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  • Birthday 05/11/1953

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    The Villages Florida
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    Golf and classic car restoration

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  1.    Rik Thistle reacted to a post in a topic: Lady Eleanor by Jeff5115 - FINISHED - Vanguard Models - Newbie Build
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  6. Jeff5115
    Welcome Harland. I am a newbie and am working on my second model. As others have mentioned it is a great idea to start a build log. I have found other members will always offer help and encouragement. Good luck.
  7.    nehemiah reacted to a post in a topic: Lady Eleanor by Blue Ensign - Vanguard Models - Scale 1:64
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  9. Jeff5115
    Off to a nice start.
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  16. Jeff5115
    I have seen another build of this model and the finished kit was beautiful.
  17.    Jeff5115 reacted to a post in a topic: 28-foot Steam cutter on the James White System (1876) by vladislemm - Piroscaf & Co Scale Models - 1:24 - by Vladislav Lemm
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  23. Jeff5115
    Beautiful build. I really enjoy looking at your pictures.
  24. Jeff5115
    Not sure if this will help you but the vendor Marisstella (link on the home page) has many finished boat models for sale.
  25. Jeff5115
    I have been working steadily but it has been slow going. Admittedly I am a slow builder. The second deck has been planked. Lots of fun, its just too bad so much of it will be permanently not visible on the finished model. Work on the state room is done. I added trim around the vents and base boards for a more finished look.
  26. Jeff5115
    You are off to a good start. I had a lot of fun building this model.
  27. Jeff5115
    Engine and boiler room have been glued to the main deck. I stained the doors for some contrast to the planking. I also added base boards around the buildings although this was not part of the kit instructions. Instead of using acrylic for the windows I painted drywall mesh tape black and glued in place.
  28. Jeff5115
    James The model looks terrific! The photos are wonderful to look at. I only wish I could come close to the quality of your work.
  29. Jeff5115
    The main deck is ready to glued down and the hull planked but first a problem needs to be solved. Many other builders have pointed out that the sternpost is way off from fitting correctly. Others have used various methods to fix the issue. I chose to shave the inside of the sternpost altering the curve and shaping the bow into a little more prominent curve to get a good fix.
  30. Jeff5115
    Next the main deck was planked. Note that in the partially planked deck picture the original tab cuts were planked over so there was no gap showing.
  31. Jeff5115
    At this point I went out of order with regard to the directions. I built the main deck buildings (engine room and boiler room) for trial fitting. Other build logs have pointed out that the notches in the deck are cut in the wrong position and needs to be corrected or the second deck will not fit correctly. Using the buildings as my template I located the position where the deck notches should be placed. The notches were cut out and the buildings trial fitted.
  32. Jeff5115
    Bulkheads were added. After the bulkheads the sternpost was glued on using the edge of the bulkheads for the appropriate angle.
  33. Jeff5115
    I first saw a model steamboat being built over 35 years ago. I was impressed with the model but never thought that was something I could ever tackle. I was able to locate a kit after AL went out of business. I was not going to do a build log since it looked like this kit would no longer be produced. However, with AL new ownership this kit is available once again. The bulkheads fit snugly and squared easily. The only issue was that bulkheads 4 and 5 were mislabeled. Note that the sternboard was not put on at this time although the instructions indicate to do it. Gluing it on at
  34. Jeff5115
    How do you mark a model finished in the quick find index?

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