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Start of Balsa Fill. Will leave rest in case adjustments required. Still some filling and sanding to do before sealing.  Regards George1 Building HMS SOTS
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hi george,would recommend that you fit deck first before filling in anymore,as the slots in the deck are very precise in fitting over the frames.and is much easier to do after the deck is fitted.  Current builds: SotS, USS Consitution, San Felipe, D51 loco, HMS Surprise, RB7, Arab Dhow, Jotika HMS Victory Completed builds: HMS Pickel, Thermopylae, Mississipi river boat, Mary Rose, Cutty Sark, San Francisco II, HMS Victory x5, Titanic Lifeboat, Panart HMS Victory Launch, Hachette Titanic, Virginia Schooner, Endeavour Longboat. http://www.model-space.com/gb/
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Looking good George, well done.....  Regards Alan
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Hi George. Looking good! I can see matching our stages of construction will provide each other ideas and techniques we may not otherwise think about. I for one will be following your progress with interest.
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Hi karl1113 Thanks for that advice. I didn't intend to go further at this stage but could have easily made the mistake without your input. Appreciate always your help. Hi Gandale. Thanks for comment. Hi bb1949 Appreciate your confidence, however I am a rank beginner and only by following karl1113's build I've got this far. I think it will be more me following you. Regards George1 Building HMS SOTS
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Bow now filled and sanded.  Regards George1 Building HMS SOTS
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Hi George, Looks great. Are you ding the entire ship or just the front and back Regards
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Hi Ted To be honest I'm not sure yet. Definitely I will do stern as well as I can see by shape it will be tricky regarding planking. Following karl1113's advice I won't fill in anymore till deck fitting. The only drawback to infilling is a lot of time involved as well as costs of balsa. I'm using balsa planks at the moment around 6-6.5-12-12.5 mm x 75 mm for the bow section. Any thicker and they become hard to cut to any shapes unless you got mini power saw or band saw. I make shapes a little oversize then glue and sand down. As the rib frames get larger 75 mm will not fit across to main frame so will slot perpendicular against mainframe first then across against that to outside edge. That's if I do fill other rib frames other than bow and stern. Regards George1 Building HMS SOTS
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Go to Newsagent like usual Thursdays after midday to pick up issue 5 and nothing there. First four issues on time no problems. This time they don't know for sure when coming in and now making inquiries. I hope this is not a sign of things to come on newsagency deliveries from the Australian Representative Company. I chose not to purchase direct as with the GST inclusion I can't see where the "freebies" are when you add up 135 times the GST. Certainly I'm not happy on waiting on the issue and expectations dashed when not there.  I know I should have more patience but don't appreciate the travel for nought. Regards George1 Building HMS SOTS
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Hi George, When I picked up issue 4, I was given a letter from Gordon and Gotch Partworks stating that Part 5 had been delayed by shipping. Will go on sale 10/4/14 instead of 3/4/14. This letter was sent to all newsagents I believe. Hope this clears up your frustration. Regards
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Thanks for that info Ted. My Newsagent obviously never got that letter and there wasn't one with my issue 4. I'm still waiting on a phone call from them when they do get that news. We can only wait now till the 10th. Bit of a bummer but nothing we can do. Just hope it doesn't happen too often. Regards George1 Building HMS SOTS
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No problems George. I agree it frustrating as I am so eager to get into it. I don't know whether patience is really a virtue  Regards
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Hi George, I have noticed that new members are getting a build medal. Both you And I have received nil. What's the go do you know. Regards
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The medals are awarded manually (technology!!!) so you may not see yours appear as soon as you achieve it, but they have now been awarded and congrat's on receiving your first medals
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Thanks Mr T Regards
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Tanna Ted wrote:Hi George,
I have noticed that new members are getting a build medal. Both you And I have received nil. What's the go do you know.
Hi Ted. That's normal for me. Last time it rained soup I was armed with a fork.  We've got one now so thanks for bringing it to notice. However at this stage I don't know that I deserved one. Regards George1 Building HMS SOTS
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Hi George I shared your feelings of withdrawal despite getting the note about the delay from the newsagent. Tomorrow is Thursday and that's delivery day so there's a chance I'll be normal. I am enjoying your notes and work and learning lots too. Let's see what tomorrow brings. Happy days!
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Hi bb1949 Yes. Tomorrow-tomorrow. Let's hope the issue is there. Maybe with luck there will be issues 5 + 6 together as really issue 6 would be due on the 10th. I'm keeping everything crossed but finding it difficult to walk like that. Regards George1 Building HMS SOTS
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Hi George1 Looks good, keep up the good work.... Regards Phil You only live once, but if you work it right, once is enough.
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Hi bluedotO Welcome to the forum. I haven't seen your user name prior so don't know if new or not. Anyway welcome. Thanks for your comment. Always appreciated. Regards George1 Building HMS SOTS
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