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Now that is one impressive schooner. The details and color are amazing.
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10 gun cutter kit to bash into Witch of Endor?
mtaylor replied to Sailor1234567890's topic in Wood ship model kits
Have you checked Caldercraft/Jotika? Otherwise, you'll have to wait until someone who might know shows up. Seems lots of people disappear around this time of year. -
Oh...whew... for a moment there I thought you had added some modificatons to the superstructure. Anyway, good to hear you're back at the bench.
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Thanks for the likes and comments. There will be pictures before next December, Sjors. Will November work? :D Serious question, Matti, and it gets a serious answer. The hardest is the sometimes overwhelming enormity of the project. The planning, mainly. I've redone the order of things several times and I suspect I'll do it several times more. I'm constantly asking myself: "what have I missed? A piece, a dimension?" Second hardest.. the measuring and re-measuring to make sure I'm following the plans correctly.
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I just realized it's been quite a long time since this has been updated. So here goes.... Gunports have cut out, final shaped and the cracks between planks filled and sanded. The whole thing has been sanded with 600 grit. I've cut the wales, shaped the bends and will, I hope, get them on by end of this weekend. I'm testing some JB Weld "Wood Weld" epoxy to see how it holds. As a backup, I have regular epoxy just in case. I also found a source locally for MinWax Wipe On Poly which I'll use for a finish instead of the varnish I was planning on using. Here's the pics.. an overall shot and close up just for kicks and grins. (Click the pics to enlarge). If I don't get a chance to update this before then, here's wishing everyone a wonderful holiday no matter what you celebrate. We'll be doing a quiet, low-key Christmas. Just the three of us... and a fire in the fireplace.
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Desert Sailor: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/540-how-to-add-pictures-in-your-posts-and-pms/
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Nicely planked, Augie. Impressive work to say the least.
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Good looking prototype, Piet. Fascinating bit of info as I didn't know subs had retractable guns.
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Sweeeeeeeeeeeeetttttttttttttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Patrick, Your last bit states it all: One can only do one's best. One of the things this site is all about is to help you do your best along with learning new skills and increasing your enjoyment of this hobby. And don't forget to have fun since if it isn't fun, it isn't a hobby.
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Graham, Please consider opening a build log. It'll be the fastest way to get help when you need it and we get to look over your shoulder and watch a model being built that's not been seen here before.
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Ulises, You HAVE mastered those lines on the forestay. Tricky bits they are and you succeeded admirably. Congratulations.
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Papegojan 1627 by mati - FINISHED - 1/48
mtaylor replied to mati's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
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Have you contacted Model Expo? Perhaps they can supply un-fuzzed, un-smudged rigging plans.
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