Veszett Roka
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such tiny holes i'm using syringe needles turned by hand - they are extremly sharp and easily go through any plastic. -
Kev, how rigid is the structure now? I guess it is incredibly stiff, i mean much more than we think. And the ship's side yet to install, which give the full structural strength in reality... I think your model has to avoid of bend but nothing else, although i'm a computer engineer and not a structural one so it is my rough estimation.
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Richard, here in my local shipmodeling club the RC guys use very thick copper rods as ballast: they stating that it is much cheaper than lead and easily available anywhere in the metal parts shop.
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Simply amazing Keith. Your mini-projects are just spectacular. A funny story: back in my sailing days we have visited a local restaurant in full drysuit and life west outfit (don't remember whether we took off our sailing gloves...). Just finished the daily regatta runs and we were so hungry after ~8 hrs of sailing, so tied down our boat and ran to eat to the nearby beach restaurant. The restaurant owner was our good friend and a former sailor too, therefore he wasn't surprised at all, but the guests (noble toffs) in the restaurant had pikachu face
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OC, I found the two part too near each other. In my imagine the gigantic blast would pull up the midships for a moment, then push down and apart. I'd made the bow and aft a bit more separated, but this is your model and in fact it would be a unique piece of art, no doubt.
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Valeriy, next to the spare anchor those are ammunition lift doors? Seems too narrow for a man.
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All right Roger, those points are valid. But not for this particular ship, even she need a deep sea journey to reach Kong. Just think of Thor Heyerdahl who sailed across the Pacific on a raft, so this is completely doable, although risky. Moreover, i'm doubt that boats on a far exotic islands rigorously follow the British Board of Trade regulations, i don't think they even consider this boat on the pic seaworthy. Last, the Venture in the film was registered in Surabaya, Dutch East Indies in 1930ies, now Java, Indonesia: Do you think that the ship pictured above is 240ft long (73meters)? See the men onboard, i guess the ship is not longer than 130ft - 40m. And if the 240ft ship had 20 men, i guess the smaller one had to go on smaller, sometimes inadequate crew. No one want to sail in a floating coffin. I think the Venture could carry 20+ person on board in general, including the passengers in cargo hold.
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Dunno Roger. I think these small boats like on the picture were rarely sported with 15-20 men on board, complete with 3 watch officer, engine mates etc. I think that description is based on the deepsea merchant marine fleet, not the coastal tramps. I know that usually the crew lived in the "focslee" but i doesn't see portholes on the side of forecastle on this particular boat picture so in my theory that part is for storage only. No deck hatch either, however we do not see if access doors exists on the forecastle bulkhead.
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I think this ship is too small for several rooms. I'm pretty sure that behind the bridge maybe only a small chart room, but i think there is only one room on the top floor: the bridge which acts as wheelhouse and chart room. Immediately below we have many portholes, i think this is the crew's dining saloon and lavatory. Behind this cabin there are a small house, that must be the kitchen - on its top you can see the freshwater tank. Below (now we are on the main deck) the cabins, we see the doors here. Captain's cabin must be at the front, just below the bridge and i can imagine an inner ladder to the bridge. We need a cabin for the first mate and chief engineer duo on other side. Crew should take accomadation by 4 bunks cabin, i think two will enough for 8 men (engineers, bosun, deck boss and deckhands). Need to have some storage for food: near the kitchen for canned and below deck for refrigerated food. Need some storage too for other stuff like ropes, engine parts, tools etc. I think the rear deckhouse is for the engine room (see 4 portholes on the rearhull section) and steering machine. ... and this is strictly speculation
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Hi OC, this might give you some idea. Personally i do not like to cover up the ship this amount, but otherwise it looks fantastic. You might consider to check out this modeler on Youtube, he has inspiring techniques and tricks.
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As RGL well said above. Rust is always near hinges (gunport doors, deck hatches etc.) and chains. Anchor beds were always full of rust, just like hawse pipes. Rust dust can accumulate in the corners which was washed out by sea later, so drain holes are prominent points.
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Willkommen hier, wir freuen uns über einen neuen Freund! Ich bin auch kein altes Mitglied, aber ich kann mit Sicherheit sagen, dass Sie in den besten Club gekommen sind.
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Real pirates must have some scratches Bill. Get well soon!
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Correct, they are same, the vacuum formed sails sheet still has 'Preussen' name. If intend to build Potosi, you need to add a second gaff to the jigger mast (sail plan here), as the kit has only one, but Potosi had double. You can check out the Cap Horn kit here. Pity, 100Eur still.
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Hi Kevin, i'd like to emphasize again that the Passat kit is actually a renamed Pamir. See my comment here. However, if you think for build Pamir instead of Passat, that is a very good kit.
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Nah, during i typed my note, Imagna just answered all the questions above
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Forgive me, i'm a newbie in RC scene. Ok then, why liquid ballast for a surface ship model? I do understand that liquid ballast needed in real life because it is everywhere around, needs to adjust to current load, weather, sea bottom and million things. But in model ship life those aren't factor, do they are? Maybe to reduce dead weight of model during transportation, its easier to simply fill or empty a tank than transport a couple of brick among with the ship. If so, the air vents could be simple: fill the tank and when its full just close the opening with a cork. Since it is full, no free surface effect. Also, triangular tanks could help, more filling means more weight and less free surface. We are pleased with huge space inside the hull, we can adjust the tanks freely.
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International Contenders were often built this way - i had opportunity to sail and breach one
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I'm always amazed by these huge scale models. As a remark, i started my sailing career in a 2-man dinghy which was 5 meters long (pirate class). Then moved to 470, which is 4.7 meters and that still an olympic class. So.. wow.
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In 2006, Hornby acquisited them from Humbrol (who has the Heller name since 1981), and started to issue 'new' kits under Airfix name. As far as i know, the 'special edition' issues are revised kits from this era, removing the incorrect parts and/or few pieces to allow bashing. I have a yet boxed Cutty special edition without molded stanchions, those are surely exists on the standard kit. Since 1986, all Airfix ship come without the plastic ratline, and has the adjustable ratline-maker jig instead. Other manufacturers, mainly Revell still use the plastic prefabricated ratlines. Nowadays many kits has nylon ratlines, those are looks like some kind of dark grey rubber. Never worked with them though. Cut the long story short, i don't know if any manufacturer comes out with newly designed and molded sailing ship kits. I have the feeling that i saw all their kits already. Shipman, if you have better informations, please share, i'm really interested.
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Airfix (Heller) has a 'Special Edition' product line, which neglect some parts to provide space for kit bashing. For instance the Special Edition Cutty Sark kit has no moulded handrails, stanchions, no prefabricated ratlines - but the kit has vacuum-formed styrene sails, i believe because some of us using paper sails hardened with thinned PVA glue which can use those sails as template.
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i might put some blu-tac spot in the jig which will hold the deadeyes in place until you thread them.
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