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  1. Kevin
    welcome to the best forum please start a build log, plenty of help and advice here,
  2. Kevin
    what lathe did you get?
  3. Kevin
    i use flory stuff all the time, as my modelling skills are quite bad this is a couple of the colours grime, rust, grey, sand are on this test peice for my St Nectan build, i use grime a lot as its water based it can be made up in layers or watered down, desigbed purposely for plastic as it can be wiped of when dry, obviously not with wood having said that though i painted my mast tops in black primer
  4. Kevin
    Flory Models Products — PM Models (pmmodelsuk.com)
  5. Kevin
    lol, easy on the vets
  6. Kevin
    You could just replank it, but to be honest by the time the treads, blocks and deadeyes are attached its going to get busy in that area, so put it down to experience Personally i dont stain much, but i do weather the wood by using a clay based colour from Flory, brilliant stuff
  7. Kevin
    Good evening and than you, yes i did, all metal is now being soldered, lol i should get quite good by the end of this build
  8. Kevin
    thank you and i found the post
  9. Kevin
    im having the same issue on the Amerigo getting 20 pins into a rail where the kit has provided room for 7
  10. Kevin
    good luck with the project @AdamNelsonPreston and all those who will supporting this project @dafi have you seen this
  11. Kevin
    thats a very nice build
  12. Kevin
    im signed up and awaiting more updates we need Adam Preston as a member
  13. Kevin
    good afternoon everyone still a few fittings to sort, but i now have possibly a ladder im happy with,amother 3 to go but will all be slighly different in the way they are rigged if in the long term i do make it again, i will use the original idea of more brass, but for now this is staying
  14. Kevin
    lovely project Good luck Sjors
  15. Kevin
    is that a majority of the armies completed now, they look great lol dont forget all the spectators taking videos for the social media networks
  16. Kevin
    good evening everyone must admit I never realised just how much extra work i have given my self i am still working on the first of 4 accommodation ladders, and every time i look at @schiffebastler build i see more detail to be added. i was asking about how to cut brass tubing into small sections to make the Stanchion supports and found out if i put small lengths into a rotary drill i can score the lenghts quite accurately with a x-acto blade
  17. Kevin
    Thank you Keith
  18. Kevin
    stunning build, and made even better with decent clear photo,s well done
  19. Kevin
    good evening everyone ladders continued i made up a second set of platform supports, but had to reposition the lower platform slightly to allow the upper ladder to rest on it the lower ladder is lowered and raised by a block and tackle derrick so a couple of brackets made up to support it made up a chain spreader the chains are to long and blocks oversized and the spreader could do with being not quite so wide or i may make the platforms a little wider, which might be the best option a messy desk tonight
  20. Kevin
    thats lovely
  21. Kevin
    Thank you Yves that's a real compliment from you
  22. Kevin
    Thank you Grant
  23. Kevin
    ladders good evening everyone i am trying very hard to make things better than the kit and my next mission is the ladders the instructions will have you build it all as one set x 4, glued to the side with a couple of metal strips to suggest supports well this is how i am going about it not my photo it is infact a pair of ladders and when not in use are folded against the ships side (Not my photo) i removed the brass fittings as they are all wrong, just so very wrong matched the top platform in position and pinned it so i can remove it at any time, the pin also serves the purpose of being a runner to allow the supports below movement when the platform is folded flat i made a couple of support bars and located them against the hull a piece of brass rod made up to take the ladder, which is not fixed as per instructions but stands on top of the middle platform the middle platform is being fitted the same as the higher one another ladder to go in and lot of support fittings to design and make
  24. Kevin
    Thank you OC
  25. Kevin
    another great looking build

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