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I cannot believe how poorly these laser cut parts go together! None of the slots in the aft center keel are wide enough to accommodate any of the bulkheads. The forward half of the center keel only 3 fit. Did you guys have to open up the slots? Gees, the Amati kit fit better than this does. 😑 The forward center keel doesn’t come close to matching the drawing for all the cutouts. I can hear a small voice saying the “the drawings are more like guidelines”. Say that with a pirate voice. 🤣 -
The blocks and cleats are on my build materials list as well.
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Hi John, Glad your on board! Yes the figures are NRG. They are perfect…except the 3D machine that made them forgot to do the paint process. 😆 I concur with everyone, the cast parts in this kit are absolute doo-doo. The blocks are all identical to the Amati LN I just finished and are adequate, but after seeing what you can get… There’s also that bag full of cast cleats. I tried some wooded cleats on the Lady and you have to shape them a bit or they look boxy (in my opinion). I think we will get good scratch building experience to replace all the cast parts! The only one I see as iffy is that big cast part for the stern… I’ll never be able to do the carving thing. 😑
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Ok Lad, let’s get this thing going, I want my ship built! Man these things are tiny. I seriously doubt my painting abilities. 😳
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WOW, Keith that is great. Big read and as the title implies, it’s a historical graduate level thesis. Outstanding carriage references for us builders. Thanks for the find. 👍😀
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Hey man, family first! Good on you Brother, have fun, stay safe! Check in once and awhile and say hi, let us know what’s up. 👍😎
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Here we go. Now that I have the parts separated, it’s time to go review build logs. I recall, Jim, John and Gregory had things to say about the kit at this stage.
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Chris… this thing you do with paper is just amazing! However you grade yourself on this one, to me it’s an achievement few of us are capable of. Simply outstanding! 👍😀
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“but the scroll saw, and table saw are what you are going to get the most use out of”. I certainly can visualize the scroll saw for cutting out curvy bulkheads and keel parts! Yes I imagine it can be done by hand… 😳 What scroll saw do you guys use? Table saw? Recommendations? Thanks Richard 👍😀
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Hey old timer, I’m 65, how old are you? 😆
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Outstanding Cat, thanks for the motivation! 👍😀
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WOW, you guys sure come through in the quick. Thank you all. Mark, I value those words as I have done the same. I have a couple things I bought thinking I’d use them in ship building… never touched them while building the Lady Nelson. 😖 I dusted off and cleaned my old bench top sander and mounted some machine blocks to the bed and have some 320 on the disk now. I have a bench top drill press and band saw, 2 dremils and a million bits and chucks plus all the hand tools that I used building the LN. I do plan to purchase things like cannon kits, and the hardware and the wood. So I guess the hardest thing I see now would be the bulkheads and keel parts. I do not see purchasing any laser cutters or 3D stuff… all out of my wheelhouse and wouldn’t get past the Admiral. 😆
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Ok… after getting a couple anchors about as scratch built as I can… time to do something else. 😀
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Hi you scratch builders. I’d like a survey from you of the MINIMUM required shop equipment and anything else that the average kit builder would not have in their shop to give scratch building an honest go. 🙂
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I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again I’m sure. You are a planking master! 👍😀
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Looking REALLY nice Jason!👍😀
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Hi John, Very nice workstation my friend! At first glance that ship looks like it’s in distress. What ship is it?
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Hey TJ, welcome. Go to the new member area and introduce yourself there and you will get the right start in this hobby as you meet the members. 👍😀
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After looking at your last build log post, it looks like your second planking. Is that correct? If it is, sanding is still in order, and filler… but only if you are painting over it. If no paint, then sand it down to get the best appearance and call it good. 👍
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After looking at your build log… what I see is your first planking that you stained so your second planking would not show any white through any plank spaces, correct? My angle on the first planking is to get it as smooth as possible to include the use of wood filler as required to get a baby butt smooth finish. If the first planking has flaws, your second planking will have the same flaws. Make sense? There are many tutorials about planking to learn from. Look at my Lady Nelson build log and see my use of wood filler and sanding prior to the start of my second planking. Looking good! 👍😀
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Dave_E replied to Mike James's topic in New member Introductions
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Hi Carlo, welcome to the forum, glad to have you aboard! 👍😀
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Thanks Kirby, glad your on board. How’s your Lady doing?
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Hey Keith, glad to have you looking over my shoulder Bother! 👍
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