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  1. Kevin
    another nice build completed
  2. Kevin
    i see a remarkable difference in the quality of your painting from the start of this thread, they look great
  3. Kevin
    welcome to MSW, i paint as i go along
  4. Kevin
    good evening everyone there are two things in life i dread to hear 1. i want a divorce 2 the back end of your Enterprise is wrong im sure there 100's of others lol im still married so that leaves number 2 basicly i screwed up on the last pair of cants, which i ignored, then tried to make it look right with the transom, and then it bit me when the deck supports went in, so i have been sorting it out the last few days, this all came to pass when i showed @cafmodel anyway, i will be putting the deck beams back in tomorrow and try to make some progress the camera angle does not help but the port side was 5mm out
  5. Kevin
    lol now everyone knows where to come and see my bad model making
  6. Kevin
    very nice indeed
  7. Kevin
    I dont believe that at all😀
  8. Kevin
    PM them here on MSW @cafmodel
  9. Kevin
    welcome Jason This is for me the ultimate build, possibly the last big scale i will ever be able to afford do, so i am not going to worry so much about it, and just do it, intentions are for internal decks, masting and sails, in a 3 to 4 year time scale, its a great kit, and fun at the same time, as its all the elements i have dealt with in the past and now i get to understand how and why they are made like that
  10. Kevin
    @cafmodel are excellent to deal with, from ordering and payment through Paypal its about 10 days to the UK, Shipping is pricey due to covid limited carriers at present they are using TNT/Fedex, I ordered part 1 including Jig 7.5KGS shipping was another $72 and about $50 for customs parts 2 and 3 are here as well now so about the same again, i believe next time i will bite the bullet get the lot to cut the cost down
  11. Kevin
    Thank you, i am at present leaving them off as i am putting in extra deck beam supports, as i plan some extra internal detailing
  12. Kevin
    good evening Mike Tom can deliver the kit in 3 separate packages, you will also have freight and import duties on top set 1 Keel and rib 350$ set 2 Decks and guns 300$ set 3 Carving and other accessories 348$ sending a PM to cafmodel will get their attention, but it is a national holiday at present
  13. Kevin
    i was surprised just how rigid the hull is, but every joint other than the frames themselves are pinned and glued
  14. Kevin
    have you tried taking photos outside, shame not to show your work off to its best ability
  15. Kevin
    good evening everyone thats the 1/4 deck supports in, pointy end next, i am working out if i am brave enough to put all the deck in, im not quite so detailed as the build on here by @iosto
  16. Kevin
    agreed but my HMS Victory would have been about 3m long
  17. Kevin
    Thank you @ASAT that makes sense, if i was to fully plank one side and a few planks above the keel on the other i guess i could refrain from using them
  18. Kevin
    tonights silly question is the 3 stringers on the outside of the hull, why three, why there, and why dont i know?
  19. Kevin
    Good evening everyone Day 29 , stbd side upper deck supports God i hope i have done this right
  20. Kevin
    considering the age of the kit, you would not know, lovely work
  21. Kevin
    very nice indeed, i loved watching the harriers, they put on a great display at RNAS Yeovilton during the summer of 2010
  22. Kevin
    Thank you my friend, i reckon completion date wil be 12 feb 2023 at 1645, fully rigged with sails
  23. Kevin
    wow, thats stunning, very clean and tidy
  24. Kevin
    the white ones are my idea and very temp and will be removed when both side are done, i used them because with the curvature of the frames and the jig it was difficult to mark the hull with the correct height, they are set just right to fix the deck supports in place, im sure there is a much simpler way of doing it
  25. Kevin
    Good evening everyone, thank you for likes and comments Day 26 deck beam supports i have realised tonight, that there is so much to think about on this build, im not in a hurry to do things that are not in sequence, that might be for two reasons, 1 i dont have anything else to do that is out of sequence, and may be the 2 is the same as the first i have the next two part to the build, but CAF are resupplying some of it, hopefully will be here this week the point i was trying to make is that im in no hurry to go and make deck fitting or cannons, mast parts, as i am constantly thinking about the project that is on the go at present, and personally i think it is a good thing for me, lol its the most difficult kit i have ever done, and i aint got to the thinking about bits yet the deck beams on my build serve two purposes, first to support the deck and also to keep the frames in an upright positions, hopefully she can then be removed from the frame to enable some sanding to be done as previously mentioned the deck line on the plans is the very top of the deck not the deck supports, so the beams and deck planking has to be subtracted from the line shown which represent 7.5mm i had no idea how to put the beams supports in place so i came up with my own idea of using nuts bots and washers, it came in very useful, but very fiddly, i also put lower temp deck supports in (the white beams), to enable, ensuring both side were right, or at least both would be wrong the bow planks were soaked for a coupls of hours and clamped in place securing the planks, i never used just wood glue, i have drilled 2mm holes through the beam and frame and and used wooden cocktai sticks with glue on as a very oversized treenail, i will let you know if it works, but seams very secure at present, non of this will be seen

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