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Hi, I find your interest in submarines very interesting. I have a financial interest in a Japanese sub I-52 sunk in 1943. I hope to build a model of it some day. It was featured in National Geographic in 1995 documentary. Interesting story and also has 2 metric tons of gold on board, but she's in 17,000' of water. Deep recovery hopefully someday soon. Good luck on your build.
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Looks good Augie, when do you get back to work?
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Looking good Dude, keep it up and love the pictures.
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Dave, I'm at the belay pin stage on the Morgan and mine are brass. How do you plan to darken them? I'm thinking of paint, but not sure yet.
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Looking very good.
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Looking good Jay, keep up the good work. Hope the islands wern't too distracting.
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Wow, your rigging is looking real nice and I really like your ratlines. Keep the pictures rolling, looking good.
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For what it's worth, I found a Testor's modeling putty that worked well for me. It molds easy, dries fast and is sandable and shapeable.
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Hi Sherry, that little fawn is really cute. They really are so much fun at that age and size. I'm from far south Texas (near Mexico), and have seen many of them like this, some even can become pets. Keep up the nice work on the ship.
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Hi Sjors, sorry, I have been busy with the Morgan, and just now getting to look at your's. Really looking good. I think some more pictures would be appropriate if you know what I mean. Is Anja letting you build or do "honey do's" ?
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Hi Grant, this little boat is truly a model by itself. Do you intend to make all of them like this? Really inspiring, and I'm envious of your talents.
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Hi Mark, no the pins are just friction fit. I'm trying to figure out how to finish them properly. I don't have anything to blacken them, so I'm thinking of spray painting them then just touching them up after I glue them in or hopefully I can still just squeeze them into the tight little holes.
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OK, I have a question for anyone who can help.....I need either to make or find 2 three dimensional 5 pointed stars for the stern. They need to be about 3/16" diameter. The stern has 2 on the port and starboard sides. I'll try to take a picture from the plans. I'm not sure I can make them to look real or uniform. These items actually should be Brittania with the kit but they are not. The instructions say to paint them, but I'm not even sure I could do that. In the pictures of the plan the stars are shown on either side of the eagle. The eagle is cast Brittania and the stars are up for grabs. Anyone have any ideas?????
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I like Kim's proceedure and I think it would really look good. I wish I would have found this forum prior to some of the things I did to mine. I think it would have looked really goood on my model of the Conny.
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The flash on the camera actually makes it brighter, but it has the appearance of a worn deck in natural light. The variations in the actual wood color seem to get real pronounced in the pictures which was why I considered bleaching the deck prior to staining, however, on my samples it didn't show that way. Uniformity would be perfect, but like in the real world, nothing's perfect.
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Here is the second coat. Actually in person, I like how it turned out. I think I will leave it at this stage, the photos . The deck houses and structures will cover a lot of it, and I like the contrast and patina I have at this point. The yellow ochre will really complement it in my opinion. I welcome coments from the "peanut gallery" .....Sjors...Grant...lol...Augie.....
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Thanks Augie, I liked the results. I tried the natural and it didn't have much color at all, so the maple gave me a good patina. I'm still working on it. The stain is acrylic, and has a satin varnish with it. I want it to look like teak. I can't believe I'm at this stage already. Tomorrow I'll prime and paint the bulwarks yellow ochre. As for the deck I'm steel wooling it between coats. The second coat is drying and tomorrow I'll finish it before moving on to the paint. Then it's off to deck houses hopefully. I'll probably go ahead and paint the black part of the hull above the copper line. Glad you like the color of the deck.
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Hi Popeye, glad you like it. Thanks. Yes, I will not be doing any rigging on the road. I will be making many deck houses, whaleboats, masts and yards, etc., but will not be attaching anything like that with the exception of the hatches and deck houses to the ship. I'll be ready to assemble the masts once I get back here in Jan or Feb. As for the paint, the bulwarks are yellow ochre and the outside hull is black, white and of course I will do the coppering on the road. Lots to do before rigging time.
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This is a picture of the 2 ladders for the anchor deck
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It's really not dark. I'll take some pictures in the daylight later.
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more as I progress
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I finished building the 2 ladders for the anchor deck, made up 4 sheaves for the pinrails, and after much testing, decided to use a Minwax Light Maple stain/varnish satin finish for the deck. I broke down and decided to try it. Here is the first coat which will be steel wooled and recoated probably 3 times or until I am satisfied with the finish. The woods are different texture and color but it is natural, and at least it isn't green anymore. Here is a series of photos with more to follow as I am happy with it.
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Thanks Augie, yes lots of pins. I'm not going to rig it with sails but it appears to be rigged the same as a Man of War. Plus it has the cranes and ties for tying up a big whale along the starboard side, and the 7 whale boats with I think 5 sets of davits. Gonna get real busy real quick!
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Thanks Sjors, I like that combination also. I might be at the paint point in a day or two.
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Hi Sjors, thanks. I love the look of brass, however with this being a working ship, I will go ahead and paint them black. Less maintenance for the crew of spiders. I would rather have them working than polishing brass. The bulwarks will be painted a yellow ochre color, and the black pins will contrast well with it.
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