Robp1025
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It's been quite a past couple of days.... yea this isn't too much progress but its progress non the less. Got the bowsprit stained and all the blocks tied and ready to be mounted. These next couple of days will be much better progress.
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I will for sure keep that in mind about the cold symptoms. That's crazy that it can do that to you with something so simple as CA. Also I love the addition of the little men. It really brings the ship to life. Like its telling a tale and not just existing.
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Yea that's my going plan. Will take it nice and slow that is for sure
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I'm excited for this part. It for sure will be interesting to say the least. I cant wait to see the true size of this ship!!
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For mounting the bowsprit it's not atleast when I was building I didn't see any but maybe I was suppose to leave something?? I'm not sure but either way.
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So starting on the bowsprit gonna see how this goes because I never made this big of a hole in the hull before
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@Cathead I love the knowledge snippet!! I had my suspicions but I was so busy recently I haven't done much research and went with my best description. @Pete D that for sure is something I'm concerned about when it comes to rigging. I know damage will come and it isn't too hard to fix I would say. As long as I dont drop it and cause a huge issue...*knocks on wood profusely*
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Welcome my friend!! I'm from the philly region too. Glad to see someone else local and maybe we can help each other out
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So I decided to put the life boats down and get some of the rest of the decorations done so got these all done and finished the life boat in the center. This is really quite an enjoyable build tbh. I'm for sure happy with the way the rope that is tieing down the life boat came out. Once that was done I broke my first part of the ship.... Patched it pretty quick but I need to finish the outfittings here then I'll touch the paint up.
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I actually purchase spare 3 4 and 5mm dowels already in anticipation of this because wether I had enough or not I knew I would make mistakes. I think I might have enough if it's only needing a foot worth of the 1x5. Thank for the heads up I really do appreciate it!
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So looks like the kit is notorious for being short on certain parts like the 1mm brass and now the 1mm by 3mm planks for the life boats. I'm gonna have to fashion the 2 mm by 4 mm I think to get enough materials because I have about 15 extra of those @Techtonic
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So has anyone else that has done this kit run out of 1x3 tilo because I am having that issue atm and trying to see if it will look ok with something substituted in
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I'll keep my eye out for it @Cathead
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I plan on doing many more ships. I really do find this extremely enjoyable. Like I said in my post, this is the first time I got to the "i dont want to deal with this" kind of attitude. It's been so enjoyable and so much better than video games I cant imagine why I didn't try it soon to be honest.
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So update because work has been a bit a rough so it's been slow working but it's been working alright. Got the deck fittings on Now onto the life boats which created my first "I really dont want to deal with moment" lol. Planking these guys were a pain truth be told just because not being able to tack them down I didn't have a good way to keep the planks in place once I wet them. I ended up glueing them while they were wet and just holding the planks in place with my fingers when my plastic clamps weren't staying in place. I got stuck only doing a couple planks per day because it was such a pain I had to take a break else i would rush and the glue wouldn't harden enough. But they are sanded and ok but not what I want. I'm gonna use filler on the one boat that is in the middle and do the paint job on it. The other three I'm gonna double plank with the walnut to get it a cleaner look then varnish and next time im gonna make some jig to be able to let the planks fully bend then glue them on after.
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It's coming along great for sure!! Cant wait to see what progress you make next weekend.
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I actually thought of this as well. The only issue is that I dont have any mill or bigger tools else I would. I would love to try a semi from scratch build. As for your first question I would love to be able to do a bigger ship with details and all. Love the designs and the intricate designs on some of the fancier ships
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I'm sorry you had to deal with so much with this ship so far but it's looking great my friend!!
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Sorry for if that sounded a bit snappy and was not meant to be. I'm just a little touchy when it comes to my wife and finances. I'm appreciative of all the input.
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So a little background on me is my wife is disabled. I'm the sole income for the house and emergencies happen far more than I want to admit. So savings have been a thing I cant really make because I've saved before. And then down payment for surgery is 500 plus need to get different groceries or the car goes down. It's a lot harder then if it was just me but god gave an amazing woman I love to death and would never abandon for anything. I'm always a person that plans ahead for when the time comes. While I'm not purchasing the kit now I will have the knowledge for when its time to purchase. So this post is more for information then an immediate need for a kit. I do understand where your coming from though with ppl hoarding kits and it isn't right for people to put so much money out for something that they wont complete. I really do like the idea of the pack from OcCre though so you could purchase as you build so if the kit does fall off where you cant do it your not wasting all the money on it. Would love to find others like that.
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If I order from the UK website do they ship over seas? The US part of the site is out of stock.
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I want to get one of the bigger models like the San Felipe for when I feel I can eventually do the model. I want it but I'm having a hard time finding it with any kind of payment plan involved. I dont really have 1000 dollars laying around and I'm not the most well to do when it comes to income. Is there anywhere besides like PayPal credit and crapbay (my name for ebay) where its possible to get plans like that where I pay a certain per month?.
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Got my deck houses done which came out pretty nice.
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So got the pumps finished up and got the deck house and such started slower on work days but still chugging along for sure. next will be finishing these up then going to start the smaller boats.
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Well I got the making the hook part that isn't terrible difficult. I'm looking at the bottom of the block for the gun tackle there is a separate loop the string is first tied onto. That's what I was referring to not being on the blocks.
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