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Stephane, you told me you don't pop your cork for just anyone.....now we've all got a lap full LOL 🤓
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Druxey, I have the deepest respect for you and your superior knowledge, yet Dave appears to be embarking on only his second build. If he can indeed put any model together based upon an ATOS title and include all or most of the enclosed detail, then that would be an accomplishment. Is he prepared to search out and pay for all the books required, add all the time to read and absorb them to complete a model that 99.9% of folk would be none the wiser? I do resent your implied comment 'If you aren't fussy', Each of us live life to different ideals, but few it would seem should er from yours? Not so long ago I recall you commenting (laudably) that this forum caters to all levels of interest and skill. I would urge anyone to strive for perfection, but that rarely comes at a single bound.
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Dave, good luck with your New Years project. I'm fortunate to own all the AOTS series and recognise they aren't without flaws, but I would contend that if you can build a model which has less flaws you're a better person than most.
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Hopefully you never see BOTH in the same room. Congratulations Valeriy, you've made more than a model; you've made friends an allies.
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Yea, right, Craig. We at the other end of the world have no sympathy at all with you and the heat you're having to cope with.
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Words fail me, but my eyes don't! Thank you, Valeriy, for taking the trouble to keep posting excellent photographs of your work. My very Best Wishes.
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Vitus, Merry Christmas! Looking at the few photo's of your perceived problems with that hull; building that kit it's a common problem. I'm afraid you have to be a bit more 'creative' with such issues which many before you have overcome. I'll leave it to others with more recent experience to jump to your aid, but this impasse is resolvable.
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Yes Michael, Rex builds some fine examples of the Airfix sailing ships. Don't know why, but he seems to have taken offense at another place mid-way through his St Louis build. Hopefully he isn't having some kind health issue; I've always admired his work. He really belongs here.
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Been a while since I looked in on this epic. I wasn't disappointed!
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Coming along nicely; love you ladder. It must be remembered, Airfix sell their kits as 'toys'. All their sailing ship kits are very old, yet in many respects they have remarkable definition.
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Valerie, I was talking on the phone when your latest images popped up.....and I bit my tongue! Marvelous, BRAVO! Are your side rails twisted wire? I imagine they were chain on the ship? You and your work are a lesson for us all. Thank you for sharing your long adventure; no doubt there will be others to test your resolve. Stay safe during this 'season of goodwill'.
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BRAVO! This is the second ship/water/diorama I've seen on this forum recently. Both spectacularly successful. The evident fact is, displaying a sailing ship like this (canvas spread) enhances the model above and beyond a similar model mounted on a plinth.
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I too have noticed it is no longer possible to source images once available to view on the 'net. A big past time during winter is to search out stuff of interest to me (technology of one sort or another) and build up several terrabites of photo files for my personal recreational use. TEXAS. I have between 30 and 40 drydock images, mostly good quality. Unfortunately the very nature of my hoovering up such images precludes any means of attribution.
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Wow! So impressed! To ad another level of realism, here's a photo I found of the 1979 'Bounty' replica after her journey from the Antipodes to Tahiti.
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A feature of Valeriy's work is his astounding photography, something too easily taken for granted.
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Yep, that put a different perspective on the subject. So in principal all the features aloft can be photographed an studied. The sooner a survey of that sort is done the better. Makes you realize the guy's that scaled that rig in all weathers day and night had big balls! Thanks for what looks to be a trove of video's I hadn't considered existed.
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Of course....a drone to do the job! That's a brilliant idea. I'll bet the curators could use a drone as part of their maintenance schedule; I'm sure drone permission would be granted for that. All we have to do is intercept the signal and download the feed LOL.
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Kevin, I'm delighted your CS dropbox account was so popular that the organization withdrew the service!!! It's very encouraging for the hobby to see such demand for your photo's and hope whatever problems there may be will quickly overcome. As for me, if I have to dance through digital hoops I don't understand, then there are other multiple sources to find similar images. What would be useful would be someone associated with CS, who has access aloft, to take photo's from up there and reveal details which aren't clear from deck level.
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That's great, Kevin, you're a gent. I neither have or want a 'Dropbox' account. They are 'zip' files, not jpeg and when I tried opening a few, the images are too small. Or am I missing something?
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Ooops! may be I didn't, though I'm sure I did? Anyway, the above tip does actually work.
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I managed to paint the head-rails on my 1:600 iteration. A good thin but long bristled sable brush and well stirred enamel. in one stroke! The longer bristles sort of compensates for hand shake.
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