Mike Y
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Selecting a stain for plywood planking (see examples in http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/489-oseberg-ship-by-von-kossa-billing-boats-scale-125-800-ad-first-wooden-ship-build/page-2 - not my ship, but I have same ordered). What stain brands should I look at? Preferably the ones sold in small quantities, for hobby. I googled a lot, and read that forum, but cant find any tests or comparison of different stains. Want to buy a selection of different colors in small quantities and experiment what would look better. Already learned that conditioner should be used. Thanks in advance for the advice! -
Found an AL mail in the facebook group: Phone: +34 942 70 56 00 Mail: artesanialatina@artesanialatina.net Let's see if they will reply to a mail In a meanwhile, prepared balsa fillers for planking: Planking turned out to be as tricky as I expected Planks bend awfully, especially when you need to curve them a bit to follow the hull shape. They bend at a weak spots, not where you need them to be bent. Would appreciate a hints how to bend them properly. Right now I soak them in water, press with hot iron and try to bend. Works OK, but they bend unevenly, and I need them to bend smoothly and fluently. I was not careful enough about fitting the planks into each other, so results are quite bad, there are gaps between the planks: Probably, will re-do that part of the hull, and will spend more time fitting planks into each other. Also, discovered a problem with kit - one of the bulkheads is a weird shape, as a result there is a non-smooth transition between the bulkheads, which do not follow a natural plank line: Right now it cause a small "ladder": It's good that planks are thick enough, so I can send off the poking plank and make that "step" less visible.
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Does anybody had a problem with a mahogany plank shortage in a kit? I made a rough estimations, remaining planks should be precisely enough to finish the hull, if you assume that they are used with 100% efficiency, without any plank broken or damaged. Is it possible to contact AL and order extra planks? The "contact" section on their website is empty, hence the question.
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Played with different varnishes, failed to find a proper one. Here you can see the "satin" varnish, which is a bit too shiny on mahogany:
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Got mislead by a photo in AL manual, used a thick planks instead of thin ones. Decided to leave it as is Current phase - everything is ready for planking, filling the front part with balsa to have a proper contact
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That's my first build of that scale, but not the first experience with ship modeling. The goal is to complete this kit on a reasonable time, gain enough experience, and then start a new one - more detailed and expensive - polishing it to perfection. So this log will be quite boring, I do not plan to do any interesting changes to the kit, and will use details provided in the kit. Otherwise the build time will be increased unreasonably
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