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So I tested the thing with the vinegar that was mentioned the other day. With alarming results. After a day in good Melfor vinegar, I took the zinc part out of the jar and it looked beautiful and rough black matt. Unfortunately, my joy only lasted about two minutes, then the component literally disintegrated before my eyes. Picture will follow soon
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My selfmade Tool to work with Blocks and Deadeyes etc.
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Yesterday I finished the work on the fuselage, so the lady can go on the stand. The assembly went reasonably smoothly except for various errors in the building plan and the replacement of bad wood and metal castings. The windlass, portholes, crane beams and similar parts that were only made of plywood were replaced with walnut. You have to make these compromises with a kit costing just over 200 euros. Pictures will follow shortly with the cell phone Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
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Hello friends of fine wood, Unfortunately, some kits include zinc castings. Now I have read somewhere on the net that this can also be burnished. With red wine. I myself replace such parts with my own wooden ones, but I have played around a bit for you. Simply place the corresponding component in said red wine. After about 20 hours, the wine will lose its effect. If the part is still not dark enough, add another bottle. As at the wine festival, if it's not dark enough, have another spritzer. You can also tell by the fact that the wine then starts to foam. After the second bath, the windlass I was trying out wasn't as dark as it is now. But it will darken in the air in a few days. A little wax polish on it and it looks quite respectable Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
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Upps, this is big One hour work only for looking, i think we are like big Childs 🤪
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Three Weeks ago, this was ugly Zinc. I put it in red Wine and wax it.
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Hello, that doesn't sound so good. Until today I was wondering whether the Revenge would be my next build. Your report is now putting me off a little. Only one question remains, how old is your kit? Somewhere I read that Amati had improved it. Maybe yours had been on the shelf for years before it came to you and still has the old components. I was satisfied with the material of the Lady Nelson so far. But it was also my first build after 40 years of absence. My current build looks different again, it's from 2010. Greetings Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
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New to ship modelling? But what do you build first?
Pfälzer replied to MSW's topic in Wood ship model kits
Hello community, As a newcomer, I naturally also have an opinion on this. I think you should go for a higher quality kit as a first kit to avoid frustration. I speak from experience. My new start was with Victory Models. The material and accuracy of fit were perfect. My current kit comes from the company Occre, which calls itself the market leader in Europe. My model is explicitly advertised as a beginner's model. Well, funny is different, if this had been my first kit I might have given up the hobby again. Translated with DeepL.com (free version) -
And this is the only Part of Metall that will be look well from this Kit
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Yesterday i made this parts. It was very special to drill the hole in the brass, cause i work everything without electric Tools.
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Hello Keith, I have seen that you can put completed and current buildings in a footnote. Where can I find this option?
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Well then, let me introduce myself here. My name is Ralf and I come from the beautiful Palatinate, 56 years old. Like many others, I started building plastic models as a teenager. Ships, planes, cars, everything you could get back then. I think it all started with the Enterprise aircraft carrier that I got for Christmas. I should mention a Porsche 935 from Tamiya which I often dismantled and repainted over the years. The thing with the wood came about when my teacher at the time gave me the Gorch Fock from Graupner and said go for it. His brother-in-law was first officer on the ship. Graupner in the mid-eighties meant opening the lid and looking at the bare wood. You still had to do a lot of carving and sanding, there was no CNC or even lasering. Now you know, if the sky doesn't fall on my head, I'll see you here and there over the next few years Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
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A hello across the pond. I would like to present my Lady Nelson to you here. Unfortunately, I only discovered this forum after completing it. During my apprenticeship 40 years ago, I built the Gorch Fock from Graupner for my boss, after that only motorcycles from your beautiful country. To see if I am still able to build a ship as an old man, I bought this nice lady from Victory Models. You won't find any great special features as the kit was completed within eight weeks, just to see if I could manage all the steps. The short construction time is due to the excellent quality of the parts and plans. The existing video on YouTube was just as helpful. All in all, I would say that this is a wonderful kit for beginners with dexterous fingers. Greetings from the Palatinate Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
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