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Hi Kirby, When you were fitting the pedestal mounts, how loose were they on the keel? Are you going to rely on the nails going into the baseboard for the stability of the model?
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Hi All, Good hard couple of days. First picture is the stern facia... red arrows show where I broke it while working with it, green arrows are where I had to cut to resize it to fit. Somewhere way back when assembling the frames, I got that last one a little mis-shaped and have had to adjust everything. 😐 I have filled the gaps and with paint, I think it will be fine. I've been gripping the hull pretty good and must now get the dinky, fragile parts "feel" going. Got the main wales on. But where I need ya'lls help is the stand mounts. As you can see by the picture, they are rather loose and really don't fit. These are what came in the Amati kit. How do you secure these to the keel with such a sloppy fit of the brass mounts?
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Condolences Steve, May our Lord give you peace and comfort. 🙏 Excellent work on the ship.
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Hi SUB, welcome aboard! Good decision! Lots of learning and help to be had from this forum, good choice! Start a build log, I think that's how you'll get the most help. 👍
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Hi All, After sanding, and filling and sanding some more, I'm to the point of stopping... cause if'n I don't, I'll burn through somewhere. Counting on the paint to help with imperfections (I hope). Included pictures of the starboard side in the rough to sanded and filled. On to the main and upper wales while I'm in a plank bending frame of mind, then the decks. The transome was sporty. I am amazed how strong these things are. I was really man handling it while working on it. I'm also glad it looks better 2-3 feet away. 😆
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Hi Mark, welcome aboard Mate, glad to meet you. 👍
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Super good looking Brother! Eyes back to building strength? 👍
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Hi Grey, WELCOME ABOARD. Yes, lots of kind, helpful modelers of all sorts (mostly ships I think). 👍
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Picture please when you get her done! 😀
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Hi All, Just doing some research on stuff. Do any of you use any of the following "special" tools? Comments if so, or why not appreciated.
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Welcome aboard Mate. Congratulations on retirement, just started myself. There are plastic builders here… look around.
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Hi Casey - Welcome. Aside from LOTS of know how, this forum is a cool place to learn from and share knowledge and meet people. Have fun!
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VERY NICE! The ocre colors are all pretty dull in my experience. Sealer will/might fill the pores in the wood. When those pores are filled, you might loose the real wood look. I am going to fill below the waterline, then paint. On smaller tight areas, trying to seal wood might get sporty as it should be sanded before paint. I suppose someone could seal bare wood before assembly. I have read many posts about coating everything with varnishes, shellac, sealers etc.. I’m kind of a build the wooden ship, it looks like wood, feels like wood and put it in a case for protection against the elements kind of guy. 😊
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Hi Dominic, My experience building guitars is stain first…. the stain soaks into the wood, that’s what gives you the uniform new color. Then seal (if you want to). On a model ship, I guess you could stain the entire hull, then seal it, then paint it. The sealing prevents your paint from getting soaked up by the wood. Paint is the last step… always. I just did my first painting on them Lady Nelson… painted the inside of the bulwarks and it cook 2 coats because the wood soaked up the first coat. To seal or not to seal. What kind of final finish are you after?
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OK, got the port side done. The lower band got sporty... yep, I have checks, stealers, fillers and whatever else we can call it. 😄 Sanding, some filler, and paint below the waterline, I think we'll end up OK. 👍
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Hi Dan- Welcome aboard! 👍
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Keep at it! 👍
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Welcome to the forum Gene! 👍
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Hi John, Welcome to the forum, good place, good answers and good folk. I'm up north a bit in Stanwood. Stay safe in the city.
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Hey Glen, absolutely no malice intended in my remarks. Some folks get it faster and some folks don’t. I’ve read so many threads and seen work from the ridiculously perfect to the not so perfect (where I fall). And I stand by my remark… one can only get better as you continue in the hobby (I hope). I certainly hope my 2nd build is better than the 1st and so on. I value everyone’s comments and opinions and use their work as something to inspire me… including yours. 👍😊
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I'm sure that after I've also built 11 wooden model ships, I'll have a complete grasp of the technique. 😀 Until then, so far having a blast, it's fun, it's relaxing. 👍
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Second planking under way… After 1/2 way through the upper section, I saw how my planks were turning into an S shape on the hull. I continued and know I’m going to have to adjust things on the lower. At least the lower half can be filled and will be painted.
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