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  1. Bill97
    Great advice Marc. See, that is why I still need you looking over my shoulder. 😊
  2. Bill97
    Thanks guys. I am looking at painting and adding gold leaf to the 3 porches (lack of better word) and gluing them to the stern plate before I attach it to the hull. I know I will need to carefully scratch a paint free line for each so I get a good plastic to plastic glue weld for each. That and getting a perfect placement of each will surely be easier with the stern plate flat on my work table.
  3. Bill97
    Added gold leaf to the stern. Really like the way it is looking.
  4. Bill97
    FIVE MONTH mark in this incredible journey! Loving building and bashing this beautiful ship. With all the knowledge I gained from you guys during my Victory build I am able to move along and make educated decisions with confidence. Thanks guys for your help, patience, advice, and friendship. I find myself waking up early each morning thinking about what I need to get accomplished today so I can get to my “shipyard”.
  5. Bill97
    Finished painting the stern plate. Tomorrow I will begin adding gold leaf to the decorations and giving a second coat of gold to the areas not gold leafed. I used Testors gold enamel over the Vellajo blue acrylic. As many have noted painting gold can be trying. Applying gold acrylic over the blue acrylic
  6. Bill97
    Thanks Henry. It does not appear to make a difference in the build order. Just if I want to risk messing up any of my finish on the side galleries.
  7. Bill97
    Ian that was the only reason I was coming up with as well. That and just the overall wear and tear on the beautifully finished stern. I will be adding a lot of gold leaf.
  8. Bill97
    Have a curiosity you guys may be able to answer. This is not important in my overall build, but is more of a sequence question. In my Heller instructions the next piece I add is the stern plate (correct nautical term?) once I finish painting it. After that I have many pages of other parts before I am to return to the stern to add the side galleries and the walk ways on the back. It is almost the last thing before I start going vertical with masts. I have studied the instructions to see if there may be a reason why I should not just work my way through the stern construction before going somewhere else. Since I cut open the side galleries I will be making small decking inside. Do you guys have insight why one would not complete this area before moving on.
  9. Bill97
    Marc as time goes by you will notice ideas I took from you for additions. Hopefully you consider it, as I surly intend, as a compliment. Not Plagiarism! 🤭 Today, along with the spirketting, I also fabricated out of Evergreen the corner braces at the beakhead bulkhead as you did and added the bolt heads though you can barely see them in the photo. I have slowly rotated my turntable around and around searching for any tiny paint touchups needed. I think I have found them all. Now to spend serious time on the stern. Marc I am still contemplating the skids!
  10. Bill97
    The spirketting us definitely the way to cover the ugly seam.
  11. Bill97
    You are right Ian. Karate Kid was Daniel and Mr. Miyagi. Wax on and wax off. I do remember Kung Fu. That is where Grasshopper came from. Boy! You are taking us back a few years 😀. I am just a bit older than you. You said you were in your teens in the 70s. I was in my 20s and just started wearing my Army uniform.
  12. Bill97
    👍 Who would have thought I would start thinking and reacting like a real model ship builder? 😀
  13. Bill97
    Marc you mean I am actually starting to think like you? 😊 You are finally starting to rub off on “Grasshopper”! Karate Kid reference.
  14. Bill97
    Had some trouble getting a satisfactory puttied and sanded UB seam on the inside. If I had it to do over I probably would not have installed four belay rack (non nautical term) things in each side before gluing the UB in place. On one hand it was good to have a plastic to plastic glue weld, but on the other hand it made it virtually impossible to putty and satisfactorily sand the seam. I added additional strips of Evergreen between the cannon hatches in the sections that will not be seen because of decks above. In the center section that will be exposed I ultimately decided to cover the seam with a basic Evergreen baseboard like you would find in your home. A 4mm strip covers the seam and provides some additional glue surface. It will result in the cannon trucks being set inboard just a slight extra bit. In the photo the pieces are dry fitted. I will take them out, paint them red and then glue them in. That way I do not need to mask my deck.
  15. Bill97
    Spent some time fine tuning the UB seam inboard and outboard. The inboard seam took a bead of putty I will sand and repaint. Dry fitted all my deck sections which appear to fit snugly and with out issue. Plan to fabricate knees and beams to support each. Also continued adding gold paint to the stern plate. I am painting everything with a gold enamel that will be gold when the build is finished. The decorations will later be covered with gold leaf. The reason for painting gold first is to hide any chipping or flaws in the gold leaf application. Also made additional barrel hatch enhancements that I will add to the bottom of a number of the hatches in the UB. Will need to see which hatches will have the bottom edge blocked by the channels.
  16. Bill97
    Yeah Marc I saw that in your build. I have the exact one you have (same brand). Had it for years using it in my furniture construction. Fantastic little tool. As far as maring my paint, I would probably need to scratch a fine line off anyway to get good bare plastic for the skid to stick to. Just can’t decide.
  17. Bill97
    As my shift at the “shipyard” came to a close today I thought I would peek at the stern plate before I clocked out. A good day today finishing the UBs and installing them to the hull. Finished up adding a bit of gold to the stern.
  18. Bill97
    Thanks Marc. Once I feel sure the glue weld is solid I will start the process of fine tuning everything. A little touch up here, a little gap filling there, etc. I feel pretty sure I am going to make hatch enhancements to go below the hatches as you did and I keep going back and forth on the skids. I know you did them as two separate pieces (the hull section and the UB section). If I do make them they will obviously just be one complete piece. Still not sure. Don’t know if I can get them to look as good as your’s. I would rather not add skids to the sides of the ship that look real amateur both in design and fit. Would rather maybe just add some rope or other idea going up the sides of the steps as I have seen other builders do. Will maybe tinker with some prototypes to see how good of a fit I can get.
  19. Bill97
    Port side UB glued in. Do not have the small gap on the port side at the beakhead bulkhead. Forecastle deck dry fitted in place and to appears to fit snuggly. I think all is good. I do have about a 1/16” gap on the inside at the front and back, with the gap much thinner in the center where it will be visible. I will need to fill, sand, and touch up the gaps as well. The only way I could have prevented these gaps would have been to shave down the top of the wale, which I did not want to do.
  20. Bill97
    Starboard UB glued in place. Only took 3 clamps to hold it in place and tape at the bulkhead. Do notice I have a small gap at the beakhead bulkhead I will need to fill sand and touch up. I could not slide the UB any further forward to close the gap because the five hatches at the back of the UB have a notch they fit in on top of the wale. I appear to have an adequate amount of glue squeeze out to confirm I have a solid joint. Will see after I let it set for a while. Fingers crossed. Then to the port side if no issues. Ian in fact scraped the paint off the top of the wale in hopes it would improve my bare plastic to plastic joint. Did not know if paint on top the wale would decrease the strength of my joint. Henry that is a great idea for my wayward anchor rope. Still no idea how it came untied and pulled out. Retied the one still in extra tight.
  21. Bill97
    This is the view of the port side UB just setting there dry fitted. No clamps. May be a good sign.
  22. Bill97
    Thanks guys. Appreciate your kind words. I read in a number of your builds that attaching the UBs can be a challenge because of the stress on the curve. Mine just set perfectly in place during dry fitting. Hopefully this is a good sign. Will definitely update once completed. Wish me luck.
  23. Bill97
    After much ado I have finished making the new resin hatch enhancements and replaced the gummy enhancements already on the UB. Then I applied gold leaf to the enhancements and the decorations between the cannon hatches. I think I am about ready to the UBs to the hull. Have a new “oh curse word” I need to figure out a way to fix. Even though I am sure I had it tied in a knot, I somehow accidentally pulled one of my anchor ropes out. With the deck in I can no longer easily access the holes.
  24. Bill97
    Wow! Kevin. I dropped by to see how your build is going. Had no idea you had your ankle fused. Hope you heal quickly and have less pain now from the arthritis. As always I continue to be very very impressed with your CS build.
  25. Bill97
    I got a little tickled when I saw the 6 👍 for my last post. Apparently all my MSW friends agree I need to get the gummy garbage off my ship 😀.

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