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Very good reef points, did you do a knot near the sail on each side? I’m about to do some reef points and wondering how to do the knots at the sail end. 🤔 -
My misgivings about the styrene trawl heads were justified and one of them sprang apart whilst painting and sanding. A sure indication that they were going to be a problem when I tried to attach the trawl beam, ground rope and netting, they were just too delicate. I initially went for styrene rod just out of shear habit formed by years of plastic modelling, but styrene is not adequate for wooden model boat building it seems, well nothing like this anyway. I had considered buying some square section metal, but my Dad suggested just hammering some copper wire into shape, so this evening in an attempt to save a few pennies I set off to try that, using some old earthing wire I happen to have in the garage. It was actually easier to shape than I imagined by using a hammer on the top of a vice head and being soft wire it bent around the same timber former that I had used for the styrene versions. Next I pinned the loosely formed wire into shape and soldered, followed by a spell of filing flat and cleaning up. A couple of other details added were the trawl beam socket; again formed from the same shaped wire and the shackle eye-bolt, for this I file a slot into the wire then used a rigging eye bolt and soldered that into place. A case of one step forward, no - that is one step backwards, then one step forward again, but at least I tried something new in the process!
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Looking absolutely lovely Andy. Your soon catching me up! 😲
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Kit Review Paper Shipwright Kits: A General Overview
AJohnson replied to ccoyle's topic in REVIEWS: Model kits
Well Chris your current USS England build and this review have tempted me to the ‘dark side’ and I have ordered a couple of Paper Shipwright models, to have a go at this form of modelling I haven’t done before. This site is addictive, just need more time to do all these lovely projects 🤣 -
Glad to see you back building Will, after having had Covid. 😀
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Wow, those a re very good looking sails Dan! 👏
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Hey another little “Nisha” build log, I will follow along to this latest addition to the growing fleet of “Mumble Bees”. The advice you have had so far is sound, if you can take a deep breath and pause to absorb the planking techniques of edge bending and tapering planks available on MSW, then things will go better we promise! We are all here to help on MSW, just give yourself time to absorb how it’s gone and if you can’t face taking the planks off just yet you can always do some of the more straight forward assemblies like the hatches and winches and keep in a “creative” mode before going back. I often jump to something easy to do whilst pondering a more difficult stage in a build. Just need time for ideas to sink in, there’s no rush. Excellent progress so far, keep at it! 👏😁
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Those pumps are very good Trond, Nice details you are now adding to your build. 👍
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Very neat looking planking Craig! 👏
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Update for this evening is a little progress on the sails and also a start I have made on the trawl gear, I've not had as much time working on "Nisha" as I would like, the Admiral has got me doing another garden project at the moment! I'll post pics of that over in the "Gardening" section of MSW when done. The sails have been a lesson in patience, I've painted them using my airbrush and a mix of enamels to give me the worn red colour I was after. I need to add the rigging and blocks and some reef points. I have been testing these various stages; including using Letraset style rub on lettering for the Sails on my prototype sail at the top of the 'Sails' picture. Then I think I will set to the desired bend/shape and spray with matt varnish. The "Trawl Heads' are from 1mm square plastic rod, bent around a wood former, heated and then cooled into shape. These are based on description and dimensions from Edgar Marsh again. I'm not too sure on them yet, I might have to get some brass rod of the same section and try my hand at soldering. These plastic ones might be a bit too delicate to rig a beam and net to. I'll carry on for now to see how things progress; good practice for sorting out the various trawl elements, but can see myself having to learn a new skill soon! Thanks all for continuing to follow and support.
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The Amati figures are pretty good, they need a bit of cleaning up with a file or knife but are miles better than the many “World of Warcraft” 1/64 figures on the www that look like Hobbit’s on steroids. The NRG ones look proper ‘in scale’ figures (no chunky limbs or ‘Hobbit’ feet), so think they are worth looking at, but I haven’t bought any. The Vanguard ones are excellent, but the wrong time frame for Lady Nelson.
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Good fix with the little shim, I found that on 'Nisha' also when doing the first planking - and you got the stern counter on without splitting it in two like me! 👏 😆
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I don't blame you Chris, those ones you have done look super, I can only imagine trying to roll and bend card into those intricate shapes! Hope the glue supplies are in stock for you. 👍
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That desk is a testament to your industry! 😁 Or you could claim you are "trendy" and have upcycled some distressed furniture, very "in vogue" nowadays. 😆 Btw. you should see my workbench! 🤐
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AJohnson replied to Blue Ensign's topic in Using the MSW forum - **NO MODELING CONTENT IN THIS SUB-FORUM**
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Regarding leaking paint from under masking tape, one little trick I use sometimes if the subsurface is a bit uneven (like most wood strip!) is to run a light coat of Matt varnish along the edge before you paint, this will help seal the edge hopefully against paint ‘wicking’ along wood grain etc. Also be careful if comparing your build to the plans, the plans for my “Nisha” had been unintentionally reduced by 15%, not sure if that is the case with the Lady Eleanor plans.
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Well it would be rude not to pull up a chair! 🍿
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That looks lovely Dan, well done, those rubbing strakes look nice and parallel, as to the positioning and the holes that you needed to cut out for they don't look bad at all. All part of the learning curve. As for C-A, yes it can be unforgiving, it will destroy most paints and undercoats, it doesn't adhere too well to paint anyway, so I usually scrape away down to the underlying wood/metal for gluing, fiddly process and yes get plenty of C-A smears where I don't want them. A small applicator is good for applying C-A, I use an old needle where the eye has been cut in half and dip that into a drop of C-A I put the needle point first into an old paintbrush handle to hold it.
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Welcome to MSW Alex, looking forward to seeing your “Pickle” log when you get up and running. 👋
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The sails have progressed better than I had hoped, I got into something of a 'production line' mentality and tackled one edge of each sail at a time, first gluing on the edge strip of a side for each sail, then letting those dry, then iron them in place, then onto the next edge and so on around each sail. Next I temporarily glued the edge wire in place with C-A, again tackling one edge on one sail at a time. Then the same for folding over and gluing the edge strip to trap the wire, then ironing to seal and flatten each edge. Really enjoyed the process actually, time just flew past, very Zen. ☺️ Without getting ahead of myself (I haven't yet got them rigged onto the model!) I am daring to dream I might be able to add sails like these onto my "Bounty" build! 😲 Next step is give these sails a 'rusty red' spray tan. I'm also considering what to do about the bolt ropes, if anything. Not sure I'm up for trying to sew something on, maybe I could glue some thread on the edges, or perhaps at 1/64 scale just paint the edges hemp/tan colour to simulate the bolt rope, or ignore it all together. Not sure yet, my prototype sail may serve yet for one last experiment on this question... Until next time, thanks for looking in.
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They were an actual feature on HMAV Bounty (see extract from the Admiralty plans) and they are on my Bounty by Caldercraft. As they are drawn in RED along with the shelves for all the plant pots we can safely assume they were added for a reason when the RN purchased "Bethia" for her transformation into "Bounty" and her voyage to collect Breadfruit plants, the air scuttles above the great cabin being another addition. I assume the botanists advising the Admiralty suggested that adequate ventilation and water/light (the additional "skylights" Bligh mentions in his log and the lead lined cabin for the plants) were needed to successfully transport live plants instead of seeds? So Trond is right to have these holes, but as to if they were lined with brass/bronze, open or glazed I have no idea. Or how if open they were made water tight in stormy weather; perhaps battened tarpaulins? Great progress Trond, keep at it! 👏
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Absolutely, love those late Victorian warship lines, Ram bows and tall skinny funnels. Reminds me of the front cover of Jeff Wayne’s Musical album cover “War of the Worlds” with the valiant HMS Thunderchild taking on the Martians. 😁
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Morning Dave, as a general rule paint and glue are not good friends. The paint acts as a barrier often and the glue has nothing to adhere or fuse into, to make a bond. Also some glues will eat into paints and cause them to wrinkle (though that is more a problem for plastic and weld type glues.) So your initial comments are correct, glue before paint where you can and mask everything else where you can’t (unless you have a a really steady hand - I don’t ☹️) I often paint small parts first, then have to scrape the paint off in the contact surfaces to apply to a model. Hard work sometimes and yes I often (okay very often) have to do local “touch-up” painting. You are not alone in this Dave, but it just one of the little challenges of model making, really don’t think that there is a short cut.
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