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Cutty Sark by NenadM
popeye the sailor replied to NenadM's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
looking awesome Nenad.......nice work on the cat heads- 4,151 replies
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congrats for the milestone of getting her off the board! the hull looks very nice...will enjoy seeing the progress you make on this fine vessel
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looking really nice Patrick.........what else is going on the port side {I noticed the curved piece on the floor} some very nice progress indeed!
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nice work on the ship's parts Mark it's really going to make future projects much easier.
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Thanks for the suggestions, but there is a further snag...........the part in question is broken don't know how.........I was just wiping the roof off with thinner on a rag. looks like I'll be doing some scratch building, perhaps
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hull is looking nice Nils..........looks really smooth
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if nothing else Farbror........it will split very easily, for that cozy fire, when your sipping >your choice here< with the admiral very nice progress on your Batavia /Vasa...........Batavasa! cool name for such a cool little build glad to see your back!
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thanks John.......I was stuck for a word as to what they were called. apparently some manufacturers don't even know that. thank you for your kind comments and likes...you all are so kind with my clumsy attempt at a plastic model. if anyone hasn't clicked on the link to see Doris's build of the Academy Titanic, I strongly suggest that you do. there may be a language barrier, but the pictures speak completely for themselves. she has the kit with the photo etch and wooden deck and her process and work on this model is exquisite. it's very hard to see all the detail from the picture she posted of her. bravo Doris.........I was speechless with the level of modeling you put into this build..........absolutely stunning! I did a few bits on her yesterday .........not a whole lot. the two decks are cemented together now, and I attempted to do the window detail on the forward skylight / hold......it covers a domed skylight. I must say........I couldn't have botched it up, in any finer fashion. to make matters worse, I think I scratched the window aspect in the process of trying to remove the tape I had cut, in the effort to mask it. so it's off to removing the paint and starting over.......I just hope I didn't scratch the 'glass to badly. to me, aside from the chrome, this is probably the second bad point about this kit...molding parts in clear plastic. if they were to do it, I would have imagined that some, if not all of the windows, would have had clear glass inserts..........odd that the skylights would be the only place where clear 'glass' would be seen, considering how many windows are on this model. I hope to post some sort of an update, since this is the last day of my vacation. back to the grind, I suppose...............but, I'll be plotting my next vacation. I still have enough time accumulated for 1 more
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she cleaned up quite nicely...........looking sweet!
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yea.......sorry Sam........I really don't want it to glow like a ghost ship...... but that would really send out an eerie message now, wouldn't it the fascia problem is solved.......I just hope those parts I used were truly extra pieces. I finally cemented the first pair of cranes in place.......glued in the fascia in place as well. then all of the life boat cradles were painted white, on the boat deck. later I'll go back and touch them up. the stern section got the mizzen mast rigging glued in ahead of time I started to work on the boat deck structures at this point. still need to cement in the rigging for the funnels, and then the A deck and boat deck can be cemented together. duct work was painted flat white..........the grating grids were then dry brushed with the paint I mixed for the hull........just to soot things up a bit. these four ducts are located at the first and second funnel finally I got back to the bow section, and cemented in the fore castle railing so now it's the boat deck....there's a lot to do here
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your back on the road again..........now you'll whittle away at the bow fillers until you can sand. I'm not familiar with this particular kit...was there a visible contour line towards the transom? what is to go in that cut away in the bow keel? you may want to put that in now and blend it in as well. looking very good though. do watch out for the "glue line" this occurs when panels are assembled like this. balsa will sand away faster than the glue will, so the glue line will tend to raise up causing a seam. I have the Chesapeake bay flattie kit in the closet.......the admiral saw it and thought it looked cute. in this kit, the bottoms and sides are already precut.......I can't wait to see how that goes. ------->planking here we come...........YEA! I might make two or three other hulls and do some different configurations of this hull design. the one thing about balsa......it will suck up any paint you put on there. being a very soft wood, it's really not good to use for ship building. there are many way to do this, but I would suggest that when the hull is sanded close to where you want it, the hull should be sealed. some folks will even use a resin compound to achieve a smooth hull. it's nice, but if your not going to put it on the water, just give it a couple light coats of an enamel......primer would be best. I laugh whenever I see a "sandable primer"............I think, sure......I'm going to sand it anyway...........I sand it, and it goes away you can even use lacquer, or a urethane.......just give it a light sand before you put on the color coat.
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I'm currently building the Academy Titanic........got a big smile when I saw yours you have quite a collection..........such very nice work!
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lighting looks great Sherry....lanterns look so cool
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I did the Maine Lobster boat, and they supplied balsa panels for the sides and bottom. I made a mess of it LOL! I ended up planking the hull. at this point, you might want to trim the bottoms down close to the sides and sand them to the side contour. the same was for me....regarding the bow. I guess Midwest wants you to learn how to carve, before you learn how to plank
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there's a bit more left to go Augie the stern is beginning to look like a spaghetti factory.......the boat deck will be following suit thanks for the good word my friend.
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it's the sad truth George.......I think it probably wouldn't have mattered what lighting I went with, light is light........plastic density would rule here. so I put all that stuff back in the Holiday Harbor box, and I'll continue my thoughts with that build. as I move back towards the stern, I remembered to drill out those holes as well, on the stern section. I'm sure those are off as well. I'm not liking the idea of cementing in individual rigging lines aft........but I believe I have a game plan for tying them.....might lessen the ganglia effect. the bow is almost complete
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the bridge structure fascia.......what a starting point this actually turned out to be easier than I thought. the first thing I did.......I did this right after posting the last update.......was to add to the ends of the part. I will need three sets of stairs for this area.......the hand rails was done to look like wood. the part then got about 1/8 cut off of the top.......I dunno....some weird number the slot was trimmed out for the stairs. ...and then the stairs were cemented in place. the long section of railing was easy......I didn't need to trim much. but, for the small section for the port side. I had to add a piece to it. in place......not to bad I think now I need to do the same to the fore castle deck. it requires two sets of stairs.....all that needs to be added now is the railings I added some of the rigging to stern area.......I can't be as cleaver as I was with the bow. I'll figure something out though.
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thanks Lawrence. > goosebumps< ohhhh.......if I had the billing's kit........now there's a pipe dream the two big things would be the lighting and rigging. I've dumped the lighting idea........after seeing all the white walls lit up by the bulbs, it turned me off. density of material would be the cause here...that, and if it were black plastic......twould be a fool's errand to go off now and paint all the inner walls black......pretty much what I would need to do to cure that. I don't feel bad gents........I'm good with it given the diagrams and stuff that I've found, I'd be tempted to do one in wood. besides.......I have a bigger plan in mind
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agreed! your doing a super job!
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a very good point KP..........I can see I'll need to press the hull and sections together to eliminate any gaps. to do it now would give the results you describe. the bow was one thing..........the stern I can see, will be quite another. I will keep an eye on that....thanks for the head's up
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thanks Mark and George........I'm half way there now. I have some really nice parts to work with I've heard of it Jack.......I use the Testor's in a tube {white putty}. used it for many years. I tend to rely on adding styrene to parts though......it can be fashioned off the model and fitted.
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thanks Kees.........got her in the living room. looks good along with my other builds
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thanks John........yea, they're small. the best thing is that they have a quick fix thanks for the like Augie
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