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Greetings from Southern California
GrandpaPhil replied to Allamagoosa's topic in New member Introductions
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Welcome! Iron Shipwrights makes a resin kit of the Big Fitz in 1/700 and 1/350.
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For Beginners -- A Cautionary Tale
GrandpaPhil replied to ccoyle's topic in New member Introductions
Irreparable with a wood kit is somewhat of a relative term. Filler and paint hides many mistakes. If all else fails, glue is dissolvable. You should see the early stages of some of my models (including my Victory). They looked horrible. -
Greetings from Washington, the State!
GrandpaPhil replied to ~JC~'s topic in New member Introductions
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Congratulations! Well done!
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That’s up to you. I personally don’t worry about laser char on internal parts, but it’s a matter of personal choice.
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Sails make a model look awesome. They can be a lot of work, but are absolutely worth it. I’m looking forward to seeing this!
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Running the shrouds (particularly getting the spacing on the deadeyes) is the hardest part of rigging for me. Well done on yours.
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A Baltimore Clipper always makes for a fun build! Looking forward to seeing this build.
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Why give up? Your Speedy looks good and you’ve already done the hard part. If you don’t like the copper, remove it. An alternate paint scheme is to paint the bottom a dingy white color (the old leaded paint that was used in the 17th and 18th centuries). Conversely, metallic copper paint also looks good on the bottom of a wood vessel, I’ve used it for a couple of models. I used copper tape for my Victory and my Prince de Neufchatel. It worked beautifully. Please feel free to check out my build logs on how I did it. The build log for the Prince de Neufchatel is probably more helpful, because I had figured it out by then.
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Thank you very much! The railing on the poop deck is made. The mizzen mast coat is done and installed. The remaining stanchions for the ladders are awaiting paint. They broke during carving and had to be glued back together. The pattern for the mizzen mast bitts are glued to the wood. The horns for the staghorns and the patterns for the giant cleats on the poop deck are glued down. I discovered from pictures taken by a member of this forum, and posted on YT’s build, that the flag lockers are removable cabinets that are not permanently installed. I will make them after I make the knees on the transom (which are on my to do list).
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I use card very heavily. It is a very versatile and useful material. The poop deck is no longer empty:
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The interior is painted and windows are being installed. I found a sheet of acrylic at a thrift store a couple months ago and grabbed it for model windows.
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