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Congratulations on the find! Good luck on your move!
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What did you use for rigging the wings on this model? It looks really good!
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From what I have seen and heard, the Wingnut Wings kits are the best WWI plastic kits ever made. The plastic and the style of construction of this kit reminds me a lot of the wargaming miniatures that I have built.
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Lots of subassemblies getting ready for final cleanup and prep work prior to initial priming and base coating. I only build in plastic every once in a while, so I’m having to recall some skills. I will now vouch for Roden’s quality. There is very little flash and the molding is nearly perfect. Everything has been going together pretty much perfectly. I will warn inexperienced builders that there are no alignment pins on the fuselage halves. I have never built a WWI plane in plastic before. The rest of them were balsa for me.
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Just put those penguins to work:
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Where is a good place to buy from? - moved by moderator
GrandpaPhil replied to wdretired's topic in Wood ship model kits
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I am building the Nieuport 28 flown by then Lieutenant and later Captain Eddie Rickenbacker in 1918. The kit looks to be quite excellent with all appropriate markings: I haven’t built a Roden kit before, but they look good and I’ve heard good things about them.
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Very cool build! Excellent execution!
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Orks Dakka Jet by RGL - FINISHED - Warhammer
GrandpaPhil replied to RGL's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
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Welcome! I have not built the dory, but the beveling is called spiling and is to allow the planks to fit together flush.
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Greetings from a clueless Patrick O'Brian fan
GrandpaPhil replied to Galkar's topic in New member Introductions
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James, Artesania Latina just released a kit of the Victory with a full interior: https://artesanialatina.net/en/ships-elite/62518-wooden-ship-model-anatomy-of-english-vessel-hms-victory-1-84-8421426204032.html It looks like it would build to about 4 feet long. That would be an excellent introduction to building a first-rate with a complete interior.
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Very neat idea! A full cutaway of the Victory would be very impressive. There have been many discussions lately about a first rate with a full interior, so there is definitely interest. Looking forward to seeing one built!
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This is going to be a neat and fun build! Looking forward to it! Mark, Count me in on that popcorn, I’ll bring the sliced Serrano peppers to add for flavoring (Serrano’s and jalapeño peppers go really well in fresh popcorn like that).
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Excellently done and executed, Keith!
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The Triton’s plans are in the group projects under the Triton downloads section that will be visible to you shortly, if not already. The dimensions for the masts are in the plans. I bought the Shipyard Mercury, a similar vessel, to get a solid rigging plan that I intend to one of these days utilize with Triton’s dimensions on Triton.
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Check out the HMS Triton group build on this forum. The plans are $5 from the NRG and can be built as POF, POB or a cross section. Everything is pre-lofted and the Triton is a frigate from the 1770’s. The HMS Winchelsea is another excellent project that is the subject of a group build on this forum. The plans are $15 from the NRG and it is designed as a POB build. The Winchelsea is a frigate from 1764.
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Lomellina was slightly larger than the Revenge (granted built later, but similar time period), and the Revenge has a bonaventure mast.
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Maybe another warship from Trafalgar?
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Excellent work!
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