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paint work looks very tidy Alan.  Cheers Stu
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KobusBeukes wrote:Hi Alan The paint job looks realy nice. Well done! Regards Thanks Kobus, I'm pleased with it.... 
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Admiral Anti Spiral wrote:every new step and it looks better and better great work!  Thanks Admiral, am just simply tip toeing my way through.... Regards Alan
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stujue wrote:paint work looks very tidy Alan. Thanks Stu, thanks for commenting and looking in... appreciate your support.... Regards Alan
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Hi Alan looking the part now and congrats on showing that using an airbrush is not beyond any beginner with the correct advice regards Andy Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Hi Alan, she is coming on in leaps and bounds,great job of the painting the build is a credit to your skills, top work!!! best wishes 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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arpurchase wrote: Hi Alan looking the part now and congrats on showing that using an airbrush is not beyond any beginner with the correct advice regards Andy Thanks for the encouraging comments Andy, always appreciated your support.... .. Have to agree with you on the airbrush, I spent some time building up the basic knowledge from people on this forum, from watching countless tutorials on youtube as well ask practicing on an artists pad before being confident enough to let it anywhere near the build....  .. All in all it was time well spent and would recommend any newbie do the same.... Regards Alan
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MWG wrote:Hi Alan, she is coming on in leaps and bounds,great job of the painting the build is a credit to your skills, top work!!! best wishes Mike Thank you for your very warm comments Mike, always appreciate you looking in. Had noticed you had been rather quiet of late.... .. Hope everything is well with you and that your normal service and builds will resume very soon..... Best regards.... Alan
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Have done as much as I want to do at this stage of sapele planking on the transom... Took the advice of Nigel and reduced the size of the planks to a width of 3mm, this I found invaluable as the thinner planks made it a lot easier to follow the profile.... .. When the planking had cured I then got down to the business of trimming the edges and around the gunports, still have a little left to do with the bottom edge but that will be done a little later along with a little touch up of the edge of the burgundy strip at the transom edge.... .. Treenailed the section then gave it a fine sanding to finish it off for now.... Gandale attached the following image(s):
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Looking brill Alan Nice work Did you see the post on my log about using an x-acto blade container as a sanding block for the tight radius at the top? Kind Regards Nigel
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Started work on fitting the keel, first thing I did was to remove the keel sections from the fret and finely sanded the black ash off all of the edges... Then planked the top edges with 5 x .6mm walnut and clamped in place until dry.... .. Once dry I then trimmed and sanded the walnut flush with the keel sections... Gandale attached the following image(s):
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As with the stern post I am covering the keel sides from 1mm sheet walnut... From the keel sections I then drew round each of the sections, giving two pieces of each for each side.... Cut the pieces out using my Unimat... Gandale attached the following image(s):
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Finally for this evening I dry fitted the keel to ensure I had a nice fit between all the joints.... .. Next job is to fix the keel in place, attach the walnut coverings and finally trim and sand to finish.... Happy building all.... Regards Alan Gandale attached the following image(s):
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Hi Alan you have me curious now,I assume that above the waterline of the prow is going to be painted black,as to why you didn't run the strip all the way along to the prow tip?Do you have something else in mind?I know mine stops at the waterline,but I have some black boxwood sheet to do mine in.
Kind Regards Nigel
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NMBROOK wrote:Looking brill Alan Nice work Did you see the post on my log about using an x-acto blade container as a sanding block for the tight radius at the top? Kind Regards Nigel Thanks Nigel and thanks for the tips... I did see your post but unfortunately I do not have an x-acto blade container so I simply used my finger tip covered with the fine sandpaper.... finger got hot though....  .. Have a little left to do to finish it off but not much..... .. Thanks again.. Regards Alan
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NMBROOK wrote:Hi Alan you have me curious now,I assume that above the waterline of the prow is going to be painted black,as to why you didn't run the strip all the way along to the prow tip?Do you have something else in mind?I know mine stops at the waterline,but I have some black boxwood sheet to do mine in.
Kind Regards Nigel Eagle eyed Nigel spotted it....  .. truth be told I ran out of walnut strips to take it all the way to the end but have more wood on order.... as the top half of the prow will be painted I just thought it was a good place to stop for now, have some basewood strips of the same thickness so will use that painted black.... .. Am also contemplating whether to actually cover all of the prow with walnut and still paint the top part black or to stop with the shorter pieces, just not too sure what effect if any it may have later in the build... Think I would like to cover the whole thing and have enough walnut sheet to do the job.... .. Food for thought.... Regards Alan
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Ah ha you did read it I would go with what you said,in that if you do cover with walnut,you leave your options open.You can make your mind up later,then you have the option to leave the area under the beak in natural wood if you so desire.You can always clad those little bulkheads with walnut,or remake them out of 4mm walnut sheet. Kind Regards Nigel
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wow lovely work alan, coming along great, i may have to copy you on that 1mm sheet although in maple , keep up the good work Processing - Progressing
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Current build: HMS Sovereign of the seas
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