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Costas got a reaction from FrankWouts in Royal Louis 1780 by Ulises Victoria - FINISHED - Mamoli - Scale 1/90 - French 126-gun ship
nice work so far VU. I'm sure once finished it will be a lovely model.
I'll be following your log as often as I can.
As for the work space, I am lucky to have a larger workhsop than you. My problem is exposing the models (in their cases) once finished.
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Costas got a reaction from Archi in Heller, the company with the worst, no sorry, non existent customer care
hi, I apologize for the very dealyed reply but I just now saw your post.
I built the La Reale de France from Heller 4-5 years ago. I don't recall there were any parts missing in the kit.
Recently, a few months ago actually, I was building the Saint Louis from Revell and there were a couple of parts missing. I wrote to Revell, and although they replied, it was just to inform me that the specific kit was sold out and the missing parts could not be replaced.
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Costas got a reaction from mtaylor in instructions
hi Gordon,
I think by now you must have solved your problem but if not, I am also currently building the Victory at the same scale (Revell). Which company is your model? I could maybe help you. As for the rigging, if it's the actual thread that is missing, then you can just buy a coupe of spools at any hobby shop.
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Costas got a reaction from mtaylor in Heller, the company with the worst, no sorry, non existent customer care
hi, I apologize for the very dealyed reply but I just now saw your post.
I built the La Reale de France from Heller 4-5 years ago. I don't recall there were any parts missing in the kit.
Recently, a few months ago actually, I was building the Saint Louis from Revell and there were a couple of parts missing. I wrote to Revell, and although they replied, it was just to inform me that the specific kit was sold out and the missing parts could not be replaced.
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Costas got a reaction from Canute in Heller, the company with the worst, no sorry, non existent customer care
hi, I apologize for the very dealyed reply but I just now saw your post.
I built the La Reale de France from Heller 4-5 years ago. I don't recall there were any parts missing in the kit.
Recently, a few months ago actually, I was building the Saint Louis from Revell and there were a couple of parts missing. I wrote to Revell, and although they replied, it was just to inform me that the specific kit was sold out and the missing parts could not be replaced.
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Costas got a reaction from Canute in instructions
hi Gordon,
I think by now you must have solved your problem but if not, I am also currently building the Victory at the same scale (Revell). Which company is your model? I could maybe help you. As for the rigging, if it's the actual thread that is missing, then you can just buy a coupe of spools at any hobby shop.
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Costas got a reaction from Ulises Victoria in Royal Louis 1780 by Ulises Victoria - FINISHED - Mamoli - Scale 1/90 - French 126-gun ship
hi UV. Just went quickly through your log. Great work! I will try to keep an eye on it:).
Just for information, Mamoli went out of business due to a fire at their factory. It's a pitty. I liked their models
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Costas got a reaction from GLakie in Royal Louis 1780 by Ulises Victoria - FINISHED - Mamoli - Scale 1/90 - French 126-gun ship
hi UV. Just went quickly through your log. Great work! I will try to keep an eye on it:).
Just for information, Mamoli went out of business due to a fire at their factory. It's a pitty. I liked their models
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Costas got a reaction from drtrap in HMS Snake by drtrap - Caldercraft
gia sou ksana Stergie
pantos prohoras arketa grigora. to log sou fenete oti parakolouthite apo arketous pou sou dinoun ke arketes simvoules.#
kali sinehia ke kali doulia
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Costas got a reaction from kostas_gr in San Juan Nepomuceno by kostas_gr - FINISHED - Artesania Latina - my first build
Κωστα, τωρα ειδα το post σου για το Nepomuceno.Για πρωτο ξυλινο μοντελο που φτιαχνεις , η δουλεια σου ειναι εξαιρετικη!
το τελειωσες εν τω μεταξυ απο περυσι η ακομη το φτιαχνεις?
Εγω αυτη τη στιγμη φτιαχων το Oseberg (πλοιο των Βικινγκς) της Αματι. Εκανα κι εγω καποια λαθη αλλα ευτυχως δεν φαινονται και τοσο.
Επισης κανω πολλα πλαστικα μοντελα (μονο πλοια 17ου - 18ου αιωνα).
Ειμαι μελος του IPMS Cyprus. Αν θες βρες το στο facebook. Εχω ποσταρει αρκετα απο τα μοντελα μου.
Ασ κρατησουμε επαφη, αν το θες κι εσυ βεβαιως.
καλη συνεχεια,
Κωνσταντινος
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Costas reacted to kostas_gr in San Juan Nepomuceno by kostas_gr - FINISHED - Artesania Latina - my first build
This my very first try to make a wooden ship
my very first big mistake I have made is that I have slided the wooden strips for the false cannons through beams soaked, becouse I believed it was easier to bend them and pass them through. Next day the whole structure was twisted several degrees closkwise.
Since the damage was done, and that time I wasn familiar neither had the guts to start all over from scratch (since I have the draws I could easily made new beams), I have decided to fill bath with water and let all structure to get soaked well, and sieze it with clamps and let it dry, with the hope that will be turned back to its original position.
The success was up to 90-05%, I wasnt sure If I could make the second try to look better, so I kept it.
Iam not sure if the kit had some flaws, or it was result from the twisting, I had to made some adjustment for teh poop deck
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Costas got a reaction from WackoWolf in HMS Victory Display Setup
interesting idea.
it would be nice to have both the ship itself, the cross section and the book displayed together!
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Costas got a reaction from Craigie65 in Best Gold Paint??
hi,
I've never used gold (or any other metallic colour for that matter on wood).
I think most leading paint brands (Humbrol, Vallejo, Revell, Testors, Model Master )have very good golds (Model Master's "Brass" is great and is very close to gold).
I think a stroll in an art shop would give offer you the opportunity to find a wider variety of paints (as well as gold leaf) than in a hobby shop. There you could also find several shades of gold (antique, rennaissance etc).
Hope I was helpful,
Constantinos
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