winds" as it where. What I would really like is to create a set of coils but every time i try to do this, they end up too big or fall apart as I am doing them. It is VERY frustrating, but your builds show how effective they can look. Any answers would be most appreciated or if there is an answer on the site, please do point me at it. Many thanks Dave

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