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  1. Papa
    I’ve looked at that. It seems a bit cramped. I’ll have to check some reviews.
  2. Papa
    Thanks. 😃
  3. Papa
    Here are 4 whale boats at various stages of completion.
  4. Papa
    Today i received my new copy of the United States liner card model from Poland. 1. Photo shows how to properly join the beam sections, using tabs #6. I missed this the first time. 2. Note the triangular section in the middle if the frame, 13. In my first build, I didn’t realize there were 3 tabs in there needed to attach the frame to the center beam until i had cut the center out of about half the frames. I had to jury rig new tabs. 😳. I learned my lesson and am doing it correctly this time. 3. i also learned that i need to write the part number on each part when cut out. Doesn’t take my 78 year old brain long to forget what part is which.
  5. Papa
    Thanks
  6. Papa
    I am genuinely curious 🧐
  7. Papa
    This comment makes we wonder how many of our fellow ship modelers are in the sciences or engineering. I have a PhD degree in mathematics.
  8. Papa
    Almost 2 months and i am still working on the whale boats. It is like have 7 individual sold hull kits
  9. Papa
    Love the well-worn look of the try pots etc
  10. Papa
    You should start your own business as a model ship sailmaker
  11. Papa
    Not sure why i even said “slow”. Perhaps subconsciously because I probably don’t have enough years left to finish all my projects😃
  12. Papa
    Without the United States in my cue, I’ve gone back to the whale boats. making slow progress.
  13. Papa
    If you are referring to the deck houses, i got the scribed sheets at model expo i think. 1/32 scribing
  14. Papa
    Error creep has reach the point where i am stopping the build. I have ordered a new copy of the kit from JSC. Once I receive the new copy I will restart the build log from the beginning.
  15. Papa
    Amazing work!
  16. Papa
    I don’t understand the question. The boats are made from laser part parts that are stacked together. One then has to carve them to shape. I made a template for the bow and stern shape based in the plans.
  17. Papa
    There are many things wrong with the build and the errors accumulate. I am learning as i go along. I did use some CA to stiffen some very thin pieces a trick i learned from reading Dan Vadas build logs. Something is certainly needed to stiffen the decks. It seems to me that trying to spread CA over that large an area would be a messy job and could cause more problems than it solves. Gluing folded tabs on corners and edges leads to problems also. I think one needs to score and fold inside the line by the thickness of the card otherwise the dimension increases by 2 times the card thickness. I may try this on the next few cabins. Overall this kit is a learning experience.
  18. Papa
    Some more deck houses added
  19. Papa
    Fantastic workmanship!
  20. Papa
    Another lesson regarding reading the instructions carefully. I left out some parts under those wings including a stairway. Somehow i missed the box on the deck with the “scissors” icon meaning “cut me out”. A stairway was to go in the hole and on the deck were 2 partitions called “wind screens”. I was able to slip these pieces in after the fact. 😬
  21. Papa
    Thank you. I am learning a lot about how to do better next time.
  22. Papa
    This deck, sun deck, was very difficult. Some very delicate cuts on the posts. Only about 1 mm wide
  23. Papa
    Another somewhat obvious hint. I put each sheet into a plastic pocket and wrote the number of the sheet on the plastic. As pieces are cut free of the sheet, they go back into the numbered pocket so that they can be found again. On my previous card ship, now trashed, i had loose pieces everywhere. Very difficult to find what you need!
  24. Papa
    Boat deck is in place
  25. Papa
    The skylights look great. Super nice detail work.

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