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Hello Ilhan I have just spent the last several hours being stunned by this Magnificent Vessels build. It is a truely remarkable work of artistry. If a picture is worth a thousand words, this build log is a volume of books. My wife also said to tell you that you are truely a master. She was very impressed with your wonderfully detailed build. One question I have is about the brass etching of the scroll work. Is there a source for the procedure involved in creating such wonderful pieces. Thanks for resharing this build. You have inspired me creatively. I will surely be back to see this one many times.
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Hello Ferit Your Berlin is one Beautiful vessel. The added parts made from scratch are remarkable and have very informative construction details, Thanks you for posting how you created such pieces. There is no comparison between your pieces and the kit provided attempts (I was going to say kit provided equivalent, but there's nothing equal between yours and theirs, except where they failed, you succeeded wonderfully). I really like your use of credit cards and CD cases. The black windows are very realistic. Looking forward to seeing more of your wonderful construction.
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Your stand caused me to do a bit of Bounty research. I found and read Blighs log of the journey online somewhere. It was 84 pages of some very interresting info. I highly recommend its reading,
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Hey Robbyn Looks good. ...and she takes to the air... don't you love that nervous feeling, that let's you know your learning something (k)new. Did you build the crows nests or did the kit change again. Seems that part of the SF has changed with every kit redesign. If those are the kits they are an improvement on the older versions that look horrible, as they are 1 piece and look like 1/2 a barrel. You'll be tieing ratlines by the weekend, so how easy are the final exams going to be so you can save time grading, as we know time is needed for other things
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ROTFLMAO that audio sample is hilarious. and I dont get it - spanish is spoken phonetically corrrect and thye use almost the same alphabet. Thats why I went math/science. Who came up with that silent "K" you no what I mean...
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I looked that over Mark and it says in the dimming LED part "In a future update of this article I will present a simple electronic circuit to achieve this and also a cicuit to make an LED flicker like a candle." but I didnt see any updates on the flicker mechanism. Thanks for the link.
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tack rags are used alot in automotive refinishing. I'd check an auto parts store that sells auto paint. The doors look good, right or left handed which even the case may be. Oh on the lighting, is it going to flicker to simulate the oil lamps that were probably used in period. I thought I saw somewhere that someone had installed a light setup that emulated candle/lamp light. Just curious.
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How does this happen?!?!?! from wiki: The groundhog (Marmota monax), also known as a woodchuck, whistle-pig, or in some areas as a land-beaver Man-o-man this may just be a woodchuck (AKA groundhog) uprising. I'll bet they popped all that popcorn and set your drill to revolt. I thought I saw a truckload of groundhogs parked outside the Andy's Maritime Adventures... Season II studios but didnt think anything about it, at the time. Maybe they heard the mean things you said about their weather forcasting. They sound like they have very sensitive feelings just like the Wabbits of Somerset. ...and after the Wabbit twoubles....This may be a full on rodent Blitzkrieg. Becareful they may be planning a squirrel flanking attack from the left. Somehow it sounds like the rodents have formed an alliance with the wood and equipment. The Rodentia Revolt of 2013 is happening and all over a miscommunication... such sad goings on, what's a real working sailor to do. I think they may have gotten the drop on you by sitting and waiting for you to get home, then BAM! I'd watch out for other boobey-traps, I'd hate to see this get ugly. So how much wood could a wood chuck, chuck if he could chuck wood in a drill?
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A bad day at a hobby is nearly always preferable to a good day at work. So how long are you home for? Glad to see you defeated the wood, it sure can put up a fight though. Have you considered that the paint bottle revolt had spread to the drill? Tools and Supplies Unite! Now that'd be scary. Nice job on the mast work.
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Nice work Sjors, 2 more down. One step at a time we watch her grow and inbetween we laugh and dance :dancetl6: and toast one another To good health, tall ships and fair seas. May the wind always be at your back and your warning points be zero, CHEERS. :cheers: So you use to drive for the Royals? That must have been VERY interesting work.
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Glad to hear the wife is well enough to travel. Have a super time and safe trip cruising the pacific northwest. Fair winds and following seas and long may your big jib draw. Nice netting work also. but no surprises there.
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I'm guessing that is stain or you have some very well trained pets. LMAO.. :mellow:
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I really love that Ramin wood strips. It has great colour and texture. Its too bad its cut so poorly. I had a bunch that was ragged on one edge. The basswood planking for the hull was uneven thicknesses also, I had to pick through it and pick out the thin planks before planking. I think it looks fine, once its dry and sanded it'll look great. and when everything is on the deck any unevenness won't show anyway.
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not just realer but more realer, at least I didn't say it was the most realerest. I once had one of the HS grammar teachers grade one of my intra-class memo in front of her class (she even used a RED pen ). My scholar bowl students that were in that class told me about it later that day at lunch. I laughed. I use to spell and use horrible grammar just because it annoyed that particular teacher. SCORE! HAHAHAHAHHHHAHHhhhahahahhhahah :dancetl6: worth a chorus line of dancing pirates. Of course we're not trying to anger your wrath. Just make you smile, Reading is PHUNdumental! Hooked on Fonic worked for me.
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@timhoffman Don't worry about the Revell Plastic, most of us have done plastic models and a Cutty Sark 1:96 deserves a log, plastic or wood. There are some GREAT plastic models on MSW. Don't think less of your efforts because of its type. Plus there's no place like a log to get any help you need. Congrat's on Graduating also, WOW can't believe tomorrrows May... just think one more round and then NO MORE FINALS!!!
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ROTFLMAO - .....Randy said, Yes... yes, that's it... that coefficient doohinky (technical verbiage) was just the phrase I was seeking... like my word was any more realer then yours, I just love butchering the english language. Robbyn may not like that though
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One of the analytical post doctoral professors at my university told me one semester (he was from the Ukraine, Garward) that at one interview they took him into a lab with ditry glasware and a stocked cabinet and said wash that glassware and they would be back in 1 hour. Cleaning glassware can be a challenge if one does not know the correct methods. Dr Nazarenko taught me much about analytical chemistry. I was his teaching assistant for one semester of quantitative analysis. That was the class that made me chose analytical as my field as an undergrad. I loved teaching the lab as a grad student.
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Looks like they're planning a K9 mutiny. Hope those ticket are in your name? Also, dogs are very hard to impress with dropping logs, they consider themselves professionals.
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Speaking of Acetone and its organic properties reminds me of this "Mr know it all" in my organic chem class (no not me). Anyway he'd bought these REALLY expensive safety glasses and was bragging on how much they cost. I then watched the doofus clean them with Acetone (always in an organic lab). Can you say "permanent FOG", The lens when opaque instantly.... I never laughed so hard... I stayed on the opposite end of the lab as this guy. He was good at heating closed containers.
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Acetone (100%, not finger nail polish) is the universal organic solvent. Hydrochloric Acid is a good metal etch that doesn't corrode copper or brass at a very fast rate. For best results, wash with acetone and then HCl (muratic acid at stores, for cleaning masonary). Nitric acid works well also with many metals but is hard to get. Ive also seen Phosphoric and Acetic (vinegar is 3%) Acids used in car prep. It helps paint adhesion to metal. Welcome to MSW Tim. Brittleosity... I think you mean an increase in the brittiolitic coefficient.... thats the Most correcterest way of saying it
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Boy oh Boy your getting closer to the finish, day by day. Don't you just hate that last day of vacation feeling as you near a builds end. I felt it with the little peterboro, I can only imagine what its like with such a build as the Syren. There is the joy of completeing her and to be done but there has to be that bitter taste of Geez! Like the end of a good book, or movie, or that last day of a great vacation.... Have you considered whats next, Now that your spoiled by the instructions it could be a toughy... Nice job on the branching and rigging of the Masts. Masts give her height, Yards fill her out. Beautiful work. All the bragging on the Syren has me really considering her as a future build. When left with bad (or non-existent instructions like my old AL kit) I tend to wander of into some other direction.
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Well I'm finally finished getting all caught up and all the way through this log, many others to get caught up on also. So I guess I'll quit lurking... What an adventure. The stairs are awesome but honestly I think moving the windows so the shutters fit correctly was a BOLD move that really paid off. To me tearing out is harder then when something doesnt work to start with and I just need to rethink the method or approach. Moving the windows took alot of fixing, but it was REALLY worth it. That from above photo of the dualing circular staircases is an awesome photo. Great shot! Its great when hard work pays off. Just remember, if it was easy everyone would be building them. Oh BTW, I'd dry fit the Fock rather then mess wth all the dinky fiddly bits of the KoM too. The riverboats seem to me to be very heavy of the fiddly bit side. Which I guess is good practice in patience.
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Welcome Home. There's no place like home.
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Personally, I find the planking undernearth more important when you paint if going for realism. Seeing the wood and graining adds to the level of real textures. Ive noticed I rather like many of the ships of Nelson's Navy when painted when the wood is allowed to show through. Sanding to much like glass changes the look. It really all depends on what look your going for though, I'd say its worth doing to the rest. The risers turned out nice also.
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So your next is the Syren? No wonder your building so fast. This isn't a race by chance. First one done gets the Syren? Because that dinky Missouri isn't a fair race Have fun, I understand the shift thing, when I was doing my undergrad, I worked midnights and slept evening. Tammy and I went days without seeing each other for nearly 5 years it seems.
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