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  1. Well channels and pin rails went on today. So far so good. I started working on the deck houses. I also went ahead and used a few decals they dont look as bad as i thought they would. We will see as i get more into it. Im sorry for not haveing a pic in a while i will get one up tomorrow. Other then that fairly pleased with how its looking!
  2. Is that what all the pins are for in the bag of small parts? Ive been away for a lil bit but bak at it today. At the moment im putting on the coamings and then the top rails. Now that i look at the instructions it shows pin rails but doesnt say when to put them on. I will be putting those on right after the top rails go on
  3. Sorry i havnt worked on the ship lately but will have time tomorrow. History guy you mentioned pin rails could you explain a lil on that. Im new to all this. At the moment the ship is like it was in the last pic. The stain turned out nice on the hull but the deck wasnt as dark as i would like it mayb another coat before i move on not sure yet. Also i dont have spare parts like most layin around so i went ahead and glued the stern and rudder on i may paint the pintel and gudgeons on. Either that or i saw a few metal shavings in the parts bag i might be able to come up with somthing but either way it glued on. Maybe my next model will be different. On the other hand i picked up a nice lil challenge last night. It was one of those 3d puzzles by bepuzzled. Kinda cool pirate ship. But boy did that thing take me like 2 hours to do. (I dropped it once lol). But it turned out nice. And it was about 6inchs long and about 5 inchs high. Something fun to do.
  4. Ok guys im back. Ive done exactly what bill advised with the templates. I was actually not that far off which was great! So once i finished that i wrnt ahead and stained the hull. So far very pleased with it. The next step i have to figure out how to bend 2 pieces to match the forecastle curve. Any thoughts? And btw thanks guys for helping me get the hull where it should be!
  5. Thanks everyone! I havnt worked on the ship in a day or so but will be back at it soon. Bill you said there is templates for this build in the plan? I must be missing something then but would be great! I still have some sanding to do to the rear to get it to match the stern and rudder but so far happy with what i have. Thanks again
  6. Hey Mike! Thanks for the advice! I have done quite a bit in one day but i wanted to get to where the hull would be faired to match the lines of the ship. Which is where im at not. Over the next few days ill be sanding everything to blend together. But one thing your saying the transum will match the size of the stern and rudder? Would that be the whole size of them top to bottom then taper up to the edges of the poop from there? I havnt seen anything in the box to help form the hull but that would have been great. Your model looks realy good! Again im not set on the finish yet just tossing a few ideas around. Again thank you for all you advice!
  7. So ive been looking for the rudder gudgeons and pintels for a lil while now and couldnt find anything. Well i was packing everything up for the night and heres what i found. I mean seriously they are painted on paper? Well im gona have to figure something else out for them. Besides i dont have the rudder on yet anyways cause im still not sure whats goin on back there it looks weird when i mock it up. Idk
  8. Thanks Cobr@! Im realy enjoying the build too! So what do you guys think the cut out behind where the rudder goes? Ive looked ahead and dont see anything and the plans dont show it either. Ive mocked up the rudder and stern and its just an empty spot. So if i have to ill fill it with a piece of extra wood off something in the box lol. Im gona try and figure out the stain colors tonight.
  9. Just read my last post and wana make sure im clear on one spot. Red white and blue is not tacky just for paint on this ship lol. Retired 983rd here!
  10. Thanks EJ! Ok so here we go both the forecastle and the poop have been added and angled. It wasnt to bad i believe (good ole dremel). I also put the main bulwark on and did my best to match the angle of the forecastle. The glue is gona set for a lil bit to finish drying and next im supposed to sand everything smooth.after that it talks about hull sealing. But thats for painting correct? I think im gona nix the plans of paint on this model completely except for gold on a few pieces. I would realy like to have a nice wood color out of everything. But the plans call for alot of blue red and whites. Just sounds tacky idk. Any ideas would be great. Other then that everythings coming along nicely!
  11. I just notied figure A is a front shot just cut in half. I cut out the poop and its kinda the same way but just hangs over the back. I think im gona hold off on cutting the angles for now till i have more on there to see how it will go. It will proly be easier
  12. The only thing i see is figure A where it says to trim. I wish they would have given me a front view of the ship. Either way if you look at figure A it shows to gollow the contour of the hull but the hull is flat on the front. Im gona move past this step for a moment and get some other parts cut out. Im sure we can figure this out
  13. I sanded the hull and dry fit the deck a few times before glueing. So far it looks pretty good. But ive already hit a slight snag of sorts. It say the forecastle is cemented on the forward end of the deck in the location marked. So i trimmed the forecastle out of the block it came in and its way bigger then the empty spot on the deck. So should i just glue it to the empty spot and trim after dry? I think this is what i should do cause if you look it will cover up other spots if not. Oh and welcome to everyone following along! This should be realy fun!
  14. Heres a pic of the box. I took other photos when i opened the box but it says it to large so i will have to figure all this out
  15. Well let me start off by saying this is my first wood build. Ive done plastic models for many years though and im very excited to start a new journey! So agian its called The Sea Witch. The kit is made by Scientific. The kit its self was made in 1970 which is kinda cool since its almost 10 years older then i am. When i opened the box everything looks good. The solid hull needs sanded just a lil in a few spots but not to bad. The parts are not laser cut like most models ive seen but again it was made in 1970. My dremel will work great on this build. A few things bother. The sails are not cloth like the box says. Ita just printed on heavy paper. I will just go out and buy fabric. Also there are decals for aome pieces on the deck. Im not sure im gona use these it just seems kinda tacky. Do people usually use the decals or stickers? The instructions are not what im use to! Everything is numbers which helps but otherwise it will be different then what im use to. It will be fine though. Again this is my first build and i dont have much experience with wood but im a good learner and any help would be greatly appreciated! So lets do this im extremely excited to get working on it!
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