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  1. scrubbyj427
    Looks good Rusty, glad you took the plunge first so we can all follow now. Lol JJ
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    Looking good Matt. Feels good to get to that point, it’s like a gigantic pay off for chapter two! JJ
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    Hi Ron, thank you, I’m sold on the leds now and will be ordering about 20 or so this week. Also going to get started on the lanterns, I’ll keep everyone updated on that mini project. they are rated 5-12vdc And are very affordable. Wires are nearly microscopic, so very easy to hide away... I do plan to illuminate the stern Lantern now that I can do it without showing any wires.
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    Thanks Matt, I’ve always wanted to light one of these models. I’m going to keep it subtle. FYI, the pictures are really accurately representing how it actually looks Incase anyone was wondering. I used Evans designs, the smallest one available in yellow believe it or not.
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    Hi dvm, thanks, I’m going to 3-D print period correct lamps for these lights and keep it as close to the real thing as possible. I saw some good examples online and from master and commander...😁 i did buy the scrapper right off his site, you have to dig for it but it’s there. This link should take you right to it: https://cafmodel.com/products/scraper-52
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    Merry Christmas to my fellow Winchelsea builders and everyone on MSW! been toying around with interior lighting and I think I found something I like. These LEDs are literally half a mm if that and have a nice warm glow to them similar to candlelight. What do you think?
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    Looking good Don! I’m jealous of all that room! JJ
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    Not going to lie Ron, I bought the CAF scraper as well as the AL set. Between the four different scrappers I managed to cover all the profiles required for Winnie, some required some minor modifications. Even then I had a lot of wasted pieces until I figured it out and started making moulding that looked acceptable. I Do recommend them all though. Tom at CAF sent the scrapper out very quick and it actually didn’t take long to get here as I thought it would. JJ
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    Looks great Tom! Looking forward to the next release!
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    Thanks Greg, moving along slow and steady. i had to replace the upper counter moulding on the transom and the port middle q-gallery moulding.
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    Whoa! When does all this fun start?
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    What’s the required diameter of those rings? Or drill bit size?
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    That’s all I hear when I look at it...and most of the models in the Rogers collection for that matter.
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    Haha starting another one ASAP! My sanity depends on it. Maybe I’ll order a laser cutter and really get dangerous.
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    Let’s do Minerva next Chuck. I’ve seen that model a couple times too, in fact I’ve seen the whole collection many times and it’s amazing how many details I did not pay attention to until I started building Winnie.
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    Will the moulding continue Through the port lid?
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    I thought you did a cherry hull Rusty??? I’m Tempted to build another Winnie after I finish mine in the same wood as you used, love the colors. JJ
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    Hey Guys, both ships are coming along nice. If you’re going for the Darker look I’d follow rustys log, he used cherry and Caldercraft red orche, which I used as well. That will definitely give you the dark red color you’re searching for. JJ http://www.jotika-ltd.com/Pages/1024768/Fittings/AP9116.htm
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    Looking nice and clean!
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    I Guess I need another excuse to watch master and commander, take some notes on lighting.
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    Very interesting, guess I never payed that much attention but makes sense, I’ve always looked at the lower decks on larger vessels and all their ports and assumed the same for the smaller ones. what do you know about lighting on a frigate like Winnie? I’m thinking about lighting up the covered parts of the gun deck rather than lights in the case but I want to install it period correct. Any ideas of how it would have been lit and how the fixtures would look? JJ
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    Chuck, why only the 5 gunport doors per side on Winnie? Is this because of the contemporary model or would the real Winnie only of had 5/side? JJ
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    Thanks for the Likes and comments guys, I appreciate it. Ron- I do have an idea in mind for a display case and it will definitely go in one ASAP for protection. I’m tossing around the idea of lighting the model this time rather than the case. I need to find period correct lighting arrangements before I begin though. Yours will get there before you know it, the planking is the biggest hurdle but sets the bar for the rest of the model, so go slow! I’m so glad I did (7 months I think). dvm- I did not modify the frieze color at all, I think it’s a lighting angle. I did however drown them in WOP once glued down which I think may have made them appear a bit darker/wet. The blue on the upper transom is painted though, in Celeron blue acrylic, I bought a few different bottles of it until I found one that matched the frieze pretty close, it definitely got darker once I applied the WOP, I think I can live with it though. JJ
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    Getting close to finishing up chapter 3, have a few loose ends to clean up and some moulding to fix, But here’s some fresh updates still showing wet WOP. JJ
  25. scrubbyj427
    Those guns look outstanding! I can’t wait to add some deck details. Can’t wait to see this become available!

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