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Thanks guys, so I'm going for it, wish me luck. Still the scrapers, I'll just repeat what I wrote on the previous page: I made the scraper from a razor knife freehand with diamond discs and with a magnifying glass. Profil was continually tested and fine-tuned. And the fancy mouldings are scraped with freehand too. No other special tool. But as I wrote I used pear wood. Because in cherry the scraper tended to float and the thickness wasn't consistent either. So harder wood is probably better. Also, the width of the scraper profile must match the width of the prepared strip.
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Thanks for the compliments guys. I've scraped off the other moldings and I'm just one step away from gluing them in place. But I still have my doubts. The thing is it's a bit wider than the monograph mentions. I stayed with Chuck's earlier idea of making the bottom molding wider. So the result that the top is 2.5 mm the middle almost 3 mm and the bottom 3.17 mm. What do you think ? I also made a scraper for the top molding for homogeneity and I will use probably only the finely cleaned spiral laser cut.
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Beautiful result Jim, congratulations. And It's also nice to add a crew.
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wow you're off to a good start Rob. It's great that you are able to make the plans in CAD, for me it is a totally unknown.
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Hi guys, just a little push forward, I put down the shingles, then I used 3mm masking tape to test the run of the central moulding, then I formed the support strip for more comfortable installation - gluing molding strip (at least I hope so) and finally I tried to make a scraper with a suitable profile. I'll see tomorrow if I still like it or if I'll change it. the friezes on the photo are just test in a wrong colour
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Thanks for the kind words and likes guys. Now I have a shingle roof to do and then I finally have to make the fancy moldings. But I still have to figure out which profile of scraper to make. I have the friezes printed and I'm also thinking if I should spray the friezes with some varnish, fixative before cutting them out. Maybe something with a satin finish.
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Congratulations on the completion of this amazing build Patrick. If I someday get back to my Revenge I'll know where I can look for inspiration.
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wow very exciting announcement. I'm bookmarking this project. I like Bristol very much. I think Chris Watton is also planning a kit but watching the scratch build is even more fun. So good luck Rob and I look forward to seeing more photos of this project.
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wow that's perfect Mike ! A ton of assembly, tuning and reassembly is well worth the effort.
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Now I'm experimenting with blue, I have the friezes printed on a laser printer. I just can't decide what blue to use as a base for the gallery columns and later for the transom because there is a bit of a difference in the friezes for the hull than for the friezes for the top and bottom counters and transom. I am testing Vallejo model color. I like this mix the best. 6 drops of Prussian blue, 5 drops of flat yellow and 4 drops of white. I can't get a good photo of it so I took a scan where the color presentation is better. What do you think? Or Isn't there a good graphic designer who can adjust the colors of the friezes ?
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So It's been a year since I started posting my build log. Thanks for the kind comments and likes through the whole year guys. I hope my motivation to build won't leave me 🙂 Over the holidays I made a little progress... I made the scraper from a razor knife and the fancy mouldings are scraped with it freehand. No other special tool. But as I wrote I used pear wood. Because in cherry the scraper tended to float and the thickness wasn't consistent either.
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I continue to work on the Qgallery. Before gluing the shell, I glued the upper part to better check that all three frames are parallel. Now I'm trying to make fancy moldings. In a previous post I showed the first test and I was satisfied with how it went. But now I made a different profile of the scraper and I can't make fancy mouldings from cherry at all anymore. I tried it with three different kinds of cherry wood and the result was the same. But I tried pear and the result is much better. So I'll probably go this way for fancy mouldings. You can easily identify it in the photos.
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