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Caldercraft Red Ochre
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Jig for planing planks?
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Caldercraft Red Ochre
catopower replied to scrubbyj427's topic in Painting, finishing and weathering products and techniques
Hi JJ, Ages of Sail has it, but only as part of the Caldercraft paint sets. -
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St Roch by Lecrenb - 1:48 scale - RCMP Schooner rigged as schooner c. 1930/35
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St Roch by Lecrenb - 1:48 scale - RCMP Schooner rigged as schooner c. 1930/35
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St Roch by Lecrenb - 1:48 scale - RCMP Schooner rigged as schooner c. 1930/35
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Hi Julie, those templates look great, and I'm surprised at how closely the wooden hull fits them. I'm curious, do you have your own laser cutter? Or are you using a maker space somewhere? In any case, between you doing all this research on the Forester and other west coast lumber schooners, and Bluejacket developing their kit, I'm starting to feel like I should resurrect my C.A. Thayer build... 🤔
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Nave Egizia by Bryan Woods - FINISHED - Amati - 1:50
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I have the 3 sheets of drawings/plans that came with the kit, but not the "instructions". As I recall, the AL instructions were pretty generic, something like 4 pages, describing what order to do things in. Not much more than that. If you have a smartphone, have you tried using the GoogleTranslate app?
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Hi Gary, your Rainbow is looking great. But, that Charles P. Notman looks awesome. I clearly need to check out your build logs.
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Yay, my HMS Wolf got some recognition on papermodeler.com, as one of my photos of the model has been put up as "Picture of the Month"! Funny, but I think it's "admiralty style" form gets it more attention than if I rigged it. I think a lot of modelers may be averse to rigging, and it kind of shows what you can do without going down that traditional path. In fact, the biggest negative comment I noticed from modelers at the IPMS show last month was that they'd never have the patience to deal with all the rigging. So, I'm wondering if it might be possible to get some of these people interested in ship modeling if they focussed on building an admiralty style model. To that end, I'm wondering if I should resurrect my 1/96 paper HMS Mercury model with the intent of making on a launch ways with launch flags? 🤔 Ah well, maybe that's best saved for another topic (like maybe the HMS Mercury paper model build).
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Thanks Druxey, that's what I was wondering... and hoping, as it would certainly make such a kit conversion easier.
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Yay, SaltyDog, a Shipyard build! And, a laser-cut kit to boot! As Chris said, the copper with tarnish over time. I spray mine with some dull cote lacquer. This keeps me from getting finger prints and oils all over the surface. The copper will still tarnish over time. Nice progress for 2 weeks!
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Greetings from Washington state, USA
catopower replied to Paul B.'s topic in New member Introductions
Welcome, Paul! I built the Swampscott Dory a loooooong time ago, the latter part of the First Age, I think. That's a beautiful boat. I was even thinking of building another one after all this time. I recall mine ended up with a slight twist in the hull. Not noticeable at all from the side. But, when you look from the ends, you could see it. Hope to see yours either in progress or finished, or both! -
Steve, I love your model and it's stylish appearance. Prince de Neufchatel was always one of my favorite subjects. Hope to build her someday. In the meantime, I'll just stare at yours!
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Hi Ron, no the base isn't paper, but wouldn't it be cool if it was? 🙂 On the flag, I think the quality level of the paper model works well with the kit flag, though I had to hit it with some matte lacquer due to the shine that you Also, I'm mostly trying to illustrate how nice the kit turns out. The only thing not of the kit is really the deadeyes and blocks. If I end up eventually rigging the model, I would consider at least printing my own flags, like I did with the Yacht Mary model I recently completed. I'll get to the silkspan flags at another time. On the base, I just bought a walnut board from the Rockler woodworking store in the area, a 48" x 5" x 3/4" I believe. Cut it and routed the edges and a little sanding and satin finish. I'm in trouble if I need a wider board, as this is as wide as they carry. But, this works for most of my models. Anyway, that and the Amati brass pedestals sure beat the cardboard cradle that comes with the kit. It's not bad for what it is, but I much prefer brass pedestal or rod mountings.
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Thanks, Druxey! Of course, with a paper model, one must paint (unless it's just a vehicle for a wooden finish). So, that has me wondering if the Speedwell would have the same color scheme as Wolf. I would make sense, assuming this Wolf's color scheme is correct or reasonable. And what about the frieze pattern this model has under the caprail and at the stern? Of course with Speedwell, I'd need a whole new figurehead and carvings, so that's a big issue there for a modified kit model.
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Hi Greg, at 1/72 scale, I've found the spars to be very thin and light and the rigging lines to be very fine and a bit complicated for my fat fingers. With the card stock being softer than wood, I'm a little worried about ruining what has otherwise turned out to be a very nice model. However, your reference to Speedwell has put bug in my head! I'd notice how similar the HMS Wolf model is to Speedwell, but I never followed up to see if the two were related until you just brought it up. Now, I understand they were sister ships. This has me wondering about taking up the challenge of converting an HMS Wolf kit into an HMS Speedwell. 🤔 It would require a redesign of the deck layout, which means that the laser-engraved decks can't be used, and some parts would have to be fabricated. But, the main issue is that for an HMS Wolf to an HMS Speedwell conversion to have real value, I think it would have to be fully rigged. If I did that, I'd probably also want to complete the rigging of this HMS Wolf for comparison. Hmmm...
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