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Just to let you know that I have not lost interest, it's just my workshop is so bloody cold at the moment I've put everything on hold till it warms up. Cheers
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Slightly reluctant to post this pic as it does not show the good bits and seems to highlight the poor bits. But, I know the trimming at the bow and stern are not all they could be, but I have a cunning plan. Amazed at how much sanding is needed to get this right. I'm only about 1/4 the way through and a lot more to do. I tend to work for about 20min and then have a good few hours break. It allows me to rationalise the task better.
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Second planking now done. It's a bit 'curates egg', but I'm on the sanding job now, secure in the knowledge that it it don't pan out as I hope, I can, with a clear conscience, paint it! But I'm happy so far.
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Err, yes. Blood.
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After a bit of a break I've recommenced the Hull planking and am quickly discovering that the minor and, as I thought, insignificant errors made earlier in the build are coming back to bite me. I don't mind too much as I very much consider this to be my learning experience and in some ways, making these mistakes early on is a good thing as it prepares me for my next adventure, and I still intend to make as good a job of this as I can. Fortunately, from my previous experiences, the only people who will see the mistakes are people who build these things themselves and there are precious few in the circles I associate with.
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After a LOT of sanding, I've fitted the keel and am about to start second planking. If anyone wants to donate some vellum, please PM me. It actually looks a lot better in the flesh than on the photo
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Steve G replied to Gaetan Bordeleau's topic in Photographing your work. How to do this.
Again, each to their own. I delete probably 60 for every one I keep, or used to. I hardly do any photography these days, in fact, I sold most of my gear some 12 months ago. -
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Steve G replied to Gaetan Bordeleau's topic in Photographing your work. How to do this.
Fair enough, each to their own, but I find the jpeg a good reference point before I manipulate the RAW image, particularly for things that can't really be corrected in PS, I use it more for editing out the discards than anything else. -
Cheers Richard. I'm constantly referring to your and BEs build log. This is so far out of my comfort zone I could be on another planet. Thankfully, the kit and instructions are incredibly well put together and the encouragement offered on here is priceless.
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Steve G replied to Gaetan Bordeleau's topic in Photographing your work. How to do this.
Many if not, most DSLR and mirrorless cameras give you the option to take the picture in both jPeg and RAW. It can be a very useful feature. -
After a LOT of sanding, I've fitted the keel and am about to start second planking. If anyone wants to donate some valium, please PM me. It actually looks a lot better in the flesh than on the photo
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Oh dear. Who would have thought that a short post from a man I have never met who lives thousands of miles away could affect us so deeply. Best wishes to you and your family from all of us in the UK.
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Don't know if this idea is of any use to anyone, but I clean out a plastic 10cl vape liquid bottle and fill it with titebond adhesive. It makes precise application of the glue much easier.
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Steve G replied to Gaetan Bordeleau's topic in Photographing your work. How to do this.
I too prefer adjustable LED lights to flash. It's much easier to control and is a damned sight cheaper! Certainly for small indoor product work, which is pretty much the same as photographing model boats. -
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Steve G replied to Gaetan Bordeleau's topic in Photographing your work. How to do this.
I'd agree, but you do need a certain amount of proficiency in photoshop (or lightroom for that matter) to be able to manipulate images to get a better result than the built in microprocessor on the camera. People who use photoshop generally use less than about 5% of its capability. I would personally not use such tiny apertures. I know that you are trying to obtain a good DoF, but the fall off with smaller apertures is quite dramatic. I think you would be better with some ND filters and use you PS skills to stack your pictures.
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