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What a stunning achievement! Amazing work! JJ
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I wasn’t going to paint my panels white but that really pushed me in the other direction after seeing yours. Wow! JJ
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Wow Fred, looks great. You are moving along nicely! JJ
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Thanks Chuck, Ron and Matt for the comments and all the likes. Matt, I find that If there is sandpaper, glue and sticks laying around I make sanding tools on the fly, I end up having hundreds of these little things laying around. I guess it’s easier to make them rather than keep track of them. But it’s very easy to tailor them to nooks and crannies that conventional tools can’t reach.
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I’ve just decided that sanding the outer hull is much more enjoyable than the inner. With that being said I’ve completed 80% of the port side with a rough sanding. The planks went down as Chuck prescribed, the only deviation I made aside from the month long lighting project was to glue the plank under the gunports down first to establish the correct run for the other three rows, the lowest 7/32 plank went in last which was a little bit harder to accomplish, the second layer will go down much easier. I Also got to poke around with the laser panels to see how much work I have ahead of me and it wasn’t too bad. Onto the stbd side this week hopefully. JJ
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Looks excellent Chris! The thought of you throwing it out makes me cringe!!
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Thanks Guys, started the spirketting yesterday. Hopefully churn out some Planking this week! JJ
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Looking good Kevin. I built Dorade about 10 years ago and what a fantastic kit it is. Dorade is one of my favorite yachts. She still races to this day and is still quite a competitive boat for her class. I’ve seen her several times and even raced against her in a classics regatta. Enjoy the build. JJ
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When do you anticipate the cedar packages being stocked along with your reopening??
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kit review 1:48 HMS Granado ‘Cross Section’
scrubbyj427 replied to James H's topic in REVIEWS: Model kits
I think I need one of these... should be able to work it in next to my Winnie. -
Small update: So I have finally finished my side project of adding all the wiring and lights I want to use, which took way longer than anticipated! Provisions have been made for the stern lantern down the road. You can see a small connecter that I ran through the keel up underneath the sub deck, the female plug sits flush with the bottom of the keel and the male plug which sticks out now will eventually be hidden within the blocks that the model will sit on so there will be no signs of any wiring or electrical work when she’s complete. I Also got the sub decks glued down, I took Mikes advice and used CA To place these. It took quite some time to get these where I wanted them and I still made a few mistakes which I can live with and correct in the decking process. I milled a bunch of lumber last night and plan to start the spirketing this weekend. Feels good to be back on track again. JJ
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Stunning work Alex! It looks like you used two different kinds of wood in your planking, what are they? The combination is just beautiful. JJ
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Let’s do Amazon next Chuck! Fine looking work of art! You don’t plan to paint the bottom of Winnie white do you? JJ
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Fred, you’re going to have the Whole Niger Class On your workbench soon! You’re making me feel compelled to build another Winnie. Lol. Looking forward to more progress on W2. JJ
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I think it looks good Fred, it looks like you have lots of room to sand. Get yourself a nice set of Sanding blocks (foam and wood) and sand the hell out of it. It will level down pretty nice. JJ
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It’s looks good then Ron, keep building. I lost count of all the mistakes I’ve made on my Winnie along the way, maybe I’ll forget most of them someday.
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Ron, did you confirm that your bulkheads are right on scale? A lot of people have had issues with drawings being printed slightly out of scale. But I agree with Chuck, just plank a bit wider, it won’t be seen up on that part anyway.
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Thanks for the comments and likes guys, I appreciate it. I hope to make a little progress this weekend. JJ
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Alright I have a small update finally! Lol got all my super small almost impossible To work with, LED’s installed and wired, I’m going to run a micro plug through the bottom of the keel that will meet the other end on the stand, powering all the lights with a 9vdc source. It will be impossible to see unless you turn her over. i finally thought of a way to make a scale lantern out of a kids juice box straw, a bunch of reject Boxwood columns And some copper foil. This is the first of many so I shoved it down in the hold In hopes of the rest turning out much better. Once the electrical connection is finished through the keel and the hold lights are complete I will resume progress on chapter 4!! JJ
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This is looking very exciting! I’m definitely going to build this as soon as you release it. Was actually looking at drawings of Cumberland the other day, just before you posted this!
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That counter looks really good Fred! Glad to see you back in action. Catching up to me and you’ve already built another one!
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She’s looking good Fred. I think your sheet is good, as long as it’s angled up in the bow. JJ
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