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  7. N80FTY
    Just finished gluing the upper deck, I still need to put the fake joins in but i will do this when i clear matt varnish it.
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  12. N80FTY
    So After a tedious day, all gunports are now 8.9 - 9.2mm. I also redone 2 ports so they are in line.
  13. N80FTY
    Hi Allan, The wales that came with this are 5x1mm for centre and top wales. The Bottom wales are 3x1mm for trim and 5x2mm for the wale. Not as clear as i thought but you can see the 1mm on the middle wale. Also once i sand it smooth it will educe the thickness slightly
  14. N80FTY
    So after checking where the wale covers the last gunport, it looks like this is where the issue was. The internal overlap is now corrected and both have the same measurement. However there is still an issue. its got absaloutly nothing to do with the model. its the point of where im measuring from. Which i never thought about checking as its a 1" industrial work bench. i dont know if you can see it in the picture clearly so i got a straigt edge. What a numpty, (Scottish for idiot) So when rotating the model end to end this dip in the centre was projecting on the model. Not to worry too much though as i use my small portable table for measuring usually. Which is how i just found this issue. So outcome is simple. Dont forget to check your workstation is level, plum and dip/bow free.
  15. N80FTY
    So, i have redone the middle wales after a troublesome weekend. There is a discrepancy of 0.3mm at the gallery end. I've added pictures to show this. My question here is do I just lower the starboard wale at the gallery to match, will this be noticeable or leave it as it is.
  16. N80FTY
    Added the gallery side windows. It needs a few touch ups where the window frames hit the hull. But this will likely get done after the whales are added.
  17. N80FTY
    I've been on and off it for 8 months. This is all I've done so far. I need to really get the cannons, boats, anchors and so on done as well. But I want to do them as and when I get to a stage they are actually needed and get put in place permanently as I will end up losing them or damaging them.
  18. N80FTY
    So the instruction state to use some old scraps, but I found this is visible through the window. So I used 1 mm ply I had and made it invisible. Pictures, Instructions, 1mm from window to the top of frame, my solution and dry fitted
  19. N80FTY
    I would say yes definitely. What do you think. I couldn't have got it better if I tried.
  20. N80FTY
    Before i go any further and mess things up, Can anyone tell me if the angle i have is ok. If not i can take the glue of now and reposition. I have it at 15 degrees of vertical at the moment. but i have seen some further back and some nearly vertical.
  21. N80FTY
    what do you mean by final look, and is it not supposed to look new once built.
  22. N80FTY
    This model only has this 2mm hull, so this is basically it. The hull will get copper tiles or if I cant get them ill use copper tape and simulate the tiles. I've seen the copper tape looks ok from pictures.
  23. N80FTY
    Hi Dave, The picture looks like its flat wire. But as you stated its round you can do this in 3 ways I've used in the past. 1, you can heat the brass and fatten it, Once flat drill out the hole to 0.60mm. Leave a wooden round dowel hand made to 0.60mm in the hole and reheat and reshape the brass back to a round. The wood will singe and shrink slightly leaving you around 0.54mm of a hole. 2, Do you have a mill. If so you want to run it around 6000rpm and peck at the piece you want to drill at. Think woody woodpecker but very very gently. If you can find a spade bit for brass it wood help a lot as it is a perfect V shape, so you will get the point exactly centre to the wire. Crazy idea, and I don't know exactly what you will use them for but you get brass needles, you can then solder them or melt them to the brass your needing used with. Hope this helps. Andrew
  24. N80FTY
    So After another productive day, Here is the model after filling it with model lite filler and giving it a 320 grit sanding. Also if you look at the Port side 2nd top gun port it is 1.3mm or 3/64" taller than the rest which are 8.9mm-9.2mm or 11/32"-23/64" square. So I will fix this with 0.4mm or 1/64" lime as I have this available. Question. Should i give it a 800 grit sand or should this be ok as it is,
  25. N80FTY
    I went a bit over board last night. I'm not sure how visible the inside of the gallery is once built so i decided to do this just in case.

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