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  1. David, The life boats came out very well. I have seen Tom Laurie's video. I made up some sails today. I'm going to attach the mast hoops to the sails before slipping them on the masts and booms while off the model. Then I'll try furling them. I'll let you know how they come out. You're making nice progress. Bill
  2. David, Looks like you got it figured out right. The only part you can't see is what is going alongside the life boats on the sides of the house. I remember seeing a photo somewhere showing that section as an exposed rod like you have done but I can't find it now. I noticed in your photos that there are two taller vent pipes aft of the house that I didn't notice. So back to some more construction. I started shaping mast and spars while glue elsewhere was drying. Looks pretty straight forward . Any thoughts on sails? I think I might try furled sails with silk span. I like sails on models so I will give some thought to furled or full. Also I noticed that the aft galley exhaust pipe has guy wires for support while forward one doesn't. I've been avoiding ladder construction.., but cant keep putting it off. Bill
  3. David, Ladders came out great. The wing walls look a lot better with the wall framing rather than the solid slab of wood the kit provides. It's my next construction too. Where do you get the strip metal you used for the ladders? Bill
  4. Wiping the end of the thread with some CA makes it much easier to get the line thru the block. And drill out the hole in the block so the line can pass thru easily.
  5. Welcome. And don't worry , your English will probably be better than us americans
  6. I too have a long way to go on my soldering skills, or lack of them. I did ok on a 1:48 scratch built tug on my first attempt at soldering rails but failed miserably on a 1:72 plastic LCT kit. But on the plastic kit I used polystyrene rod and glued it. Came out pretty good. I think I will try that again for the ladders. Also I'll try gluing brass rod pieces. Bill
  7. David, looking very nice. I like the opening pilot house window. (I will copy that) The hose valves are a nice touch. Did you use the plastic for the glass in the pilot house? Also did you paint the interior of the pilot house black or is that just the photo? I added plastic behind the port lights in the main house but I'm not sure if you can actually it. I've been working on the stack. Trying to get the top piece to look like the real thing and shaping the flattened sides of the stack itself . I would like to figure some way of making the small flat vent near the bottom. I'm sure you will come up with a good idea that I can copy! And there is a little box on the back wall of the main house that will be fun to construct. What are your thoughts on the ladders? Bill
  8. Welcome. I saw Passagemaker about 18 years ago on the hard in a boat yard in Trinidad Bill
  9. David, Good idea for the fire hose. I'll try with some silkspan too. Looks like you are coming along fine. The forward plating is a nice touch. Now that the house roof is on pretty much everything else are details. I'm about as far along as you are. Just about ready to build the house. I have just about all of boxes etc built and ready for paint. I need to do final coat of topside paint and then paint rub rails. Then mount rudder and put on stand. This is a pretty fun model. Bill
  10. Looking good. are you going to plank the sides of the main house? I tried making the rack for the fire hose that is on the ship but not the kit. Rack came out fine but haven't figured out what/how to make the hose. This model has a bunch of deck structures that are kind of fun to make and miscellaneous vents and pipes that should add to the details that always seem to add a lot to a model. I'll be interested in how you approach these. Bill
  11. Welcome. Is that a kit or scratch built? Really nice looking
  12. Certainly no expert. But I would have hoops stacked at base of masts. And if you decide to do sails they are there. Need to get them on before the trees or you'll never get them on. Easy to forget. (Don't ask how I know this? Bill
  13. Beautiful build. The rigging on these ships is amazing and you pulled it off perfectly and at that scale. You should be proud of yourself.
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