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Finally for this evening I managed to fit the balsa block to the stern area and applied strips to a couple of the ribs to build them out, did these using some of the bamboo strips left over from the SOTS..... Tomorrow will start shaping the stern area and fairing the hull in preparation of the planking phase.....  Almost time to put some clothing on this beast..... Regards Alan Gandale attached the following image(s):
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Did I just read the word "planking"  This is what I've been waiting for  Look good though Alan Steve
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Methinks Alan is a busy man with three builds on the go. Well done she is looking good. 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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stevie_o wrote:Did I just read the word "planking" This is what I've been waiting for Look good though Alan Steve Thanks Stevie, the planking phase is getting closer so hopefully you won't have to wait too much longer.....  .. Regards Alan
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Hans wrote:Methinks Alan is a busy man with three builds on the go. Well done she is looking good. Thanks for looking in Hans, appreciate your comments.... I am a busy man but unfortunately no matter how many builds I have got going I can still only find maybe 2 hours of build time in an evening....  .. The Titanic just now is being worked on while I am waiting for the next issue on the SOTS..... As long as I have something to work on every evening then I'm happy..... Regards Alan
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Some more brass etch parts arrived today, still got a few more to get yet.... .. Detail on this etch is incredible..... Regards Alan Gandale attached the following image(s):
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Stunning work Alan the etch looks bril 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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Hi Alan. Some nice detail work on your bulkheads. she looks bigger every time i look in. keep up the good work. 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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Alan, it's been a while since i logged into the forum and you have really taken a big step forward since i last looked. Looking very good. Brings back memories of the etch on the amati kit i built. This kit look superior in pretty much every way to the amati kit though. great work, keep it up, i will try to log in more often. Cheers
Peter
Current builds: Amati 1:200 Hood; D51 200
Bought and on the waiting list: HMS Endeavour's Longboat, 1:90 San Juan Nepomuceno, Titanic Lifeboat,1:200 Bismarck Strip and Rebuild
[b]Built:1:250 Titanic
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Hi Alan,
Reminds me of a chant I heard at the weekend which you'll hopefully understand:
"Sheep sheep sheep on fire..."
Graham
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Martyn Ingram wrote: Stunning work Alan the etch looks bril Rgd Martyn Thanks Martyn, quite a bit more etch to get yet, a little expensive but think it will be so worthwhile..... Regards Alan
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ian smith wrote:Hi Alan. Some nice detail work on your bulkheads. she looks bigger every time i look in. keep up the good work. look forward to seeing more Ian. Thanks Ian, appreciate the kind comments.... Have a couple of problems I need to resolve now before going any further, just have to work out how to achieve what I want..... Regards Alan
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Virtue86 wrote:Alan, it's been a while since i logged into the forum and you have really taken a big step forward since i last looked. Looking very good. Brings back memories of the etch on the amati kit i built. This kit look superior in pretty much every way to the amati kit though. great work, keep it up, i will try to log in more often. Thanks for taking the time to look in Peter, very much appreciated.... .. The kit is a great kit but it does have its faults like most kits and I have just noticed one that has me pondering as to the best way forward.... .. Will post what I think is wrong...  Regards Alan
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bugsec wrote:Hi Alan,
Reminds me of a chant I heard at the weekend which you'll hopefully understand:
"Sheep sheep sheep on fire..."
Graham  Thanks Graham and yes I heard some of the chants too.... great result and am hoping they can go all the way..... .. Thanks for looking in.....appreciated... Regards Alan
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Ok, started fairing the hull and shaping the stern and have now decided to stop a little while and take stock of a couple of problems that are now staring me in the face.... will try to explain the dilemma I am now facing....  .. Although I previously said a couple of the ribs needed to be packed out I have found rib 22 to be way to narrow, pics show the rib is too narrow by about 5mm on both sides, this will have to be built up before going on any further... If I tried to plank as is then that area of the hull would have quite a distinctive hollow .. There are more problems to resolve... Gandale attached the following image(s):
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Next problem I came across had to do with the shape of the stern. The Titanic stern to me is an iconic part of the ship and getting this wrong for me would grate on me everytime I looked at the finished build so I feel I have to do something about it. This is the only pic on the instructions that show how the shaped balsa blocks should look once sanded... Followed the instructions and you can now see it looked as per the instructions... Gandale attached the following image(s):
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Once planked the stern would look like this and it was here that I really started to notice things didn't look right, certainly did not have the iconic ships stern profile that's for sure.... Looked into the next box and studied the instructions there and suddenly the instructions showed a different profile but no explanation or diagrams as to how this was to be achieved.... Gandale attached the following image(s):
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Another dilemma is when using balsa to shape the stern area I now have to try and find a way to get the portholes to light up.... Have to do some thinking now and am going to start by removing the balsa blocks and starting this area again.... Concerned however by changing the profile I may end up with problems fitting the ply etch later but that will just have to be a problem to be resolved when the time comes.... Finding it hard to believe there is this distinct difference in the stern profile between part 1 and part 2.... .. Am now going to order some balsa from CMB so until that arrives I will get on with fairing the rest of the hull.... .. Will post how I intend to resolve this and how I progress..... Any ideas or advice would be welcome...... Happy building all... Regards Alan
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Sorry to see you have a couple of problems here, and to be honest I don't have any advice  Seems odd that the stern shape is wrong though. The porthole leds are also a problem with the infill in place - could the fiber be inserted into holes drilled all the way through the balsa? Not sure. I am sure you will come up with a fix though, after a nights sleep Steve
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stevie_o wrote:Sorry to see you have a couple of problems here, and to be honest I don't have any advice Seems odd that the stern shape is wrong though. The porthole leds are also a problem with the infill in place - could the fiber be inserted into holes drilled all the way through the balsa? Not sure. I am sure you will come up with a fix though, after a nights sleep Steve Thanks Stevie and yes, I do find it rather odd where the instructions on the shape of the stern in one part is totally different to the instructions on the second part but, this is all part of this wonderful hobby, see a problem, think about a resolution and finally fix it..... maybe easier said than done..... Am sort of hoping someone out there will be able to advise if not then will just have to fix it on my own..... Challenges eh!!!! Thanks again... Regards Alan
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