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  1. AJohnson
    Looking good Simon, those fish look happy in their new home! 🤣 Merry Christmas and happy New Year to you and yours. 🎄
  2. AJohnson
    Glad you home safe and hope you are well soon. That Hermes tribute looks great! 👍. Wish someone would do a good 1/350 of her or Ark Royal. There are 3D printed ones around, but not great detail and quite pricey.
  3. AJohnson
    Do you have any "Finished" pictures of your Supply? You can't leave us dangling!
  4. AJohnson
    Looking very good! 👍
  5. AJohnson
    Great model Dan!
  6. AJohnson
    A great model and all the details you have added really bring it to life, congratulations.
  7. AJohnson
    Hi Brian, ashamed to admit I just use pva glue and eyeball it! 👀 That said I think the Mk.1 eyeball is pretty good, we can all spot a wonky picture frame 🖼️ 🤣
  8. AJohnson
    Thank you for the information about your sails and the link. I have the TFFM supplement now. Regarding the tweezer mishap, sorry to hear about that, is the hole anywhere near scale for Spanish/French shot?! After all Speedy did have a busy career with Cochrane…
  9. AJohnson
    I did indeed enjoy the beer 🍺 Simon, and very aptly named it was too! 😉 You must have been a good boy this year to get two Vanguard kits for Christmas! 🎄
  10. AJohnson
    That’s a nice looking finish to the hull Simon. Yes I forgot to get the waterline tool, but your “Mk.2” looks like the business. Fortunately my current build is painted up to the wales.
  11. AJohnson
    Really enjoying looking through your excellent log Tom. Your sails look very good, I shall have to download TFFM sail making supplement from David Antscherl as I want to add sails to my current build. What weight/thickness Silkspan have you used?
  12. AJohnson
    That looks very nice David, a real centre piece for your room.
  13. AJohnson
    Spent the weekend sanding, filling and shaping the gun-ports and sweep-ports; this is still not finished yet, but the bulk of the rough shaping done, down to using fine filler now before getting around the painting the inner edges. This was thirsty work! The other area I have moved onto whilst waiting for filler to harden, was looking at adding waterways at the foot of the spirketting. The NMM sections plans show these, so I had an attempt to fashion these out of strip that I had spare. This would have been more realistic (and easier) had I thought to add waterway first and then shaped the deck to suit, but hey-ho, better later than never. The thin strip was sanded to put a radius on it, then glued in place at the edges. The spirketting was obviously then going to be a little high, so careful sanding of the bottom edge ensued. I have not fixed this permanently yet, but after a first coat of red ochre I have done a "Trial" fit, see what I did there! Thanks for looking in.
  14. AJohnson
    Agreed, a very good first layer! 😀
  15. AJohnson
    The contemporary model of "Trial" is in good condition and think in this case it is more an "omission" - there a a good number of other discrepancies between the model and plans as already mentioned in this thread and threads elsewhere of same model.
  16. AJohnson
    I assume for the examples I have seen, to save space in harbour and/or protect the protruding bowsprit, obviously only an option of smaller vessels with level bowsprits.
  17. AJohnson
    Great detailing and research David. For the bowsprit, were these fixed inboard, by that I mean were they ever “run in” like the bowsprits of some fishing vessels (I’m thinking of the Nisha here). Or were Naval Cutters different?
  18. AJohnson
    Hi Tony, can I add my thanks for adding the Trial pictures of Trial and other cutters. These are going to be so useful to builders of this kit as David has said. The differences between that contemporary model and the plans have been touched on by a few and Chris has pointed this out of his prototype build log. You could be right, maybe it was a “concept” model for the proposal, as I think one or two of the NMM plans could be, as the title wording is a bit ambiguous and does not state it “is” the Trial, though later plans do state that they are of the recent Trial cutter “built”. All interesting stuff, thanks for sharing.
  19. AJohnson
    Good to see you back Dan, tidy masking.
  20. AJohnson
    Welcome to MSW
  21. AJohnson
    Well done Dan, a great looking model.
  22. AJohnson
    That ain’t right a Pup eating a Pup. From the picture all seems well. Looks great to me. 👏
  23. AJohnson
    Good start to the second planking Simon. 👍 What do you use for PE primer? I’ve tried a few sprays but they don’t seem to stick, unless I need to clean the PE better. I’m back to using brass blackener this time on my current project.
  24. AJohnson
    I built the Nisha and if anything the fairing back to make the full form correct is one area where most of us are too cautious. I think you can trust Chris’s fairing lines on the bulkheads, they did not let me down. It is a bit daunting turning a reasonable amount of the bow and stern into sawdust, but if you take it steady and use some of the planking as temporary guides to see if they bend flat across the bulkheads without strain and gaps underneath you will get there. Good luck, keep us updated. 👍
  25. AJohnson
    That looks doable for the planks. If they will bend up to the stern counter without stress then you should be fine. I’m really happy you have found Chris’s little fleet of fishing vessels, I know the ones with guns attract all the attention, but the Saucy Jack etc. are just beautiful little projects and the source history from the likes of Edgar J March is still accessible and if you want to explore the Scottish trawlers then those books are worth a look. Not too bad price wise from the usual online suspects.

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