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GrandpaPhil
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Thank you all very much for the “likes” and for stopping by! I’m currently working on the primary battery (4 x 12 in. guns according to the reprint of the 1905-1906 edition of Jane’s Fighting Ships): The construction is relatively simple for these. They are just time consuming and precise, as with anything on a model ship. I’m learning as I go for future projects. I have a set of plans for the French battleship Le Hoche, which has a similar turret design (although much earlier).
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Mark, That will definitely bring everything to life! The superstructure is pretty much done now: I still have the 47mm guns, the search lights and some other miscellaneous fittings that I am not yet sure where they go, but those will be filled in as one of the last steps. Here is a side on shot: I am working the main guns now: I read through the Principles of Paper Modeling by Dave Lukens, @Thales42 and am trying the mousepad for rolling pieces. Rolling pieces is one of the major challenges with card modeling, especially when working from a kit. When I scratch build them, I usually just make round parts from wood, since everything gets painted anyway. But with a preprinted kit, paint matching becomes an issue, in addition to a lack of the drawings in many kits (except for Seahorse and Shipyard, which come with EXCELLENT drawings for things like masts and cannon).
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Have you checked out Seahorse Models there in Poland? They make some very nice card ships.
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John McKay’s 100-Gun Ship Victory, of the Anatomy of the Ship series is the reference that I have been using for my own Victory build, which was a 1:98 scale Mantua kit. It has complete plans for the Victory. John McKay’s book is excellent and I strongly recommend it!
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Rob, Your clippers are incredible! Looking good!
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They tried to make them look like British warships as much as possible so as not to alarm their enemies/prey. It also helped to avoid direct confrontation with British warships.
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Eberhard, It’s a large broom used for cleaning floors (or decks in this case). https://www.acehardware.com/departments/home-and-decor/cleaning-and-disinfectants/push-brooms/1581016
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Looking good! I bought a light table (tablet?) in A1 size off Amazon during one of their Prime days. It is worth its weight in gold for transferring plans to normal paper that can then be glued down to wood or card for cutting.
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Congratulations on the finish! Excellent work on a beautiful model!
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Don’t forget the extension cords run out and the air hoses! The crews I worked with were pretty conscious about them though. Cleaning them and everything else up was part of our shift change.
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Sorry to hear about that! I hope that you get to feeling better! Your Victory looks amazing!
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Keith, Glad to hear that you are doing better! Lula looks amazing! Regarding workboat cleanliness, many years ago I worked on a supply boat in the former Gulf of Mexico. It was usually kept as uncluttered as possible to reduce the possibility of tripping or otherwise damaging either the crew or the equipment. We were pretty careful about making sure that we kept everything picked up and stowed.
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I don’t have the book, but many translator apps will enable one to take a picture of the page and it will translate directly onto the picture, replacing the original text with English, if you decide to get the book. I did that for a German book on the Wappen Von Hamburg, with the plans in the back of the book, and it worked well enough to get the gist of what was being written.
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