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Well the build got underway tonight by firstly by ensuring all parts were numbered before removing the ribs from their frets.. Can say the quality of the 5mm ply is very good however, not all the ribs were cut all the way through during the laser cutting process. The ribs were also heavily covered in black ash from the laser process and took a lot longer to remove than anticipated using a fine file.... Next stage will be to clean up the keel and prepare the build board...  .. Tomorrow back to the SOTS... Happy building all Regards Alan Gandale attached the following image(s):
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Hi Alan. Will be watching this build with great interest. Father Christmas came early with a really nice gift for you.  look forward to seeing your build Ian  Current builds.Hachettes build the bismark,HMS Victory, HMS Hood.
Finished Builds Corel HMS Victory cross section.
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ian smith wrote:Hi Alan. Will be watching this build with great interest. Father Christmas came early with a really nice gift for you. look forward to seeing your build Ian Thanks Ian, parts 3 and 4 arrive tomorrow so looking forwards to seeing what's inside.... .. The SOTS will still be my priority but all other times will be spent on this behemoth.... looking forward to progressing with her.... Thanks again,,,, Regards Alan
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Now that the work on the SOTS is complete until the release of the next issue on Wed, I can now get back to working on the Titanic... First as promised thought I would now show you the contents of boxes 3 and 4.... Box 3 contains nothing but photo etched ply and some wood strips, the etch is very thin and very detailed... Though it looks flimsy it does have a remarkable amount of flexibility.. still needs to be handled with care.. Gandale attached the following image(s):
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Contents of Box 4 and to think there is still box 5 to come.... Gandale attached the following image(s):
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With all the ribs now prepped it was time to turn my attention to the keel, the keel comes in two parts only... Cleaned off all the black ash and again parts were heavily coated.. Drew a line down the centre of the build board and used the build board to clamp the two pieces in place to ensure it was perfectly flat... braced the joint and clamped as instructed.. . placed some tin foil under the joint as I didn't want the keel to adhere to the build board... This will be left like this until tomorrow where I will add the bracing piece to the other side and start cleaning up the two lower deck pieces.... .. Decided to photo the keel length next to the SOTS so to give an idea of the size of this baby.... Happy building all Regards Alan Gandale attached the following image(s):
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Wow Alan, it absolutely dwarfs the SOTS! Really looking foeward to seeing more of this one Steve
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stevie_o wrote:Wow Alan, it absolutely dwarfs the SOTS! Really looking foeward to seeing more of this one Steve Thanks for looking in Stevie and do agree with you, poor SOTS does look a little dwarfed but once she has her bowspirit on and fully sailed then maybe it won't look so small then....  .. More tomorrow..... Regards Alan
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Hello Alan, Just had a good look at your new build,it does look very worthwhile and with your building skills I am sure it will turn out fine will watch with interest just hope the build instructions are as good as the kit. All the best Trev . Work in progress: Tombstone (Scratch) - San Francisco 2. -The Mayflower ( scratch by plan).
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tf64 wrote:Hello Alan,
Just had a good look at your new build,it does look very worthwhile and with your building skills I am sure it will turn out fine will watch with interest just hope the build instructions are as good as the kit.
All the best Trev .
Hi Trev, thanks for looking in and commenting.... This is a great kit, quality of parts is superb but sad to say the build instructions are pretty basic to say the least..... Think I am going to have to keep my wits about me with this one and think pretty far ahead as to how I am going to achieve the build I want..... .. Thanks again Regards Alan
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Looks like this is going to be a huge build. Look forward in anticipation to your progress. Regards Foz
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Hi Alan Some nice kit there and a large lady Regards Andy Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Hi Alan, She's massive compared to the SOTS and still a smaller scale. Image 1/84 scale  Regards Claret Also working on:
SOTS.
Moebius 1/32 Flying Sub with PE & lights.
Waiting in the wings:
Polarlights Spindrift from Land of the Giants.
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Foz wrote:Looks like this is going to be a huge build. Look forward in anticipation to your progress. Regards Foz Thanks Foz, she is big as you can see....1350mm total length.... Think I am going to love this build.... Regards Alan
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arpurchase wrote: Hi Alan Some nice kit there and a large lady Regards Andy Thanks Andy and there is still one more box, part 5 yet to come.. . Appreciate your comments as always.... Regards Alan
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claret wrote:Hi Alan, She's massive compared to the SOTS and still a smaller scale. Image 1/84 scale Regards Claret Thanks Claret, think I'd need a double garage to build one at 1/84.... would be beautiful though..... Regards Alan
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Now feel the build has started in earnest. Have now got the build board finished with the angled brackets set in place... Keel set in place and before continuing ensured it sits exactly at 90 degrees to the board all along the entire length, keel also set along a centre line drawn along the build board..  ... When happy dry fitted all the ribs in place plus the first piece of the lower deck, everything lining up nicely... Next session will be to clean off the second piece of the lower deck and dry fit before starting to glue and pin everything in place.... Happy building all, back to the SOTS tomorrow all being well.... Regards Alan Gandale attached the following image(s):
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Hi Alan. Looks a very nice kit. You are progressing well. Look forward to seeing more. Ian Current builds.Hachettes build the bismark,HMS Victory, HMS Hood.
Finished Builds Corel HMS Victory cross section.
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ian smith wrote:Hi Alan. Looks a very nice kit. You are progressing well. Look forward to seeing more. Ian Thanks for looking in Ian, she is a lovely kit and I'm going to enjoy putting this one together... she's big with lots of detail..... .. More soon... Regards Alan
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looking good there Alan, nice start. She is going to be a great build for you. Will you be lighting her up? Peter Builds in progress: HMS Victory.HMS Surprise.
Completed builds: Revell London Bus 1/24.
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