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I go stupid when I see over engineered solutions and when this came up for 25 bucks (Canuck money!) I had to jump on it! My future daughter in law has already got her eyes on it for doing her own frames. Up until now I've been using the good old razor saw, micro mitre box etc and will always have them around. It's just nice to have options -
Hi Bob, In this case the price was very, very negligible. I think these things were around 500.00 new and used they still go for around 150.00. I bought it for a very small fraction of that! Personally I have a hard time with a hobby knife on a 1/4 inch plank. I can never keep the plank still enough under a straight edge nor get the cut perfectly up and down. This chopper can be used to cut pretty much any angle if you abandon the 'fence'. I'll give it a shot and figure it out. One can never have too many toys
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Hi all, Today I picked up a picture framer's fillet cutter hoping I will be able to use it for chopping planks quickly and precisely. I think I've figured out a way to adapt a mini mitre gauge from a small table saw to allow me to do any angle needed. In it's current factory state it cuts 2 perfect 45 degree cuts at once in stock up to 1.5 inches. I'm curious to know if anyone has ever played with one of these? I'm looking for a manual but don't think the company exists any longer. It would be nice to have the blade sharpening angles etc.
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Hi Tom, It saddens me to hear that what you thought was a strain is in fact a more serious situation. Getting older truly sucks in terms of body ailments (for lack of better words) and I pray you will start to feel better soon. This planking thing is just stupid. I neglected to really look at my supply, assuming it was perfect. My 1/4 inch stock is actually 15/64 and after a bevel on the edge it's not too far from 7/32. I have a whole pile of this stuff including about 300 strips already cut. Perhaps I can use it below the wales if I divide off the hull like our esteemed leader teaches. Just ordered the last of Chuck's 1/4 inch stock (Sorry Chuck!) I'll redo the wales again while I wait and experiment cutting black hornbeam
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Man do I feel like a dummy!!! I measured everything! I printed off every bulkhead in both 300dpi and 600dpi thinking my printer was at fault. I measured the distance from top of the bulkhead to the bottom of the wales, the bottom of the wales to bottom of the keel and compared each measurement to the digital print takeoff and everything was on the money or +- .5 of a millimeter once or twice. And the prize goes to Christian!! After scratching my head, cussing some more and getting yelled at by my wife, I checked my wood pile. My 1/4 inch stuff is about 30 feet x 4.5 inches x 15/64 inches!. After a bevel and a bit of a sand we have just over by a hair 7/32. As you can guess my Tourette's came back with a vengeance and my wife was yelling at me again My Winnie is naked again as I took Tom's advice and started over. I just couldn't live with the 'close enough, fake it' thing. Winnie and friends deserve better!
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Vlad, great job on your quarter gallery! It's really nice to watch it come together piece by piece. The stain you used has an excellent tone. What tint is it?
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Thanks Everyone for coming to the rescue of a panicky middle aged man! Everyone's advice and suggestions will go miles towards getting this back on track. My wife claims I have Tourettes Syndrome and is ready to gag me That's what I needed to hear! Thank-you Chuck! Thanks Matt! Yours is another of the build logs I check consistently. JJ, I did. I even went so far as to overlay the laser cut bulkheads over individual printed copies. I have 2 stacks...one printed on 8.5 x 11 label sheets and one of 20lb copier paper. I swear, I didn't say 'close enough' which is my usual way of being
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Tom, please don't apologize as I know whatever you write is meant well and from the heart. Thank you for your suggestions on how to go about managing my kerfuffle. I think Anobium's ( Christian's) Idea might be a great one. I'll stick to the plan and divide up the difference. In my next life I will start smaller
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Tom, thank you for your insight! Perhaps I should just step back for a bit and look at it fresh again. The bulkheads were made from Baltic birch. In order to get them cut up here I had to import Chuck's bulkhead prints into Corel Draw. Unfortunately all of the bulkheads had open nodes when this was done so I had to take a bit of time to close them up. This was needed so that the laser would have a proper path to follow. I then created 4 large sheets with all the parts and had them cut up here. I then transferred all the location marks to each bulkhead individually, double and triple checking their locations against Chuck's originals. Somewhere I buggered up! The shipping alone is substantial from the US on top of your dollar value. Since the cancer hit, Covid and a disabled wife, yeah I need to count pennies Not a boo-hoo statement, just reality these days for many.
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Right now I'm wishing I had bought Chuck's bulkhead set (hint hint Tom :)). The other thing is going to be as you said for the next build. A stable support method or building slip. Going to save the pennies and start over perhaps but in the meantime figure out how to save it without ripping it apart again. Maybe if I have to, I will bug Chuck to see if he has a real-life (not contemporary model) paint scheme if I can't get the planking seams to work.
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I'm really bamboozled. Planking started with the wales as instructed. 5 x 7/32 then 4 x 1/4 now looking at 1 x 3/16. My wales follow the marks on the bulkheads with little to no variance. I've measured the tops of the bulkheads at the bow and it is bang on. The height of the first gunport is bang on. Excuse the mass pic posting I'm just wondering where I messed up or if what I'm experiencing is normal. Tom, If I have to rip this out, I'm gonna see if Winnie can fly and then float in a snow bank! I'm kidding but man, it feels real good in my imagination s
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Bob, I can't see any evidence of aging hands nor eyes on your ship. Immaculate work that I am enjoying to the fullest!
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I remember your work putting those links together back then! It was pretty amazing to see folks like yourself putting your time in for the sake of the hobby and all of us. It's what made us a really good community. I'm really happy to see old members still coming together. This forum has that sense of decency. Wooden ship modeling has me feeling like a lost little toddler but man do I drool at all the fine work done here
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Wow! That's an awesome lantern! Your lighting is going to be top notch JJ. That miniscule wire looks like a real biatc* to work with!
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No worries, I just thought that I would like to pass it on to a skilled builder as I won't be building it. Since the chemo, my fingers have lost a lot of the sensitivity I used to have. With wood I can at least handle something not worrying about crushing it too badly I'm glad to know you got something out of cardmodels.net and I'm even happier that papermodelers has grown like it has. Right now I'm very happy hanging my hat here! All the best! Ron
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That was me Stupidest thing I ever did. Hard times, sick wife, all the excuses. I still have a look in the wayback machine when the need arises. That was almost 20 years ago when I first started it. I started at the beginning of all the repaints on Papermodelers. Unfortunately I didn't have the patience nor the talent to keep doing them. There was a gent helping me out with the first one and I couldn't keep bugging him every time I needed Corel help. It did become a fad for a bit though with a ton of brilliant repaints being done. I remember as well that someone else had done a Holtzem repaint after I had. Ecardmodels had them both up for a bit but I like to think mine was better researched Were you re-scaling with your printer? I was curious. I still have a KW Cartoon model Ju-87 B2/R2 with the former set if you care to build it. It's been here for ever. I still have a whack of other formers I was cutting on my laser back in the day you might like. If I remember correctly I have some Marek stuff and a few others...I just have to dig them out.
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Chris, so right you are!!! The Pfalz's Max Holtzem livery was a repaint I did years ago. It was a learning experience with Corel Draw as I had never worked with vector art in my life. The Albatross is also one of Marek's beautiful designs as is the Fokker D.VI. The P-40 is a ModelArt kit by Emil Zarkov. He is rather famous for the 1:32 scale F-15. I could never manage to build it! I have a Ju-87 of his that I will attempt one day. The Macchi C.202 Folgore is from Digital Navy. His card US battleships are beautiful. Back in the day I had a forum, cardmodels.net. I made the mistake of parting with it but during that time I made so many friends in the hobby. I was just looking at your PWS-10. I'd say you have some skills mister! Thank heaven for laser cut formers! I hated slogging through 1mm board with the trusty number 11's getting duller by the inch. Did you fix your spar?
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Thought a few folks might be interested. I used to take great joy in building these. I am still trying to find a few more pics from years ago.
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Tom, I would definitely 2nd the fact that fairing the Baltic birch is a king-size PITA! I had the bulkhead set laser cut up here to save a few dollars but I regret it now. Just for sheer accuracy and ease of sanding, go with Chuck's offering. If I do it again, I think I would go with the cherry even though the cedar works like a dream, bends easily and really holds an edge. The cedar shows up my bad workmanship a little to easily We'll see..by the time I'm done, perhaps I will need to put in an order for more cedar to build the next one. Hope you're doing better! Vlad, I don't think your scraper will have a difficult time with the cedar. It's such a great wood to work with and cuts almost as easily as basswood. You just wouldn't have to deal with fuzzy edges
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Thanks JJ:) It's actually the third port that is about 1/3 of a plank too low according to the prints. Yes, the 2nd one is also about a billimeter too low. I've gone past the point of repair I think. I need to think about how to fix it without having another wrecking session. I gave up on cyanoacrylate as I made too many messes with no wiggle room and dismantling was next to impossible. This time around I used only Titebond and it is set! On a good note, it was your log that made sense to me and it does allow for tight seams
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My God I wish I could pick up the pace a bit! In the time you plank 1/2 the ship I'm lucky to get a couple strakes installed! I have a 4 pound Chihuahua that thinks it's his responsibility to bother me every time I sit at the desk. Talk about a demanding little bugger! I can literally start counting to 10 and he is there whining to be picked up or fed or walked or played with or just plain bugging me. Don't tell me they don't know what they're doing I sat down to take a few pics and there 'ol' Eyeball' was...anyways started planking above the wales. This Alaskan cedar shows every mistake! Trying to go slow and careful. For some reason my gun ports are off about 1/8" too high at the bow. Hopefully it will still work and look ok. I think after this one, I will take a step back and build Cheerful in Cherry. Think my eyeballs and ego were much bigger than my store of talent this time around.
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I can't believe the speed at which you work! Awesome job Vlad. I wish I could have looked over your shoulder as you planked your Winnie so I could learn something She will look amazing when you dress her up and give her a coat. Ron
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Tom, whatever you choose to do, I hope you continue to document it here. I would have liked to see your solid hull Winnie come together but after seeing your style and attention to detail, anything will be a joy to watch. Although I'm not 70 I did bugger up my back years ago. Take it slow but don't baby it too much. It would be good to know if you just pulled something or truly damaged it (I pray not). My thoughts are with you and we'll see you back at it. If you're anything like all of us here, you wont stay away Ron
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Tom, next to checking on Chuck's Winchelsea updates, yours and JJ's are the builds I look forward to the most (not that the others are aren't noteworthy ..far from it!). I am waiting to see our resident Michelangelo start his sculpting. Yesterday's post really showed the immense size and mass of your ship and the lines are definitely hiding there. Adding the temporary keel hints that you are poised carve. I can't wait!
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Those are some pretty sexy cheeks! I can't wait until it all gets released. Thanks for an immaculate job Chuck.
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