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Vane
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I have deviated from the original plans and now the big question is if I will regret this later on? I simply extended the inner walls fully to the front for a cleaner look inside. This area is not that visable but according to the plans, there are no inner walls for the last 15cm where the hull start to turn. The full width of wall gets abit thicker due to the gap increases between the layers. So the question is what will look best? With or without innerwalls? If I keep the innerwalls i guess the canons wont stick out as much here.
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Thanks for all the nice comments. Here are a couple of others shots from other angles. drjeckl... well i could had placed the gun ports slightly higher or the whale lower or other fine tune adjustments. I tend to measure on the closest distance on drawings and replicate that on the model. My advice is that you instead always think about the "bigger picture". What lines of the ship are most important to make perfect? What needs definitley to be in parallell etc for a nice look? Even though the fit of this kit is amazing, its still very much handmade and the kit will slightly vary against the plans. It might be a millimeter here and there. So instead of simply measuring 6.5mm on the drawing and place the detail exactly there, think about how the detail is placed in relation to other things. 6 or 7mm might actually be better. I just realised that I been working on my Speedy for 1 year now. I hope I am able to rigg it more Speedily.... my problem is simply I do numerous of projects in parallel. And I bought an Airbrush which got me into plastics and I took a break from the wooden projects.
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Now I think the outside is done and its time to move on to the the deck. Still trying to decide how much rigging of the canons I will do...
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Hmmm... minor mistake... when you measure and decide where to add things you really need to think about what lines of the model are most important. Should u measure against the whale or the canon ports or something else? Well later on you you see the consequences of your decisions...
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Yes its that one. Very simple but I have not tried it out yet. We will see how it works soon.
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Details and photoetch... easy to loose these so be careful.
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Soon... first i need some proper rope if I can put this together...
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I am sure I will hate myself for this.... Just got mail...
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Thanks Jason, sorry for late reply but last months I not really been logging in since I have been focused on my plastic models. Hope to pick this up soon. I am not anywhere near coppering yet but I just received a package from Cornwall model boats with the Amati plates (UK is about to leave the EU and there will probably be more expensive to get supplies after that). When I compare my Speedy with my Snake, I realise that the Caldercraft copper will not work on the Diana.
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My Granado is not the top priority for the moment. I never done any treenailing yet, but for every model I try to raise the bar so we will see when I get there.
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The gunports will take some time. Alot of measuring, carving and filing to get this right. I will deviate from the instructions and try to make the ports parallell to the deck so the 18 pounders sets nicely in the middle. I didnt use the template simply because its complete square and that dont go well with her lines.
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I thought the cannons where a bit weak so i decided to upgrade to 18pounders.. nobody will mess with this Speedy on the 7 seas!
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Actually i have ordered new diamond files that are arriving tomorrow. Perhaps they will be up for the task. Otherwise i think there will be a combination of tools from various knifes, small razorsaws to files.
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Its actually quite different to work on Diana when I gotten used to my Speedy build. Everything is so large and instead of finetuning various tiny PE pieces I got to do "hard" woodwork with real tools... both kits have their charm but in completely different ways. Perhaps you can restart the work on your Diana if you not feel comfortable with the MDF.
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And we have a small breakthrough...
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If you are going to use copper or paint white, you only need to get the upper planks perfect. And those are much easier because of less bending.
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Time to mark out the gunports and start drilling. I am deviating from the instructions abit and didnt finish the planking yet. I think its easier to do the upper work on the hull with the ship in its steady rig rather than moving it to the cradle. This kit is very oldschool and you need to do alot of thinking and measuring before cutting away the wrong things. The plans are not exact, more of a guidance on where to place things.
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In my buildlog on the "early" Speedy, I "critizised" some fragile parts in MDF and now they have been replaced by stronger birchwoods in the new edition and in the Flirt kit. So I dont think Chris has any problems accepting input on his designs. But of course, its still just kits that cant be perfectly designed on every count and suite everybody. I cant say I like the look on every lasercutted part that is produced, but generally I really like the Vanguard product strategy to make the build as easy as possible for the builder. If I dont like a part, I always have the option of scratchbuilding it myself. And its great to actually be able to discuss with the designer in real time as the models progress. Not many other companies provide that kind of service....
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Really nice work there on the Speedy! Yes I agree, airbrushing takes the paintjob to a completely new level. Painting a ship with airbrush is also not that difficult. You just need to mask things, but the paint is just straight on. Wooden ships is not the same thing as plastic models where you do various cammo patterns and shades, highlightes and weathering.
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Just a thought, more than 100 ships of the cruizer class was built. I would guess that in the end some of them might have looked slightly different with minor differences than exactly the same like a T-ford.
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First plank done. I decided to deviate abit from the instructions and didnt start from the top. Instead i laid it exactly inline with the deck and hopefully this will make the gunports more easy to set out. I will probably also focus on the upper hull before planking the lower parts simply to benefit from my rig. Now everything is really steady compare to using the building cradle. In the background you can slightly see my other builds. Diana is very large compare to the Speedy. They are all in 1/64 scale.
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