VTHokiEE
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I can only give you my experience with the second book. I bought Ship Modeling Simplified: Tips and Techniques for Model construction from Kits by Frank Mastini when I was getting my first kit because it seemed to be highly recommended. The book wasn’t expensive but I didn’t really use it very much and I only read about a 3rd of it. This forum simply provided more knowledge in a more searchable form than I found in the book. The forum has great examples of so many components of construction in build logs and many general questions answered in the other forum areas that I passed the book along to make room for others in my library. -
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I looked at several instructions for Mamoli kits and while they all had the CM descriptor only one (instructions for the Sâo Miguel ART. MV21) had a label for CM and that label was in Polish only (it was removed from the English translation portion of the instructions). It stated: CM – sklejka 1,5 mm which using Google translate, appears to translate as plywood. That translation makes sense for, at least some of, the parts that I saw labeled as CM. Hope that helps.
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I really should get some weather power - your cannons (as well as everything else) look awesome. I have to stop looking before I convince myself that I need an airbrush as well. You have done a remarkable job with your Winchelsea!
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Looking forward to watching your build - really hoping to follow it up eventually.
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The minimum aperture for Nikon macro lenses is typically f/32, but as you focus down to 1:1 the effective aperture is smaller.
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Very excited to follow your build as I have considered doing the Hayling Hoy as well as a first scratch ship. I think that how close you get to the line probably depends on the part. My experience with the frames on my cross section was that I should have left a a good bit more on the parts than I did to account for fairing (maybe leaving 1-2 mm? outside the line to account for fairing), but this is probably also due to my inexperience building and raising the frames. I imagine (hope?) that as I get more scratch work under my belt I can get closer for the frames at least. Looks great so far!
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@Rustyj Thanks! I’ve had to reset my expectations on how long this project will take, but I’m loving every chance I get to be in the shipyard. @druxey Why of course it will (at least that’ll be my story regardless 😂).
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@glbarlow Thanks a lot - there have certainly been a lot of challenges to overcome, not certain that I've quite "mastered" any yet though :-). I've been continuing work on the lower deck framing and while not perfect I'm happy with how the cross section is shaping up. I struggled for a little bit trying to determine how to score the mortises (joints?) for the ledges and carlings until I recalled my mantra for this build - go re-read TTFM book 1 and of course there was a nice tip for how to easily make pseudo joints which I attempted to follow. The picture thats follow show how I set the angle for the score on beam and then the finished cut. I did my best to get the matching score aligned, but they are slightly off - though it isn't very noticeable until you really start staring at the deck and I think it will be even less noticeable when the upper deck is added (though I will have to be more exact there). I have to add the center hanging knees and lodging knees before finishing out the deck framing, but here is where I currently stand.
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How to see all profiles builds
VTHokiEE replied to Isaiah's topic in How to use the MSW forum - **NO MODELING CONTENT**
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Dust can trigger my allergies as well - I tend to use a mask as well as a shop vac positioned near the sanding zone to try to keep the air clear. I think there are some other air filtration units that can be effective for this as well, but having the shop vac on (and wearing ear protection) has helped a lot.
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I can’t say that I see any wrong but I do think your stern could probably use some more fairing. I added the counter after I had faired the stern further (which I believe @tlevine did the same looking at the original build log). I used a bunch of Emory style boards (from the cosmetic section of a general retailer) to do a lot of the fairing and recall really having to work a lot on both the bow and stern. You’re doing a good job!
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NRG Rigging Project by tlevine
VTHokiEE replied to tlevine's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1751 - 1800
That’s a good tip that I wish I knew earlier. Very cool project!- 26 replies
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@Dulrakk Great review, I saw the comment (linked below) from Chris on his thread and the issue looks like it happened to your deck.
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Looks like you’re off to a good start! I’m so impressed with people who can juggle multiple builds; for better or worse I find that I can only focus on one thing at a time (but darn if some other kits in the garage aren’t calling my name every time I walk out there). Looking forward to seeing what you do with this build.
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Thanks and I'm certain that you're right. It wasn't a deep stain so I was able to scrape some off gently with the back of an #11 blade, but I'm not doing anything further to ensure that I don't make things worse in an attempt to make them better. Thanks OC, appreciate it!
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I ended up buying the hinge PE set by Mathos Models (I picked up both A and B sets so I can "always be prepared") and I think they worked out well. Unfortunately the bolts became much harder to see after blackening (I assume this is a shadow thing) and I made a CA glue stain (which thankfully is less noticeable no than when I took these pictures). The well and shot locker goes back into storage while I frame out the lower deck.
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Log to PDF Tool
VTHokiEE replied to VTHokiEE's topic in How to use the MSW forum - **NO MODELING CONTENT**
Small update - oakheart helped me debug an issue (thank you!) where the PDF creation was taking longer than the timeout value specified and did not actually create the file. I have updated the releases to incorporate the change. Apologies that I still haven't gotten around to getting the releases signed - life can be unexpected and full sometimes. -
Thanks - very glad to be making some saw dust again! That's a good idea, I'll take a look. The hinges that are drawn (and I've seen on other builds) are usually T Hinges. I actually did stumble across a sheet of 1/35 photo etch hinges for dioramas by a company called Mathos Models that I may buy and see if they'll work (but then my nemesis "blackening" rears it's head 😂). I'm finding some other things (from railroad modelers as well) that could work if I don't end up fabricating them myself.
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After a considerable time away from the shipyards I found some motivation recently and have been plugging away at the ship's well and have almost completed it. I didn't take photographs of the progress, but I built up each of the 4 sides and then glued the sides together as square as I could. What I'm currently struggling with is how to make the hinges. I don't think my metalwork is at a point when I can fabricate them so I'm currently leaning towards using black card and pondering how to give the pin some depth. I have a little bit of time to ponder it though because I realized I build the lower deck beams incorrectly (confused width and depth) and need to remake them (about halfway done with them so I better get on the hinge decision before I start scouring the web for PE sheets that could solve the issue for me).
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Been a little, or a lot, out of the loop but wow you are really creating a wonderful work of art here - love it! Really great job!
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Can you show a picture? My advice might not be accurate (I’m definitely an amateur here at best regarding milling/etc), but I have added a scrap piece behind/next to parts which has reduced tear out in some situations.
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Log to PDF Tool
VTHokiEE replied to VTHokiEE's topic in How to use the MSW forum - **NO MODELING CONTENT**
Hi there, sorry to hear about your issues I'll try to take a look into it and see if we can figure out what is happening. I will send you a direct message for more details. -
NRG, MSB, SIS flash drives
VTHokiEE replied to bushman32's topic in NAUTICAL RESEARCH GUILD - News & Information
I picked up the NRG usb drive. The menu system didn’t work with my standard pdf viewer but worked with Adobe Reader. When I opened the menu pdf through Adobe Reader and clicked the issues I had to allow it permissions to open the associated files. Hope that helps!
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