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  1. EricWilliamMarshall
    Woo-woo!! (I have yet to cross this magic line myself...)
  2. EricWilliamMarshall
    That almost worked worked. I also lost a pin from the rudder in the process and chewed up the deck a bit. How do others approach this task?
  3. EricWilliamMarshall
    I did a little work on the masts and attempted to drill the hole in ship that will hold the masts. To drill the holes, I started with a small diameter working up to larger diameters, checking my angles each time.
  4. EricWilliamMarshall
    ,The great COVID event has left me with very little time (so far), but I got a little time in at the bench. The supplied mast tops had holes too large to use. And I hadn’t checked them when I made the parts for the masts and prepped the supplied parts. Only when brought them all together did I notice. A recurring theme. So so then went to make my own. I took a several stabs until I figured out how to drill the wood without splitting it.
  5. EricWilliamMarshall
    Bazzg, what did you decide to do?
  6. EricWilliamMarshall
    Great job (and I hope you fail that test!)
  7. EricWilliamMarshall
    Thanks again for the sage advice and wisdom!
  8. EricWilliamMarshall
    My beloved spouse has noticed the influx of reading material...
  9. EricWilliamMarshall
    My 'secrets' are few: 1) I use 'fresh' blue painters' tape - fresh meaning the adhesive is newish and not extra-tacky/sticky. 2) I press the edge down with the end of my paint brush (non-brush side) or the flat of my fingernail. With some tape, you will see a slight change in color or transparency as the tape makes greater contact with the ship. 3) Sometimes I cut thinner strips, so greater curves can be made. Otherwise the tape will buckle/bend/etc. in weird ways and lose contact with the surface. 4) I use slightly thicker paint than usual when painting the area next to the tape. 5) I brush from tape to wood. - these last two help minimize bleeding and leaking under the tape. 6) If spraying, I spray from the same side as the tape - also to minimize bleeding 7) I don't like the Testor's tape and the Tamiya is close to painters' tape so not worth the price difference for me. (To be honest, I have the Tamiya tape and keep 'saving it for something important' ) 8) I use cheap crappy 'craft' paint - I don't think it matters but it might, so I'm mentioning it. 9) While don't usually do it, I love the suggestion of using some clear finish to 'seal' the tape and surface of the ship to reduce bleeding. 10) Nothing says you can't paint over a small mess, or try again or scrap and try again!
  10. EricWilliamMarshall
    Thanks Art! Yes, despite some grousing, I'm enjoying the kit! I honestly thought I would never build it. I bought in the mid-Nineties, and was afraid I would screw it up, so I did the obvious thing: I never started. While I didn't screw anything up, there was, um, no progress either. In my old age, I care less about screwing up stuff - and this website is such a boon to even the mildly curious!! Even with my limited skills, I was able to push a bit and I'm learning a ton.
  11. EricWilliamMarshall
    Chuck, you are too kind! I hoping to work my way up to a Winchelsea in a few years...
  12. EricWilliamMarshall
    To ask the impossible question: where would I find such information? I realize the kit I'm working with is a simplified version which makes my work lighter, but I realize that a number of details are missing. For example, this is ship without anchors. If I was to add anchor (or two), I'm not sure where to turn to figure that out. It isn't a do or die question at this point; I see that other kits have more detail and I fine with what is given in this kit. I assume I'll make horrible cringe-worthy mistakes as I learn the craft of model shipbuilding and I rather do that with simpler kits than "waste" a big expensive kit (although I'm sure I'll get to that as well ). Thanks again for the info! Every little bit helps!
  13. EricWilliamMarshall
    a tin/lead mix - some RadioShack electronics solder; not optimal, but sufficient, or so I thought. Yup, a tiny bit of twisting popped it.
  14. EricWilliamMarshall
    Sweet!!
  15. EricWilliamMarshall
    Welcome aboard! I suggest jumping in with a simple build and sharing it here. Folks are very supportive and answer all questions! I wish you many pleasant hours of work!
  16. EricWilliamMarshall
    I attached the jib to the ship, breaking the weld in the process. So it goes. I also wrestled with the mast heads; the supplied ‘pre-cut’ one don’t match the profile view in the plans and I wasn’t clever enough to see ahead enough to catch that difference. Such is the price of wisdom...
  17. EricWilliamMarshall
    To recover, I scraped with an xacto blade and then I stained the wood slightly my trusty water-soluble walnut brown.
  18. EricWilliamMarshall
    I blackened the loop and took a moment to blacken the other brass bits and pieces. I should have done this earlier, the brass black dyed the wood!
  19. EricWilliamMarshall
    I soldered the brass loop. My iron was probably too lightweight since it took forever to melt the solder. Then some quick filing and steel wool.
  20. EricWilliamMarshall
    Wow! Beautiful work! Welcome to MSW.
  21. EricWilliamMarshall
    I’m comfortable saying the ‘yellow’ paint wasn’t yellow originally. It was probably white with a layer of varnish over the white. The varnish, over time, changed to a yellowish color. You may notice the lighter color peeking through the cracks of the varnish in the last photo you shared.
  22. EricWilliamMarshall
    Hindsight is always sharper than foresight! I chose to think of the stripe as a band and attempted to make that from brass sheet, forming curves and nibbling away length until correct.
  23. EricWilliamMarshall
    I started on the rest of the masking. I’m not sure what the stripe is here on the plans! The sharp eyed may note a gap in one image and not the other.
  24. EricWilliamMarshall
    The link is bad.
  25. EricWilliamMarshall
    I have received my copy! Delightful! What other books of a similar usefulness would folks recommend?

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