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Omega1234
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Omega1234 reacted to dj.bobo in RNLB Ruby & Arthur Reed 2 by dj.bobo - FINISHED
Good evening everyone.
Work continues with some piece mast cylinders hydralic mounting support and an antenna who do not know what good is.
A beautiful evening will want next.
Cheers
Adrian
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Omega1234 reacted to dj.bobo in RNLB Ruby & Arthur Reed 2 by dj.bobo - FINISHED
Omega 1234 , Jim Lad thank you .
Cheers
Adrian
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Omega1234 reacted to SawdustDave in USS Constitution by SawdustDave - FINISHED - 1:60th Scale
VERY INTERESTING BIT OF RESEARCH....
"The hull of the ship began to be altered between 1847 and 1858, with the upper bulwarks being raised ~20”
Is this a coincidence that it is also the same time in history that the British began issuing muskets with rifled bores to their troops?
I would speculate the additional 20" inches might have been added to protect the crews from snipers.
What think?
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Omega1234 reacted to SawdustDave in USS Constitution by SawdustDave - FINISHED - 1:60th Scale
Thanks Greg... Knock on wood - I wouldn't expect any more of these types of issues.
However, I'm quite sure I'll manage to create plenty of unrelated issues on my own.... and will have to dig my way out of each as they come up. It's just the wacky way I sometimes tend to go about ship building.
Dave
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Omega1234 reacted to captainbob in SS Mariefred by captainbob - 1:96
Mike there is a picture of Mariefred I need. What is over the windows? There is an eyebrow, and something under it. All the pictures I have are taken from too far away, and the drawings just show it as a squiggle. If you could get a close-up picture I would certainly appreciate it. I will not need the picture for a month or more, so there's no hurry.
Thanks
Bob
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Omega1234 reacted to popeye the sailor in Syborn by popeye the sailor - FINISHED - 1:33 - trawler
I hear the Jaws music now Patrick........ liable to scare the gold right off the little fellas! thanks for the good word.........and to you as well Rob! I didn't get to the port side net........and work is as I remember it...........what a drag! before I forget yet again..........I did fix that stern light. I'm also beginning to make the vents for the decks. more once the work week is over.
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Omega1234 got a reaction from mtaylor in Syborn by popeye the sailor - FINISHED - 1:33 - trawler
Hi Denis
Brilliant work on the net. Now all the effort that you've put into the trawl rig, buoys, winches, etc, is all starting to make sense. I can just picture Suborn chugging the seas trawling those waters.
Speaking of trawling, if you could just send her over here...there're a few recalcitrant goldfish in our pond!
Cheers
Patrick
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Omega1234 got a reaction from Piet in Thermopylae by popeye the sailor - Sergal - 1:124 scale
Hi Denis
Finally got time to catch up! Man she's looking great. The paints certainly threw up some challenges, but, you've overcome them admirably.
Lovely stuff!
Cheers
Patrick
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Omega1234 reacted to src in Thermopylae by popeye the sailor - Sergal - 1:124 scale
Well done Dennis, that stripe pulls it all together.
Sam
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Omega1234 got a reaction from mtaylor in Thermopylae by popeye the sailor - Sergal - 1:124 scale
Hi Denis
Finally got time to catch up! Man she's looking great. The paints certainly threw up some challenges, but, you've overcome them admirably.
Lovely stuff!
Cheers
Patrick
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Omega1234 reacted to SawdustDave in USS Constitution by SawdustDave - FINISHED - 1:60th Scale
Spar Deck Bulwarks....
Still dealing with issues that arise as a result of my initial launching of this build with plan sheets designed for a completely different configuration.
In this case, it is the height and location of the bulkhead extensions above the Spar deck.
Since my bulwarks have been created off ship as a long continuous module, I found it necessary to cut off all of the original bulkhead extension's and replace them with these custom fit pieces.
These new pieces have been carefully milled to match the exact thickness of the black gun port framing seen here.... also, the location of each is uniformly mid-way between each gun port.
I can now continue with the planking of the hull all the way up to the rail caps.
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Omega1234 reacted to Elmer Cornish in Licorne 1755 by mtaylor - 3/16" scale - French Frigate - from Hahn plans - Version 2.0 - TERMINATED
looks great nice work!
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Omega1234 reacted to src in Licorne 1755 by mtaylor - 3/16" scale - French Frigate - from Hahn plans - Version 2.0 - TERMINATED
Mark,
Getting caught up here. As you and others have taught me re-works are a way of life here, you will be somuch more satisfied in the end. Now, if only I could figure out a re-work button for life, id be a milionair and retired instead of just tired!!! LOL!!
(im)patiently waiting for more.
Sam
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Omega1234 reacted to Mahuna in Kathryn by Mahuna - FINISHED - 1:32 - Skipjack Based on HAER Drawings
Thanks Ron. Delicate is the key word - Kathryn is pretty fragile at this point, and will be until I can get some planking on.
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Omega1234 reacted to Mahuna in Kathryn by Mahuna - FINISHED - 1:32 - Skipjack Based on HAER Drawings
Thanks Patrick. Yes, Kathryn is starting to shape up and pretty soon I'll need to deal with the bow and stern timbers - these have me a little confused and I'll need to study it some more. Great fun!
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Omega1234 got a reaction from mtaylor in Kathryn by Mahuna - FINISHED - 1:32 - Skipjack Based on HAER Drawings
Hi Frank
Lovely framing. This is where the fruits of your labour really starts to take shape.
Cheers
Patrick
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Omega1234 reacted to Tigersteve in Thermopylae by popeye the sailor - Sergal - 1:124 scale
That stripe pulls it all together. Nice!
Steve
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Omega1234 reacted to popeye the sailor in Thermopylae by popeye the sailor - Sergal - 1:124 scale
thanks for the thumbs up, and thanks for the likes as well I do have to say that the lacquer coat dried rather fast, in both applications. for those who use Testor's or Model Master, the metallic paints tend to be soft, and prone to dings and scratches. finger prints and dulling is another problem......I'm hope'in that these problems are alleviated. thanks again for look'in in on my little build
I'll try to make some more progress, but it might be hard to do....gotta run some errands and prepare to go back to work.......UGH!
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Omega1234 reacted to Jim Lad in Thermopylae by popeye the sailor - Sergal - 1:124 scale
Looks good, mate!
John
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Omega1234 reacted to BANYAN in Thermopylae by popeye the sailor - Sergal - 1:124 scale
Nice finish mate; that looks good!
cheers
Pat
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Omega1234 reacted to rafine in Thermopylae by popeye the sailor - Sergal - 1:124 scale
The paint looks really good Denis, as does the decal stripe.
Bob
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Omega1234 reacted to donrobinson in Thermopylae by popeye the sailor - Sergal - 1:124 scale
That copper looks much better, and a little easier than using copper plates. I agree the rub wale will look real good painted white. Nice work
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Omega1234 reacted to popeye the sailor in Thermopylae by popeye the sailor - Sergal - 1:124 scale
finally........done with that last bit! what a pain it was. the main goal here was to raise the waterline.......and I did so. as mentioned....the Billing's paint was a bust, as well as using the airbrush to do it. here is the Testor's paint. the difference is easy to see.
I think that scrolling up will show you the Billing's copper paint pictures.........crap! it don't no matter....here is a picture of the Billing's copper bottom.
big difference! from here, it got a coat of the flat lacquer.
it needed more time to dry........it's a lot better than it was, I think.
As an added bonus, I went through my bag of decals and got some white strips. they are actually the white decal paper, cut from other colored strips I had made. I cut them down even thinner, since they didn't need to be so wide.
I will most likely need to paint the rub rail white. the waterline was such a pain.......I can imagine how bad the rails would be to line them with decal. so.....that's the big whop-t-do today....I devoted some time elsewhere
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Omega1234 reacted to popeye the sailor in Thermopylae by popeye the sailor - Sergal - 1:124 scale
hi J..........hang on to that thought........the update might shock ya! gotta get this one thing done first
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Omega1234 reacted to jct in Thermopylae by popeye the sailor - Sergal - 1:124 scale
Nice recovery Denis...she is looking fine
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