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Kevin

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  1. at least we are getting choice of new retooled kits now thats a great idea
  2. Good evening everyone Day 96 hull plating forward Port side the kit is wrong and it messed me up quite a bit some of the hull plates are marked up incorrectly and the hull plates that overlap the bilge plates are also incorrectly identified, and the wrong size, so i had to remove some and make others to fit, I think it is right now The dotted line on the F plates should be on E, and as a result i forgot to over lap the bilge plates, so ripped them out and did them again all the G plates have to be made taller as they then forgot about the overlap tonight's experiment hiding the seam lines, paper tape and then varnished the milky look is wet varnish
  3. here is the BBC report thank you @AJohnson USS Samuel B Roberts: World's deepest shipwreck discovered - BBC News
  4. you mean the on that just sank lol Hong Kong: Iconic floating Jumbo restaurant sinks - BBC News
  5. SD14 day 95 port side hull plating persevering with the build, although in all honesty it is not turning out as expected, however it is still enjoyable
  6. oh no, no i must not, buy this I dont build 1/200, (turned round to take a photo of my stash to prove it , and fell over the 1/200 Titanic) lol
  7. morning Jan only on the port side, a lot of stbd will be left opened up, i, just finding a way around of doing it, without the upper deck collapsing under the weight it wont be this much as the bow/stern will be skinned
  8. good evening everyone thank you for comments and likes, the wife is much better now day 91 stbd side hull and bilge plates even though the wife was ill, i still made sure a did a bit on the the build every day, maybe an hour tops, but back on it today the kit is quite clever considering, its my modelling that lets it down, but even that seams to have been taken into account, and so far the plates have gone on ok the sticky tape under the plates is my idea, and im happy i went down that road, i have ensured a better contact with the frames, and yes the tape has been glued as well so that the whole lot does not fall off the bottom of the hull plates shows the position for the top of the relevant bilge plate once i was happy the bilge plate was in the correct position i secured the hull plate over it as we get to the pointy end smaller plates are laid under the sheerstrake, these take a bit of adjusting to sit properly i will tape over these butt joints later on i just laid another coat of varnish over, hence looking a bit wrinkly
  9. hi guys thank you for comments and likes been quiet in the boatyard the last week or so, the wife has been ill with a bad viral infection, although she is well on the road to sarcasm (a sign of being back to normal)
  10. Very Nice indeed, he will look great looking over my shoulder whilst i build mine
  11. good evening everyone thank you for comments and likes Day 83 deck and hull plates continuing with the stbd side i have put a few deck plates on i am using tacky glue which is just a thick PVA and i am finding it was dropping between the transverse beams, so i changed the way i am doing it by putting a brown tape over the beams with ca glue and then pva on top of them to put the plates on, it seams to be going down ok update the plates that were dropping slightly between the beams has now sorted itself out now its dry the hull plates are just tacked on, as the bilge plates are still to be found, cut out and put on loving this build
  12. the port side is quite secure now, i was going to leave a lot of the stbd side open (cutaway) but i may Have to put the frames in, to get the hull plates lined up, just to remove a lot of it, its just another of my idea's / intention, but not fully thought it through lol
  13. Shipwreck The Gloucester hailed most important since Mary Rose - BBC News
  14. Good evening everyone day 81 forepeak upper start of stbd side frames lots done in last couple of days, forepeak upper module made up quite a nice little project, putting into position might be a different story all the top deck transverse frames are now in place, and with a slight adjustment they will sit flush she was tired and needed to have a sleep on her side spent 3 hours this morning removing 170 plus frames, did that before taking the boi out for walkies at 0700
  15. so the top of that ist lime strip is flush with the top of the lower gunport sill, thats clever great update thank you
  16. about 1/2 way through now, hopefully before @chris watton can release the 1/64 Indy
  17. great start, I will follow your progress not for me @Old Collingwood, i will have satisfied my card urge after my present SD14 build, back to wood after this
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