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Welcome to the sponsors club! More sources of wood is never a bad thing.
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I'm with everyone else here, That deck is well done.
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This is going to be another masterpiece from you. The photo's look really good. What lighting are you using in your photos? Soft box, LEDs, A bare bulb on a stick?
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Judging from your lady nelson you will be fine. I looked at the Manual for Sphinx and it's 146 pages of really good instructions. I feel like very few people will abandon this kit mid way through.
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You are doing great Mike, You are going to get over the finish line before me that's for sure.
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Chris you might want to check your site. The Alert is showing as $0.00
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Looking amazing as always. Ratlines really are a tedious thing to do on a model. 1270 knots... James man are your eye's still working?
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Those blocks look really nice. Is it possible to round the sheave more with the laser?
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Thank you guys for the warm welcome and also for the sales! I was working on making some cable yesterday but my current ropewalk stands were about to tip over... I need to make something more stable. Time to get out the band saw!
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Thank you Kurt. I will get around to making a post in this section for information, updates, and developments.
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HMS Snake by BenD - Caldercraft - 1:64
BenD replied to BenD's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1751 - 1800
I added about 1ml of water to the paint pots. The Caldercraft Admiralty paints are quite thin and leave very little brush strokes to begin with. Don't be afraid to experiment. -
Welcome to the Sherbourne club! I remember when I started mine I only had a crafting knife and some glue! There are a lot of Sherbourne builds on this site that should help if you are stuck. You can also just ask us questions.
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I don't like any blades right out of the package. I use a sharpening stone to get the angle I want and then use a stropping block. When the edge is mirror shiny it's good to go for quite a while. I don't remember the last time I threw a blade out. I use the same treatment with chisels. A good piece of stropping leather is only $10-12 on Amazon. Most come with the stropping compound.
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Yeah that is incredible. It is one of the best looking frigates on the market to date, In my opinion anyway. Chris, Is your house big enough for the production of all this stuff? I only make rope and I feels like I've invaded most of my apparent 😆.
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I had the exact same gap between the bulwark strip and the first plank on my Cutter Sherbourne. I filled it just like you did. Get more clamps! You can never have too many. I've found even the dollar store ones work ok. Binder clips are also really good for ship building.
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Ahh yes lumpy beginner hulls. I almost wish I had some pictures of my first unfinished mess the Amati Adventure. That thing was just about as lumpy and misshapen as you could imagine. I only got to about half way done the second planking before giving it the quits. I didn't dare try another kit for 6-7 years. I bought the kit without even thinking of looking for books or forums. Just jumped right in and slapped it together like a plastic kit 😆. Some of us just have to learn the hard way.
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Electric plank benders are legit for wood bending. You just need to get the hang of it to not burn the wood. There are also plank bender like this one https://www.agesofsail.com/ecommerce/amati-kits/amati-form-a-strip-am7381.html. I personally use that one the most but it can be tricky to use and it does weaken the wood if you need a really tight bend.
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Please keep doing videos like this. There are people out there struggling with one step or another. Some people pay money for this kind of thing.
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HMS Snake by drtrap - Caldercraft
BenD replied to drtrap's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1751 - 1800
The rigging is what should be holding up the yards and orienting them so don't worry to much. Looking good by the way! -
I've got a trick for crappy old pin-vice drills. This one doesn't fit bits any smaller than .5mm anymore so I roll aluminum foil around the drill bit shafts. It seems to generate enough grip that I can drill into wood without the bit spinning in the chuck. Here is a .3mm bit being sleeved up.
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Head stock start and end point really is important for consistency. I have measurements on my both ends of my rope walk tracks. It helps to know when to stop the tailstock without constantly checking the rope for how laid up it is. Now I want to start counting the rotations. Might get some interesting results.
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A picture of said tool would help greatly.
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HMS Snake by BenD - Caldercraft - 1:64
BenD replied to BenD's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1751 - 1800
I made my own banner/Logo with the help of Microsoft paint and a bit of magic from a photoshop editor called GIMP. I think it's decent given that it wasn't professionally made. What do you guys think?
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HMS Snake by BenD - Caldercraft - 1:64
BenD replied to BenD's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1751 - 1800
Do you mean coils or rope hanks? Do you really think people would buy that?
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