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  1. Blighty
    Hi I have some updates to show, although currently only roughed in I think they are significant changes The LED lights arrived and Rossi46 and I wired up the lower decks. There is a slight change to the layout of the lights that I posted earlier in this log but the effect dictated that these minor changes were required. I wanted a very restful, dim illumination and the yellow LEDs did just the job, I am very pleased. I'll post night pics later when it gets dark. Yellow lights all round, between 1,8 and 3mm DIA. The pics below show more detail than I can describe, you know what they say, A picture paints a1000 words. Messy work bench, it got ugly, nearly pulled the chainsaw out.
  2. Blighty
    I thought you were going to bring it round, looking forward to checking it out, if it is as good as the pics, it's a beauty.
  3. Blighty
    Thx Kurt. not one of my brightest moments! if in doubt "read the instructions".
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    Hi, anyone know where these go and what they are? The pic is the pilot house. Thx in advance. Len
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    Actually Mike, I told a bit of a white lie. I put them on but the wood was so rotten the rails fell off when the Admiral started up the vacuum cleaner.
  6. Blighty
    Port side railings added and weathered on main deck. I elected to go with 4 rows of rails, not 5 as the model shows. Also I only went 6 bays along.
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    Ummmm, I think you're right Mike
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    Exciting day at Blighty's today, my new kit came in from Model Shipways. The Picket Boat #1, a famed Civil War boat, I'm looking forward to reading up the history on that little tub. I have read all the first site stuff but need to get into the nitty gritty now. The Chaperon has been a little bit on hold waiting for the lighting to come, I can't glue anymore decks on till I have the harnesses routed. I did lay the black down on Hurricane deck, it looks ok, attached are a couple of pics. I still have time to change it but I want to see what it looks like lit up. I laid down some forms on the Hurricane deck, they are not in the kit but I have some spare wood and I think it will be better with more surface to glue down too. Also added some rails on the main deck on port side, I have to weather them then I'll take some pics. The Admiral didn't like the black deck so I repainted it a different black, looks a bit better but not thrilled with it.
  9. Blighty
    Thx everyone for the tips on lighting, I'll check out the options for next build, this one is decided I think, it's just the amount of light now, I would like to back off on a bulb or two but will have to chek brightness first.
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    Decision made, the Chaperon is going to be lit up. Rossi46 and I came up with this lighting plan last night. I can't say either of us have experience in what lighting is required to get a balanced pleasing effect but this is what we came up with. I don't have anything above the hurricane deck built to take pics of but I anticipate one 3mm bulb in the TEXAS DECK and one 1.8mm bulb in the pilot house. Clarence, what do you think? I just checked out your latest posting of the lighting progress on the Mississippi, you kindaanswered one question before I even asked!! All comments will be appreciated. Thx. The order has gone in, thx Em, aka Rossi46. http://www.modeltrainsoftware.com/
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    WOW!!
  12. Blighty
    That is a very impressive finish, I'll add the silkspan to my list of trials to be done, on looks this is favorite I think. The card I selected seams less suitable every day. Thx for sharing.
  13. Blighty
    Hi JPAM, what a great compliment, thank you. This build is proving to be even more enjoyable than I hoped for, I highly recommend a river boat of some type and based on the excellent advise received, the Chaperon is one of the best on the market. The distressed look is very interesting to do, it's only paint and if it did not work out it would have bean easy to paint over. I am way over committed now but there was plenty of opportunities to back off earlier in the build.
  14. Blighty
    I have been looking at 1.8mmand 3mm LEDs, 9V. Still thinking about it.
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    Hi Ken, tar paper selection, I think you are right about experimenting, based on other feed back there is more than one way to achieve a tar paper look, I'll try a few of these methods first on some scrap. LED lighting is still tbd.
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    Nicely done Mike, looks like a different boat.
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    That's great Clarence, I will check out your logs. I was thinking orange, 3mm 9V battery power. The battery was originally going to be buried in the hull, that got fill over so then it moved up to the main deck, that fell through, so the only place I could put it now is in the pilot house and disguise it as a bench. Haha had to start building and couldn't stop. Thx for your offer too help, I will decide today whether to light her up and regret my decision from that point on. Cheers Len
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    Hi Mike, Tnat is also my concern, I went round to see my son's build which he lit up and he had to do some sealing, you could even see the light through the wood surface. That said, I would put lights outside the walls about half way along on the main deck and one light over the boilers and one in the pilot house, that would be it. I'm leaning more toward not lighting it right now. ...........and thx for the comments on my dirty ol' duck.
  19. Blighty
    THe walls of the boiler deck are now 95% complete, I just have to blend all the joints together so they look continuous and may be trim the bottom edge to eliminate gaps to the deck. I have glued them together but not glued to the deck yet. Stuff I have to go back on:- Main deck details, I think I am only fitting 3 or 4 levels of bars on the gate/fence railing,the kit provides 5 rows, purely to provide better visibility of the boiler area. I'll do these details as when the mood takes me. The boiler deck has been rubbed down a little more and I coated all of it with a wash of my vinegar formula, (which is well aged now and working very well). I'll glue the walls up and maybe add the rails, still got the stairs to do and the detailing. I'm still not decided on lighting, it's now or never, before the next deck gets mounted. The other issue is the tar paper finish for the upper decks. I purchased some textured card from Michael's Art Supply, looks quite good, I experimented with a small piece and it takes pastels really well, the pastels dulled it down a little and added some color variation which I liked, subtle. The other option is the fine grit sand paper, I looked in other peoples logs and I really liked the look of it, still to be decided, I'll rub some pastel stick into it see if it can be coated at all. Here's a couple of pics, some more later today or tomorrow. Thx for following, thx for the likes, thx for the comments and thx for the company. Len
  20. Blighty
    Unbelievable, so skilled.
  21. Blighty
    I have about 10 battens to fit on the port side of the boiler deck wall then I'll have that task completed, which is turning into an adventure it's self. I left some length on the battens to trim when they were completed but a few of them snapped off at the wrong spot. They actually look pretty good, at least in my world of scruffy, broken, aged boat building style . I have to paint them up to extenuate the rotted wood, if it looks over the top, that'll be great, if too over the top I can put some new ones in.
  22. Blighty
    Cathead, The scaled gap between the 2 stacks is 9 feet, they are well shielded so I think that is fine.
  23. Blighty
    Hi Mike, Once again thx for your generous comments. This is turning into a very interesting correspondence regarding the interior of the Chaperon, by all means keep the comments rolling and thx for your input. Len
  24. Blighty
    Mayday, mayday, are you out there Kurt? Kurt, are you familiar with the boiler deck floor plan? I have a pic of the interior parlour but assumed that would only be a portion of the length of the cabin structure and separate rooms would take up the rest. The deck scales at 20 feet wide. I'm only trying to establish the forward most portion of the floor plan to see why there are doors in the radii. I sketched up a rough dimensioned plan but only had that one pic to work from. Be great if you can help, thx in advance. Len
  25. Blighty
    Good spot, I never noticed that before.

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