sjanicki
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This, in addition to the navy museum in Barcelona, is one of the greatest in Spain in my view and on the top of the list in Europe. Glad you were able to visit!
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Your work on this looks really good - I am excited to see the results!
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If it makes you feel any better, I made the exact same mistake when building the kit! Thanks for flagging it - hopefully they adjust the instructions.
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Wow! Love how you did the cabins! Great work
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I love watching your progress! Keep it up
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You have done such a good job on this! Honestly keeping the lines tight isn't a big deal as long as you wait to cut them and tie them until they are all in place - that way you can make sure they are all properly tightened. I used clothespins as weights to keep them taught while I tied the rest
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I continue to be impressed by your work! Awesome job!
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Wow! You really did wonderful work on this!
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Great work so far! Looking forward to your continued progress!
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Of course! It is a wonderful kit. Please just tag me in your build if you have a question and I'll try to comment! Have you started a build log yet?
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This is looking very good!
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There are a ton of different ways that people apply these copper plates. Personally, after applying the bluejacket plates to both the Revenue Cutter and USS Perry I found the following process to work the best: Apply all the plates butting against another vs. layered. My skill wasn't great enough to layer them without it looking horrible. Form each plate to the shape of the hull before trying to glue Cut the plates that need to be cut to shape before applying Apply the plates to the keel starting with the base. Apply to the side of the keel a single row. Apply a single row of plates along the waterline all the way around. Start in the center of the ship starting at the keel and tiling your way out with an overlap. The bow section and stern are the most difficult and require cutting each tile exactly to shape. This post shows how I went about it fairly well. Please let me know if you have any questions on my process! I will note that many, many, on this forum are far more skilled at copper plating than I am and have done a better job but I found this method to make a reasonably high quality result for my skill level.
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You have done a wonderful job on this! Your re-work has really paid off
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@EricWilliamMarshall I think you will see that that if you mount the cap rails very carefully you will hide that it may not be perfect underneath (that was a similar trick I used on my build)
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You are doing a great job on this model - very impressed!
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I can attest that these were incredibly helpful to the build - especially to someone with my level of knowledge (read not much knowledge). Looking forward to your progress!
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Just getting to this build log of yours @EricWilliamMarshall! I really enjoyed your historical references above - I may need to make a small plaque of these stories to go in my office with the Perry. I am glad you were able to learn from my log of how not to built the USS Putty (great pun introduced by a fellow member on my build). The rotary shaft tool is amazing but perhaps I should have gotten one that was slightly less powerful... I really enjoyed the build and I am sure you will as well. Please tag me if you ever want to hear how I approached anything on it. Also, I am excited to see that you will be applying the copper plates as well - I think it makes for a gorgeous look when finished. Looking really good so far!
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Yes - the case-kit was from BlueJacket. I didn't have any issues with finding a place to purchase /cut the glass but prices really went up since I built the Revenue Cutter...
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I don't know yet! I need to think - recommendations are very much appreciated! Thank you! The USS Perry is now in my office across the room from the Revenue Cutter!
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Thank you! Very happy with the results! It will look great in the office with the Revenue Cutter to match
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Hi Nic, Thank you! The kit was a blast
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