Vane
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I didnt use the false deck and made my own maple deck instead. The false deck is a great addition to the kit for people that want to speed up the build. Personally i wanted my Speedy to have a similar look as my other builds so thats why I did it in maple. But it took a few days to get in place. -
I think i did the mistake here and dryfitted it to see if needed adjustments.. it didnt... in fact it squised so well into place it was really difficukt to get it out again and put in some glue...
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Speedy/Flirt has in a very short time become the most popular build in the group i think. It will be really interesting to see the final ships from us all and the variations we done.
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It has a door! My speedy didnt come with the lower deck but the kit has evolved since then.
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HMS Snake by drtrap - Caldercraft
Vane replied to drtrap's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1751 - 1800
You seems to read in much more in my post than i wrote. Noone was critizied, its just simply that a kit Chris designed 25 years ago will have very difficult to compete against his new one. I am currently building both Diana and Speedy. Diana is a real beauty... but if i hadnt already bought the Caldercraft kit i would had waited for Vanguards to come with a new frigate simply because it feels very outdated. Caldercraft could easily update Diana to todays standards if they still want to be the top notch manufaturer. New plans, instructions, mtrl, and start lazercutting the details....thats it -
HMS Snake by drtrap - Caldercraft
Vane replied to drtrap's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1751 - 1800
The first version of Speedy had 4 fragile parts at the Stern which just a few months later was upgraded to birch and should not be a problem at all now. The rest of the MDF is not fragile but its a different style than building in ply. -
HMS Snake by drtrap - Caldercraft
Vane replied to drtrap's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1751 - 1800
Yes, but i think its very strange that Caldercraft dont do anything to keep up with the new competition. They use to be the top kit developer, but living on 25year old successes dont last forever. -
Yes, just a small thing like that... adding numbers/instructions on pieces. Saves us at least on hour of marking work and also makes the design more foolproof.
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HMS Snake by drtrap - Caldercraft
Vane replied to drtrap's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1751 - 1800
Really nice work there! My Snake is on hold at the moment but will start up again after i finished my Speedy. Caldercraft have many very beautiful ships but they really need to revisit them and make severe upgrades (both plans and design) if the want to stay on the market. The kits from Amati and in particular Vanguard models have surpassed them by light years. -
As an engineer, its great to see how Chris designs evolve over time and small new things are added making everything simplier. My Speedy from November almost feel out of date when i see some of the new solutions... haha.
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To the lower decks... my Proxxon disksander is really useful when making smaller strips that need to have the exact same lenght. I started of with gluing the first and last plank. Then squized down the rest with a pincette. You should not that the two ladders slightly differs in size and mounted in two different directions on the boat.
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Thanks, i am still fiddling with the crossguards... hope to get contact soon... Yes, i predrilled the holes for the gunrigging but they clogg up a little with the red paint so just a touch up. But there are lots of other holes too to drill for various of things to attach. Sometimes its also abit difficult to figure out exactly where some of the eyebolts should go especially at the bow. The plans are slightly unambigious on some points. But i guess it doesnt matter that much.
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Lots of ringbolts to add everywhere and you really need to be carefull not to drill to deep.
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Thanks, its alot of work with the details now. I hope to get it over soon so i can start with the masts and rigging. Not sure yet about the canons. We will see if i do the extra blocks but its really tiny work to get in place.
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The bow is abit fiddly to get in place but slowly getting there.
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And finally i can decide to go left or right...
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Working on adding the chanels, rudder and other details... soon it is time for a proper photoshoot to show how she look like 🙂
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Masts and yards goes so much more faster!
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14 small guns ready to be rigged! So should i do this the hard or the easy way??? Just need some minor touch up of paint...
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I work on serveral kits in parallel and I must say its really difficult to go back to the older Caldercraft kits when working some time with the Speedy which goes together so much more easy and the plans and instructions are on the spot. Actually, last couple of days I been working on my Diana. Well, not ON her but rather putting number on parts and removed them from sheets and placed into boxes instead. And I have also done an enourmous amount of sanding until my fingers couldnt take it anymore. There is nothing wrong with my Diana kit, but compared to the Speedy you will have to spend alot of time preparing all parts. Vanguards lazercutted parts fits often directly with no or very little adjustments. And then the material is also much nicer than the traditional walnut and ply combo.
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Flags would be nice to get as extras. Its difficult do sails that looks nice on ships but if you get some various 1/64 flags for the Royal navy i would likely order them.
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The Proxxon lathe really delivered! A couple of evenings and now all dovels have been sanded down to the right dimension. I also tested putting up the masts and suddenly she got way bigger. This will become a very beautiful ship! Hmmm... I am not sure where the rest of these dovels is suppose to be mounted on the ship... ? i feel like after IKEA and you dont have a clue if the leftover screws are extra or vital to the furniture... 😛
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