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A little more progress.....I have planked the cockpit floor. I also did a paper template of the seat and test fit that. I have not decided what, if anything, to do with the bulkhead at the front of the cockpit. The kit instructions do not seem to address it....maybe plank it vertically or horizontally or just paint it. I've also dug out a couple old tins of stain and done a bit of testing to try to figure out which to use on the deck, cockpit floor, and seat. Though I am not yet sure.
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I had to react with the open-mouthed "wow" emoji because that is exactly what I did in real life when I scrolled down and saw the picture. The body and decals look flawless. Thanks for the warning about the MFH decals.
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Sopwith Camel by Spiff - Model Airways - 1/16
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Looks like you've done some excellent work on the engine, prop, and wings. I have this kit on my "shelf of doom". I built the engine and prop then completely switched gears and built the Artesania Latina Sopwith Camel instead. That is disappointing about the wing tips....I dug my kit out and compared the ones I have to the plan and they are very similar to what yours looked like. -
Cool. I have not seen that before either. I am not any sort of admin or anything....but if you go to the "ignored users" section of your own profile, it lists the account names for which you've hidden the signature and you can unhide it there. I did not try the "hide all" option, but this works for hiding and unhiding an individual.
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I've now glued in the cockpit coaming/cabin sides on both sides, as shown below. The instructions say to "plank" both sides of the cockpit coaming with vertical pieces of the same wood used for the deck. However, many of the completed builds of this kit that I have seen online seem to have skipped that step. I guess I will go ahead and do that planking.....if nothing else that will allow me to cover the gap I accidentally left in the back between the two sides of the coaming, as I trimmed one of the laser cut pieces just a bit too much. Doh.
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Endeavour 1934 by Herbert Heger - 1:35
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Very well done! I am not much into military models but they do present a lot of opportunity for artistic/creative interpretation with the different liveries and the weathering. You've taken full advantage of that here with your expert weathering and accentuating the details.
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Excellent as always! And good call on the moss.....it makes it look more like the wood is coming up out of the rock instead of just sitting on top of it.
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The cabin sides and cockpit coaming sides are two laser cut parts, one for each side of the boat. Here I am trying to bend the pieces. I first soaked the front half in hot water for a while (15-20 minutes) then carefully clamped it to a small sauce pan while also applying more heat with a hair dryer. The sauce pan is obviously not an exact match for the curve of the front of the cabin but it is a lot closer than a straight line. I'll probably let it dry over night then unclamp it and see what I have. Assuming it works I'll repeat the process for the other end of the pieces to accomplish the curve around the back of the cockpit.
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Another quick update. I've completed the deck planking and did a rough cut around the outside and inside edges. I did a little sanding of the outside edges but have more to do. Oh, I also cut out the hole for the mast as you can see.
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Thanks Glen and Jacques for the comments/compliments. And yes it is a good size model. Even without the bowsprit in front and the gaff hanging off the back, the hull as shown is right at 2 feet long and about 7.5 inches across. I've begun the relatively quick job of planking the deck. Obviously everything will need to be trimmed up once I complete it and all the glue dries. As you can see, the planks in the front and middle section do not quite line up. For the middle section, I just cut one piece of wood into a bunch of approx 2 inch sections and that piece of basswood must have been ever so slightly less wide than average. But I don't think it will matter at all once I get the cockpit and coaming installed. I will likely just leave the deck natural, maybe add some wipe on poly for a bit of protection and smoothness. I do kind of struggle with this build. I sometimes think I should do x, y, and z to try to improve on the kit and add some details or whatever, then I look at my stash of car kits and think maybe I'd rather finish this and work on them. So for now I am sticking to straight out of the box.
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Oh man, that looks good and I am jealous. I recently bought an FDM 3D printer (Anycubic Kobra 3) to get started with 3d printing but fully intend to also get a resin printer at some point as well. Seems they each have their own niche where they are useful. I figured an FDM printer was a better place to start since it seems like less hassle than resin, with no washing and curing needed.
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Make that three votes for the second one. I feel like the Japanese garden base competes with SIB for attention. Either way, like Bob said, great work!
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Ok, I have declared the hull painting done and I have mounted the hull to the baseboard. The baseboard is reused from an abandoned build of the model shipways Niagara. The cradles are included in the Friendship Sloop kit. They are laser cut mahogany which I sanded down a bit to round off the corners and finished with a tung oil finish. Pay no attention to the box in the back left corner of the table. That is definitely not another side project that I started 😁
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Thanks for the patience. I finished the other project I was working on (though as always, tempted to start another) and have been through several iterations of tape and paint, both green and off white. It was tricky to get a decent water line with the shape of the hull (and my technique, no doubt) but I think I am at the "as good as it's gonna get" stage. I'll likely still do a bit of light sanding at some point and then go over everything with a satin clear coat just to unify the finish. Both the green and offwhite are satin but still there are some variations in shininess.
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