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cog got a reaction from IgorSky in Symphony by Omega1234 - FINISHED - 1/200 scale - 112' Ketch
Patrick,
Very nice paint job ... as for colour ... that's a matter of personal taste ... luckily paint is a practical medium ... sand and spray...
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cog reacted to Omega1234 in Symphony by Omega1234 - FINISHED - 1/200 scale - 112' Ketch
Hi everyone
Many thanks for all of your comments and Likes!
Tonight, I decided to see what Symphony's hull would look like with a matt coloured under hull. So, I promptly taped it up and gave the under-hull a quick coat of matt paint.
I'm not totally committed to the colour I chose, so I may decide to change it later on. But, on the whole, I don't think it looks that bad.
I also put the drop keel in, ensuring that it can be retracted into the hull, much the same as the real ship's drop keel.
Here are the photos.
Cheers
Patrick
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cog reacted to popeye the sailor in RMS Titanic by popeye the sailor - Academy - PLASTIC - 1/400 scale
another paint you could try Casey, is Jo Santos. do you use alcohol as an accelerator, since it's a water base paint? cripes, I know guys, that have used windshield washer because of the alcohol content don't worry about me......just because I work for Wally, you can bash 'em all you want
thank you for the good word and looking in
Nenad.......if you have a question......ask away! I'll try and answer as best I can. anything for you my friend I wish you and your the best tomorrow {which with the way time works, may already be here} fingers crossed my friend!
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cog reacted to mtaylor in Friendship Sloop by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:48
Nice to hear the slump is over. Carl is right... it'll be something else that moves you the next time. Lovely hoops.
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cog reacted to popeye the sailor in Friendship Sloop by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:48
I told ya........to think...those little rings got you going....hmmmmm! took a whole boat to move me nice work my friend!
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cog reacted to dgbot in Friendship Sloop by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:48
Your mast hoops came out great. And I am gld you are past your slump. I am going through that nasty problem now.
David B
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cog reacted to Jim Lad in Friendship Sloop by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:48
Good to see the sloop progressing again, Bob.
John
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cog reacted to Omega1234 in Friendship Sloop by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:48
Hey Bob
Good to see ya back in action! By the way, great job on the hoops.
Well done.
Cheers
Patrick
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cog got a reaction from Canute in Syren by JesseLee - FINISHED - Model Shipways - scale: 1:64
JesseLee,
Looks good mate you're a bit early baptising your build though ...
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cog got a reaction from Cristiano in Venetian Polacre by Cristiano - FINISHED - XVIII century
I didn't, but my Brazilian Portuguese is bad ... and reading it ... nah, not an option s jet, my Japanese doesn't carry much weight either
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cog reacted to Cristiano in Venetian Polacre by Cristiano - FINISHED - XVIII century
Hello Carl,
I am deeply sorry, I am sure that they will never be translated in English, since belong to a niche field of interest...
This author made very interesting books, with a good mix of text and photo/drawings, but the text part represent no less than 60% of each book, so cannot be ignored.
by the way, why you stopped just to four languages???
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cog reacted to mtaylor in Syren by JesseLee - FINISHED - Model Shipways - scale: 1:64
Looking excellent, Jesse. What the others have said about "there will be blood".. and DNA apply. I think that's actually the first rule of model ship building.
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cog reacted to augie in Syren by JesseLee - FINISHED - Model Shipways - scale: 1:64
Looking good. We leave a little DNA in every ship!
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cog reacted to GLakie in Syren by JesseLee - FINISHED - Model Shipways - scale: 1:64
The gun-ports look good Jesse! Here's what I do before starting to work with sharp objects. Since I know in advance I'll be cut anyway, I just put band-aids on all of the vulnerable areas first, so when I start to bleed, it doesn't get all over my project.
Cheers
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cog reacted to JesseLee in Syren by JesseLee - FINISHED - Model Shipways - scale: 1:64
Added the gun port sides. Got my thumb cut because before I sanded I used a blade to remove more wood quicker & of course I can never do this without catching the blade at least once with a finger or thumb. Added pieces for the sweep port tops. Measured sweep ports & added the sides. This finishes the gun port & sweep port framing & completes chapter 3 of the instruction manual.
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cog got a reaction from IgorSky in Friendship Sloop by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:48
Nice work Bob. If you ever get in the slumps again - which I do not hope - it will certainly be something different what will get you out ... never the same thing twice ...
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cog got a reaction from mtaylor in Friendship Sloop by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:48
Nice work Bob. If you ever get in the slumps again - which I do not hope - it will certainly be something different what will get you out ... never the same thing twice ...
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cog got a reaction from Cristiano in Venetian Polacre by Cristiano - FINISHED - XVIII century
Cristiano,
I presume those books are in Italian ... I can manage in English, French, German, and Dutch so that will pose a problem
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cog got a reaction from Piet in Friendship Sloop by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:48
Nice work Bob. If you ever get in the slumps again - which I do not hope - it will certainly be something different what will get you out ... never the same thing twice ...
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cog got a reaction from dgbot in Friendship Sloop by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:48
Nice work Bob. If you ever get in the slumps again - which I do not hope - it will certainly be something different what will get you out ... never the same thing twice ...
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cog got a reaction from mtaylor in Venetian Polacre by Cristiano - FINISHED - XVIII century
Cristiano,
I presume those books are in Italian ... I can manage in English, French, German, and Dutch so that will pose a problem
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cog got a reaction from Omega1234 in Friendship Sloop by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:48
Nice work Bob. If you ever get in the slumps again - which I do not hope - it will certainly be something different what will get you out ... never the same thing twice ...
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cog got a reaction from GLakie in Friendship Sloop by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:48
Nice work Bob. If you ever get in the slumps again - which I do not hope - it will certainly be something different what will get you out ... never the same thing twice ...
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cog reacted to captainbob in Friendship Sloop by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:48
Hi All,
I wish I knew what broke me out of the slump I was in. Then I would know what to do next time. Anyway the mast hoops were one of the things giving me trouble. I tried making them out of wood and then plastic, I was not happy with either. I finally came up with the Idea that a manila folder would be the same color as wood. I rolled a piece around a dowel with lots of glue, put it in the lathe and tore it to shreds. Finally I cut thin strips of the card stock, tapered one end and wrapped them around the dowel covered with plastic wrap, a spot of CA at the start and a spot of CA at the end. After all were wrapped I saturated them with CA to make them hard. After a little clean-up I slipped them onto the mast. Now maybe I can get on with the sail and rigging.
Bob
Strips cut 0.030” for a 1.5” thick ring.
Tapering the ends.
Strips wrapped around dowel.
Finished rings
Rings on mast.
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cog reacted to jack.aubrey in HMS Guadeloupe by jack.aubrey - 1:48 scale - ex French Le Nisus - Brick de 24
Friday, May 22, 2015
Due to a common cold, but quite strong, and other commitments, I haven't produced a lot this week. . in practice I was not even able to completely the installation of the gunwale: still missing are the two segments at the stern.
However the work had gone smoothly. The most challenging part was to cut openings where to insert the sheave blocks for the fore sheet, amidships, and for the main sheet at the stern.
Hoping better achievements for the next days.
Regards, Jack.
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