Keith Black
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David, welcome to MSW. I look forward to seeing your build logs.
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Gary and Pat, thank you both for your advise and support as it's sorely needed at this point. Pat, it's just a test piece that I had randomly draped for the photo. Thank you to all for the likes and to all those who've dropped by. In one of the build logs I was going through yesterday, the builder had used the same PE eye pins I used to make the jackstay eyebolts, to make hooks. It's an interesting usage I want to play around with. -
"Training Ship Beautiful Journey" ? If that's it, it's a beautiful name and a vessel we should all hope to travel aboard.
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Pat, I put a couple of hours of effort into making shackles with no success. I got one that sort of resembled a shackle at 16 inch scale. The ones I tried making at 6 inch scale looked like twisted dead gnats. Pictured is a .153 inch block (18 inch at scale) that I stropped. A natural becket occurs when the wire is formed around the block (opposite the hook end) that I've tied the line to, this maybe as good as it gets? I have thought about putting a simple ring through the becket, I'll make up a test piece and see what that looks like. Roger, thank you for the heads up regarding the NRG shop notes. I need to invest in both volumes. Thank you to all for the comments, likes and stopping by.
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CC, welcome to MSW. It would be nice if you started a build log even though you're half way through the build.
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C.C. Rider?
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Kramer, please attach photographs and not HEIC downloads. Thank you.
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How bout a little hint, just one tiny little bitty hint....
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Chris, she really is beautiful. Are you going to give her a name?
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Lynn, looking a SkiBee's build log post #14 and this his photo, I think you're good to go. Their instructions seem to be lacking in clarity, probably a good idea to follow SkiBee's build log closely. Nothing like a little excitement right out of the gate.
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Pat, how big was the average shackle used back then, six inches? That's .05, at .05 my fingers don't wanna cooperate. I've made a couple at larger scale just messing about but have never tried to seriously make a shackle at .05 inches, that just makes my head hurt. But hey, I'll gladly come over to your site and cheer you on whilst you make em. I thought long and hard about PE hooks but after seeing them in use I'm not convinced. There is a company that makes hooks that are drop dead gorgeous but they be kinda spendy. And heck, I've got to make some of this stuff or they're going to want me to remove "scratch" from the title.
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Rob, have you thought about acrylic paint?
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H.M.S. Bounty 1:110 Constructo missing instructions
Keith Black replied to Sailor-Bill's topic in Wood ship model kits
Bill, welcome to MSW. This might get you going till you can get an english version of the instructions. It's in German but the pictures are large. https://mandys-hobbies.de/bounty-von-constucto-1110/#Liebe_auf_den_ersten_Blick -
David, you had to be using the photo to layout your grating (and spot it is looking at the photo) because your rendering is much different than the drawing. Had I only the drawing to go by, I would never have come close to your grating layout.
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Once they simplify it to Etch a Sketch ease of use, count me in.
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Lynn, something is amiss. Would you provide a photo of all the hull pieces. Disregard photo request, Druxey discovered the problem.
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David, understood. I went to Eberhard's photos and looked at the grating, it doesn't match the drawing.
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Tony, nice to meet you. It's always nice when one of the family comes back home.
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David, you seem close to a solution so the following may not be applicable but there maybe something to be gleaned starting with Keith's post # 707, page 24.
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Mark, see Doris's post # 434
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Brian, it's not so much what I want to do next, it's more of a knee jerk reaction to the many task that seemingly all need to be done at the same time. Pat, I'm using wire to strop so that makes things a tad bit easier. Hooks are a pain in that I can't manage to be consistent but I'll have plenty of opportunities to get better. Shackles, at 120 we don't need no stinking shackles. That'll be one of those don't look too close items. Thank you to all for stopping by and the likes.
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Lynn, glad to see you're getting stowed away here in your new digs. Great idea calling Model Shipways about the tools required to build the Pram. Speaking of the Pram, she's cute as a button. I'm excited about your next steps in model ship building and wishing you success.........Keith
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Rob, they attach just to the rear of the martingale/dolphin striker as seen below. They might be optional but if they were you would think they wouldn't show them in their finished model literature.
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Sorry I'm late but I just got to this stage.
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I'm adding three photos of individual blocks to better show the resulting coloration as the photos in the first post didn't do the end result justice. Thank you, Mark, Tom, and Tony.
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