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GrandpaPhil
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Congratulations! Well done!
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Congratulations! Well done!
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Congratulations! Nicely done!
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I made some bad mistakes. I should have left the minor gaps in the “copper” and not smoothed the ridges from the frames down and used the extra to cover the gaps (and the holes that I made smoothing the hull out). I didn’t take the thickness of the card into account. Oh well, it’s a study model. And, the Admiral is happy with it. She’s looking forward to displaying it. I built up the rest of the covering for prop mounting and covered the keel. It’s weird worrying about a propeller. It has been a long time since I built a ship that wasn’t sail driven. My usual era is 18th century or before. I love making the carvings and doing all of the decorations. But I also really like the transition era ships and predreadnoughts.
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I might try it.
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I just got an idea from a buddy of mine who builds RC planes. A lot people build RC planes out of foam board. Has anyone here ever tried to build a POB hull out of foam board, maybe for a card build? It would be sturdy and light. It wouldn’t crush in one direction like corrugated cardboard does. It also would be easy to work and join well to the hull “planking”.
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Waterline belt is on: Quick lesson learned: If another piece is going on top, smooth out the underlayer. That is why there’s a gash on the port side of the copper. There is a bunch of extra material that can be used to hide the gaps included with the kit.
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Thank you all very much for the likes and just for stopping by! I’ve been making progress! The port side battery armor is on: Both amidships waterline armor belt pieces are on: I may go ahead and finish the lower hull as intended, just to see where is goes. So far, this model is looking pretty good. It isn’t perfect, but none of my stuff is. However, I am happy with how it’s turning out, so far, especially for a study model. So, I’m going to play it out and just see where it goes.
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So sorry to hear about this. Best of luck to you.
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Congratulations! Well done! Beautiful work!
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Looking good!
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HSwMS Äran by Nirvana
GrandpaPhil replied to Nirvana's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1901 - Present Day
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And the cutouts from the kits will make perfect templates for those wish to make their own carvings to do so. This will make an awesome kit!
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