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  1. Kevin
    good morning everyone and now for something different BRIEF HISTORY Originally, the wooden or metal framework over the coffin was called a hearse. It was decorated with numerous spikes to hold burning candles. Sometime in the 17th century, people started using the word to refer to not only the construction above the coffin, but to the vehicle that carried the casket to the grave. Early hearses were hand-drawn. As time went on, families started to choose rural cemeteries instead of traditional church grounds. Caskets had to be transported greater distances. People wanted to go out in style and ordered elaborately decorated coffins in exotic woods. The hearses became fancier and heavier. They needed horsepower, not manpower. The first American horse-drawn hearses date back to the mid nineteenth century. A typical horse-drawn hearse of that period cost about $1,500. KIT FEATURES Historically accurate, highly detailed model Laser cut basswood parts Basswood wheel rims & spokes Cast Britannia metal axles & shafts Machine turned aluminium wheel hubs Photo-etched brass ornamentation 5 sheets of detailed plans 48-page illustrated instruction manual Instructions & prototype model by Ken Foran MODEL SPECIFICATIONS Length: 13” Height: 8” Width: 5” Scale: 1:12
  2. Kevin
    Amati Bismarck Cornwall Model Boats now has it on pre-order, ready for first batch in August Amati Bismarck 1:200 Scale 1300/04 | Cornwall Model Boats
  3. Kevin
    good afternoon everyone although i have the intentions of a break for a couple of weeks from the AV i have slowly been getting on with her most of the starboard side bowsprit lines are in and the lines for the Port side are made up ready it is much slower this build as i have to make the lines, then stain them, but im happy with the progress
  4. Kevin
    Thank you for the nice comments
  5. Kevin
    thank you yes the St Nectan is still my favourite build
  6. Kevin
    Good afternoon everyone just finished the display case, im happy with it
  7. Kevin
    good afternoon everyone i decided to continue with the front end of the build and take the bowsprit towards completion, i might then move back onto the Enterprise, as some of the comments on here made me feel more confident towards taking her forward i had , what i thought was a good idea, but i guess it wasn't as no one else had tried it, that was to use a different coloured thread to use as templates to ensure everything was snag free, for that purpose it works fine, but to get a sense of what its going to look like (dont work) as it carries no weight all blocks that attach to pintles or none rope tend to have round collets, i have tried to replicate this using and alternative evergreen tube this is my bowsprit rigging plan, and bears absolutely no resemblance to the kit plans, to tells me the size of rope and where it is belayed/ fixed to start of my coloured thread experiment to get a snag free runs some lines go to the same fixing point, so i am having to adapt my work (lol again) not a briiliant photo as the collets have bunched up up the middle one has to fixing point on the top
  8. Kevin
    Good morning OC, coming along so very nicely, going to look stunning when finished
  9. Kevin
    that's just lovely, well done
  10. Kevin
    once printing has started, can it be paused, or switched off over night?
  11. Kevin
    good evening everyone well most of the foremast is complete now, brackets for navigation lights, and placing some of the blocks, along with rope ladders still to be made although temp in place for now i then run a few of the lines from the bowsprit through and im quite happy with the result next im thinking of making up the main and mizzen im getting used to just making bits, they are not always pretty netting completes the foremast top
  12. Kevin
    thank you i am perhaps doing more soldering than required, and i think i am getting better, the one thing about the metal work, is that its a lot stronger than traditional Evergreen (other plastic bits are available), and once i left the bare metal on the upper deck it seamed to make sense to me to follow it on through the build
  13. Kevin
    thank you for the comments, makes me feel much better i have always wanted to avoid sounding childish over comments made, but thats the main reason i switched to doing the Aedes Ars diorama over the charismas period, whilst i decided on actually getting on with the AV it is slightly more difficult to avoid the trolls and comments some times, being a MSW Social Media Moderator, and perhaps i over reacted, but the comments at the time went much further i have still quite a way to go on the AV, and would love to completed her now rather than switching back
  14. Kevin
    thank you Jason, i stopped doing it when i was slated on a FB group, comments like how i should have left it to someone who knew what they were doing etc, kind of upset me in a way, im not sure if the confidence will return, and if it does i certainly will think twice before showing others
  15. Kevin
    So sorry i never followed this build, she looks fantastic, well done
  16. Kevin
    wow permission to follow, i will provide the popcorn for everyone
  17. Kevin
    good evening everyone the foremast continues, everytime i look at the donar build, i see something new to add, looks like rope ladders next seams like a lifetime away from getting close to this
  18. Kevin
    thanks James, i can see a few experienced builders redoing this, and bringing to an even higher level
  19. Kevin
    thank you OC i am quite happy with what i am doing, i would be over the moon, if i knew what being done was the right size
  20. Kevin
    lovely work,
  21. Kevin
    good evening everyone did a bit more to the display area, including rearraigning the ring main and ,moving eclectic sockets, i just want to put a extension lead in there to power the St Nectan and any other build that might have lights fitted, and fit the windows back onto the build today, and the foremast i presume the futtock shrouds are the right name for this type of vessel the top platform on all masts has spreaders fitted, another item not mentioned in the kit, aft of the platform is what i presume to be another line guide, i have no measurements for any of this, just trying to follow another build, but if wrong, i will do again futtock shrouds
  22. Kevin
    are you going to cut the doors out and remake them look a bit battered, or you could weather then to get an aged look, its going to look great . because you are good at what ever you do
  23. Kevin
    WOW What a stunning build
  24. Kevin
    personally i would mount the masts first, as all the standing rigging will be hampered by the spars, and then mount the yards with all the required footings and blocks
  25. Kevin
    hello my friend it is the Mountfleet Talisman hull P.S Talisman (mountfleetmodels.co.uk) PS Talisman (Clyde Paddler 1935) Hull: 1434mm Hull: 56 1/2 inch Beam: 7 inch Scale: 1:48

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