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  1. Kevin
    she is looking very nice indeed, well done
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  3. Kevin
    that would look great on my deck, but bit pricey for me
  4. 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
  5. Kevin
    i need one under my backside to get some projects moving, great review @James H
  6. Kevin
    the comments with regards to camber and copper ta[e/tiles is just my opinion,
  7. Kevin
    i so wish i could plank hulls
  8. Kevin
    James she looks fantastic
  9. Kevin
    would make a nice diorama setting on its own
  10. Kevin
    i would sooner have more frames as a guide line to getting the shape right
  11. 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,
  12. Kevin
    Welcome to the best forum, everyone here knows me as the one that never finishes anything
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. Kevin
    but the frames does work well
  17. 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
  18. Kevin
    it took a while to set the baseboard up, as i found it did not align properly
  19. Kevin
    Morning OC lol some will say, oh another kit he wont finish
  20. Kevin
    just checking that i had not messed up these are the templets as they come off the billet. the middle sections are removed, fit the template, a blank is then fitted at the back, then the removed section is put back in to allow fitting of the dummy barrel, hope that makes sense, but seam long winded way of doing things
  21. Kevin
    day 2 full deck fitted and the camber dried ok, but today i realised i had gone to far fwd and aft, and to leave it would have thrown all the templates out, so a couple of frames both ends have gone back to the deck sitting directly on to the frames deck cut to remove section, remove camber and replace deck sitting flat why oh why, what a pain instructions say lay the deck, then fit upper gun port pattern before planking, well i think thats a pants idea, as it will get knocked about, so i marked where it fits and fitted the lower template, the rear sect was fine, but front end requires soaking and the grain of the wood is vertical so breaks so very easily this the better looking side im not even going to ask why all the forward gun port are in front of the frames planking tomorrow
  22. Kevin
    Thank you so very much for the link, and stand corrected on the name
  23. Kevin
    sorry for yr loss, and i look forward to see you put my attempt to shame,
  24. Kevin
    build log day 1 the two pieces of the centre line are sandwiched between two plates 17 frames test fitted, no adjustments were needed BUT there is no camber ummm test fitting, everything lines up, all bulkheads and decks are ply, the centreline is MDF three deck section, planked and test fitted all frames glued in and allowed to dry with top deck in place Camber i decided to raise the centre line by 1.6mm as i want to restrict any long term disadvantages this might cause, but i spread the revised height over 3 planks, 1.6 *15.5mm glued and pinned it perhaps could have been increased to 2mm, but is noticeable and im happy
  25. Kevin
    good evening everyone, Indy is on the build table but since finishing the tug last week i smashed my glasses, and the spares are too out of date to make any difference, i was doing the bowlines, and was struggling doing them after a couple of hours, eye have now been re-tested and my goggles on the way, but for a few days im going to start the Occre Belle Poule, i did a kit review of her a few days ago For those interested the new boi Apollo is fine, and a new baby has been ordered, born on Friday 24th May this is going to be Odin Minimoo (Odin as in Greek god and i served 8 years on HMS Odin, Minimoo is in tribute to Dobbie who we lost about 8 weeks ago Belle Poule - Occre - 1/90 - review by kevin - REVIEWS: Model kits - Model Ship World™ Hercules by Kevin - FINISHED - OcCre - 1/50 - Tugboat - - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1901 - Present Day - Model Ship World™ Apollo and the wife, love them to bits Odin Minimoo

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