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  • Birthday 02/10/1967

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  16. Albuk
    Elmir, Nenad, Carl, Thank you for your kind words! Alex
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  18. Albuk
    Just a small update... Hinges Blackened hinges and nails. Had a lot of problems with black finish flaking. Problem solved by leaving parts in 10% hydrochloric acid overnight and then using the blackening liquid.
  19. Albuk
    Bob, Nenad, Mark, Anja, Thank you for your kind comments, and yes, as Nenad said kids are indeed the meaning of life. Best regards, Alex
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  23. Albuk
    Thank you Elmir. Yes, nothing compares to having a child, and if we manage to raise them to be a decent human being, the joy is overwhelming. Fortunately, she is fine, still in a incubator but growing rapidly. Hoping to have her home in a month... Cheers, Alex
  24. Albuk
    I has been a while... In the meantime I got a daughter which is also a miniature, being born 2 months early with 1.55kg. Having a little bit of free time I made a companionway for my Bracera. I used pear wood strips that I bought for the deck, thinning them and cutting to size with a circular saw. I wonder how I kept all my fingers in place. Now I need to do some metal work for the hinges.
  25. Albuk
    I glued the second planking on the inside of the bulwark and decided to stray from the plans once again and make a companionway on the bow. Since I plan to make it semi open, I stained that part of the inner hull. I used CA to glue the planking to make it faster but the glue went through the veneer strips in some places. Hopefully, varnishing will even the color. I cut openings on the thin plywood board for deck planking and wrestled it to position with nails because the deck is slightly curved upwards on the bow and stern and downwards on the sides.
  26. Albuk
    Γεια σας Tanasis, Thank you for your kind words. Nice ideas... will try! Cheers, Alex
  27. Albuk
    Hello Anja, I am testing various options for the glass. Right now, I am testing with PVA that dries transparent mixed with ink or tempera paint. One should give me a glossy semi transparent result and the other, flat glossy. Since I have already soldered the lanterns (I really wanted to put a colored glass bead inside but shops were not working these past few days), what I need is to fill them with a cheap, easy to make, glass looking material. They are really tiny and already an overkill... Alex
  28. Albuk
    More metal work... two lanterns. Unfortunately, I don't have a lathe so I had to make them the hard way with a brass sheet, solder and a lot of filing. Now, I need to figure out how to simulate red and green glass...
  29. Albuk
    Thank you Anja and "likers" Brass looked nicer to me but this black iron look has its appeal too... Cheers Alex
  30. Albuk
    I soldered brass nails to the hinges, filed them on the inside and then proceeded to blacken all the brass parts that I have made. My failure to properly clean them can be seen on the uppermost brass plate. I should have used a toothbrush and toothpaste to clean flux residues, rinse and then soak them in acetone before using the patina liquid. I got a little bit of spare time and decided to make a bucket with leftovers from planking. I also made a cradle for the model and cut a thin plywood board for deck planking.
  31. Albuk
    Thank you Dida! I bought the kit based on Tehnodidakta's plans, here in Belgrade, with the bulkheads already laser cut. Anyway, there is a lot of places which do laser cutting here. You bring them a vector based file (Coreldraw for example), and they do it in a matter of minutes. See you on your forum... Cheers, Alex
  32. Albuk
    Anja, Nenad, Thank you for your kind words. It's good to be back...
  33. Albuk
    And, five months later... rudder hinges are finished. I decided to use the brass sheet that I bought previously with a brass pipe and wire. I used a torch and silver solder to connect the pieces. Continuing with metal work, I decided to make a grapnel anchor because the anchor that came with the kit is way too big for the scale and I don't beleive to have been used on this type of vessel. I made the grapnel a little bigger than the drawing in the plans. Luckily it looks OK on the model.
  34. Albuk
    Congratulations Elmir! You must be proud of your great build. Cheers, Alex

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