GrandpaPhil

John,

  How did your Victory turn out?

Looking good!

I removed the sail because that picture made me realize that a) I should have ironed it and b) I erred in not attaching the halyard block.

 I will remedy that tomorrow.

First sail on.

One complete set of sails for a Baltimore Clipper:

Next step, iron and install/rig.

As a quick side note, I was going to billow was sails, but decided against it out of concern for the effect of age on starch which could cause discoloration over the years.

I have always really liked the Tamiya armor models.

Outer jib is done.  Only have the one flying jib sail left.

I’ve got one and change sails left to make for the Prince de Neufchatel.

I’ve learned a lot building it.  It’s been great training to finish the Victory.  

I’m looking forward to picking back up on Victory.  I’m a lot more confident in my skills.

 I’m still set on scratch building the rest of the Victory from the AOTS plans instead of using the rest of the Mantua kit.  

I’m kind of in a quandary though.  I paid almost $100 for the wooden life boat kits for the Victory from Cornwall Model Boats before I decided to finish the model from scratch.

It would be incredibly wasteful to not use them, but I believe that I can do better from scratch because I scratch built the ones for the Prince de Neufchatel and they came out very well.  

Maybe I’ll use the Mantua ones as a base and improve upon them.  I have a while to think about it.

Double planking gives you have a good even surface to put the second layer of planking on.

I haven't built it, but according to Nature Coast Hobby Shop, it's double plank on bulkhead.

Congratulations!  Excellent work!

Excellent work!

Awesome!

Thank you!

This is the only Aurora kit that I have ever built.

It was a nice kit.  There was very little flash and I didn’t have to do too much to make everything fit.  There was only minimal filling and sanding to close gaps.

One muddy tank:

I’m calling it done!

A quick and easy project.

One base coated tank:

I’m waiting on the glue to dry to mud it up and then it will go in a case

Congratulations!  Excellent work!

I’m trying to go for the South Pacific paint scheme, which seemed to be based around a lighter green.

I got an old Aurora Japanese Type 97 Medium Tank in 1:48 scale yesterday.  I have never built an Aurora kit, or a Japanese tank, so.... I assembled it.

The base coat is almost done, over a black primer coat.

Excellent work!

Ab Hoving pointed out in his card model tutorial that model rudders don't have to move.  I took his suggestion and made the strapping out of painted card for the rudder on my Prince de Neufchatel and pinned it to the hull.  It is good and secure, plus looks nice.

On 10/23/2016 at 9:28 PM, CDW said:

I have put models away to finish at a later date before. As long as I only waited a short period of time I was okay. Wait too long and I never got around to it again. I look at it this way: Model building is my hobby and should be fun. If a build is not fun for me, what's the point of trying to see how much pain I can endure? 

A lot of this decision depends on what exactly is the issue. Is it an issue of too much tedious work? Take a short break then get back to it. Or is it an issue of ill fitting parts and losing interest because I think it's turning out to be a pig? I am not above unloading a kit project that has become a monkey on my back. I'm all to happy to put that monkey on someone else's back who likes monkeys.    

Same for me.  

That’s also why I don’t typically do commission builds.  Model building is supposed to be fun.  I burn out very quickly when I have to build.

Thanks for the likes and the comments.

Fore Staysail and Inner Jib Sail are done!

Yes, that’s the unfortunate part.

 I was looking at Taubman’s a while back.  They have a plan set for the Langley.  I thought about doing a POB scratch build of it.  It is on my eventual to-build list.

I’ve wanted one ever since I saw the model at the NAS Pensacola Museum.

That would be an awesome build!

15 hours ago, RGL said:

For the first time I actually have a stash! Im hoping they release a USS Langley but I have two little kits I bought off e-bay to do in shore leave. 

Iron Shipwrights makes a resin USS Langley in 1/350 scale.