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  1. fmartins
    I have found your thread only today and I have spent most of my day catchint up with it. I am impressed with your technique, precision and creativity!! I have no words to describe how impressed I am by your work. I have a very small ship that I haven't worked on for a while (my job's falt) but seeing your work makes me want to go back to the table right away and work tirelessly on it!! And I was in Czech republic for work for 2 weeks (came back home last week)… If I had known your work by then I'd make sure to arrange a visit and be amazed by seeing your work first hand… 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
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    👏👏👏👏👏 incredible build, man! I'm absolutely impressed!!
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    👏👏👏👏👏 very interesting!!
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    At this point I'm not even caring about rewards and stuff I just want it all to be through hehehe
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    Man, I had no idea what I was doing when I decided to go for a doctor's degree... That sh*t is crazy... At least with a doctor's degree I can try for a position in a public university here in Brazil. That would be very good - it is pretty much the same as getting tenure in an US university. Nice salary, only teaching 8 hours a week and that's it... plenty of time for model ship building hehehehehe
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    Well, it's been a while I haven't posted here... If you're following this thread, know that it's not because I don't want to, or abandoned the project... The thing is I'm on the last phase of my doctoral degree, and it'll be all finished by june/july... until there, my focus has to be on my life-long dream of becoming a full time researcher. But, as soon as I'm done with my dissertation I'll certainly have more time, and I'll happily post more often... Don't give up on following my build... It is something that really makes me happy. I hope in the end it will turn out alright... Thanks everyone!
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    Wow Juzek, what an accident! Fortunately for a master such as yourself it's nothing, it looks even better now... as for the tips, thanks a lot! I looked around and found some linseed oil, I'm going to give it a try! Do you apply it on top of the paint, or use the oil first and then paint over it? Do you use any stains before linseed oil? I'll think about the veneer strips, I think this might help!! Thanks a lot!
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    Thanks a lot anyway! It is such a beautiful ship, I'd really like to build one like yours... but in a smaller scale (like, 25cm hull)... I'll be following your log! Keep up the good work!
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    By the way, I spent a few hours online looking for references about this ship and apparently there isn't much lying around... Where did you get info on the Mordaunt except for the museum model in Greenwhich and the kit plans? Thanks in advance!
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    Knock knock... errr... I'm late for the party, but man am I surprised I found your build log. This is some amazing building you got yourself going on! I'm mesmerized... If I had a doubt about my next ship, it vanished right away... My next build will be a Mordaunt, so please take a lot of pictures for reference !!! Jokes apart, congratulations on the clean build. It's really top notch!
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    What kind of oil / varnish do you use? It's beautiful and gives it a weathered look!
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    Beautiful build indeed! Congratulations!
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    *thin, I mean 'so thin' (i wrote that on my phone, and I'm a horrible typist)
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    EJ_L that is precisely my finding today. I'm trying all kinds of improvised stuff to impeove this wandering off but so far nothing. With veneer its even worse cause it's so thong i end up cutting instead of scribing... tomorrow is a holiday here so i'll spend a few hours trying a few ideas. I hope i can gey acceptable results...
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    Just beautiful! It's all I have to say...! Congratulations! She's coming along really fine!
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    Thanks Patrick! I'm not sure its going to work because I'm doing it on veneer. It is already thin and after scribing and sanding it may become too fragile. But Ill try anyway. Scott, my 'unorthodox' approach comes from a mix of lack of time, money and space hehehe... Since the bulwarks wouldn't appear and I had some styrene lying around (I used to do some helicopter plaatic models), I told myself to give it a try... Next time I'll stick to wood though...
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    Oh I forgot to say... On the port side is a Brazilian wood called tauari. But the cutting of this veneer left it with a lot of 'scars'. I'm using it only for the template although it's a beautiful wood (this piece however has 'muted' colors). On the starboard side is a different wood. This is the final wood. Its beautiful yellow collor is close to the model in the French museum. Unfortunately I have no idea what kind of wood it is, since i bought it in box with scraps of veneer (let's say I don't have much money for hobbies - going to graduate school is great but maybe not a sound financial plan hehehe)... i'll save some of it to try to find some more of ot or what wood this is. It does have kind of a 'flamed' effect like maple...
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    Hey everyone. I haven't been having much timw to spend on the model lately, to my great self disappointment... My vacations are over, my dissertation is still late and my index finger is still a bit sore. But sinec classes haven't started yet (I teach in a local university), I had some time to consider my next steps. First, I found the work of a modeler/artist called Rex Stewart. I guess most of you have heard about him but I admit my ignorance. His models share some similarity with mine - his main concern is not replicating the original building methods in miniature. I don't either, so maybe I could learn something from him. The way he builds is a lot smarter than mine (he carves a solid hull with a dremel of sorts). But here it gets interesting. He doesn't plank the outside, he rather simulates planking by scribing/scoring. And his results are not bad really. If I didn't check his buildlog on Flickr, I would've thought he planked this model. Check for yourselves... In my case it's late for a solid hull, but I could somehow partly replicate this idea, right? So i used some low tack scoth tape and after a looot of sanding I managed to get templates for thw sides of the ship... I'm gonna give scribing a try, see if works fine with me and I'll post the results later, before glueing it all in place. It seems promising!
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    Thanks a lot Patrick! The scale is a challenge yes but it was more imprudence of my part. I wanted something small cause I live in a small apartment but now I see this was a mistake of sorts heheheheh... I'll do my best but in this scale without proper equipment let's just say it won't be wonderful as you say hehehe but I'm having so much fun building this ship... I'm like a kid these days with a new toy!! If you have ideas advice or criticism don't hesitate to post ok?
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    Well, my index finger is a bit sore, but I managed to move along a bit on the build. Not much, mind you ... On the matter of the bulwarks, I tried my plan as you can see in the next pictures.... I still needed to shape it better, and also marked where the top timbers (is it the name, EJ_L?) would be... Since it is delicate work (for my abilities at least), I used a piece of double-sided scotch tape to keep it still. Those are the same pink cedar strips I used as wales... I have also filled the spaces with balsa (to give it some more structure)... One side ready and the other will be done at night when I'm back home... Now it's just a dry run, I'll glue them when planking, to avoid breaking it... The "ugly" side (with the cedar strips) will be covered by planking... Now imagine the internal side painted red, I'll also add a bit of wood to simulate the waterways (again, is it the right term?).... That's it for today folks!
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    Thanks EJ_L. I kinda feel stupid with this cut in my index finger. I'm usually much more prudent and careful. But, that's life. It's something to remind me I'm never safe around sharp tools and that I need to be vigilant all the time. I'm excited to put this bulwark (thanks!!) idea in place but my finger is really bad the cut almost severed a considerable part of my nail... In a couple days' time I'll be back... Hm... now I'm curious what is your job? If you don't mind my question...
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    Took me a while to reach the end, but it was well worth!! Incredible build EJ_L!! I'll keep following the developments in your ship. She is looking fine!!!! Congrats!!
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    While I cant really cut stuff (finger hurts like a m****r), I've been planning what I'm supposed to do with the side "railings" (again, don't know the name for that). I mean these side thingies.... So far, the only way I thought about to attempt to simulate this (not with all the details mind you...) is by cutting to shape a very thin sheet of veneer add some vertical pieces of wood (again those pink cedar strips will come in handy!!) and add a top railing also in veneer (to try and keep it close to the scale)... se my incredibly detailed plan done on Paintbrush... Here is a rough concept (it will be better cut to shape when my finger is not killing me)... What do you guys think? Advice and ideas are always appreciated!!
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    Finished some deck planking... It is barely visible, but the ports were drawn (whiteish balsa - difficult to see) I added a little piece to strengthen the whole structure I think the ports can be better seen in this one... I also had to cut a bit to fit the stairs (a double staircase if I'm not mistaken)... Well, I won't be posting much theses days... on top of my dissertations (which is still late by the way), I had a deep cut in my right index finger - doing something unrelated to model building but still stupid... Kids ot there, always use appropriate tools for specific tasks... and all the protection gear... I mean it...
  25. fmartins
    Amazing!

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