Nirvana
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Nirvana got a reaction from Canute in Syren Ship Model Company News, Updates and Info.....(part 2)
Any possibility of flickering led lights inside?
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Nirvana got a reaction from thibaultron in Syren Ship Model Company News, Updates and Info.....(part 2)
Any possibility of flickering led lights inside?
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Nirvana reacted to travis in Apostol Felipe by travis - OcCre - 1/60
Gun port / lower deck lights set and wiring is soldered. Working on some of the other lights planned now around the decks/doors. Tried scratch building new doors but didn't like how it was turning out. Curves are really tight for bending wood and plastic didn't look great either. Next steps is to try drilling out small holes in the grid/grill on the metal doors. We'll see how that looks.
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Nirvana reacted to travis in Apostol Felipe by travis - OcCre - 1/60
Also working on replacing the stern lantern with a scratch build version I can add an led to.
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Nirvana reacted to travis in Apostol Felipe by travis - OcCre - 1/60
I've got bulkhead set now (not fun to bend!). All the primary decking is down too. Fairing the bulkhead wasn't too much work on the kit. With the prior ones I did it took more work to also deal with correct a lot of little defects but occre seems to make good bulkhead so it went faster.
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Nirvana reacted to Ronald-V in HM Cutter Sherbourne 1763 by Kovalus - Vanguard Models - 1/64
Nice start! Wish you all the best with your first ship
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Nirvana reacted to Kovalus in HM Cutter Sherbourne 1763 by Kovalus - Vanguard Models - 1/64
I've pre-bevelled the bulkheads and glued the first parts in place. I’ll share some photos once this stage is complete. Thanks for all the encouraging comments!
Actually this VM model reminds me a lot of the new generation of paper model sailing ships (like Seahorse, Shipyard or WAK ones), except it's made of wood and MDF. Caldercraft is more like classic wooden kits.
I am following your build log. Good luck with the rigging!
Thanks, your HM Cutter Alert is very inspiring. I also painted some WH40k figures
Thanks! I can see there are a lot of helpful people on this forum. I'm really glad to be a part of it!
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Nirvana reacted to Ronald-V in USF Confederacy by Zarkon - Model Shipways - 1:64 Scale
I had the same problem with my Sphinx, only the big difference was that it was my first planking layer and not the 2nd one. That is the disadvantage if you only have 1 layer...it has to be right straight away! But...it is nice that you are tackling it now, instead of looking at it later and not being satisfied.
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Nirvana got a reaction from Ryland Craze in USF Confederacy by Zarkon - Model Shipways - 1:64 Scale
Jeff, glad you found this issue before it was too late.
At least you didn't give up.
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Nirvana got a reaction from Zarkon in USF Confederacy by Zarkon - Model Shipways - 1:64 Scale
Jeff, glad you found this issue before it was too late.
At least you didn't give up.
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Nirvana got a reaction from Paul Le Wol in USF Confederacy by Zarkon - Model Shipways - 1:64 Scale
Jeff, glad you found this issue before it was too late.
At least you didn't give up.
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Nirvana reacted to Zarkon in USF Confederacy by Zarkon - Model Shipways - 1:64 Scale
Thanks everyone for your comments! You guys are right that varying color does give it a more distinctive look!
So I have some bad news. I was half way done with the second belt on the starboard side and I wasn't satisfied with it at all. At the bow, my second plank after the garboard was way too thin. This caused a bigger curve than what it needed for subsequent planks. After 4-5 plank rows, it curved up way too high at the bow. Im sorry I forgot to take pics of what I mean.
So I tried to remove some of the strakes at the bow. Because they were all connected together, this was the outcome.
I ended up having to remove all the planks on the second belt for the starboard side. This also includes the garboard as well. Thats a lot of work lost that I have to redo.
It's very upsetting to have to do this, but I really didn't have much of a choice. Because of this, I might have to order more wood strips from Model Expo.
Im waiting for the de-glue to dry before sanding off all the excess wood still attached to the bulkead formers.
I'll give an update once I start the stsrboard side again.
Jeff
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Nirvana reacted to Keith Black in Aloha
I lived there from 1947 to 1952 when my daddy coal mined and then from 1974 to 1979 when I was old enough to chase memories. The Brick was my second home.
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Nirvana reacted to mtaylor in Downloading PDF files
Hmm.... what OS are you using Henry? I'm old, retired IT but follow a couple sites concerning IT stuff. The last two version of Windows have had a bunch of issues with updates, etc. I'm not sure if PDF is one of them. Given the pricing and failed updates issues, OS upgrade like that is dead to me.
FTR, I'm still on Win 7, use Chrome, IE, and Firefox for various reasons....note that Chrome and IE are based on the same IE software and have killed off support Win7. What IE and Chrome won't run, Firefox does. As for Win 7... take it out of my dead cold hands as it's still reliable. I've been talking to my IT guy (has a small shop here in town) and am thinking of going to Linux with maybe a Win7 Virtual Machine. Still considering my options.
Worse case... take your box into a shop and let them look at it. Not Geek Squad.... at least here locally, they're beyond crap.
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Nirvana got a reaction from mtaylor in Hello from Washington State
GS Welcome to our world. Why not try out Vanguards models.
Superior models with the creator being one of us.
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Nirvana got a reaction from mtaylor in Downloading PDF files
Henry, are you looking for true pdf files or the topic of how to create pdf files.
Attached you will find a good tutorial of creating your own pdf files.
log to pdf tool
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Nirvana reacted to TJM in Christiania 1774 by TJM – approx. 1:67-1:64 – Danish Light Frigate based on Vanguard Models HMS Sphinx
Thank you!
I remember all of these techniques when you mention them, but I am so rusty! So thanks for the great description here.
I am at least encouraged to try again and really try my best, keeping these points in mind - I think the postman has delivered my new brushes today, so....
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Nirvana got a reaction from AJohnson in HM Cutter Sherbourne 1763 by Kovalus - Vanguard Models - 1/64
Kovalus, welcome to the Sherbourne build log group.
I know you will have fun with this build.
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