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Your rope looks excellent! Was it hard to make on your first attempt?- 949 replies
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels that way!
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Greg, she’s looking really good. Your tick marks look neat and tidy. Planking seems tedious, but the results are so satisfying.
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That looks like an amazing kit! I’m excited to follow your build, James.
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Thank you, Jeff, Edward, Vladimir, and also the "likes". I hope to get some time to start Chapter 4 this week. I'm looking forward to saying "goodbye" to the bulkheads!
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I’m nearly done with chapter 3. I really struggled to make decent moldings for the bottom. In fact, I’ve run out of boxwood strips and had to get two more from Syren. The port side is done and has a coat of WOP, which makes the friezes look very rich and beautiful.
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Those tick marks look good. I hope your planking goes well. Farewell and adieu.
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She looks great, Rowboat!
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You can compare the bulkhead former to the large sheets. Those sheets do have a reference scale.
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Welcome aboard, Steve! I also cut out my own bulkheads. Twice. Be sure that your print outs are scaled at 100%. I didn't pay enough attention the first time and had the whole set put together before I realized it was about 95% of the size it should have been. So I started over. If I had it to do over again, I'd have been more careful about making sure each bulkhead was centered and that my bulkheads were perfectly symmetrical. Also, put a test batton along the wale marking line on both sides and make sure they look good. That's all the unsolicited advice I have for now. I hope you have fun with this build. It's a great project and I'm happy to watch another one come together.
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Jaws Orca by neilm - WIP
Matt D replied to neilm's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1901 - Present Day
Your Orca looks fantastic! I’m a big Jaws fan, so this model really draws me in. Your details like the gages are nicely done. I sure hope the tach isn’t redlined again! -
That looks like a terrific start, Gregg! I’ve read that Model Shipways will send replacement parts for anything missing or broken. As I understand it, if you mess something up on your own, they’ll replace it for you. They have a good reputation for their customer service. So don’t hold back if you have missing parts.
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Those are some nice looking clove hitches. Are you able to do this with your fingers or does it take tweezers?
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It looks like you're in a lot of trouble, there. Next you'll have to walk the plank! They look excellent, Glenn.
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Thanks, Tom and Bob! And thank you to all the “likes”. Last week, I was putting one or two pieces of molding on each day. But I’m out of town for work this week, so all I can do is look at other people’s build logs until the weekend.
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Well that stinks, Justin. I’m sorry that happened. I’ve had it happen several times that I’m trying to slowly creep up on “just enough” sanding and somehow overshot by a mile. It’s painful. I also know the feeling of trying to carefully remove a piece and instead wrecking the whole thing. The good part is that you have this frame making business down pat, so your new set will be terrific. I’m looking forward to seeing it.
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Your ship is looking great! I wish you the best in your health issue. Coming up short in your build is the railing. In some logs, including mine, builders have used spacers to set the posts evenly. I want to warn you that doing so poses a high risk of creating stacked tolerance errors. If you look closely at mine, you’ll see that the railings are off from one side to the other near mid-ship. I corrected it as well as I could at the time, but the step really shows off the error. Do think carefully about how to get the spacing right while keeping both sides the same. If I had mine to do over, I would have marked the post locations and checked side to side instead of trying to just use a spacer to set them.
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I’m working at a snail’s pace on chapter 3, inching my way to completion. I really like working with the friezes and I’m pretty happy with how my moldings are turning out. I’ve also completed the q gallery roof railings. And I took a page out of Bob’s build log and used Micro Kristal Klear for the windows. I really like how they look and it seems like it reinforces the delicate frames. Thanks for showing that, @rafine!
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That looks perfect! Did you cut it around the moldings or did you cut the moldings to make room for it? Whichever way you did it, the results are outstanding!
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Wow! That looks amazing. Is that a crew of three I see in there? Was it a lot to handle with all of those sails or just a matter of setting them and staying on course for a while?
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That's an awesome update, Bob. The lower masts look terrific. Thank you for sharing your sequence on this. It's great to learn from someone who has built several.
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Thanks, Rusty. Do you know if they include the carriages or do those need to be purchased separately? It's hard to tell from the description on the Syren site.
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Hi Chuck. I decided to add this as a new topic, but it may be covered elsewhere. Feel free to delete if this post is superfluous. Which cannon barrels and carriages should we use on the Winnie? I thought about buying them today with my Chapter 4 order, but couldn't tell for certain which ones to buy for the main deck. Obviously, it's too soon to mount them permanently, but I thought it would be nice to test fit them. Or are they not available yet? Thank you!
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That looks great, JJ! I like your little sanding pads. Those are a great idea and I'm definitely going to make myself a set of those to sand the decks.
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Hello from a newbie with L plates on!
Matt D replied to Pirategirl's topic in New member Introductions
Welcome to MSW, Jas! This group is helpful and kind. It can seem intimidating to post your work, but you’ll get real help and very nice comments about your work. People here like to answer questions and share their experience to help others, so please don’t ever feel like you shouldn’t ask questions or solicit opinions about what you’re doing. Also, if there’s a kit worth building, you can learn about it here.
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