damaartenman Posted July 16 Share #1 Posted July 16 Hello Everyone, Started my second build, the Mercedes from Occre. I always try to picture every step, but this time i didn't think about it all of the time. The instructions from Occre are a bit minimum compared to the Polaris which i have build first. Thank god there is internet and a site like this one 🙂. It is so good to have experienced builders telling there tips and tricks. I did not want to upload to much pictures, because it would take to much space on the servers. Up until now everything is standard i think, if someone is going to build this kit, please take 30 minute to make yourself a jig like i did to bend the planks and at a later stage the inside of the deck boarding. An absolute lifesaver. The plastic tubing is my plank soaker. As i will progress, i will upload more photo's so other people can check what i am doing wrong and prevent them from making the same mistakes. wvdhee, chris watton and ccoyle 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damaartenman Posted September 16 Author Share #2 Posted September 16 (edited) After a short brake, second planking and some sanding is done. You always think you messed it up and after some sanding and putty it turns out ok 🙂 Edited September 16 by damaartenman Javelin and Ronald-V 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronald-V Posted September 16 Share #3 Posted September 16 Nice smooth planking! 👍 0gri and damaartenman 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0gri Posted September 16 Share #4 Posted September 16 I'll second that Ronald,very, very nice.mercedes builds into a great looking model,i look forward to following your project. Ronald-V and damaartenman 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted September 16 Share #5 Posted September 16 Beautiful planking! damaartenman 1 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: Hs129B-2 1/48 SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damaartenman Posted 4 hours ago Author Share #6 Posted 4 hours ago Thank you all for the nice words.... I had some time to continue the build and was wondering about the instructions supplied by occre, follow them or do it different. I first fitted the false keel and next fitted the rubbing strakes against it. It was easier to do, and i am also thinking about not painting the rubbing strakes black, because of the nice wood colour it has got now. Also fitted the rear, seemd more logic to me. chris watton, Ronald-V and Knocklouder 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurgundyModels Posted 4 hours ago Share #7 Posted 4 hours ago Following along on this one. This ship is very interesting to me. Beautiful planking job!! Quote Current Build: Golden Hind - OcCre Completed Builds: Polaris - OcCre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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