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So after a marathon sleep, a small surprise at the door..... The FedEx man had a parcel for me from Model Expo... The square stock wood that I had ordered a little over a week ago showed up... Sweet timing right?! They didn't have any 6mm walnut, so I hesitatingly ordered the 6.5mm cherry instead.....big sigh of relief... Good decision.. The colour is not too far off the lighter walnut shades... So you really can't tell at a distance. Yay! I'm waiting on one more package... (I'll share what that is if it arrives ) Andy -
And here, all this time we've been worried about Sjors and his battle fleet... Sneeky sneeky wabbits! Andy
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Not to worry.... I made it home safely Everything was just as I left it.... No signs of wabbits or popcorn....whew A laundry list of things to do....building shall resume soon Andy
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**big sigh of relief** Hope to restore full diplomatic relations at the earliest opportunity. Andy
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**Andy is desperately trying to avoid an international incident brought on by the misunderstanding of his intentions by a group of wabbits**
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For the record (and hopefully some clarity) I never refered to wabbits as anything other than noble wabbits. I was merely contrasting their helpfulness and guidance with the misleading information provided by the other rodent.. Andy
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Wabbits: kindly creatures that assist certain builders sorting out issues with problem areas of their ships. Usually associate in groups. Known for a love of fresh veggies. Groundhogs: miserable rodents who prognosticate on the possibility of the early arrival of warm spring weather...and leave you to freeze your backside off for six weeks longer than you're supposed to. Solo animal known for digging large holes in fields to trap large livestock. Eats like a lawnmower Andy
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**Andy still wonders how the wabbits got upset as be never called them groundhogs** **Andy hopes Kevin can explain to the wabbits that there are drastic differences between groundhogs and wabbits and they simply cannot be mistaken for each other** **Andy is confused as all he##**
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Oh.... That colour... That is just yellow ochre from Model Expo (thinned down about 2:1)... Hope that's more what you're after Andy
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I'm going to assume the blue colour? Trueline Trains BC Rail Blue I know that probably doesn't mean anything to you, but it's a special colour mix done by Testors/Polyscale for a Canadian model train maker. I don't think you can get it overseas, but tou may be able to order direct from them http://www.truelinetrains.ca/paint-accessories/paints As for the copper... I first marked the waterline,masked and painted the grey to it. There's no paint underneath, I just glued directly to the wood and right up to the waterline. It probably sounds scary, but very careful marking and cutting and I managed to get the plates to run cleanly along the very edge of the paint. I found the best way for cutting plates was to first mark the start and end point of the cut with a couple of small ticks with a sharp #11 blade. Then put the plate flat on the cutting matt. With a stainless steel ruler, and a craft knife (you need a heavier blade than an exacto here), scribe a line between the 2 tick marks, run the knife only 2 or 3 times. The take some smooth jawed long nose pliers, line the plate up along the score line, holding the side you want to keep, and bend the plate along the score mark, it should just pop cleanly along the score line. The only thing I found, with longer sharper plates it helped to score right through at the point for about 5mm. That's probably more than you needed to know... but you got me on the subject.. BTW.. for those interested.. I've not left yet.. but will be in a couple of hours.. home soon... Andy
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Nice work Jim, and congratulations! She looks a little precarious, balanced over the pool like that... Looking forward to your next project. Andy
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Well.. ask them to cool their tails.. no one's calling anyone a ground hog... Except maybe this critter:
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I never called them groundhogs Maybe some of their distant hole-digging cousins.... Augie! Back me up here! Nice job on the stern too... Andy
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So what you are saying is... when I get home.... beware of any left over "Easter Eggs" Andy
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No.. sorry... not home yet. I wouldn't worry too much about them, really they are almost too thin. They will follow the tangent to the curve of the pilot house at the points they join at. The windows themselves wouldn't be exactly curved either, they would be segments of the curve only. And it is only styrene, if you're not happy with your first attempt, just re-heat, flatten between a couple good heavy books and try again. Andy
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While you're browsing around, check out Micro-Mark, they carry airbrushes accessories and compressors: http://www.micromark.com/airbrushes-compressors-accessories.html Andy
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Yeah... nice quick way to clean up blocks by the dozen... Although you started with some pretty rough looking customers there..... Andy
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From what I hear, Anja, you don't have anything to fear from the Rocky Mountain fleet., or the Northern Lakes Guard, even the Mississippi Peacemaker or the Seaboard Fisheries Patrol. In honour your stabilizing effect on the European Block, your peaceful merchant vessels are granted free and safe passage. Andy
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Are you sure there was a mistake somewhere? I can't see anything wrong.... good fix When in doubt.. listen to the wabbits.... but don't believe a word those groundhogs say... they're nothing but a pack of liars... Andy
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It should hold it's shape when it's cooled down with minimal spring back. EIther way a bit of minor bracing and you'll be good. Andy
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I think he's trying to intimidate someone.... I wonder who.....
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Something you might want to consider trying instead: http://www.micromark.com/spike-insertion-plier,8242.html Much more accurate. Andy
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We're all with you Sjors, build her the best way you see fit, she looks great no matter what Andy
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Perhaps I should have explained better We're just talking hot water here, just below the boiling point. Enough to soften the styrene and make it a little more pliable. As I said before make sure you have all your window and door openings cut first. Then just take a frying pan large enough to fit your sheet in and fill it with about 1" or so of water. Bring it up nearly to a boil (and even if it is boiling, there's still no worry). Dip your sheet in for a couple seconds, remove it and form it around your mandrel. The mandrel should be pretty much the shape of the curve of your pilot house. If you do the same thing with a second uncut sheet, you can lay that one over the first one and clamp them down with rubber bands or what not. I'm imagining the radius for you pilot house (at this scale) is reasonably generous. You could avoid heating, but the plastic would simply fight you at every turn (pardon the pun). Another, dryer option you can try (and this really works better when there are no openings to cut), is to simply wrap they styrene sheet dry around a mandrel and heat it with a hair dryer. Hope that helps.. Andy
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Great start. Seems pretty straight forward up until now. Good job Andy
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