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GrandpaPhil

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  1. GrandpaPhil
    The Baltimore is looking really good!
  2. GrandpaPhil
    Incredible work, both on the Royal Caroline and the rest of your collection!
  3. GrandpaPhil
    I made some progress! The aft tower is complete except for the 47mm guns and the search lights: I have the aft bulwarks installed: I am working on the port side bulwarks and the aft ladders: The paperwork that came with the model would have you install the middle platforms first, but the middle platforms partially sit on top of the bulwarks so I figured that I’d follow my own experience and install the bulwarks first to save what I see as potential aggravation later.
  4. GrandpaPhil
    De Zeven Provincien looks amazing!
  5. GrandpaPhil
    Mark, I hope you feel better and heal quickly!
  6. GrandpaPhil
    Welcome and nicely done!
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    Alan, Thank you very much! They have been a learning curve, but I am getting better at making them! OC, Thank you very much! Mark, Thank you very much! I am very happy with how this model is turning out! The upper deck has railings and an observation platform now! I’ve working on the winches that hang from the bottom deck of the aft tower. I know where three of them go, but haven’t been able to locate the other two on the drawings of the model. Here’s a side shot of the model:
  8. GrandpaPhil
    Very cool!
  9. GrandpaPhil
    Jeff, Very nicely done on the longboat! The sail looks amazing!
  10. GrandpaPhil
    Brushes will stain. Especially with a flat brush, that is just fine.
  11. GrandpaPhil
    Incredible work!
  12. GrandpaPhil
    Looking forward to this one!
  13. GrandpaPhil
    Congratulations! Very nicely done!
  14. GrandpaPhil
    Building up the aft tower: I just need to add the railings and the observation platform and then I can work on making the winches that hang from the lower deck of the tower.
  15. GrandpaPhil
    Welcome!
  16. GrandpaPhil
    Jeff, Thank you very much! I didn’t really care for the railings made from thread either. I found out about making them from paper from the old Digital Navy website under their “How-To” section, a while back. I have a whole section on the stern that will be essentially a latticework that would not look right if I tried making them from thread, to say nothing of trying to make all the different pieces for all the railing work on this ship, from thread. There’s just too much and I think the card railings will look and work much better. The next deck up is made and assembled now. I just need to paint and seal, and then move up.
  17. GrandpaPhil
    Welcome!
  18. GrandpaPhil
    Thank you very much, Glen! They helped me prepare for the ones for the aft tower! Thank you very much, Keith! I like the ones made from card much better! Thank you very much, Steve! Thank you very much, Mark! The aft tower is coming together nicely now that the forward tower is mostly complete! I made three more ladders, too! I like railings made from card much better. They work so much better when it comes time to install them.
  19. GrandpaPhil
    Welcome!
  20. GrandpaPhil
    I’ve been thinking of getting a set of lighted eye loupes, myself, for my smaller scale models. Those might be helpful for you.
  21. GrandpaPhil
    Congratulations Bob! Excellent work and excellent finish!
  22. GrandpaPhil
    The upper railing is on! I like the card railings better. They are closer to traditional photoetch is terms of holding their shape better and workability. The only downside is that they take a little longer to cut. That one took about eight hours to cut out. I broke about one in three of the rails and had to glue them back together. They are less than 1/32” thick. I’m sure that I will get better and therefore quicker as the model progresses. This is valuable learning as I have several more of these in my stash, including the AAMM plans of the predreadnought battleship La Hoche and want to get Le Charlemagne too.
  23. GrandpaPhil
    Glen, Constitution looks amazing! Enjoy the Mai Tais!
  24. GrandpaPhil
    I reconfigured my shipyard back to building ships. Here is that upper railing so far:
  25. GrandpaPhil
    Welcome!

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