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GrandpaPhil

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  1. GrandpaPhil
    That’s excellent news! I’m very happy to hear it!
  2. GrandpaPhil
    This build looks like fun! Count me in!
  3. GrandpaPhil
    Lol! He’s been knocking out all the different types of blocks: Now, we’ll see if he can get the rest of them done and all of the metalwork pieces for the rigging made and put that copy of Steel to use!
  4. GrandpaPhil
    Got a new shipyard supervisor: That’s Griswold the Blacksmith. He showed up yesterday with a hammer in one hand and a copy of Steel’s Elements of Mastmaking, Sailmaking and Rigging in his other hand. Griswold said I have four hulls laid up in my shipyard that need finishing and offered to help get them done. So, I accepted.
  5. GrandpaPhil
    It looks like an older kit. Model Shipways just released a new version of their Prince de Neufchatel kit. Also, if you have the books Search For Speed Under Sail and The History of American Sailing Ships by Howard I Chapelle, the plans of the Prince de Neufchatel are complete enough to build a model. Those are what I used to build mine. It came out quite nicely and was my first scratch build.
  6. GrandpaPhil
    OC, Thank you very much! All normal blocks and the small fiddle blocks are made: I’ve been making as many as I think I’ll need and then adding a few for the ones I probably missed.
  7. GrandpaPhil
    Has anyone ever tried dipping wood blocks in tea to stain them?
  8. GrandpaPhil
    Incredible work, Glen!
  9. GrandpaPhil
    Welcome!
  10. GrandpaPhil
    Congratulations! Very well done!
  11. GrandpaPhil
    Congratulations! Excellently done!
  12. GrandpaPhil
    Chris, Very nicely done!
  13. GrandpaPhil
    I glue, but it isn’t needed. The rigging holds the masts in place quite well.
  14. GrandpaPhil
    Welcome!
  15. GrandpaPhil
    For those deadeyes in my Esther build, I used acrylic paint heavily thinned with water. I put them in a throwaway glass dish (which has been reused on multiple builds) and take a largish brush. I dip the brush in the paint and then in my paint water and then apply it to the pieces as an ink (in the same sense as in painting wargaming miniatures). It makes a good staining effect for wood pieces. I will do the same with all of the blocks that I am making now. It is a little messy, but it has always worked well for me.
  16. GrandpaPhil
    For small pieces like that on a plastic model, just paint them on the sprue. It’s quicker and avoids a LOT of frustration.
  17. GrandpaPhil
    Congratulations! Well done!
  18. GrandpaPhil
    @Jaager Thank you very much for the information!
  19. GrandpaPhil
    That looks like a quick and fun build that would make a great desktop model.
  20. GrandpaPhil
    I know. They are essentially the same ships. They even share the same plans in NMM. Either way, they fill a void in the kit market. I’ve never bought or built an Occre kit. I have thought about buying their kit of the Endurance or the other Polar ships. La Belle Poule I would build from the AAMM plans if I were going to build it.
  21. GrandpaPhil
    Steve, Thank you very much! Working on more blocks: The small single and double sheave blocks are made. Working on the larger single sheave blocks at the moment. Next, I’ll make the larger double sheave blocks. Then, I’ll make the fiddle blocks, followed by clew blocks, then the lift blocks, then two ramshead blocks, followed by some shoe blocks and lastly some large deadeye looking things with 5 holes in them. Somewhere along the way I need to make two mouses (I don’t think mice is an appropriate plural for them).
  22. GrandpaPhil
    I use Mont Marte PVA glue for both card and for wood. It works beautifully.
  23. GrandpaPhil
    You got this!
  24. GrandpaPhil
    Micha, I have heard that you either really like Billings Boats or you don’t. I have not built one of their kits. I really wanted their Vasa and Warrior for a while, but I have a card kit of the Vasa and plans for the Warrior in a book. Your Roar Ege looks fine to me. The most important thing about your first model is to finish it. Learn from your mistakes and move forward, applying that knowledge to your next project. This model was started to see what I could do. Speaking of which: The masts are glued in place. In accordance with the plans, the foremast is tilted slightly forward and the main and mizzen masts are tilted slightly aft. I made the small single sheave blocks. With the rigging fittings, I am starting with what I recognize and then researching the ones I don’t and then making them too. This model is a learning experience and I am enjoying it thoroughly!
  25. GrandpaPhil
    This was a good move on their behalf in my opinion. It will be unique in the kit world like their Terror, Erebus and Polaris.

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