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Now let's move to the auxiliary boat. At first, I just decided to paint it brown and white, but I am not really good at painting and making effects so finally I decided to line this steel boat with sapelli strips and make it look like a wooden boat. At first, I thought about keeping it simple but as I was covering it up with wooden strips I wanted to add more and more details so it could look nicer. I don't have photos of all these details I added on the go but you can see the result here. As you can see I added two oars and an anchor. Finally, I stopped adding details and this is how it looks like: That's all the progress for now. As I said I have more time than before and I am going to keep working on my wonderful flore. I won't be a fas progress but a steady one. I hope you liked the photos. Thank you.
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Then, I primed the transom stern, quarter galleries, and the auxiliary boat which is made of steel too but later I thought it would not look nice painted and I changed my mind.... I think it looks pretty nice After this, I also glued the walnut stem stringer Then the head rails
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Hello everybody, I have finally managed to get some free time to keep the work on my Flore. I am going to upload some photos for you to see the progress. Enjoy them. I made some fake doors to put at the back end of the lower deck because when putting the top deck you could see a hole there and I decided to put this kind of decoration and I think it looks really nice. After this, I proceeded to glue the top deck and started planking it As you can see as well as planking the deck I also glued the stem and side stringers.
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Alexisgm97 replied to Alexisgm97's topic in Metal Work, Soldering and Metal Fittings
Thanks! As I said I will try with acetone first but if it doesn't work or doesn't work properly the grit 1500 will be my second option. It can be used with water too right? -
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I see. Thanks! I think I will try with acetone and see how it goes. The old brush with the acetone of course is also a good idea to try to remove it with something less agresive than sand paper. Thanks -
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Alexisgm97 replied to Alexisgm97's topic in Metal Work, Soldering and Metal Fittings
Hello, Thanks, I know it is made to resist different solutions so I think I will try acetone first because that's what I have got at home if it doesn't work I will have to go with sanding -
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I have alredy thought about that but I don't know why but brass appeals more to me. It is just my taste but that would be a good idea too. Thanks -
Hello, I have recently bought the Royal Caroline kit by Mantua and as it is a quite old model (I got it at a very good price from second hand although everything is new) some parts that are now made of thin wood are a photo-etched brass sheet. See the images below to see what I mean, please. Here you can see the wood parts that come with the new version of the model (The photo is from Katsumoto's build log found here). However, in the old kit I bought, this same part is made of a brass sheet and it has a blue colour on the embossing, which I imagine is to protect it against scratches or oxidation as we all know brass tends to get a brown colour very fast. So my doubt is, how do I remove this blue colour without damaging the brass too much? Mantua's instructions say that it can be removed with sand-paper but I'm afraid it can be too abrasive and mess it up. I hope you can give me some advice on how to remove this blue paint without damaging the brass and give it a really good finish. Thanks and stay safe. Alexis G.
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After this, I started gluing all the cannons on the lower deck. I also went a bit further and added some thread to simulate the ropes that hold the cannons in place in real life. This is something Constructo doesn't say in their instructions but I recently saw it in a build log and I liked the idea so I tried it and the result is pretty neat. I have also glued the "false" cannons. I still have to glue the thread to the walls of the gunports. I also have glued the grating and I made some holes to glue eye bolts in order to attach some rope to hold the lifeboat which still needs to be painted and mounted in place. Also, if you look closely at the gratings you can see two little pairs of stairs. I really like this kind of detail. They are made of brass and cut to length.
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Hello everyone! I am still making progress on my Flore. Now the rudder is already glued with its brass hinges. Here you can see some photos.
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Thank you very much Bill, gthey were a lot of work but at the end it pays off!!
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I am now closer to finish the hull. I have glued the stern, the sternpost and I have cut and glued the keel. I had to sand down the sternpost a little. After this, I also glued 3 whales on each side of the ship. I thought they were too many as they were 4cm width, but now I have placed them, it looks great. The next and almost last step is to make and put the rudder blade. I think that with this, I would have finished the hull and I could start populating the lower deck with the canons and so on, and also the upper deck.
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Here you can see that I drilled all the gunports. 15 on each side. Pretty easy task but has to be made carefully. The most tedious part is sanding them to be a perfect rectangle. Here you can see the process. I used painters' tape to draw where each one should go, then I drilled them and with the Exacto knife I cut the hole and with the file I sanded it to make a perfect rectangle. Once I did this, I drilled holes to hold the small cannons that don't have carriages.
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At the same time, I started making various decorations that go on the deck for example this cabin. Also the cannons. I made the gun carriages and then added the canons and the brass wheels. Then I varnished the canons that go in the gunports. I didn't go into much detail as these aren't going to be very visible.
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