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  1. glbarlow
    Nice work, you’re doing a fine job with this model. Nice to see a Sphinx being built well.
  2. glbarlow
    Very glad to see you at this. We’ll be here to provide help by several of us giving you opposing answers to the same question and opposite points of view designed to get you throughly confused. Fortunately Vanguards instructions are so thorough and detailed you have the reference you need. Heres my first bit. I was too soon in adding the stem. I built Flirt after Cheerful and as an interlude to Winchelsea and I rushed it. It is a bit fragile (compared to the other two, by a lot) and I broke it, more than once. So your plan to take your time is the best advice you can have. Of course I repaired it easily enough and after painting with no visible evidence, but didn’t have to add it when I did (and if I’d just followed the instructions, duh).
  3. glbarlow
    Where’s your build log, I want to follow
  4. glbarlow
    The original post was 9 years ago, while this process did and will work I now plank using a completely different method, following Chuck Passaro’s lining the hull and plank bending strictly with heat. I also no longer have the need for stealers, a by-product of my current process.
  5. glbarlow
    I used Cadium Red on Cheerful, it looks great. There is no best color other than the one you like. Personally I like RED.
  6. glbarlow
    I think you have to go with what you’re comfortable with and in fact they may have been distorted by the photo as 3 mm blocks are fine and 2.5 mm blocks would be extremely difficult to work with, at least they are for me. I’d think the doubles would be for the larger guns, but again if you like the doubles go for it, not that big a deal either way. I don’t think I did the returns, but the plans should show you he location of the ring bolts. The thing with advice on this forum is you don’t have to take it and it’s likely someone will offer the exact opposite opinion anyway. It’s your model and your fun
  7. glbarlow
    Just to confirm, for reasons known only to Apple an iPhone or iPad phot will upload and post based on the orientation when it was taken whether it’s flipped in editing or not.
  8. glbarlow
    It all looks good to me. What could have been done different at the beginning?
  9. glbarlow
    I’d recommend taking a look at Delf’s Speedy build log for an excellent tutorial on rigging cannon, his are much smaller and he did a beautiful job of it. I’ve always used two single blocks by the way. The Caldercraft Granado was one of my early builds, I remember it well. These bomb vessels are pretty cool. I’m not trying to be critical, only offering suggestions. Hope it doesn’t come across any other way.
  10. glbarlow
    You should plank the deck before adding the bulwarks. Now you’ll need to add a waterway to cover the cracks between the decks and bulwarks, my log shows one It isn’t unusual to have to sand down the top row of bulwark planking some in. A model like LN
  11. glbarlow
    Hope it resolves soon, a shame you can’t be seen before April. I can get you into a Texas eye doctor next week.
  12. glbarlow
    Is fit the breaching rope before the gun tackle. The return tackle (back side) has to be considerably longer. It was used to pull the gun clear of the port for reloading. The plans should show ringbolts near the center of the deck. Frankly I never include these, it’s cluttered enough already. If you only do one thing make it the breaching rope. it’s up to you but your blocks are way out of scale, 2-3mm are the largest for guns. It’s all fun, just keep saying that.
  13. glbarlow
    Thanks, it takes time and the willingness to tear it off if it’s not right, plus sore fingers from pressing the pieces together while the CA takes hold. 😩
  14. glbarlow
    Nice paint work. However those friezes are done I know from my Pegasus they require meticulous work and steady hands - you've done a really nice job of it.
  15. glbarlow
    I think this is a country western song, or should be. Your patience and time spent is well worth the result you've obtained and a blueprint for those that follow.
  16. glbarlow
    We're all learning and striving to create a nice model of Winchelsea. I hope you do post soon, we all are helped by each other's work. The beautiful thing about this forum is there is no judgement - because we all know what it takes, or took, to get to any given point of the build. Jump on in with the rest of us, we're glad to have you.
  17. glbarlow
    It’s looking great! I don’t have the nerve to airbrush anything on board the ship for fear of paint drifting to places I don’t want it. So well done. I like the red.
  18. glbarlow
    Glad you found a place to bring her back to life
  19. glbarlow
    ISO alcohol does a nice job of releasing glue.
  20. glbarlow
    Thank you, although I feel like some of my results that must have been what I did.
  21. glbarlow
    Thanks BE, the yellow cedar is an easy plank to shape, I should know having done the same plank space over and over…😊
  22. glbarlow
    Jump over to Flirt before you get too frustrated, there is plenty of help to be had for her. Plenty to enjoy with that build along with Chris and James detailed instructions.
  23. glbarlow
    If you aren’t too far with it I’d recommend a smaller diameter rope (see Derek’s photo), yours looks too heavy for the tiny gun.
  24. glbarlow
    MSW included one of the photos from my last post on Facebook. Thank you MSW, it allows me to share with my friends so they can see what I do with my time. i belong to a couple of Facebook wood ship model groups. They include many hapless lost souls (modeling wise I mean). I frequently recommend they join MSW to find help and answers to their questions, my small effort for a membership drive.
  25. glbarlow
    🤣😂. Thanks Don! I too like the quarter shots, they really show the graceful lines of Winchelsea. I also thought you’d be impressed with my including the nautical term of tumblehome 😊(though I had to Google it)

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