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chris watton
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I have some progress renders of a replacement for my old Admiral's Barge, a 32 foot 'Shallop', which I have had commissioned. This will be a 3-d printed hull and laser cut pear parts. Also having a 28 and 32 foot pinnace done, which are almost ready, I am told - I will then be able to offer full sets for both Indy and Sphinx
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For those that have been asking for a smaller boat, I listened, and have this little cutie almost ready to produce, a 14 foot yawl! Am yet to print the first one, but the STL file looks good, so don't envisage any problems with it. Would suit smaller vessels like cutters or something like Endeavour.
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You can never ever please everyone, so there's no point in trying, it is futile. I have been designing for over 30 years now, and it was/is/will be always the same. All I can do is ensure all fundamentals of the actual vessels are as correct as they can be. The modeller can then do whatever they want and fit it out however they want - and paint it however they want. From my own personal perspective, I think the paint shade arguments are mad, as surely this is dependent on the mix of the paint and then add to that, weathering when out at sea! I haven't done much designing over the past few weeks, I have been ill (3 weeks now, dammit)! and all my time and energy has been taken up producing kit parts, as orders have been quite healthy! I have put Indy out of stock for a while, as I need to re stock on the laser cut parts. These do take an age to produce. However, all Harpy production is complete, and I am now just waiting for Jim to complete the prototype. I am just about to complete another run of Sherbourne laser cut parts, and after this, I need to re stock Indy laser cut parts. With so many kits now, I need to really stay on top of stock!
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I have never added lights to any of my models, but I will assume they need to be installed as you build the model.
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There will a light set as an option for Surprise, and soon for Indy and Sphinx: I already have these is stock, not yet added to site yet, though. The set includes 10 candle-effect LED lights, 4 continuous lighting LED lights, a battery holder for two AAA batteries and another one for a button cell, a switch, 8 meters of red and black cable, half a meter of heat-shrink sleeve and one meter of tin.
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Greetings from a clueless Patrick O'Brian fan
chris watton replied to Galkar's topic in New member Introductions
The Speedy has actually been updated a lot since Vane's version, making it a little easier to build - but you are quite correct in looking for something simpler before building this. -
Very cool model, well done, AL! Love the way the gun ports are framed, very unique....
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Chain pump housings it is, as this will be Aubrey's Surprise (as I am assuming this is what the majority would like to model her as...) After all, who really wants a carronade frigate...
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Plans I have show her after conversion, as the capstans have been changed and moved.
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I seem to always pick the ones with odd pump arrangements. For Surprise, should I go with a typical chain pump and housing config, or, as seems to be the case with the original plans, 3 hand pumps per side? Anyone got any better diagrams for this?
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Hopefully in a couple of weeks, once we have time to sort through the pallet.
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It will be Vanguard Models' 18th kit, so hopefully by this time next year, it would have already been released
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Very neat planking!
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That does look really nice! I shall tell you a secret about the stove chimney - After I received the photo etched sheets for Sherbourne, I realised to my horror that I had forgot to add the chimney to the sheet, too late to change it, as I already ordered the production parts. So I had to design one for 3-d printing instead, but in the end, it worked out fine....
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CA glue is fine for 2nd planking, I have always use it.
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Nothing flash, as you're just sanding wood, so something like this: BLACK+DECKER Mouse Detail Sander, 55W, 240V, Corded, Includes 6 Sanding Sheets, BEW230-GB : Amazon.co.uk: DIY & Tools They do save a lot of time for sanding.
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I would not use filler for the first planking, especially if there are no huge gaps in between the planks, it just makes for more unnecessary work. Also, I do recommend a small sanding mouse, I use this on all my hulls, and for the Sherbourne, it literally took no longer than 3 minutes to sand the whole hull smooth (then using a bit of sandpaper for the extremes and more awkward areas...)
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I just had my new machined walnut block sets for Sphinx arrive, so these are back in stock: HMS Sphinx Machined walnut Block Set – VANGUARD MODELS Also, my large shipment of PE copper for Indy, Speedy and Harpy arrived last week, after a 2 year wait (for the Indy and Speedy copper PE)! ETA - here is the Speedy and Indy specific copper sheets, these are extras that will go with the standard PE copper tiles, just need to add the stock...
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Eh! Bristol is still and will always be a definite. Cheers!
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I will definitely do a Phoebe (36 – stretched Perseverance Class of 1795) at some point. Frigates are my favourite, too…
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Once I have completed Harpy production (seems to be going on forerver, so many bits...), I can then sink my teeth into Surprise designs.
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I do promise that I shall do my best not to disappoint regarding this kit - it won't be cheap, though....
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Early days She will have a full suite of 3-d printed ships boats. I will not add the 36 gun frigate main mast (Surprise was a relatively small frigate, really a corvette, being no larger than the 32 gun Amazon Class from the 1770's), so the only real change will be the guns. It will be based off the original lines, and not the Rose from the film, as Rose was a lot smaller than the real Surprise.
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A little update. I have been working on my 18th kit for the past 3 months. However, something came up, and I have decided to put that project on hold for a while. So my 18th kit will be a 64th scale model of HMS Surprise - This is definite, and will start work on this immediately. The model will be of the fictional version, so long guns instead of carronades.
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