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  1. Kevin
    very nice indeed, im thoroughly enjoying he Lady Eleanor, prior to the Indy
  2. Kevin
    good evening a lot of sanding primed with Halfords grey primer gaps filled with Bartoline ready mixed fine filler, sand and repeated until happy red primer below waterline , white primer 9stripe) are Halfords rattle cans black is hycote satin black rattle can tamiya tape used to mask lines not sure about what finish to use if any Paint Primer | Halfords UK Hycote Satin Black 400ml : Amazon.co.uk: DIY & Tools
  3. Kevin
    great start , i will try to finish more of my HMHS Britammic when the Lady Eleanor is completed
  4. Kevin
    good afternoon well i managed the painting without making a meal of it but did all three colours twice. but very little clean up required and im quite happy how it turned out the deck has also been put on, fitting without any issue
  5. Kevin
    what will you use to prevent tarnishing?
  6. Kevin
    good evening everyone and happy new year well the pear planking was completed without to much fuss, (ok its a bit of a mess to tell the truth) and i hope to do much better by the time the Indy hits me mancave Primed then sanded and repeat I will be doing her in red below the waterline, white boot and black on top
  7. Kevin
    she looks fantastic
  8. Kevin
    i made masks and sprayed mine on
  9. Kevin
    stunning work as usual
  10. Kevin
    i would like to wish everyone Merry Christmas, and hope everyone has a safe new year
  11. Kevin
    i would like to wish everyone Merry Christmas, and hope everyone has a safe new year
  12. Kevin
    lol in my 30 years of being a submariner, i never once tried fishing once dived
  13. Kevin
    good evening everyone Thank you for comments and likes with the the keel fitted on ok, and the clever rabbet patterns i can get on with the 2nd planking using 1mm x 4mm pear strips taking my time i have managed to achieve something, that A looks tidy B i am really happy with, maybe its not perfect but that why i needed to do this kit,
  14. Kevin
    thank you OC hope you have a nice Christmas, and a better new year you both deserve it
  15. Kevin
    Very nice indeed
  16. Kevin
    Tremendous work, that beam makes so more sense, well done
  17. Kevin
    good evening everyone thank you for comments and likes, and apologies for not interacting so much on the forum recently boy i am rusty when it comes to planking and so real pleased I never went straight in with the Indy when she is released, Victory was the last kit i fully planked and that was over 15years ago 1st planking with the 1mm lime is now complete, and the prow with the stern post are glue in position
  18. Kevin
    lol this one?
  19. Kevin
    good evening everyone another kit and excuses for it it has been a bit chilly here in the UK recently, in the mornings the mancave has been down to 4 degs C, and i was finding it impossible to do 1mm PE with frozen fingers working on the Britannic , thats the first excuse, the next one is that in have the new Vanguard Models HMS Indefatigable on order the weakest excuse is i need to relearn some basic wood skills hence the novice kit Lady Eleanor this is a christmas pressie to me from the Admiral (yes early) the MDF false keel with the bulkheads dry fitted, everything fits lovely 1/64 v 1/200 i even have room on the freezer early fairing dry fitting the lower upper deck, a maple veneer fits over this after the hull planking is complete bulwarks, everything is a pleasure to fit first lime planking this is the first of the double planking
  20. Kevin
    The Fifie is a design of sailing boat developed on the east coast of Scotland. It was a traditional fishing boat used by Scottish fishermen from the 1850s until well into the 20th century. These boats were mainly used to fish for herring using drift nets, and along with other designs of boat were known as herring drifters. While the boats varied in design, they can be categorised by their vertical stem and stern, their long straight keel and wide beam. These attributes made the Fifies very stable in the water and allowed them to carry a very large set of sails. The long keel, however, made them difficult to manoeuvre in small harbours. Sailing Fifies had two masts with the standard rig consisting of a main dipping lug sail and a mizzen standing lug sail.[1] The masts were positioned far forward and aft on the boat to give the maximum clear working space amidships. A large fifie could reach just over 20 metres (66 ft) in length. Because of their large sail area they were very fast sailing boats. Fifies built after 1860 were all decked and from the 1870s onwards the bigger boats were built with carvel planking, i.e. the planks were laid edge to edge instead of the overlapping clinker style of previous boats. The introduction of steam powered capstans in the 1890s, to help raising the lugs sails, allowed the size of these vessels to increase from 30 feet (9.14 m) to over 70 feet (21.34 m) in length. From about 1905 onwards sailing Fifies were gradually fitted with engines and converted to motorised vessels. There are few surviving examples of this type of fishing boat still in existence. The Scottish Fisheries Museum based in Anstruther, Fife has restored and still sails a classic example of this type of vessel named the Reaper. The Swan Trust in Lerwick, Shetland have restored and maintain another Fifie, The Swan, as a sail training vessel. She now takes over 1000 trainees each year, and has taken trainees to participate in the Cutty Sark Tall Ships Races to ports in France, Denmark, the Netherlands, Ireland as well as around the UK. The Isabella Fortuna is owned by the Wick Society.
  21. Kevin
    im quite happy to take blame but certainly not for you watching itv lol
  22. Kevin
    that looks fantastic, but that is also a awful amount of work
  23. Kevin
    you made a lovely job of this, i have just started mine
  24. Kevin
    build progress is going to slow down for a while now (not stop), the cold weather is making it more difficult to handle very small PE, meanwhile i am going back to wood in preparation for my next big build in Feb, took her out into the winter sunshine and tried to get a few better photos
  25. Kevin
    what a lovely build

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