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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.
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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.
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I’ve been thinking of getting a set of lighted eye loupes, myself, for my smaller scale models. Those might be helpful for you.
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Congratulations Bob! Excellent work and excellent finish!
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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.
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Glen, Constitution looks amazing! Enjoy the Mai Tais!
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I reconfigured my shipyard back to building ships. Here is that upper railing so far:
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New to ship modelling? But what do you build first?
GrandpaPhil replied to MSW's topic in Wood ship model kits
I used the AL Bounty Jolly Boat as my intro to an actual planked hull model boat. It worked perfectly and I learned a LOT! -
I’m not generally a fan of the Mantua set of model houses (of which Sergal is a part), but a Sergal kit can make a great start for a build, just be aware that if you want any real levels of detail and accuracy, it is going to be a kit bash, not a kit build, and involve much research, which you should do anyway for the best results.
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Your Prince de Neufchatel looks really good! The ratlines look good!
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Endeavour looks great! I am my own sewing department. From my personal experience and in my opinion, it is worth the extra work to make all sails and display them fully set.
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Have fun! Be safe! Your model will do very well!
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Bob, I haven’t looked in for a while, Astrolabe is looking amazing! My sincere condolences for your friend! Those plans of the Astrolabe look like AAMM plans, and their plans are amazing!
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