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drobinson02199

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  1. Back from my one month trip to Asia and ready to ease back into ship modeling.

     

    This kit is part of the Dumas Chris-Craft series.  Unlike most Dumas boats, this one has a planked hull.

     

    What's in the box:

     

    • Pictures of the box cover with a close-up showing the model.
    • Lots of wood, unsorted.  Some good-looking mahogany strips and some very fragile laser-cut mahogany.
    • Manual and lots of charts and drawings.

     

    This one should be a challenge -- the manual says it's a very difficult kit.  The part I want to get right is the finish on the hull.

     

    I'm going to spend some time with the manual before I start on this.

     

    Regards,

    David

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  2. TITANIC IS FINALLY FINISHED!

     

    I have posted completion pictures in the Gallery of completed kit ships, but I couldn't resist this one that shows the "place of honor" for this model in my office.  Ensures that I will look at it multiple times each day.  😁

     

    A few final construction notes.  Some of these you'll see better in the Gallery pictures:

    1. The kit instructions use a plain wood dowel painted brown for the masts.  Couldn't stand that idea so I found a walnut dowel of the same size and used that.
    2. I bought a finished walnut base.  The kit includes a MDF base, but I've never figured out how to make one of those look like wood, and I didn't want a black base under this one.
    3. You'll see a yellow stripe down the side between the white and black parts of the structure.  This is in the box picture, but not in the instructions.  I did it by using the planking strips, which were perfectly sized, and pre-painting them.
    4. Even conserving the supplied rigging thread, I ran out after rigging the Marconi antenna and didn't have enough for the leads down to the ship, so I used some spare from another kit.

    I wanted to get this done this week as we are headed off for 5-6 weeks for a long Asia trip.  When back and time adjusted, I'm going to do the Dumas Chris Craft Commuter next.  Should be a different challenge to get the finish right.

     

    Thanks to all who have followed this build -- for your encouragement and help.

     

    Regards,

    David

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  3. Popeye:

     

    OK, got it.  I gave you measurements for two boats.  The larger one is 2960, and the smaller one is 2961 (they are called "dingy" and "cutter" respectively in the English instructions.  These part numbers are unique to the Titanic kit.

     

    If you call Ages of Sail, ask for James.  He's really good, and sometimes they keep an open kit around to cannibalize for missing parts.  You might be able to persuade him to sell you a "sprue" from that vs. ordering from Amati.  Two "sprues" come with the kit.  

     

    Regards,

    David

  4. Before going into mass production on the lifeboat davits, I wanted to make sure I understood how it all comes together, so I did two davits and one lifeboat and mounted them.  Result below.

     

    The stern lifeboats (like this one) hang partly out from the deck.  The bow lifeboats mount flush to the edge of the deck.

     

    Regards,

    David

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  5. Here's one of the lifeboat davits not yet painted and dry-fitted on the deck.  This is a five piece brass assembly with a lot of bending, but it's not too difficult.  I think these will add some real detail.

     

    Also a pic of the funnel stays, which are now finished.

     

    Next steps are to finish all the davits and paint them, then add eyebolts to the lifeboats, and then mount and rig them.

     

    Regards,

    David

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  6. Popeye:

     

    I wasn't thinking about what Ages of Sail normally shows -- if the Titanic lifeboats work for you, my thought was that you'd have Ages of Sail order 1 or 2 plastic sets of the Titanic ones like you saw in my picture.  They are Amati's US distributor, so they might be able to do that.

     

    Each "set" comes with 7 of the 38mm lifeboats, and two smaller ones that are 33mm, plus a tenth item that is Titanic-specific.

     

    Hope this helps.

     

    Regards,

    David

  7. I've installed the stanchions on the upper decks -- a couple of pics here.

     

    A sequence issue:  I had to install two small lifeboats now (see pics), because the funnel stays would be in the way if I did those first,  But then I have to do the stays next, because the davits for the rest of the lifeboats would make deck attachment really difficult.  Then I'll install the lifeboats.

     

    Speaking of the lifeboats -- I think way back in this log someone commented that they thought the use of plastic boats was inappropriate for a kit of this quality -- but as I have painted them I've found that they look nicer than some metal boats I've painted, and hold very fine detail as you can see.

     

    Regards,

    David

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