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Those are the Yard Arm ropes to push pull (with/against the wind) there should be on each side attached to the end of the yards, then with a block near the yard, and (what I did with my pearl) attached two blocks hung from the front edge of the lower tops, then I ran the ropes through the blocks down to a point on the deck either on the bulwark side hand rails or anywhere else convenient. This is repeated for all the Yards. OC.
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No problem lou, glad to help. OC.
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Lou you could try this - use the better doors and hold in place first with tiny strips of plastic card that could imitate the hinges, then use thing plastic card strip the right thickness on the top - down the front window side and on the bottom, but leaving a thin gap down the locking side, I have shown what I mean in your pic below. OC.
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Lou give me 5 to mess about with one of your pics to show you an idea you could try. OC.
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Its the H-34 Lou, use to be known over here built by Westland as the Wessex. OC.
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Yes indeed - its a balancing act between getting enough tension on the shrouds to begin with, then attaching the rats without them pulling the individual shrouds in together - I tend to do a simple knot at one end first with a dab of superglue (by a thin piece of wire dipped into the glue then dabbed on the knot) I then just loop the thread (ratline) around each shroud (and dab each with the glue) then when I get to the end I just loop it around again and dab that with glue leaving the excess thread till it has set before cutting it off. OC.
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Lou what happened - was it a case off the new cut out area for the door now being too large for the door to fit in after you have worked on the inside of the said door? could you possibly make a false edge with thin plastic card going around the edge of the door - this would hide any gap. OC.
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FINISHED - TBM3 Avenger by CDW - Trumpeter - 1:32 scale
Old Collingwood replied to CDW's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
We have a preserved one over here RN version - https://www.fleetairarm.com/exhibit/grumman-avenger-ecm6b-xb446/2-4-13.aspx OC. -
Thanks mark, its interior green paint time next followed up with some more washes and a bit of hightlighting then some more additions to add, going to build things in stages like that - painting and weathering them as I go instead of assembling the whole sub sections and trying to paint/weather. OC.
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Found this Lou - http://www.hueyvets.com/ OC.
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Done a bit more - I decided to fit some pipework - for this I used electrical fuse wire, I put a small smear of ca down then layed some wire, with a hairdryer to set It set in place - I then did the same to a run underneath. I then painted both fuel tanks the brick Red colour - for this I used Red Ocre, after drying this I added a few coats of dark wash - very watery then dried in between each layer, the main green shade still needs to be applied. OC.
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