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first attempt at the stern windows scrapped, on the second, cant keep the plastic windows clean from glue, oh well not to worry willz attached the following image(s):
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very nice work willz. 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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Loving it smart build “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” -Mark Twain
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Bameraam he is an artist actually. 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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Hi Willz, now that is some seriously nice work.... very well done there...
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Alan
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copied this from a book cover some 40 years ago willz attached the following image(s):
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Beautiful painting Willz, hope you have that one displayed somewhere prominant.... Nice work... Regards Alan
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Gandale wrote:Beautiful painting Willz, hope you have that one displayed somewhere prominant.... Nice work... Regards Alan Long gone I'm afraid Alan, I give most of them away, not to worry, Anyhow on with these windows, finished the top row and then sanded (pic 1), next blew out all the sawdust to see what I was left with (pic 2), unfortunately they were a bit of a gluey mess, think I'm going to have to leave them a while and give it a bit of thinking, some of the cross pieces have come loose (arrowed) and will need refixing (pic 3) Although this version of the Old Vic is bigger than the De ag one the cross pieces are still hardly 2 mm long willz attached the following image(s):
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I have a suggestion that may work,if you get the windows to the stage just prior to when you sanded them and then apply a tiny amount of humbrol clearfix into each pane with a cocktail stick,this will fill the pane up slightly cover the glue and hold the wood in place.i haven't tried it but just seems like an idea that may work.I assume you are not painting the frames as they look like boxwood to me. Regards Nigel
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NMBROOK wrote:I have a suggestion that may work,if you get the windows to the stage just prior to when you sanded them and then apply a tiny amount of humbrol clearfix into each pane with a cocktail stick,this will fill the pane up slightly cover the glue and hold the wood in place.i haven't tried it but just seems like an idea that may work.I assume you are not painting the frames as they look like boxwood to me. Regards Nigel Tried your suggestion Nigel, think it will work ok, tested it out on one window (pic 1), its the one in the middle, and then a close up of it (pic 2), and although no perfect its ok to the naked eye. The main problem is I used some very thin double sided tape, I stuck it to the strips before I cut them into narrow pieces, then fit the bits before taking off the backing strip then when happy with fit I took off the backing strip a tiny blob of pva on each end and bobs your uncle, sounds good doesn`t it, but its the double sided tape thats messy and hard to remove. On the second set of windows I'm going to only use pva, can always get that off with a cocktail stick and water, problem is it doesn`t stick wood to plastic, anyhow cheers again Nigel willz attached the following image(s):
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glad to help if I can,you could try using clearfix to bond everything together,then the final layer of clearfix on the pane would blend any blobs together.This should work if you are using clear polystyrene not sure how well it would stick to acetate. Regards Nigel
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Willz,Nice work Best regards, Reiner
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Cheers Reiner or is it prost, anyhow here`s an update on the windows, haven`t cleaned up the top one`s yet, but started on the second row, different method used here, cut them to fit and fixed with a tiny blob of pva on each end, no double sided tape this time, lined them up best I could and then brushed frames and plastic liberally with johnsons pledge clear (adapted idea from Nigel), this only takes a few mins to dry so gave it three coats, when done gave the frames a gentle push with a cocktail stick and all is well (Yippee) As you can see from the pic the top centre frame has twisted out of line a bit, this is a problem by the fact that the windows are not square, they are glued in place in line but the smallest bit too big and they will slowly twist, I can actually snip something like .25mm off these pieces with my adapted guillotine (which I will be showing at a later stage) but the one in the pic is something like .10mm too big, so its throw it away or make do, and to the naked eye its not so bad willz attached the following image(s):
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Good job there Willz. Looking very presentable. Well done. Your time and effort is paying off. Rgds, Hans "It's okay to make mistakes. mistakes are our teachers - they help us to to learn, even if it is painfully" Current Build: Endeavour Cross section,D51 Completed: HMS Victory Under the bench: Endeavour x 2,Sovereign of the Seas, Akagi and The Black Pearl!HMS Victory Cross Section
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Exceptional work Willz, very well done...
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Alan
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W.I.P The Barge. Ok just a few pics of progress on the barge, the method used in this construction is the same as I used with the launch, not much here to show but here it is, I double plank the boats and as you can see in pic 3 I use filler on the first planking to make it nice and even, this makes the second planking so much easier willz attached the following image(s):
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Looking great Willz.... nice touch to double plank....
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Alan
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Ok , the chopper or guillotine, I managed to get one of these on ebay some time ago (pic 1), I was searching for a single edge blade cutter but couldn`t find one so I bought this and improvised, when using normal guillotines with a double edged blade i.e. sharpened on both sides its impossible to get a square cut, and also when trying to trim a tiny slice off a piece it will push the piece back slightly, so the solution is to make a single edged cutter, the US chopper uses a safety razor as a blade, these are much thinner than most but still have the double edge, so I ground the edge off and and sharpened it with just one edge (pic 2), with this cutter I can trim the smallest of pieces, in pic 3 I have a piece less than 2mm in length, I have some excellent jewelers tweezers I purchased on ebay that hold tiny bits great, to trim a tiny slice off I just hold it up to the closed blade pic 4 lift up the cutters arm and with the smallest of play in the arm I can move the cutter over very slightly and slice off, the last pic although not in focus shows about .2mm cut off the piece willz attached the following image(s):
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