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Sea Hoss

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About Sea Hoss

  • Birthday 10/10/1961

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    Taunton, Massachusetts
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    Model building, arts

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  1.    mort stoll reacted to a post in a topic: HMS Victory by Heinz746 - Caldercraft
  2.    Sea Hoss reacted to a post in a topic: HMS Fly by TimC - Victory Models - First Time Builder
  3. Sea Hoss
    Ya, I just think the wooden masts etc. are something that cannot be captured in plastic. Just my opinion. I'll be watching your progress.
  4.    Heinz6672 reacted to a post in a topic: HMS Victory by Heinz746 - Caldercraft
  5. Sea Hoss
    Immaculate work! it looks perfect.
  6. Sea Hoss
    Welcome to MSW... your Sea Witch is looking nice so far. I think it would be awesome if you did most of the remaining build using wooden parts. I built a USS Constitution several years ago (Revell- plastic) and wish I would have done the masts and deck things in wood. Just an idea.
  7.    Sea Hoss reacted to a post in a topic: Sea Witch by Moltinmark - Lindberg - 1/96
  8.    mtaylor reacted to a post in a topic: HMS Tiger 1747 by Siggi52 - 1:48 - 60 gun ship from NMM plans
  9.    yvesvidal reacted to a post in a topic: Emma C Berry by Sea Hoss - Model Shipways - Launch Date 1866
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  16. Sea Hoss
    Still planking the hull. Working on the central band on the port side, almost finished. Then I will probably go back and forth from sanding and filling the hull and working on the deck. The clamping jig and hair dryer method works well for edge bending. Had to do some imaginative planking on the starboard side. It's ok since all will be sanded and filled before painting. Maybe adding a couple LED lights inside for effect. All in all, I am really enjoying building the ECB. I think she shall be a beautiful model. I would like to try carving the decorative parts on the trail boards but they are
  17. Sea Hoss
    Very nice work for sure!
  18.    Sea Hoss reacted to a post in a topic: Frigate Diana by ObviousNewbie - OcCre - Scale 1:82 - Second wooden ship build
  19.    Sea Hoss reacted to a post in a topic: Frigate Diana by ObviousNewbie - OcCre - Scale 1:82 - Second wooden ship build
  20. Sea Hoss
    Beautiful workmanship! Yes, windy and wet here in the northeast.
  21.    Sea Hoss reacted to a post in a topic: HMS Tiger 1747 by Siggi52 - 1:48 - 60 gun ship from NMM plans
  22. Sea Hoss
    Been watching along since the beginning, you're an artist and a genius replicating this boat's parts!
  23.    Sea Hoss reacted to a post in a topic: La Niña by CRI-CRI - scale 1/48 - ship of Cristoforo Colombo - 1492
  24.    Sea Hoss reacted to a post in a topic: HMS Fly by Sooty - Victory Models - 1:64
  25. Sea Hoss
    Progressing along on the ECB... Deck framing is done. The plans called for lodging knees all around, I cheated a bit. I wrestled with making all of them when most would be covered with planking. I intend to leave off some deck planking to expose the framing and to let light into the wet well area. I don't have the proper tools to create all those knees. So then began with the garboard strakes and the hull planking. i included some pics of the edge bending process, I use my jig and a hair dryer, works well with bass wood. for all the negatives of bass wood, it is easy to sha pe and bend.
  26. Sea Hoss
    Glad to see you back working on ECB. Looking great! I've been adding to mine also, Will post progress soon.
  27.    Sea Hoss reacted to a post in a topic: Emma C. Berry by Turangi Model Shipways 1:32
  28.    Sea Hoss reacted to a post in a topic: Armed Virginia Sloop by Ciciak35 - 1:48
  29.    Sea Hoss reacted to a post in a topic: Emma C. Berry by yvesvidal - Model Shipways - 1/32
  30. Sea Hoss
    Such a great job you did on The Confederacy...your current model is also beautiful.
  31. Sea Hoss
    In the above post, I wrote that the next step was deck planking. Actually, it calls for hull planking.
  32. Sea Hoss
    Got an update; banged some more out... Painted the interior areas called for, installed access ladders for the wet well hatches. Finished deck framing, installed some lodging knees, sanded flush the deck beams and carlings. Then began the covering boards. Next, the instructions call for the planking of the deck, nice! I went through some other members build logs, very helpful. It was funny though that many have observed the same shortfalls in this kits instructions and plans. Should you pick up this one, be prepared to navigate by the plans. The instructions are sparse! I guess I'm used to mo
  33. Sea Hoss
    Thanks Paul, good to hear from you... Your Whale Boat came out fantastic by the way! Hope to see more of your work.
  34. Sea Hoss
    For the netting, you might want to check a craft store like Michael's. Nice work so far.
  35. Sea Hoss
    Thanks for the kind words of encouragement, much appreciated. I need to figure out how to put the text in more rationally!

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