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Robby The Brobot

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  1. Those ships look good. How do these kits compare to something cheaper like occre? I was lookin at their endurance model, however the only kit ive worked on so far for model ships is the occre buccaneer.
  2. Well that is a really nice looking ship kit, however that price tag is a bit high 😣. But looks like a nice finished model.
  3. Any difficulty would be ok, i like a challenge. And sorry about my late response
  4. Wood is what i would prefer to work with. Sorry about my late response.
  5. Hello, wondering if anyone has some good recommendations for a 1800's style windjammer or clipper ship kits? Thanks!
  6. Did some rough cutting of the bulkheads. My boards arent wide enough for the whole piece, but its a start. Also I dont think the grain is the right direction, but just using what I got on hand.
  7. Well already made a mistake in my cut and also broke the bow 🤦‍♂️. But oh well. Trying to glue it back on. Destroyed my sheer plans marking the bulkhead lines lol.
  8. I was wondering if someone could help me with understanding keel width. At the bottom of the keel its scaled to be around 1/4" but then the line drawing shows it getting skinnier. I presume the curve from the bottom where it meets the planks represents the rabbet, but the rabbet is just a notch right? So shouldnt the keel be 1/4" the whole way up with the exception of the rabbet? Edit: oh I just remembered about the NRG pdf on understanding ship drawings for modeling, I'll take a look at that.
  9. ok, thanks. So when doing those top lines should it be level across then? without the curve? for making the ribs or bulkheads.
  10. Thanks Roger that's good advice. I had thought about maybe doing a trace onto wood, then cut, trace, cut, etc. from the printout paper to get all the hull lines onto the wood. Frankly my tracing paper lines are a bit embarrassing haha. But I didn't know about the French curve, although I've probably seen one before, thanks! I did also do some tracing in gimp in layers but it would take a lot of pages to get every hull line, and not sure how much ink it would take from my dad's printer. And there is still stuff I don't know about ship building. Like I was wondering about the lines having a curve at the top and last night I learned about something called "camber" which is an intentional curve to the deck for water to drain off, which makes sense, but something I didn't know about.
  11. Hello, I am attempting a scratch build here. However I'm not sure how far I'll make it in the build, but it's been fun so far getting things together. Some members here have helped me get started with finding plans which lead me to getting "The search for speed under sail" by Howard I. Chapelle. Which has provided the plans I am starting this log with. It was difficult trying to get scans from the book until with reluctance I cut the plans pages out of the book. And afterward spent some time using gimp and freeCAD trying to trace lines and eventually just stuck with gimp, which I found easier. I don't really have any experience with using CAD specific software. Using the measuring tools in gimp I got the plans close to 1:64 in scale, and comparing the printed pages with a tape measure it seems they are close enough. And then I traced the hull lines using tracing paper which didn't turn out very good lol, but it might be close enough that some sanding and pre-cutting guess work can help.
  12. This is odd because my kit which is also the buccaneer from OcCre has the wooden carriages and was purchased in 2020.
  13. So far I think rigging has been the most tedious, but as you get used to it, its not quite so daunting. Its been a good learning ship. Also OcCre releasing a tutorial playlist for this ship has helped.
  14. Hello, as someone who has only purchased one ship kit so far (OcCre), is there something lacking with the Mamoli kits? I found this post after seeing the Mamoli flying fish kit which I thought looked cool, but I'm a novice at this stuff.
  15. Looks great! I really like what you did with the doors too. I might use that technique in my build, thanks!
  16. Finally got around to doing some more work on the galleon, had done some before but hadn't posted any updates. Been chipping away at it here and there recently.
  17. Thanks! Have fun with the planking, it was tough for me but once its done the ship feels pretty nice
  18. Survived the second planking. If there is a next time, i think super glue would be much better than gorilla wood glue for that part. Also when doing the bottom ridge (keel?) It helped a bit to use some more of the pin nails to hold them in place. Certainly made some mistakes, however things are starting to shape up a bit
  19. Im considering maybe using more clay to try and fill in more of the gaps. But i get the feeling its not super important to fill every gap since it all gets covered by more planking
  20. Did some sanding and more planking. Mistakes were made planking, but i hope it will work out in the end. Update: added more photos showing more recent progress
  21. So far the most difficult part has been planking the hull. Im not super happy with my work on it, but figure I'll see how it goes. Hoping sanding will make things work
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