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  • Birthday 11/26/1962

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  1.    Paul White reacted to a post in a topic: Starting wood ship modeling
  2.    Keith Black reacted to a post in a topic: What is known about GAWEGM
  3. RolandR
    Thanks.
  4.    Keith Black reacted to a post in a topic: What is known about GAWEGM
  5. RolandR started following Spare yards on 19. century ship? and What is known about GAWEGM
  6. RolandR
    Since I am new to wooden model ship and cannot find information about the Gawegm company, I would like to know, if its a manufacturer we can trust to produce their own models.
  7.    RolandR reacted to a post in a topic: HMS Portland 1770 by westwood - Portland Scale Ship Co. - 1:48 - 50 gun 4th rate
  8.    Freebird reacted to a post in a topic: HMS Victory Cross-Section by RolandR - Artesania Latina - 1/72
  9.    RolandR reacted to a post in a topic: LA CREOLE/ LA GUADELOUPE by matiz - 1:48 - by Tiziano Mainardi from Boudriot plans
  10. RolandR
    Lego ist the best product as introduction to model building. If they are not interested, you can use the pieces to keep parts positioned while glueing. Seriously now. I learnt over the years, that my interest are not really shared by others, although they were fascinated at the end product. i was introduced to the hobby of plastic models by a gang of neighbor kits. Cheap daycare with rotating venues. While the hobby stayed with me for the next 40+ years, my brother had later other interests. Long story short, ask.
  11.    RolandR reacted to a post in a topic: Trireme Olympias by Richard Braithwaite
  12.    GrandpaPhil reacted to a post in a topic: Does painting mean covering the mistake?
  13. RolandR
    Everybody makes mistakes, even in real live ship building. I visit old farmhouses all over Europe and I am amazed how many mistakes were made back then and covered up with even worst fixes. The old sail ships will not be any better.
  14.    RolandR reacted to a post in a topic: TRE KRONER 1742 by Beckmann - 3"/8' scale - Transom-Model
  15. RolandR
    I hope, you did not lose potential customers because you will include a flag set. Would be a shame.
  16. RolandR
    I don't know if somebody mention it before, but this is how I paint the iron bands around barrels of kit provided pieces. I use regular masking tape which I cut thinner than the distance between the bands and apply it in multiple windings. Instead of paint out of a bottle, I use an artist water-based pen. I have this one for years and it is still not dried out. You don't have to be very careful with the pen since it will not creep underneath the tape. There might be some spots that I unintentionally covered up but the pen also has 2 different sizes of tips to fix that.
  17.    RolandR reacted to a post in a topic: Sultan Arab Dhow by SiriusVoyager - FINISHED - Artesanía Latina - 1:60
  18. RolandR
    Absolutely superb wood working and could be seen as a finished art work piece.
  19. RolandR
    I added more cargo to the hold. I also wanted to show off my first self made ropes (slummed over the barrel and hanging next to it) although the don't look like the ones I bought from Ropes of Scale but I did not expect that anyhow. I hope, the higher I go on the cross section, the better my ropes will get. I might have to add more decks to the Victoria. Thanks to Mahuna for selling me his vertical ropewalk.
  20.    RolandR reacted to a post in a topic: L'Amarante by marsalv - 1:36 - POF
  21. RolandR
    It is more a tutorial than a building log. As a beginner, I really appreciate it. It answered a lot of questions I had. Thanks.
  22. RolandR
    Thanks. Unfortunately mine ended up in the hold, since I did not have the patients.too wait for the answers. I have to let my 1/72 scale sailors figure how to get them out.
  23.    RolandR reacted to a post in a topic: Lady Isabella by palmerit - Vanguard Models - 1:64 - Zulu
  24. RolandR
    In my cross section Victory I have some room left in the hold. I was thinking of using round dowels to mimic spare yards and booms. Would those pieces be stored pre-shaped or full diameter all the way to be shaped by the ship’s carpenter? Thanks
  25. RolandR
    I am waiting for the day you start your 3D printer and a week later you pull out a HMS Victory in the 1/48 scale. Just kidding. Chuck, I love the details that you produce since that was the first thing I noticed when I open my first kit. The small wooden parts don’t look very prototypical.
  26. RolandR
    I like nationalbalsa.com here in the USA.
  27. RolandR
    Looking at picture of HMS Victory and Constitution, ropes are not only come in many different sizes but colors. Mix and match the different companies mention above, increases the more prototypical look in my eyes. There must have been a huge color variation among the lines that have been handled by dirty hands and exposed to the weather compared to the ones still in storage.
  28. RolandR
    Bruce d thanks for the link since a found the drawing of a bilge pumpe I can use for my cross section Victory.

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