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Brucealanevans got a reaction from Montaigne in Fifie by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Amati - 1:32 - Scottish Motor Fishing Vessel
A little fun diversion today. Made up a bunch of little herring and a box to hold them for delivery. The boat will be portrayed as ready to dock with nets and buoys stored/drying.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from Dsmith20639 in Fifie by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Amati - 1:32 - Scottish Motor Fishing Vessel
A little fun diversion today. Made up a bunch of little herring and a box to hold them for delivery. The boat will be portrayed as ready to dock with nets and buoys stored/drying.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from JpR62 in Fifie by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Amati - 1:32 - Scottish Motor Fishing Vessel
A little fun diversion today. Made up a bunch of little herring and a box to hold them for delivery. The boat will be portrayed as ready to dock with nets and buoys stored/drying.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from Prowler901 in Fifie by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Amati - 1:32 - Scottish Motor Fishing Vessel
Decided to finish the weathering so I can put the hull aside for the time being to work on the deck structures - cleaned up the shipyard, vacuumed, and straightened up to begin the micro-carpentry.
The vessel no longer looks like it just arrived; she's been working.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from Diver in Fifie by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Amati - 1:32 - Scottish Motor Fishing Vessel
Decided to finish the weathering so I can put the hull aside for the time being to work on the deck structures - cleaned up the shipyard, vacuumed, and straightened up to begin the micro-carpentry.
The vessel no longer looks like it just arrived; she's been working.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from JpR62 in Fifie by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Amati - 1:32 - Scottish Motor Fishing Vessel
Decided to finish the weathering so I can put the hull aside for the time being to work on the deck structures - cleaned up the shipyard, vacuumed, and straightened up to begin the micro-carpentry.
The vessel no longer looks like it just arrived; she's been working.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from James H in Fifie by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Amati - 1:32 - Scottish Motor Fishing Vessel
Decided to finish the weathering so I can put the hull aside for the time being to work on the deck structures - cleaned up the shipyard, vacuumed, and straightened up to begin the micro-carpentry.
The vessel no longer looks like it just arrived; she's been working.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from chris watton in Fifie by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Amati - 1:32 - Scottish Motor Fishing Vessel
Decided to finish the weathering so I can put the hull aside for the time being to work on the deck structures - cleaned up the shipyard, vacuumed, and straightened up to begin the micro-carpentry.
The vessel no longer looks like it just arrived; she's been working.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from Knocklouder in Fifie by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Amati - 1:32 - Scottish Motor Fishing Vessel
Put together and painted the base for the Superstructure. I thought a bit of color would break up the walnut monotony. Likely will use some blue on the pilot house as well. I strongly suggest making certain the first pieces will fit into the deck opening before gluing them together. I had to adjust the length of them (shorten) and adjust the notches accordingly as well as sand the edges of the opening a bit to get a good fit.
I added (for practice) some gentle weathering and chipping to the painted surface - nothing over the top but I don't want the boat to look like it just arrived from the builders. I will be doing something similar to the fish pond area and the deck. The superstructure base is just dry fitted at the moment so that I can work on its bits off model.
I'll start working on the deck structures next.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from Dsmith20639 in Fifie by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Amati - 1:32 - Scottish Motor Fishing Vessel
Put together and painted the base for the Superstructure. I thought a bit of color would break up the walnut monotony. Likely will use some blue on the pilot house as well. I strongly suggest making certain the first pieces will fit into the deck opening before gluing them together. I had to adjust the length of them (shorten) and adjust the notches accordingly as well as sand the edges of the opening a bit to get a good fit.
I added (for practice) some gentle weathering and chipping to the painted surface - nothing over the top but I don't want the boat to look like it just arrived from the builders. I will be doing something similar to the fish pond area and the deck. The superstructure base is just dry fitted at the moment so that I can work on its bits off model.
I'll start working on the deck structures next.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from ccoyle in Fifie by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Amati - 1:32 - Scottish Motor Fishing Vessel
Put together and painted the base for the Superstructure. I thought a bit of color would break up the walnut monotony. Likely will use some blue on the pilot house as well. I strongly suggest making certain the first pieces will fit into the deck opening before gluing them together. I had to adjust the length of them (shorten) and adjust the notches accordingly as well as sand the edges of the opening a bit to get a good fit.
I added (for practice) some gentle weathering and chipping to the painted surface - nothing over the top but I don't want the boat to look like it just arrived from the builders. I will be doing something similar to the fish pond area and the deck. The superstructure base is just dry fitted at the moment so that I can work on its bits off model.
I'll start working on the deck structures next.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from Knocklouder in Fifie by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Amati - 1:32 - Scottish Motor Fishing Vessel
Put on the cap rail, finished and installed the rudder, and dry fitted the pond boards, so the deck is now complete.
I think, looking ahead in the instructions, that I will skip forward to complete at lease the base of the superstructure, so that I can properly trim fit the ends of the pond boards since there will be a slight overlap of that structure beyond the "hole" it fits into.
Then I'll start on all the little project structures.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from Prowler901 in Fifie by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Amati - 1:32 - Scottish Motor Fishing Vessel
Put on the cap rail, finished and installed the rudder, and dry fitted the pond boards, so the deck is now complete.
I think, looking ahead in the instructions, that I will skip forward to complete at lease the base of the superstructure, so that I can properly trim fit the ends of the pond boards since there will be a slight overlap of that structure beyond the "hole" it fits into.
Then I'll start on all the little project structures.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from JpR62 in Fifie by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Amati - 1:32 - Scottish Motor Fishing Vessel
Put on the cap rail, finished and installed the rudder, and dry fitted the pond boards, so the deck is now complete.
I think, looking ahead in the instructions, that I will skip forward to complete at lease the base of the superstructure, so that I can properly trim fit the ends of the pond boards since there will be a slight overlap of that structure beyond the "hole" it fits into.
Then I'll start on all the little project structures.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from Diver in Fifie by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Amati - 1:32 - Scottish Motor Fishing Vessel
Put on the cap rail, finished and installed the rudder, and dry fitted the pond boards, so the deck is now complete.
I think, looking ahead in the instructions, that I will skip forward to complete at lease the base of the superstructure, so that I can properly trim fit the ends of the pond boards since there will be a slight overlap of that structure beyond the "hole" it fits into.
Then I'll start on all the little project structures.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from James H in Fifie by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Amati - 1:32 - Scottish Motor Fishing Vessel
James, your comment is appreciated so much. Your review of this kit led me to get it.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from Dsmith20639 in Fifie by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Amati - 1:32 - Scottish Motor Fishing Vessel
Put on the cap rail, finished and installed the rudder, and dry fitted the pond boards, so the deck is now complete.
I think, looking ahead in the instructions, that I will skip forward to complete at lease the base of the superstructure, so that I can properly trim fit the ends of the pond boards since there will be a slight overlap of that structure beyond the "hole" it fits into.
Then I'll start on all the little project structures.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from chris watton in Fifie by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Amati - 1:32 - Scottish Motor Fishing Vessel
Put on the cap rail, finished and installed the rudder, and dry fitted the pond boards, so the deck is now complete.
I think, looking ahead in the instructions, that I will skip forward to complete at lease the base of the superstructure, so that I can properly trim fit the ends of the pond boards since there will be a slight overlap of that structure beyond the "hole" it fits into.
Then I'll start on all the little project structures.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from JpR62 in Fifie by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Amati - 1:32 - Scottish Motor Fishing Vessel
Finished the grating area and the scuttle covers.
Working on the rudder tomorrow.
I have to think about weathering the deck soon.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from Prowler901 in Fifie by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Amati - 1:32 - Scottish Motor Fishing Vessel
Finished the grating area and the scuttle covers.
Working on the rudder tomorrow.
I have to think about weathering the deck soon.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from Dsmith20639 in Fifie by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Amati - 1:32 - Scottish Motor Fishing Vessel
Finished the grating area and the scuttle covers.
Working on the rudder tomorrow.
I have to think about weathering the deck soon.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from BobG in Fifie by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Amati - 1:32 - Scottish Motor Fishing Vessel
Finished the grating area and the scuttle covers.
Working on the rudder tomorrow.
I have to think about weathering the deck soon.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from Ken_2 in Fifie by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Amati - 1:32 - Scottish Motor Fishing Vessel
Planked the inner bulwarks and installed the timber heads. I think this may be the last mind-numbing repetitive job for this build.
Except:
My wife joked about putting tiny herrings on the boat.
A challenge!
Made a prototype. Too labor intensive to make a large number. I think I'll have one tray of herrings on the deck with perhaps 10 or so in it.
Started with an illustration, added a flipped image just touching the top of the fish so that when folded it's 2 sided. Resized image to scale of the boat and printed a bunch of the double images on a sheet. Cut out a rectangle including the image, carefully scored a fold line between the flipped images where they touch, and folded the paper.
Glued a small piece of wood inside to give it depth and painted the inside with Elmer's glue and pressed the folded paper closed, with pressure all around the picture. After it dried I trimmed with fine blade and magnification. Touched up the dark edge (top) with a sharpie. One very small herring!
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from David W in Fifie by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Amati - 1:32 - Scottish Motor Fishing Vessel
Planked the inner bulwarks and installed the timber heads. I think this may be the last mind-numbing repetitive job for this build.
Except:
My wife joked about putting tiny herrings on the boat.
A challenge!
Made a prototype. Too labor intensive to make a large number. I think I'll have one tray of herrings on the deck with perhaps 10 or so in it.
Started with an illustration, added a flipped image just touching the top of the fish so that when folded it's 2 sided. Resized image to scale of the boat and printed a bunch of the double images on a sheet. Cut out a rectangle including the image, carefully scored a fold line between the flipped images where they touch, and folded the paper.
Glued a small piece of wood inside to give it depth and painted the inside with Elmer's glue and pressed the folded paper closed, with pressure all around the picture. After it dried I trimmed with fine blade and magnification. Touched up the dark edge (top) with a sharpie. One very small herring!
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from Diver in Fifie by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Amati - 1:32 - Scottish Motor Fishing Vessel
Finished the base planking of the deck.
I decided to use the dark 1x1 mm strips for caulking per the instructions. Interestingly, no where near enough of them were included in the kit to do so - I had to order some 1/32x1/32 strips from somewhere that could get them to me fast and stain them.
I also decided I will place the timberheads on the deck per the instructions rather than planking around them.
The decking in the middle "fish area" has been weathered before the grate goes on over it.
I think this ship will be portrayed as a bit battered rather than all spick and span from the yard. So I'm doing a bit of research on weathering, chipping, etc., none of which I have previously done.
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