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RolandR
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I hope, you did not lose potential customers because you will include a flag set. Would be a shame.
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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.
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Absolutely superb wood working and could be seen as a finished art work piece.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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RolandR replied to DGraley's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
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question about waxing thread
RolandR replied to ford34tom@comcast.net's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
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. -
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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Listen son, we can do this the easy way or the hard way! Some people just don't like to do it the easy way and end up with a gorgeous model. So jealous.
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I needed smaller barrels than the kit provided, which I have seen on pictures of the HMS Victory. I bought a collection of cheap hobby wood dowels and gave it a go. With a $45 mini table saw and a $35 wood lathe, I was able to produce this one. I am still working on the right coloring and the "metal" bands are to wide for this size of barrel but for the first try, it looks promising.
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I found (my own and bought pieces), the engraved lines are deep enough to keep the scorched lines even when sanding the pieces. I carefully clean the pieces including with compressed air before I stain them. I like my lines very faint and not stand out from a distance. To me, it is more prototypical.
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About the blue. I would prefer a more … just kidding. I learn 20 years ago, if you provide something for free people will complain. The only customer I have, after all this time is me and I still get a lot of complaining.
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Very nicely done. Since we are in the sam boat, coming from plastic kit in younger years, the Victory cross section is my first wooden ship build as well. I found the same problem. The kit is market as beginner but the available instruction is definitely for advanced modeler. I made some mistakes, I cannot change because of this problem but if it would not be a challenge we would not admire the work of expert model ship makers on this website.
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I did not like the kit provided pump house on the orlop deck. I was checking out the Artesania Latina Victory anatomy version and with that kit you get the louvered pump house. Using the build video, I designed the building although I don't know if it is correct. Unfortunately, I could not find any pictures of the real thing and went wit AL version. Still needs some white paint. I am unsure if the white paint is also inside since AL suggest to paint it light oak. I also need to sand it into shape or add some wood pieces to the outside posts to make up for the curved deck.
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I moved on to the Orlop deck and did not like the provided grates from the kit. The ones by the walls were even brass etched. I lasered a full pieces including the frame. It looks okay but after that I decided to really spent more time on the grates that look more prototypical. I checked out what is available but did not see anything I could not do with my laser myself. It took some time to get the right spacing since I had cut the deck of the orlop already and needed to fit the opening. The higher decks will much easier to make my pieces work. I still have to adjust the height of the smaller frame pieces, so I can sand it in an arch as well. I am not good in geometry and cutting it out and measure is easier than to calculate.
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I am working on the orlop deck but also added the ballast and the barrels before moving on to the next step. The glue/sand mixture is not easy to work with and should be done at this time. I even extended it on both sides and have no problems.
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Most of the work I did, was upgrading the ceiling of the hold with additional wood pieces. There are not many pictures of the part of the ship and I used the website of Henk Ship Models, Victory build to locate the individual pieces. I was not able to verify if this is correct. I also added 4 of my flickering LED lamps.
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Im very interested in you build since I am working on the same model. Thanks for sharing.
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