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Joined: 30/03/2011 Posts: 1,344 Points: 4,079 Location: Bryanston, Johannesburg. RSA
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She is looking really good and ready for the sanding Alan, well done. Keep the pics coming. 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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Tonight was simply getting up to date with the ships launch by fitting the bow and stern bracing pieces..... launch now set aside until the next part of the build.... Now have time on my hands to practice on some other things like setting up the Unimat and having a play.... Thanks for all who take the time to look in.....  Regards Alan Gandale attached the following image(s):
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Admiral Anti Spiral wrote:absolutely great work Alan, hull looks great and should look even better when sanded down  shouldn't be long now before the whole ship is planked, the rest is pretty straight forward keep it up! Thank you Admiral, always appreciate you taking the time to look in.... Regards Alan
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Hans wrote:She is looking really good and ready for the sanding Alan, well done. Keep the pics coming. Thanks Hans, appreciate it.... Quite looking forward to starting the sanding phase but maybe my right arm will regret me saying that.....  Regards Alan
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Looks great J “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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Joined: 24/04/2010 Posts: 5,787 Points: 17,662 Location: Stafford, United Kingdom
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Hi Andy well done you Kind regards Mike MWG BUILD DIARIES: HMS VICTORY, SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS, SAN FRANCISCO II, HMS HOOD, HMS ENDEAVOUR LONGBOAT, HMS VICTORY X-SECTION, 007 DB5, NISSAN GTR, CUTTY SARK, RB7, AKAGI, BARK HMS ENDEAVOUR, HUMMER H1, MITSUBISHI ZERO.
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Ooooh the Unimat,   seriously on my wish list. 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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jase wrote:Looks great J Thanks for looking in Jase.... Regards Alan
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jase wrote:Looks great J Thanks for looking in Jase.... Regards Alan
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MWG wrote:Hi Andy well done you Kind regards Mike Thanks for looking in Mike....appreciate it.... Your memory is letting you down again my friend..... You must like the name Andy... mine is Alan though..... Regards Alan
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Its a very nice piece of kit Hans, actually got the classic as a xmas present from my wonderful brother in law.... Still trying to work it all out just now, sure I will get to grips with it as time goes on.... Regards Alan
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Gandale wrote:Its a very nice piece of kit Hans, actually got the classic as a xmas present from my wonderful brother in law.... Still trying to work it all out just now, sure I will get to grips with it as time goes on.... Regards Alan Must be nice, let me think what I've received from my B in L since he married my Sister 26 years ago. Mmmm...... I think he once bought me a Beer... no hang on I bought him a Beer 
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court orchard wrote:Gandale wrote:Its a very nice piece of kit Hans, actually got the classic as a xmas present from my wonderful brother in law.... Still trying to work it all out just now, sure I will get to grips with it as time goes on.... Regards Alan Must be nice, let me think what I've received from my B in L since he married my Sister 26 years ago. Mmmm...... I think he once bought me a Beer... no hang on I bought him a Beer Andy, looks like you got the wrong B in L, maybe you sister should swap him for a differnt model.... .. My B in L and I have been very close friends since we were 15, that's over 40 years ago... phew!.. now I feel old.....
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Joined: 02/09/2012 Posts: 515 Points: 1,515 Location: Burnley
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Hi Alan, bottom half of the planking done and looks superb. Looking like a proper ship now! Keep up the great work. Claret. Also working on:
SOTS.
Moebius 1/32 Flying Sub with PE & lights.
Waiting in the wings:
Polarlights Spindrift from Land of the Giants.
finished:
007 Iconic DB5.
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claret wrote:Hi Alan,
bottom half of the planking done and looks superb.
Looking like a proper ship now!
Keep up the great work.
Claret. Thanks for looking in Claret... lower hull complete so now putting some finishing touches to the decking prior to staining.... some experimentation going on now while waiting for the arrival of issue 30... Reagrds Alan
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Hi Alan, Sorry to hear of your problem with the stain  , to light is one thing, but to dark could be a stinker. As you say though, better that deck than a main visible deck. If you remember the modelling session I put together about deck planking,the main stain colour on that was a Ronseal stain called natural oak, that may give you something to gauge it by and they do a fair sized range of colours if you want to adjust lighter or darker. Good luck Regards delboy271155 (Derek) COME BACK GUY FAWKES "YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU"
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delboy271155 wrote:Hi Alan, Sorry to hear of your problem with the stain , to light is one thing, but to dark could be a stinker. As you say though, better that deck than a main visible deck. If you remember the modelling session I put together about deck planking,the main stain colour on that was a Ronseal stain called natural oak, that may give you something to gauge it by and they do a fair sized range of colours if you want to adjust lighter or darker. Good luck Regards delboy271155 (Derek) Thanks Derek, I tried a test piece with light oak too, simply a case of I preferred the test piece of the teak.... wasn't the case when I applied it though to the full deck.....  .. Will see what I can do with it but will be a lot happier when it is covered up.... Regards Alan
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Hi Alan The thing with wood stains is they can be deceptive until tried on a large area, when testing I always use an area of 3 inches square minimum to get a better impression of its quality's. On another note have you tried Danish oil [natural finish] this darkens as you put more coats on and you can see the results before another coat is added. hope this helps regards Andy Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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arpurchase wrote: Hi Alan The thing with wood stains is they can be deceptive until tried on a large area, when testing I always use an area of 3 inches square minimum to get a better impression of its quality's. On another note have you tried Danish oil [natural finish] this darkens as you put more coats on and you can see the results before another coat is added. hope this helps regards Andy Hi Andy, thanks for looking in and thanks for the tips... Have to admit I only tried various colours of stain on single strakes, didn't try it on a larger surface. ... will do in the future though.. another learning point for me...  . Will also give danish oil a try. At least this mishap doesn't spoil anything as it will all be covered in the end.... .. Thanks again... Regards Alan
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