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Great build Chris, it looks great and the kit deficiencies you highlighted do not detract from your skills in building it. -
Update to show the hull about ready for adding the P.E. rudder hinges, Horseshoe plates etc. Just a bit more fine sanding and sealing to go. The pre-shading was laid out using the Bulwark patterns as a guide to layout out the plank ends then the planks were sketched back in, so I could colour distinct bands in yellows, browns, greys etc. to provide some shading variation under the final layers of white. The initial look is a bit shocking, but soon calmed down under successive layers of white until finally just a hint of the picked out planking shows (a bit difficult to see in the photos!), just to break up the "mono" look of a pure white hull. Looking forward now to peeling away the tape and getting those bulwarks on! 😁
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That’s looking really nice David, I’m certainly hanging onto your coat tails for my build, looking for hints and tips as I get to the same stages.
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Thank you all very much for the encouragement and likes. Update today just on the seemingly never ending rounds of filling, sanding , primer, paint, repeat! Nearly there I think, just the odd remaining blemish to sort before the final base coat, prior to pre-shading the planking for a more interesting final appearance (I'm not after a uniform monotone white finish.) Thought I would share some pictures of the stages I've been going through. I just used a rattle can DIY grey primer initially, followed by an initial rub down with medium sandpaper to see what a layer of paint showed up - nothing like a layer of paint to point out your lack of woodworking skills! I have then being using water-based plastic putty that can be thinned down to get into all the little imperfections, flat down, rub and repeat! As the surface gets better I then start to use fine wire wool; this doesn't tend to "ball-up" paint layers as easily, then some old blu-roll paper towel to really bring out a shine to go hunting for flaws again holding the hull up to a light source. Work is going to get in the way this week, so might not be much more progress until the weekend. Thanks again for following along.
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Very neat work David. I have also been looking at the RMG plans of which there are a surprising number named “Trial”, though I suspect at least one is just a proposal of the sliding keel arrangement by Captain Schank, a couple say they are copies of plans sent to the yard for building dated May 1790 but one (ZAZ6418) states it is the plan of the ship “built” dated 9th September 1790, so perhaps closest to the final layout? Interesting most of the plans show an additional grating/companion way to the starboard of the forward sliding keel, providing access to the Boatswain, Carpenter & Gunner’s store rooms. That plan also shows a raised skylight over the Commander’s cabin and a cover over the companionway. The contemporary model does not show these details and as Chris has mentioned in his prototype log, it deviates from the various plans in a number of ways, I suppose we shall never know the true relationship of the plans and model to the real vessel - all very interesting!
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You do that as well! 🤣 I dread to think what treasures are lurking in my “safe place” when I find it!
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Welcome to MSW Simon as for Vanguard kits they are worth it and has a good fleet of fishing Vessels if you don't want cannons festooning your models! Hope you do a build log of them.
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Well done Alan on reaching this milestone, really impressive looking model! How big will it be in bench area with the cliffs and surrounding land?
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Maybe it was along the lines: “if we make it ugly enough the air will just jump out of the way!” 🤣
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Shelby 427 S/C Cobra by CDW - FINISHED - Fujimi - 1:24 Scale
AJohnson replied to CDW's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
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Great to see your update Mike and the happy coincidence that we both posted the same milestone today on our cutter builds. Your planking looks excellent.
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Very neatly done Glenn, where in your boatyard is the beast going when done!? 😲
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Looking very good. Although I'm building a slightly different cutter, yours and B.E.'s Alert logs are my go to references on MSW!
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Big milestone today, second planking complete (well apart from a few sessions of sanding!) Overall happy with the way it came out but still glad this is going to be painted as my woodworking skills; especially at the Stem & stern still need improvement. Paying much more attention to lining off the hull and splitting the hull into bands to plank did help in the long run. Initially frustrating at times, having to bend and shape planks, then re-bend then trial fit again, this process seemed to fall into a rhythm I could follow by the end. A couple of planks went wrong, but (one split under the pins/clamps which I didn't notice and another I shaped too narrow, again not noticing until it was dry.) as I said, all okay as its all going under paint soon! - Phew... Additionally I paid no attention whatsoever to grading of the strips, so I ended up with nearly all the dark ones on one side, which would have looked bad if left unpainted. So next update will be the sanding, filling, primer & painting stages. Thanks again for the likes and following along.
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Looking good from here and well done on wanting to get things right and redoing some parts Don’t worry about breakages and other “whoops” moments, I dropped my current build and needed to repair a few parts, many of us do that kind of thing all the time.
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I shall be interested to see how the figures come out with your painting skills! 😲
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Those are good looking cannons David, I will be pinching your idea of spare belaying pins for quoin handles! 😉 As a break from second planking I've also made a start on the Cannons, likewise I think 2mm blocks the smallest my eyes could cope with also! 🤓
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Progress update, not as long has been spent on Trial as I would like but steady progress is still something. Started the second planking, by first adding the top plank and the garboard as per. Chris's instructions. Then the remaining area was divided into plank widths mid-ships then divided into three sections for planking and (hopefully) a symmetrical appearance. The bands were divided up using flexible masking tape I got from Chris, tacky enough to stay on the first planking, but easy enough to peel back for adjustments. The intervening spaces divided up using Chuck's planking fan as post #42. There has been some odd-shaped planks coming out of all this measuring and edge bending, but I guess that is the point, overall satisfied with the results, by still no way would I dare leave my planking unpainted! 😱 Another week at this rate and second planking might be about done. Again thanks for the likes and comments and looking in!
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Nice upgrade Dave.
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Hi Chris, now that is interesting, I have in my stash an old Caldercraft HMS Snake that I intend to kit-bash into HMS Scylla c.1830. I am mostly just doing research at this stage and had been thinking about the armament amongst other things, so yes, I would be interested in that and any other 18 gun Brig accessories that might become available when you develop your kit in the future. All of this could be completely derailed depending on when your HMS Surprise appears! 😆
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I think Chris will definitely need bigger premises for the orders of that one! 🤣. But happy to wait a little longer (and means I should finish up one or two projects before Surprise make her debut). Really pleased to hear how things are going Chris, well deserved, really enjoying building your Trial at the moment.
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Shot Garlands
AJohnson replied to tmj's topic in Discussion for a Ship's Deck Furniture, Guns, boats and other Fittings
A fascinating discussion, if I might ask a minor detail with regard smaller vessels like Cutters; I'm currently making the Trial by Vanguard models. Would these smaller vessels have fixed bulwark or waterway garlands? The RMG plans and a contemporary model do not show them. I understand absence does not mean they were not used, but was it more likely that temporary deck placed garlands were used? and placed beside the guns as discussed already on this thread. For info. Trial had 8# 3 pounder Carriage guns and 4# 12 pounder Carronades from 1793, if that has any bearing. Thanks for any opinions, I'm tempted to add more detail than the kit provides, but inclined to add triangular/square deck garlands if this was more likely than fixed ones.
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