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Joined: 03/06/2014 Posts: 14 Points: 42 Location: australia
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Hi everybody. I've just recently subscribed to the magazine. I'm waiting on a few back issues, so It will be a little while before I've got anything substantial to post. In the meantime I've been looking over some of your builds which are coming along nicely by the way. My plans for this build are a wood finish as much as possible. I'll have to wait a little to make some final decisions as I don't yet have all the issues and parts to work out what I can do. As near as I can tell I'll be able to wood finish the bottom part of the hull with some allowances made for the extra layer of planking. I'll have another look at Tomick's build and get some more ideas. I love the idea of an official build diary, it's going to be a big help. I'm hoping to get something organised this week to post, even if it's only a little work on the Launch. I'm yet to figure out how to get pictured over from photobucket, as I've never used this method before. Hopefully it's pretty straight forward. I'm finding that building complicated Ships is often easier than using some features on the computer. Please feel free to comment as I progress. completed builds; Brig Perseverance, H.M.S. Bounty and San Marcos(almost)
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 Hi Mathew Welcome to the forum and enjoy your build. Don't forget to ask if you have any problems its what were here for Regards Andy  Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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 Rank: Super-Elite        Groups: Registered
Joined: 30/01/2013 Posts: 4,604 Points: 13,607 Location: Monmouthshire UK
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Welcome to Modelspace Matt Look forward to seeing your build come together. Steve
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Welcome to the forum Matt Happy building rgd Martyn Building ?
Completed. Soliei Royal . Sovereign of the Seas . Virginia . Scotland . San Felipe . Corel vasa , Santisima Trinadad X section , Vasa
Next Build ?
When sailors have good wine, They think themselves in heaven for the time. John Baltharpe
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welcome aboard matey, you won't be disappointed with your choice, btw there is easier way to post pics, just by clicking the attach button,you can post directly from your computer,your pics will need re-sizing to 800x600 or 600x400. which does away with photobucket entirely. good luck 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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Welcome to ModelSpace and hope you enjoy your stay with us
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Joined: 22/03/2010 Posts: 2,065 Points: 6,295 Location: Gorleston-on-sea
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Hi there Matt and a big welcome to the forum...Hope you enjoy SOTS and look forward to seeing your build posts... Current Builds: Deagostini HMS Victory: Deagostini HMS Sovereign of the seas. Completed Builds: Del Prado: HMAS Bounty: Hachette: RMS Titanic: Del Prado: Cutty Sark...
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Welcome aboard Matt, look forward to seeing how you progress.... We are here to help should you need it.... Regards Alan
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Rank: Beginner Level 2 Groups: Registered
Joined: 03/06/2014 Posts: 14 Points: 42 Location: australia
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Here's some Pictures of some work on the Longboat. I'm hoping for a wood finish on this. I'll see how it goes mathewp attached the following image(s): completed builds; Brig Perseverance, H.M.S. Bounty and San Marcos(almost)
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Joined: 16/03/2014 Posts: 516 Points: 1,563 Location: Perth Western Australia
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Hi Mathew. That's a really good job on the launch. I see you have different coloured planking to what we had in issues for the launch, unless you've used some from other model? It will look really good if you are going for a stain and varnish rather than painting already having a nice colour base. Keep up the great work. Regards George Building HMS SOTS
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 Rank: Amateur Level 1 Groups: Registered
Joined: 01/04/2014 Posts: 36 Points: 108 Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Matthew,
That is really nice quality, tidy work indeed. I agree with George here. I'd stain it and varnish it. It'll turn out very slick!
Michael
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Rank: Beginner Level 2 Groups: Registered
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Yes George, I used some Chilean Myrtle left over from a current scratch build of a Viking Ship. It has a pinkish brown colour. I also keep a small stock of veneers for odd parts on my models. completed builds; Brig Perseverance, H.M.S. Bounty and San Marcos(almost)
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Very nice work on the launch Matthew, love the colour of the wood you have chosen, it should sand and varnish very nicely.... well done.... Regards Alan
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The launch looks great Matthew Well done Steve
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Rank: Amateur Level 1 Groups: Registered
Joined: 01/04/2014 Posts: 36 Points: 108 Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Hi Matt,
A very nice Launch. That'll look great stained and varnished up for sure.
Regards,
Michael
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Joined: 27/02/2014 Posts: 149 Points: 456 Location: Forest Lake QLD
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Hi Matt, Skiff looks great and a lovely finish. As others have said this should look good varnished. Well done. Brex,
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Rank: Beginner Level 2 Groups: Registered
Joined: 03/06/2014 Posts: 14 Points: 42 Location: australia
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OK. I've finally been able to get started. The back order arrived last week, so here we go. I decided to use my usual method with a couple of changes to lay the keel and glue in the Bulkheads. It's quite inexpensive to put together. it's just a pine board, but I had to pick through a few to get a flat one. It ended up with a slight bend, so I clamped it to the table I"m using and it's now nice and flat. Then I drew a line down the middle, and glued a piece of 15 by 15 pine straight along the line. Then i clamped some scrap ply between another piece of 15 by 15 to hold the keel straight. The scraps are just in case any gets glued in accidentally. Then it was mark and cut slots so the bulkheads fit down to the bottom of the keel. After all that It was just a case of gluing in the bulkheads nice and square. The lower deck fitted in nicely, with no adjustments needed. I'm now working on the stern framing and the slot in bulkheads without horns. I'm happy so far. Everything is fitting together nicely. Ihope you are all having fun with your builds. Matt It looks like I'm having trouble uploading pictures. They're only uploading as files. I'll see if I can fix this later. I'm stumped for now. mathewp attached the following image(s): completed builds; Brig Perseverance, H.M.S. Bounty and San Marcos(almost)
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 Rank: Semi-Pro Level 2 Groups: Registered
Joined: 17/04/2014 Posts: 99 Points: 303 Location: Perth, Western Australia
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G'day Matt,
Great to see that you are making progress with the build.
As for your picture posting problem, it looks like your picture size is too big. I just checked the properties of the two that you posted today and it looks like they are 1600 x 1200. Hence, they are being presented as individual files and also a larger file size.
The "acceptable" picture size for posting is in the order of 800 x 600 or alternatively 600 x 450. The pictures from your previous posts appear to be 640 x 480, which is why they are being presented as pictures, and not files.
So, I would suggest that you have a go at resizing the pictures.
Regards,
Adam
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Joined: 19/07/2014 Posts: 209 Points: 580 Location: Delecombe, Victoria, Australia
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Beautiful work on the launcher mate well done
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Rank: Beginner Level 2 Groups: Registered
Joined: 03/06/2014 Posts: 14 Points: 42 Location: australia
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Thanks for your help Adam. I forgot to re size to the small on my camera. I'm going to catch up on everybody's builds shortly. Matt completed builds; Brig Perseverance, H.M.S. Bounty and San Marcos(almost)
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