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  1. Kevin
    thank you Alan its is indeed an optical illusion
  2. Kevin
    Good morning Dennis, that freebe hull looks fantastic. lol i was thinking i could re scale the new billings Cutty sark to kit to 1/48, as the intention was ro scratch most of it anyway
  3. Kevin
    hope you dont mind, i have supplied the link https://www.pocher.com/uk-en/
  4. Kevin
    Foremast rigging Good morning everyone i wasnt happy with the white metal deadeyes and assembly, so i made my own please dont ask where the missing one is the one on the left is the replacement using the white metal deadeye
  5. Kevin
    another Vic log, i will tag along for the ride, i recently completed the Caldercraft version, so good luck and there are plenty of people around to get advice from
  6. Kevin
    good morning Andy that looks fantastic, sorry, i wasnt aware of you doing any build logs, but then again, lots o things i dont know any more, hope you are keeping well, send you a PM later
  7. Kevin
    it was these things, they are pained white and form the positions for the portholes ate the same time
  8. Kevin
    since finishing my Victory, i have done a few fibre glass hulled kits, this one has made me realise, its time to go back to masting and rigging, the Cutty sark is awaiting the build table, hopefully within the next couple of weeks, i am not sue about the complexity of the AV i just think its a kit that could have been so much better, (where have we all heard that before) but a have a couple of pointers that might help you, check the stern decoration veranda against the hull early on, the hull could do with some more thickness behind the portholes, as it gets quite thin there after sanding, and you get a nice finish with using the port hole strips as a template but dont use them, you will get a great result painting the white area directly to the hull
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  10. Kevin
    Good morning Ken I started mine about 10 years ago, and then abanoded her in favour of the 1/72 Victory, there are some lovely builds of her around, and she makes into a stunning build,But its a shame that very very few are completed, and i dont know why, She is a very busy ship,and basicly the kit parts do her no justice what so ever, and therfore to get a realistic finish the instructions need to be binned and and obtaining some decent reference material I wish you luck and will follow your journey, as i have plans to redo mine in the future, at present i have stripped her down to the bare hull
  11. Kevin
    thank you for the comments still to sort the wiring under the bridge roof, as it is stopping me putting it into position rig the foremast. put the braces in for the after gallows find homes for at least 100 bits, mainly brackets, cleats, chains tidy her up and then fwd to aft touch ups another week or so and then i think as a build she will be completed, and then be set aside for the diorama which will be an ongoing never ending project
  12. Kevin
    good morning, its me again we have lights, phots are poor, but we have lights,
  13. Kevin
    Good morning everyone, worked late last night, sorting the wiring out, the power supply connections are now in position, each connection brings another ray of light into the build, hopefully today, subject to DIY projects the top section will be powered up at the same time as the hull for the first time
  14. Kevin
    thats a novel and brilliant idea to use the outside section of the frames, for the deck support
  15. Kevin
    good morning everyone getting the hull ready to accept the superstructure, prop shaft and rudder fitted but they are removable, in case someone else takes the hull in the future and wants to make her water tight, they will also have to fill another couple of holes as the power supply connectors are going to be fitted into the hull just under the bilge keel, this will be the same side as the dock side when in its diorama, most likely port side to, that way no wires will be seen
  16. Kevin
    2 kits for the price of one, and no one outside MSW will know thew difference,
  17. Kevin
    bulk load the phot as you have been doing, they will auto load when you post, but in the drop box you can select each photo and insert or delete one at a time to place directly into the post
  18. Kevin
    the hull has come up a treat, whats the rest of the wood like after 30 plus years like?
  19. Kevin
    just wonderful
  20. Kevin
    ty, looks a bit like a cruise liner at present
  21. Kevin
    good evening everyone its been a strange few months, i thought that being retired, life would be great, and it is, but obvious things outside my garden are not, But after a couple of weeks feeling quite low/fed up, i have pulled myself back together and the St Nectan continues i have gone back to the superstructure now and have sorted the bridge wings, and today most of the lighting has been commissioned, all working for the first time, i will work on no flash photos in the next few days, i have a remote built in that will control the brightness, navigation lights will have there own power supply
  22. Kevin
    just read your log from the start, lovely work, and an enjoyable couple of hours, thank you
  23. Kevin
    good evening everyone starting from the front i am now working aft to ensure everything is where it should be, but not necessarily complete, taking her outside has allowed me to look for some missing bits and to clean her off again i never did find the otter board hinges, so make some glazing of some of the windows using white pva glue steam winch mounting board is now pinned into position, the winch will be one of the last items to be fitted and the boat deck supports get a yellow coat, these will be cut to size when the superstructure get fixed on, as they sit on top of the capping rail
  24. Kevin
    glad you finished her, she looks great
  25. Kevin
    catching up with old friends, where are you Patrick?

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