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    Hi Carl, the surface coating is a Clou product, "Ballenmattierung" for silk appeal wooden surfaces, normaly it would be wiped on, but due to the brush coating I used, it comes out a bit more "shiny", no problem... Nils
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    Super work Moxis, I like what you are doing......, the scraped bumper rails look great and also the bolted flange connection rudder shaft to rudder blade Good idea with the long legged clamps Nils
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    Keith, next to the fresh-water barrel, this one is also one of the utmost important barrels on board.... Nils
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    Hi Moxis, a good idea with using acid primer, I was standing in front of the same question when it was time to paint the plating of my KWdG. After some search I came up with a one-component adhesive helping spray can clear primer. I did some prior trials on aluminium foil, It smelled terribly when applied while curing, so finaly I let go from that idea again, and the cover paint was brush-painted on the plating without primer at all. As you are forseeing RC control for the ship on the lake, certainly you will require a more well adhesive bonding of the cover coating and that will be given with the acid primer. Nils
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    Thanks for your speedy reply Steve, a very smart idea of yours in tuning the clamps like you did it, Thanks for sharing, I`ll keep in mind... Nils
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    Hi Steve, your pinnace looks just lovely..... I have a question : In your post of Oct. 18 a pic is showing the clamps you are using to span down the floor planks to the frames. What sort of clamps are these, is it a special version for office use ? Do they have a special nomination ? Nils
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    fantastic golden Mega-Yacht Patrick, very nice work from bow to stern..... Nils
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    Hi Keith, its just out of the real life...., and probably both of your guesses apply... Nils
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    Wow ! Moxis your first metal plating attempt looks wonderful, it provides the steamship real nostalgic charme... Nils
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    Thank you Moxis, if the chosen ship-scale is 1:48 I choose the figures 1:48 or 1:50 (hardly no difference in hight), both can be found at Ebay source looking for "Preiser", or others. Here I was seeking for some seated figures and and found some unpainted seated ones during a web-search. In some cases I made some hats my self for adding on.... Some figures out of the model railway gauge "O" also suit 1:48 and 1:50, and there are also maritime tin cast sailor crew-figures in hight 35mm that do the job well... Nils Here is a 1:48 helmsman for the ship`s boat, his self made tricorne is a bit large, thats good when it rains...
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    WONDERFUL !!! congrats to the beautiful sails Keith Nils
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    top notch work Johann ! Nils
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    good evening Tiziano, your shipmodel is awesome...., love the lines of these french hulls, and congrats, you are a very skilled model shipwright... Nils
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    Danke Johann, am pleased you like the ship.... Nils
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    thank you for your kind comment Albert, Nils
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    Hi and good morning Antony, yes, I have thought about it (covering frames) , but trust its too late now, so I`m anxoius to let it end up in a mess. The multi ply becomes a bit darker during the months, so I can live with that. The visable (outcut on my Pegasus) frames got already twice as dark as when built... I`m pleased you like the pics... Nils
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    Many thanks to Piet and Patrick, for your appreciative words, Piet, yes, I have a lot of ideas in mind, which sometimes can be made real.... Patrick, am really having fun with the build, most of the ideas worked out quite well to date, so there`s not been much for the bin.... Nils
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    I like your approach to the hull making very much Moxis, there is plenty of room inboards for RC-equipment and power packs.... Nils
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    wonderful work Karl, you`re building the model section like the real thing I suppose.... I like that mast foot socket, and all the planking work so far, very accurate and clean Nils
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    Beautiful metalwork on the sheet blocks Ed, Nils
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    Update : today, fitting out some of the crew-life under deck...., as long as there is still some access to the interior. The combination (table with sitting benches) was assembled within the ship with tweezers etc.... Nils All figurines scale 1:48 the hull single-planking is with 6 x 1,5mm planks.... the standing hight midships is not too much, but it gets better towards bow and stern the hull pencil-marking left in the pic is the waterline.....
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    thanks Moxis, glad to have you on board, you`re very welcome... Nils
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    Many thanks to Carl and Piet, also thanks to all the "likes"... I just saw this figure when I was seeking for a head (in the right scale) of the rudder post. I`m pleased I found this one and with some taken off moulding (head only) and resin, that was the result... Nils
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    Moxis, a very nice planking job, and nice lines the hull has.... for the "riveting" of the plating are you going to use self adhesive aluminium foil, guess that would be of benefit... Nils
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    Congrats to your new project B.E. wish you alltimes good success after start with this cutter model and a pleasant keellaying - session soon..... Nils

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