Suzdal

"And to (almost) cap it all, I now have to pay import duty for my materials I get from the EU, which seems very arbitrary (with Germany being the absolute worst culprit)"

And buying the kit in France, I also would have to pay import duties & probably a fee to UPS to pay them for their collecting the import duties.

That's what happened when I bought a book on Amazon that was shipped to  me from the UK.

Richard

Edited on Saturday, 21 August 2021 at 18:38 (GMT + 2) à Paris, France;
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Is there any way to get information on Modelcon without having to connect to Facebook. I'd be very interested in finding out as much as possible about Modelcon without having Facebook put cookies on my computer. 

Richard

Edited on Wednesday, 4 August 2021 at 19:46 (GMT + 2) à Blainville s/mer, Normandy, France;
   sent later.

No it doesn't make you strange but I believe a way should be made to make it visible.

Richard

And another reason why the world (except Trump land) has adapted the metric system.

6 minutes ago, James H said:

 

It's a very different beast to build and nothing like conventional wooden ship modelling with the basic construction. So many avenues for those who want to super detail things too.

I think one of the first questions would be how to modify the sides to be able to show some of the detailed interieur & how to illuminate it with LEDs.

On 7/31/2020 at 7:03 AM, glbarlow said:

It’s a streaming movie, there aren’t going to be any DVDs.  Do they still make those. Movies made for streaming services won’t appear on network TV, not how it works. 

The movie is all over the Internet, if you know where to look. I just watched in my PC, way in the outback of Normandy. We've got more cows here then people.

The book which can be found on the Internet is much  better, it shows the charater interactions amongst the players & various players thoughts abut the other players, something the movie leave out.

Richard

Chris

There is an ancient Egyptian boat in very good condition in a museum at the base of the pyramids. It's a bit earlier the the middle kingdom under Hatshepsut's , by about 1000 years. It date from the period of the pyramids.

Richard

Please don't go crazy. You are doing a fantastic job. I think that we can all realize and appreciate the work that you are doing.

Richard

4 minutes ago, James H said:

Amati were also a little low on their 1.5mm x 7mm x 1000mm lime strip

Wow, that means the packing "crate" must be at least 1 meter in the diagonal.

Richard

Chris,

Could you go into some detail on what the difference is between the 2 versions.

Richard

I also wanted to thank BE. He is proving to very helpful on my build of lady Eleanor. I've learned a tremendous amount by following him.

Merci

Richard

10 minutes ago, James H said:

I actually re-learned swear words that I'd also long forgotten

I'm was getting worried that the Flirt was being forgotten with in the Victory. I want to Flirt around as soon as I've finished Lady Eleanor.

Since the Victory has a bit more rigging then the Flirt and if your worried about not having enough swear words, I'd be happy to translate your list into to french.

Am waiting with a great deal of expectation, as I am sure are many others, on your Victory build.

Je vous souhaite la meilleure construction possible.

Richard

9 hours ago, Blue Ensign said:

When pinning the planking I always start from the bow, but before that I have dry fitted the plank having tapered and shaped it where necessary using water and heat.

Thank you for the tulle tip & how you planked.

By using water, do you mean soaking the lime wood planks for about 20 minutes, near to boiling water before trying to fit them? That's what I did for the pear wood bulk works.

What do you mean by heat?, a hair drier.

Sorry to bug you, this is my first attempt a model boat. If I succeed with this one, "Flirt" will be next on my list. After that, who knows the "Victory" if I can find the room.

Richard

9 hours ago, Blue Ensign said:

When pinning the planking I always start from the bow, but before that I have dry fitted the plank having tapered and shaped it where necessary using water and heat.

Th

There is one thing that sort of bothers me with the modification you have made to the wheel. 

Where does the helmsman stand. Normally he would want to face forward, behind the wheel. The mechanism would sort of prevent this & plus he would have to stand on the thwart (further from the boat's center of gravity, a bit more unstable).

What did you make the nets from ?

Are you going to add a fish smelling perfume to the open hatch ?

I've had to hold up on my Eleanor since I'm spending some unscheduled time in the hospital. As soon as I get put I'll be starting the 1st planking. Did you start in the middle for that and work towards the bow and stern and pin as you went along? Did you also soak the lime planks to get them to fit better?

Richard

James,

How about leaving one of the sides some what open and having some deck furniture on the orlap deck (no I was not thinking of Nelson's death scene) and on some of the gun decks. Withe a kit like this it would be a pity to not show off some of the internal features.

Richard

With all that detailed interior, there should be a kit variation to show it by not planking one of the sides. It would be a shame to let it go to waste, known only to the builder.

Chris/James

Have you any idea at which points the kit might be broken up into several kits ? 

For me the problem is not the expense, but the room at 160 cm.

Richard 

I am just a beginner and following your build with a great degree of interest. I will start to do my (and the) 1st planking of my Eleanor starting Wednesday when I get back to Paris from Normandy. Normandy is train time.

As a small comment, Eleanor of Aquitaine is buried at about a 2 hour drive from here, along with her son Richard.

What sort of glue did you use for the 1st planking ? I was thinking of PVA and holding it in place with the supplied pins, at least over night. My AMATI nail nailer arrived just last week.

I liked your tip about collecting the sawdust from the 2nd planking to smooth things out. I'll collect all my sawdust now.

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I did find it difficult threading the 0.25mm natural thread through the 3mm single blocks even when the end was hardened with ca, but eventually found a workable solution.

What was your solution ? I hope to build the "Flirt" as my next project.

Richard

Has any used Liquitex Professional Heavy Body Acrylique. They come in a nice selection of colors They seem to have a good consistency & are all rather thick; haven't yet tried their yellow, but have used their titanium white, red oxide and ivory black.

I'm just starting out and have essentially zero experience in painting. Humbrol I can get in France, Admiralty paints I'd have to order from the UK.

Richard

I wanted to thank you very much. I'm just finishing the fairing of my Eleanor.

Your adventures on your efforts to do the first planking will be very helpful for me.

Richard

I'm still waiting for my Eleanor to arrive.

Chis you were right, it got to the door of my apartment building on Friday (yesterday) .

If I owned a hat, I'd eat it.

Unfortunately UPS didn't know enough on how to get into the building. I called them and explained how to enter, just a standard french door bell (go wonder). They offed to deliver on Tuesday, I told them to wait until Wednesday since I won't home on Tuesday (grrr!).

Next time I won't question you again 🤐.

Richard

Wow, the kit really is complete. Thank you Chris, un grand merci beaucoup.

Was looking at the above pictures while waiting for my Lady Eleanor to be delivered; the Flirt will be my next venture. Have a couple of questions.

Will there be some variation to expose the lower deck now that it is engraved and has an open door? Also to have some deck furniture to be placed on it in that case?

What are the pins that you are using in the first planking? I assume that they don't come with the kit?

Richard

Complete with a crown on the the end.