Gorch Fock by Adrieke - OcCre - 1:95

[augie]

That is really a fine piece of work.  Glad to see GF back underway.

[Adrieke]

thanks Carl and Augie

when I am spray painting I am wearing eye nose and mouth protection, already have enough problems with allergies

[cog]

You could make a spray box with a ventilator used in e.g. a bathroom, or an old hood from above a kitchen stove and lead it outside through flexible tubing. You won't get that spray smell either ...

 

P.s. I have to admit I use the same unhealthy setup as you ...

[Adrieke]

if I can get decent with spray painting, I might invest in a spray boot.

[popeye the sailor]

yea......winter is hard for me,  since I don't have a booth either.........I just spray in the cellar.   warmer days are much better,  when I can do it in the Garage       wide open spaces is my booth!      any progress is good progress.....good to see your back!

[Adrieke]

little or no progress and I have a dilemma

 

the picture shows the instructions for the little structure where the doors need to be fixed above the green border

 

however in real this would mean the doors will go all the way to the top which would be impossible in real

 

so I can either shorten the doors (they are metal so wont be easy) or I cut slots in the green border so they sit lower

 

haven't decided yet

 

 

[augie]

If the door is that cast white metal, it should be fairly easy to sand off some from the bottom using a sanding belt.

[mtaylor]

What Augie said.. sand or file away.  The white metal is soft.

[cog]

A rather mind boggling dillema, Adrieke. You could also take some from the top AND the bottom ... Any pictures on the internet which might help ...? How is your German: http://www.gorchfock.de/forum/index.php?sid=ccd5236c499fba1e070786846b91716c

or

http://www.haz.de/var/storage/images/haz/nachrichten/politik/deutschland-welt/cdu-und-spd-fuer-verbleib-der-gorch-fock-in-der-bundeswehr/11132498-1-ger-DE/CDU-und-SPD-fuer-Verbleib-der-Gorch-Fock-in-der-Bundeswehr_ArtikelQuer.jpg

[Adrieke]

thanks for the advice guys. I don't have a sanding belt Augie. might be the next tool I buy but no budget at the moment so I ll have to do it by hand

[cog]

Adrieke,

 

Nothing wrong with some manual labour ... we are just plain lazy

[augie]

That'll work.  Make a little sanding block and start with probably 100 or 150 grit.  Keep it straight!

[popeye the sailor]

you may not have to cut the doors.......the green border is an edge molding.  it can be trimmed away to install the doors.......the top of the door will be lower to show more head room in the cabin   I be surprised if the actual pictures of the ship didn't show them this way.   glad yo see your back at the table >big thumbs up!<

[mtaylor]

Popeye might be right.  Any pictures of this area on the real ship?   

[popeye the sailor]

I did do some checking into it.  I did find models of this vessel,  with the doors raised 1-2 mm above the deck........but with none of this molding.  you still can get away with it though......cut out the molding leaving this difference,  and you should be good 

[augie]

I don't know, Popeye.  A door sinking down halfway into a molding?  Think I'd just as soon drop it all the way down to the deck and cut out the molding there entirely.

 

But Adrieke is the Capn'  

[popeye the sailor]

that was my earlier thought.......drop 'em down to the deck.   I agree........Adrieke will figure it out,  with the thoughts we've batted around 

[edmay]

Hi  Adreike, Very classy looking display cabinet,shows your fleet real nice,for my 2 cents worth I would put the door down the floor with trim to each side. good advice on the spray box,prevention better than cure. G'Day Edwin