Nirvana
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All the waterways are done, hull has been "putted" and sanded. There was a lot of sanding, but the outcome was pleasing to my eye. The hull has gotten one layer of Wipe-On-Poly. Now drying in the sun. Perfect day for outdoor work such as sanding and wipe on.
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Looking great, I am still working to get a nice finish of the hull before next step.
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One week and being Newbie, and gotten this far, painting and putting the friezes in already. Great job.
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Starboard waterways almost done.
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Sadly to say, but yes..... many of their items are straight rip offs. Easy to see. One of their drill press is a no-name of a Skil drill press. Or was don't know if they still carry the item.
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Harbor Freight does the same.
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Jack, I think I bought the saw from Micro-Mark, but in the future I will do my homework before buying from them. This as they carry a lot of "ripp-offs" from China. One great example is the table saw, which is a Proxxon ripp-off.
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Worldway, thank you for the kind words. Teehee, glad that hull is being painted, had to do some covering of flaws.
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I have turned my attention to the other side, and working on the fills between the bulkhead. The instructions is showing three planks for the waterway, I have chosen two, one wider for the inside of the bulkhead and a fillers between. Lots of cutting and trimming, but I think this will be very nice once done. Sadly all this will be painted. I am now alternating between the Bluenose and Syren, it's a nice change.
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All my 40 of 15/32" are cut. Am now in a switching mode between Syren but also Bluenose. Meaning I am alternating between the two.
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It's a generic model no name.
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So, the simplest of simplest, my jig for cutting 40 each of 15/32" parts. I used the stick for the height between sills and lintel, placed it on right hand side of the blade of my chop saw. A 1x1" aluminium L profile sat in place with strong masking tape (not good at all when it comes to cover unwanted painted area, ripps the surface where it is attached off). As a trial I cut 10 posts, and all came out perfect for cannon openings. Cutting time less than a minute.
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This morning I was told to slow down with my build. A friend building Syren wants to keep even steps with me. So tonight, I am to work out a jig to cut 40 each of 15/32" posts. This jig will be attached to the chop saw.
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David those areas are very familiar for us.....
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Tuesday morning update. The last lintel is installed.
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Less is More, was one of mottos with a company I worked for back in the 80's. But how does one apply that to ship modeling?
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Didn't get as much building done as I wanted during the weekend. Only one lintel left to install.
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Floyd, no sanding so far. I have an idea for the chop saw, once I have it tried out (hopefully this afternoon) I will let you know.
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Glad that I have my little saw..... will make it quick and easy I hope, with a jig.
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At my last visit in Seattle one of our MSW member cut me a perfect 15/32" x 15/32" stick to be used for the cannon ports. The stick was cut using Byrnes table saw with micrometer. Instead of marking of each bulkhead from a caliper I used the stick to get the correct height between the lintel and sill. The stick turned out to be a good tool as well.
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Friday evening update This as my lintels and sills for starboard are in place.
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Fokker DR 1 by Torbogdan - FINISHED
Nirvana replied to Torbogdan's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Tor,I am crying seeing the receipt for gas of yours. My last fill up cost me 36 dollars for 13.1 gallons. Now let me try to convert it to Swedish units...... That will be 50 liters and 290 kronor for 87 octane gas. -
Heronguy, Thanks for the headsup, That's what Chuck writes in the instructions, sand it all once lintels and sills are in place. Page 11.
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As Floyd requested, here is a picture of the latest state.
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