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  1. wvdhee
    Planking the stern and wow, the macro lens is a harsh mistress! I'm loving the pear wood though, so will start second planking today 😊
  2. wvdhee
    Thank you very much! 😊
  3. wvdhee
    First planking done, well apart from the emergency repair on the deadwood. (Note to self, easy with the Dremel) But overall quite pleased. Some sanding to be done still, not sure I need filler... We'll see. The lines are just gorgeous, it's difficult to see on a photo, you gotta trust me on that 😉
  4. wvdhee
    Thanks. It doesn't have a brand name on it, it's just a heavily overpriced lump of aluminium that gets hot 😉
  5. wvdhee
    Yes indeed.
  6. wvdhee
    Making some steady progress. The instructions say to soak the plywood pieces for the stern counter and side bulwark patterns, shape them on the hull and let them dry there. I tried, but it somehow didn't work for me the way I imagined. So I fired up my old bending iron to shaped the pieces with that. I'm also using it now for the first planking. Trying to do it as good as possible, as an exercise for the second planking and I know that thinking that mistakes can be corrected in later stages is maybe not a brilliant idea.
  7. wvdhee
    All the bulkheads and deck beams done. After that the main sub deck and now let all the glue dry...
  8. wvdhee
    There's quite a few of us yes 😉
  9. wvdhee
    I'll be copying from some great builders here 😉
  10. wvdhee
    Another Flirt??? Yes another one 😉 Well I hope at least... I wanted a good quality kit, not too big and enough of a challenge and after having read so many good things about Vanguard Models I just thought a Flirt would be perfect 🙂 It arrived today and when I opened it and saw the super quality parts and wood I couldn't help myself and started immediately. The first steps went so easily, it all fitted perfectly together, a bit like a Tamiya kit (I mean that as a compliment 😉 ) I will try to do exactly what Chris tells me to, I am sure he knows better than me. Well mostly, my ocd obliged me to make the captain's cabin door shut... A few quick pics with my phone, I'll grab my Nikon another day if building goes well.
  11. wvdhee
    Thanks! In shipbuilding I've done the "Half Moon" by Billing Boats a long time ago. Apart from that I have build a few violins from scratch.
  12. wvdhee
    Finished with it, not really happy with it tbh, I think mainly cause I couldn't find the right flat white colour. I used Humbrol 34 which was too thick for this scale and diluted it didn't cover. But anyway, it floats 😉 On to a wooden ship now 😃 Vanguard Models for sure, dunno yet which one, Flirt probably... or Sphinx? 😬
  13. wvdhee
    Amazing, thanks for this master class 🙂
  14. wvdhee
    Hey, thanks for answering. I assume it does yes if I order it directly from Vanguard, but to avoid tax and duty issues I was looking to order it somewhere in the EU 🙂 and on that German site mentioned they only ship it with German instructions.
  15. wvdhee
    Really looking nice! I am thinking of doing this one as well, but I don't want the instructions in German 😬
  16. wvdhee
    Not bad at all 😃 I can't play myself, but a friend tried it and was pleased. Or she was just being polite...
  17. wvdhee
    Wow, really nice! I've been wondering if these Occre train kits were any good, but when you do them they certainly are!
  18. wvdhee
    Thanks, and yes, she's never far away and very curious 😄
  19. wvdhee
    It's quite big yes, not really sure what to do with it 😄
  20. wvdhee
    I will next time, had it done before I joined 🙂
  21. wvdhee
    Very nice work!
  22. wvdhee
    This is how I got into woodworking. Had the wish from a young age already to make violins, and one day I just gave it a go. This pic is the 4th violin I made, from scratch, just some drawings and some wood.
  23. wvdhee
    more Tamiya quality...
  24. wvdhee
    just love Tamiya 😊
  25. wvdhee
    This was a very nice build, but a bit expensive

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