Russ2025
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Really enjoying your added details. It all looks great to my eye, and it inspires me to follow your lead and add a few extras of my own. Looking forward to seeing the next deck. Russ
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I am familiar with the process of touching up the touchups of the touchups. The endless parade of cleaning brushes in my case. Your project is looking great ! Russ
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Cheers for that Ronald. It’s heartening to know that you are also working on improving your skills😊
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To follow up on the amazing work seen here by Ronald I am curious about your painting technique. I have been spending time looking back through your posts and may have overlooked something but do you paint entirely by hand or do you use an airbrush or a combination of both. Curious because as a newcomer I have no airbrushing skills so brush painting it is. I guess my question is do you achieve these incredible results using a brush only. Apologies if this has been asked before. Russ
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I have set up a section on my reminders app on my phone to keep track of the many tips, tricks, and products that appear while looking through everyone’s builds.
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There is a run on wax pencils at Amazon now!
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What a great piece of advice. I hate the void! Do they leave much residue?
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They have appeared. Cheers for that. I will follow along as I am considering the Adder some time in 2026.
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I’m having the same problem. Maybe give it another go. Russ
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Managed to find some pictures online to confirm the positioning so I believe I am back on track. Russ
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Hi, you kindly provided a diagram of the main mast channels for me from the book- HMS Victory, her construction,career and restoration by Alan McGowan. Would you be able to provide a diagram of how the chain plate configuration looks. The plate positions on video 20 don’t look very elegant but may be correct Any help would be great. Hope your build is going well. Russ
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You are so right Roland. Mistakes have been made and hopefully they have been burned into my brain!It has been a ton of fun so far and being able to access the wealth of info and follow some of the experienced builders is great. Russ
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Just preparing for the remnants of Mellisa to pass through tomorrow so it should be a productive day. Since my last post I have finished stitching on the hammock crane netting which turned out to be an exercise in patience . I spent a bunch of time researching how these structures may have looked and functioned with no definitive answer so just kinda blended a number of ideas into my own interpretation. I’ve also decided to fill the hammock cranes with hammocks and have nearly finished those as well. Next up will probably be the chain plates. Thanks for looking in. Russ
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It looks great! Geometry be damned. Russ
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I completely agree! It’s mesmerizing! I am currently on my first build so seeing this level of skill is intimidating and inspirational at the same time. I will continue to follow and use as a benchmark for my progress. Russ
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Ah! I remember those days. Coming along nicely. Russ
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Hi again, feels like the home stretch now. Worked on the quarter deck details this week. Most of my time spent re-threading my needle a thousand times while working on the hammock cranes. Also started the gunports and a few other bits and pieces. Should be able to finish by Christmas I guess. Then on to the NRG Merchantman planking kit for an introduction to the real stuff. And I thought I would be building the full Victory kit next. Cheers for now, Russ
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I believe that’s a good idea. I am currently at that point in the build, video 22ish, and I will need to fiddle around a bit because of the limited space. Russ
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Already envious of your approach to the build with the addition of better quality parts. I will adopt this approach going forward. Thanks for the help!
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Ha, cheers for that. Yes this is very helpful! As it turns out I went ahead last week and mounted the channels horizontally because it positioned the angled brackets in a better position. I have a few books to reference but none provided a clear view of the correct positioning. I added a piece and sanded it to the angle I needed. I have added a few pictures to illustrate. Also the photo on the box and videos appear to show the channels at a slight upward angle I guess because the frame of the ship is not vertical at that point. Having said all that I am on my first build so you may not experience the same problem.
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