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  1.    ubjs reacted to a post in a topic: HMS Bounty by Adrian Hunter - FINISHED - Mantua - Scale 1:120
  2.    ubjs reacted to a post in a topic: Does painting mean covering the mistake?
  3.    Mrgj24 reacted to a post in a topic: Planking problems
  4. ubjs
    You also have to fair the frames more (bulwarks is something else). As soon the planks dont lay flat on the frames you are beginning to get problems and as we see on your picture the problems get worse for every plank you try to attach. You must bend planks in two directions so they follow the frames.
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  6. ubjs
    I dont like cleaning an airbrush. I have several airbrushes and compressor but today I never use them. Today you could find a lot of colors in spray cans and you get a good result with them. I often use Tamiya primer spray can and then a brush when I paint ships or modelhouses. If you use a primer first its much easier to get a good result with brushpainting. With metal I use what in swedish is kallgalv, its a car primer you use repairing full scale cars. After that I brushpaint.
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  9. ubjs
    Look at this build log of Polaris and you get some ideas for the second planking. Your first planking looks ok so far.
  10. ubjs
    Three and four butt shift, I thought it was just for deck, is it also used for planking the hull?
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  16. ubjs
    If you react to ca-glue, you must be very careful. There is a risk of developing an allergy to approx. I can't be in the same room as someone who glues with ca-glue. I also can't use fully liquid plastic glue, but what is more like a cream, for example from Faller with a narrow metal spout works well for me. So be careful, once you develop an allergy, there is unfortunately no way back.
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  20. ubjs
    I have this one, but if you want to save money I think it would be easy building something like it:
  21.    Canute reacted to a post in a topic: Sadly giving up on Erycina build
  22.    mtaylor reacted to a post in a topic: Start planking with gun ports, pros and cons?
  23. ubjs
    How are you planning to bend your planks? I like my electric plank bender, but there is other ways to bend planks. You can easily make sanding tools by gluing sandpaper to a piece of wood in the shape you want. I usually use contact glue for this. You need a straight board or something to put the frames on the keel. Something to check that you are gluing them perpendicularly. I usually use Lego pieces!
  24. ubjs
    Spray from Bluejacket.
  25. ubjs
    How do you do when you make the holes in the second layer? You don't have any problems with cracks in the second layer when you make the holes for the cannon ports?
  26. ubjs
    I'm thinking if it would be worth trying on the 1st planking. Speaking of planking guides, I can forget most of what I've read if I want to build a model that looks like the real ship. If I look at the Vasa ship, they have planked it completely wrong, pointed planks in the bow, etc. So the question is should I build according to the model building gurus or should I build it as it looks in real life? As for the Vasa, it is easy to check how it is made, perhaps many of the ships of that time looked exactly like that in reality and not as perfect as model builders often build them?
  27. ubjs
    Start planking with gun ports, pros and cons? In Dressel's book Planking technics I saw an idea to start with planks at gun ports. I think it looks interesting.
  28. ubjs
    The thing about wooden ships is that most things can be fixed. The important thing is to start building. You will make mistakes but they can be fixed. If you fail to plank Polaris, you can always plaster her and paint. When you do the second planking on Polaris with the thinner strips, I suggest that you finish planking one sian first. Then the other side will probably be better and you can turn it towards the ¨audience¨. My tip, whatever ship you choose, buy it now and start building. You learn step by step by building, not by reading.
  29. ubjs
    Can you motorize it? I have some Märklin carriages in 1:32 scale and a garden railway, but mostly LGB trains.
  30. ubjs
    Reminds me of Torborg, a small Norwegian rowing and sailing boat from Billings. Build log: https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/threads/torborg-billing-boats-1-20.6226/
  31. ubjs
    There are of course a lot of options. I searched at Krick on simple and here is the list. https://www.krickshop.de/Models/Static-Models.htm?shop=krick_e&SessionId=&a=catalog&p=80&filter=k10g53p55 Billing boats are hated by Americans, I understand, but for Europeans, they have many interesting ships. Here we Europeans have the opposite compared to Model Shipways, Billings kits are relatively cheap in Europe and probably more expensive in the US. I have built the fishing boat Norden and it is nice and absolutely suitable as a first boat. Link to Norden, the instructions can be downloaded. Billings instructions are based on exploded views instead of text. https://www.billingboats.com/index.php/modelboats-footer/39/120/boats/the-beginner/P-bb603-norden-cutter

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