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hi John

finaly caught up wiht this log (so many logs so little time)

wow very nice and at that scale.

and you are building it at the museum ( i asume the anmm ) how do you not get distracted

might come over and have  a look myself adn see a master at work

hi Rowand

at the moment most my time is concetrated on finishing the King of the mississppi so not much progress. i am about to start planking the deck . My aim is to try and make her look like the replica but i know that would require some major changes

the oceanos

haha david . i d prefered if you just call me Adriaan (or Adrian in english) as thats my real name

thansk Randy

thank you Wayne i l be congratulating you soon

thank you Mick   a bit of planning on those railing and i should have them all looking ok i hope and yeah i already used a bit too much and anded up with th epaint glued on my fingers

thank you Anja

thank you Sjors . an honour to be in all that good company

thank you Edwin

thanks  Sjors and Robbyn

actually Robbyn there is no deck below just a little ledge and the paddle wheel (when I install it   )

I have done some research ( googled lots of pics of her) and I need to make the decision now on if I want to build her like the kit or adapt her to what the replica looks like.  

do I have the skills for this or not I don't know but I am going to find out. first I l need to stock up on the different paints needed (red blue yellow(ish) black and white)

hi Rowand

wow she Is looking really good . I am building the same kit but am way behind you

yes was getting a full time job building the ship and watching Sjors

redid the back railing and no more gap:)

but those tiny triangle brass bits are really annoying took me half an hour to finally get them right :mellow:

before with gap

after without gap

well done Anja

next time Danny says not too difficult we knew we are in for a search lol

thanks Randy , yes lots to do but i have to pace myself and not start on them yet til i got the 3rd deck sorted out  as i dont want to damage anything.

thanks Robbyn , i am happy with the look

thanks Mark , i cna do the same thing for all the railings out of 2 parts on that level but the higher ones wil be visible from both sides so a different aproach wil be needed

a big decision and lots more work but i can tell from your post it is the right thing to do for you. the longboat wil be a good diversion until you feel ready again

not as easy Danny   closest i have come to a match is this one :

unity XII

thanks Jim

I have redone the railing in 2 parts that had the  big gap (I glued a small scrap of brass left over where they link to give a bit of strength) and repainted so it looks like it is one piece now

also had a try at finishing of a railing on the 2nd deck. have learned that its best to add the 2 triangle ornaments first before adding the railing

hi Thomas

modellers shipyard seems to have them but its very expensive if you ask me :

http://www.modelshipyard.com.au/product.asp?id=2048&pid=129

have a look on this forum i think there are some jigs made by memebrs here that wil do the trick

hello David

soak the plywood in some hot water for just  a few seconds then using rubber bands make it bend agsint the hull and let dry

it will spring back after wards so the next step is to soak again and then use somethign like a round paint tin to bend it a bit further . not too much as it wil break. i usualy make it so the bend is more then it sould be and then resoak and put aginst hull again that wil get the best fit and glueing it afterwards goes easy

Randy that is sort of what i am doing but to screw the bolts in from above i need to get access to them and unless i want them visible from the outside i need to put them inside. i ll take some pictures to show you mre in detail

thank you Geoffrey

thanks you Mick  i ll be checking out you tram now and then as i have been tempted to buy a similar one

thanks Wayne. i notice i am getting more and more critical. sometimes i have to let them go because it would require too much work but these ones i can and will fix

while trying to figure out the best way to hold the 3rd deck stateroom I had to remove the wiring and lights from the 2nd deck. in doing so I broke off one of the pins from a LED so I need to redo that one.

I didn't want to remove that part but as I wasn't sure if it will all fit in again . lets hope I did it right

looking at the curved walls on the stateroom i have decided to redo them. the mistake i made there was that i  oriented them wrong and the plywood doesn't bend as good as in the other direction.

i decided on a construction of 2 bolts that will screw in to a little metal plate that sits underneath the deck. this means i will also need to be able to remove the ceiling of the stateroom to be able to reach the bolts. its getting more and more complicated  and maybe i should just put it all in and not worry about being able to open it up again

the railings on second and third deck require 84 x 35 mm pieces of 1.5 x 3 mm sapelli so i taped a stop in the mitre box so i could easily cut them.

and here all the pieces

i finished all of the bottom parts of the railings on deck 2

HI Mick

sorry but not sure what is best to do . its a bit slack that they didn't make these parts out of proper wood instead of ply.

I cant anything to good advise already given just agree with it. that's why i have a few builds going that I can go too when i am getting too frustrated. but i usually do think about solutions to the problems i am facing and then the light goes on and fix it

always lots of work to get the hull as prefect as possible but its looking good

correct David

your turn

hi Mick. they are just clothes pegs and are good for small things like this but they don't open very wide.

on the Virginia I stained the railing tops and in some of the pics in the gallery you can see the unevenness. the same for the spiral staircase handrails on the kom.

I use a dishcloth to dab some stain on , wipe it off so its not as runny  and then gently rub it on the wood. that way I seem to be able to get the best consistency.

I am sure there are others that have better ways as I am very new to staining and am very wary when doing it as my first staining of the Virginia hull came out pretty badly .

thank you Anja

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