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  1. Kevin
    me as well
  2. Kevin
    agreed, and i will correct , thanks for reminding me
  3. Kevin
    Stern gallery, balcony, gun port lids a bit of trimming and the stern gallery template went on without any issues, a test fit of the bacony, and some trimming is required to get it all to line up where it meets the the the wrap around to the 1/4 gallery balcony, these side pieces have been fixed and the long gallery removed for now keel fitted and the hull was the planked to the waterline, i am fitting copper tape to this build and not the cost reducing wood veneer including in the kit, an Gunports rightly or wrongly, i decided to go with all the lids shut, like in the photo and not the instructions not my photo, came from this link (Thank you @wefalckLA BELLE POULE (1834) (maritima-et-mechanika.org) but as with all these decisions i make it was not followed through very well, as the lids are removed from the lasered frets in the first place they are now undersized
  4. Kevin
    If i was @chris watton i would be real miffed at the decision he had to make, yet again the same few have nothing positive to say, and now you all go with nothing
  5. Kevin
    i enjoy looking around at what others are building, but i have to many projects on the go, Indy must be finished this summer, with Belle Poule and get San Felipe started
  6. Kevin
    did you ever complete this Mike
  7. Kevin
    @ccoyle will you ever take this build any further?
  8. Kevin
    so do I, she is only about 10 foot away, ill get this Occre hull built up and stable and get her back on the table within a week
  9. Kevin
    she is looking very nice indeed, well done
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  11. Kevin
    that would look great on my deck, but bit pricey for me
  12. Kevin
    day 5 bow and stern blanks the bow and stern blanks were put on and allowed to dry But your on yr own from there on, a couple of photos in the instruction only show which way to fair from, no guides no templates, its totally up to your self how you wanrt to mess it up so another request would be to provide a simple template in wood or card for bow and stern to be used as a guide day 6 main deck planking at this scale i decided against simulating deck joints and nails, and went for straight runs, the .6*5mm sycamore is ok to use and went down ok, i stained it with a medium oak spirit based stain day 8 bulwarks the gun port lids are removed , and kept to one side, i was very short of Yellow occre paint from the indy build, and tried several colours, the yellow desert at time of fitting don't seam right moan time, the forward laser cut bulkheads need soaking, but why do they make them so the grain is vertical, yep i snapped one and then became a pain to sort out, the other side went on ok with 5 mins in hot water also when fitting the after template they line up with the deck tabs, where as the forward ones do not and also to long by about 5mm which means the bowsprit opening is overlapped,, easy to sort though
  13. Kevin
    i need one under my backside to get some projects moving, great review @James H
  14. Kevin
    the comments with regards to camber and copper ta[e/tiles is just my opinion,
  15. Kevin
    i so wish i could plank hulls
  16. Kevin
    James she looks fantastic
  17. Kevin
    would make a nice diorama setting on its own
  18. Kevin
    i would sooner have more frames as a guide line to getting the shape right
  19. Kevin
    morning, everyone day 4 finished the hull planking, absolutely nothing special, but having learnt to fair the frames better the hull is solid, bow filler blocks setting overnight, i will def be putting tiles on her, so ordered some 4mm copper tape,
  20. Kevin
    Welcome to the best forum, everyone here knows me as the one that never finishes anything
  21. Kevin
    1/72 - Consolidated PBY-3/4 & 5 Catalina by Wolfpack Design (plastic Academy) - PBY-3 & 5 released - new PBY-4 boxing in February 2024 - The Rumourmonger - Britmodeller.com
  22. Kevin
    thank you for comments and likes day 3 all the lower gun ports now have backing plates port side first planked another quirk on this kit the transom and bow are made up on completion of first planking
  23. Kevin
    i have amended the comments in my conclusion, to state no copper tape or tiles is included in the kit, and if i ever get the chance to discuss with Occre i will bring some of these "why's " up
  24. Kevin
    but the frames does work well
  25. Kevin
    Morning @Patrick Haw nice to hear from you, in 2021 i moved out of the garage into the conservatory, and made a display area in the empty space, there are now far more models in there, but thats where they are nowadays

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