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  1. Nirvana
    Very nice planking. Hope you are going to keep it natural. Would be a shame painting her.
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    Silkjc, It's probably the other way around, to haunt you down when you haven't paid your dues. Besides it's only visible to yourself and staff of NRG's MSW. But that magazine that comes in the mail, it's worth the money. Great articles, history, builds and tricks.
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    Brian, The membership fee reflects postage and handling, as stated on NRG's website
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    Ohoh, dry-fitting items are a good thing. Found a production error. On frame 5 and 6 the distance for the plank is off. Frame 5, plank two the gluing surface for the plank is 12.75, plank three the gluing surface for the plank is 17mm. Frame 6, plank two the gluing surface for the plank is 17mm, plank three the gluing surface for the plank is 15mm. With plank four the error is almost as good gone. But I need to create "frames" on the inside for support. This seems to apply to both sides of the hull. If you look closely on port side it is visually obvious as well.
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    My subscription expired in February, and looking backwards on each issue there is no membership number. And if I am not wrong I remember that my NRG membership is on hold until renewal of subscription. Then I can enter my no.
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    The planks provided are not labeled according to order of installation. Only the starboard side has the numbers correctly in order, while the port side is labeled weirdly. Having one side correct is good enough for me but could be confusing for some who is strictly going by the numbers. Because then it will be wrong.
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    This kit is huge, it will total 72cm almost 28 1/2" long. I used 36 clamps to hold together the two halves. Now some beveling of frames and get the first two strakes shaped prior installation.
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    Thank you all, for the nice comments. Obvious, things could had been done differently and better. But learning how to work small details involved was great.
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    I decided to deviate from the "picture instruction". Sheet three shows how to plank the two halves, and then on sheet four it's time to join the two. But here is where I started thinking, and went for joining before planking, this way I able to use clamps to the fullest for maximum glue contact. Am going to bed and let this sit over the night. I never counted the clamps but I am certain there is some 25-30 clamps holding this together.
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    Mike, I have recovered the huge error and now have a starboard side. In this picture, the two halves are joint with clamps. And as for a comparison you have the Longboat in front.
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    So, I am back to my Solö, and got started working on her. I am so embarrassed, not thinking it through in the beginning I made two port sides! And I used CA gluing it all. To my relief I was able to dissolve the glue and got everything apart without anything broken. Now I can build the starboard side.
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    Friends, We will now turn our attention the Solö Ruff build log. I started the build log awhile back, but put it on hold to finish up the Longboat. She is a big lady and can be converted to RC but as stated in the build log, she will be a static. Hopefully with more details. Than provided in the kit.
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    I must have missed that paragraph, how bad is the penalty?
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    I am done! The special feature I have included is a signal cannon. I did som research and found that some longboats carried a signal cannon. So I added it to the port side at the stem. This longboat has been a great build, even though it took its time to get there. Moving and other things came in-between. And I have a lot of extra material saved from the kit and the boxwood upgrade. I like to thank you all that followed me through this build, with likes and comments. Special to Chuck for support!
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    Congrats! Time to celebrate
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    Warm Tips and tricks regarding how to work copper will be great.
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    Chiming in with a big
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    Michel, A warm welcome back. There is a good book on the HMS Beagle in the Aots series, available through Amazon. Author is Karl Heinz Marquard
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    First class building!
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    Doug, I was just wondering about the deck if it the wrong one provided from ModelExpo. You should send that picture to their customer service and ask them to check other kits. They might have sent the wrong deck piece to you. Edit: Is there any popcorn available as I pulling up a seat, I need to follow this build.
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    Keith, I have just read through all the twelve pages of your Altair. And I don't know how to express this......... I am so impressed by your skill and eye for detail. This is just amazing! Lovely work!
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    Great Chuck, Wish there were an Like extra much feature. Works for me! Did a try before posting this reply.
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    Chuck, Why not do a trial? Otherwise, this is what I did in a previous input I couldn't delete. fljldsjfa nkfdsfj nkkf Sorry for the reply, please disregard the sentence above.
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    That illumination is making the Chaperon coming alive.
  25. Nirvana
    Not installed yet!

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