
GrandpaPhil
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Thank you all very much! I have been having a lot of fun with this model! The poop deck is on: Once everything dries completely, I will add some trim, trim some areas that need trimmed for the rest of the hull sides, fix some areas that were over zealously trimmed, paint the interior portions of the hull sides, seal those areas and install the hull sides. Then on to installing wales, second planking, and the hull decorations that 16th century ships were so well known for.
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Congratulations! Very nicely done!
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Using a card-kit to ¨scratchbuild¨ a ship?
GrandpaPhil replied to ubjs's topic in RC Kits & Scratch building
It would be functionally no different than building from the plans for a kit. You would just have to adjust thicknesses. -
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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
The tools I use most are a scalpel, with a #11 blade, a self-healing mat, a couple pairs of long tweezers, a pin vise (micro drill) w/ micro bits, needle nose pliers, diagonal cutters, a couple different scales, drafting triangles and sand paper. If you are kit building, you don’t need the triangles. -
@Loracs, The resources on this site are absolutely amazing! That group project got me started on carving. The carvings for this model are all very similar in technique to the ones from that project. I actually referenced back to it when I started carving these. Speaking of which, here is a little more progress: All door frames are made now. I made one Fleur de Lis. I have one more window frame to go and 5 Fleur de Lis’s to go.
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