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    Looking really nice, and getting close to the end I guess. As for the white running rigging line supplied by Bluejacket, I just used regular brown fabric dye (Rit brand in the US) to dye the line. It was a little bit of a pain to have this extra step and then wait for the line to dry, but I thought the results were acceptable. Hmmm, looking at your model, I realize that my standard for "acceptable" may not be as high as yours. Oh, I see now it looks like you have some running rigging in place so I guess you've already resolved the issue.
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    Nicely done. Looks like you met the planking challenges head on and got a wonderful result!
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    I'll follow along as well, as I have done several bluejacket kits. Unless I am missing something, it looks to have a challengingly small number of frames/bulkheads. And the other build logs you mention do not progress to planking. Be interesting to see how you meet that challenge and any others that arise.
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    Allen...welcome to MSW from a former and possibly future Hoosier.
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    That reworked porch railing looks much better, definitely worth the effort!
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    You clearly have too much time on your hands! I'll follow along as well. I am confused though....I noticed the front of the box says "Solid Hull Construction for Easy Building!"
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    Off to a good start. I don't think I've seen a build log of this blue jacket kit.
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    Well done! Congrats on a fine looking model! Enjoyed following along.
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    Nice! I missed your log until now but will follow along with interest. Some time back I was paging through Chapelle's American Small Sailing Craft, looking for something to catch my eye as a potential first scratch build, and the melonseed skiff was one option that I liked and did some research on, though I did not find the Gentry custom boats site. For me the project is still somewhere off in the future but I will be interested to see yours. It looks like you are off to a great start.
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    Thanks everyone for looking in and hitting the like button and commenting, despite the lack of recent progress. The pic below is a large part of the explanation for why I have not made progress for the last 2 months. It's a long story, and I am still only claiming to be the "foster dad", but we'll see. And I swear this is not just a cheap ploy to get more likes.
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    Thanks. As you say, it was many years ago. But I don't remember doing anything extra to get the flags and pennants so I assume they must have come with the kit at that time. It looks like they are just printed paper on my models...should not be too hard to replicate. My pennants are just solid red and solid blue with no other design or insignia.
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    Wow, cool work on the scroll decorations. I had something similar on the trail boards of my America build and the thought never even crossed my mind to try to make it out of brass rod as you did. And nice work on the captain's cabin. Looks like you have a nice large, comfortable work area.
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    Nice start. These river boats are growing on me. I'll follow along and maybe somewhere down the line I need to do one myself. Just a question....in that last photo, the slots out near the edges of the bulkheads look like they do not line up in a straight line. Is that going to present a problem in the future? Or maybe it is just an optical illusion.
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    John....nice work on the railings! Check the pinned posts in the "How to use the MSW forum" for hints on the picture rotation...there's one on how to upload photos and one on a free picture resizer program. I have not used the latter but it indicates it also fixes rotation problems. It is for windows, not sure what you are using for posting.
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    Just a quick note that I am still here, though some other projects and life in general have gotten a bit in the way of late, so I have not been making any progress on this project.
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    Nice! After I installed my waterways I decided they were not as wide as I would like, but left them. I like the width of yours.
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    Well said, Juhu. Even those of us much farther away are saddened and concerned about what is going on there.
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    Nicely done. This looks like a fun build...like you said, almost like an architectural model. I always wanted to pretend I was an architect.
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    That stairway looks like a lot of work but the end result was worth it....very nice!
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    Always good to see an old project revived and not abandoned or thrown out.
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    Well done! Congrats on a fine looking first model.
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    If you are referring to your profile picture, click on your user name in the upper right, then click on Profile. Once on the profile page, click on the little picture icon in the upper left, the thing in the lower left of this tiny screen grab: Which Sopwith Camel did you buy? I recently started building the one from Artesania Latina and have a build log in this section. I think there is also at least one build log for the Model Airways sopwith camel. As noted, MSW is obviously more about nautical subjects, but you are in the right place for the limited number of non-nautical subjects on this forum. And welcome to MSW.
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    Thanks all for the comments and likes. I did not make a lot of progress this week, though I did work on painting the various metal cowling bits. I toned down the wood look a bit for these. For the metal parts, I first primed with grey primer, then used the normal Tamiya X-7 red, followed by a light coat of a mix (about 70/30) of X-7 Red and XF-9 which is a dark reddish brown color, using the air brush. I've not coated the parts yet, thinking I may add a coat of semi gloss clear of some sort. Also the "wood" pieces have a raised edge that you can see in the pictures. The pictures in the instructions just show those as brown/wood but thinking about maybe doing something else with the edges....red, silver, black, I don't know. Anyway, here are the pictures. Oops, I see now I should have been more careful and consistent with the white balance adjustment.
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    Well done with the paddle wheels, and with everything else. From your description, those wheels must have been massive in real life.
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    Well done! I missed this log until now, but that is a very tidy result.

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