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captainalan
#1 Posted : 01 June 2010 01:09:06

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this has got to be the best packed ships kit ive come across great plastic boxes to keep everything ship shape (sorry about the pun)


a few twisted parts but soon put right

everything was dry fitted no major problems just a quick rub down









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#2 Posted : 01 June 2010 01:14:00

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caulking was done with a pencil im not to happy with it though just doesnt look right if anyones got comments please feel free to post

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#3 Posted : 01 June 2010 02:39:55

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Well I am no expert,Confused I am on my first build and Victory being my second, but it looks to "perfect" if you know what I mean.Blink It needs to be more "uneven", It looks greatBigGrin, but i think it needs to look older if that makes any sense.Confused LOL Confused LOL BigGrin Great build though and I will keep watching.BigGrin BigGrin BigGrin
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#4 Posted : 01 June 2010 09:11:30

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gunports an sides in place




now the fun begins BigGrin
PLANKING
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#5 Posted : 01 June 2010 09:25:52

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Beading laid inside bulwarks and gunports drilled out ready to file into shape


a fair bit of filler was used now comes the hard part RUBBING DOWN ive found the best and one of the cheapest is polyfiller ive used it on 4 of my builds and have never had any problems with it
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I used polyfilla on my Black Pearl build! Good stuff!BigGrin Now you have the decks in place they look really good.Drool BigGrin
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#7 Posted : 01 June 2010 10:05:17

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Hi CaptainAlan

That is looking a really good build, probably a much more sensible size to tackle than the mighty Victory!

Regarding the caulking and trenails, I think it looks good from the pictures and will probably improve even more once you varnish over the decks, I assume that is what you will be doing?

I have just once tiny question to ask and that is where will the berth be for the crocodile???

Crocodile

After all it is a real pirate ship you are building not a pretend one like HMS Halifax!!

Seriously Ben and I will keep checking out your progress

Mike T
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#8 Posted : 01 June 2010 15:20:30

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yes I'm going to varnish but was thinking about giving the decks a wash with cold tea to try and age them.
as for the croc he can sleep in the bilges BigGrin
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#9 Posted : 01 June 2010 17:29:53

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looks good captalan, one small wee comment on the trenails,in between the joins it would look a lot better if you added 2 more trenails diagonally, as if there were a joist underneath.keep them pics coming.
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#10 Posted : 01 June 2010 20:51:38

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I love your build capt alan .......it rocks....BigGrin BigGrin BigGrin
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#11 Posted : 02 June 2010 13:30:23

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1 thing I've found with this build is I've no patience
i should have stopped and waited till i had a plank bender either a soidering iron or proper plank bender that was on order which arrived today
as you can see from the pic's ive more peaks and troffs than a storm force 10 in the biscay
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#12 Posted : 02 June 2010 13:34:34

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just to give me a bit of a break from rubbing down ive started to kit bash

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#13 Posted : 03 June 2010 02:03:02

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Nothing in my plans about this so just making it up as i go along all extras are made out of plastic card



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#14 Posted : 03 June 2010 02:15:09

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False keel lightly stuck on with 2 small dots of glue just to keep it in place
this is where ive deveated from the pictures i cant really say instructions as there arn't any just a few pictures that really dont show what where why
im hoping (fingers crossed) to mark out planking in a orderd way as to cover all mistakes and there are a fewAngry

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#15 Posted : 05 June 2010 15:45:26

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1st few planks going on was a bit nervous about this as its been 20+ years since i last did this.


I really went about this in the wrong way, (but as usual i know best) lol according to the wife that is,what i should have done here was leave the false keel of it would have made life so much easier.




well we all live and learn and thats why im doing this and the san francisco build before i even think about starting VICTORY f nothing else i hope people learn by my mistakes though i am having fun and thats the main thing after all
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BigGrin coming along better than my 1st attempt which got condemed to the corner of the shed didnt get as far as 2nd planking
see by bottle of plasweld ure probably used to working with styrene scratch building etcBigGrin
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#17 Posted : 05 June 2010 19:09:58

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yes bugdie ive built about 25 r/c ships mostly from model slipway and deans marine ive only ever built 4 wooden ones but that was so long ago i class myself as a 1st timer when it comes to knowing stuff about wood
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#18 Posted : 12 June 2010 01:02:01

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I've not had much time this week to do much apart from work work and more work Angry
i managed to fit a few more planks i think im going to stain the dark wood as its all gone patchy with the glue




hopefully il manage to do the otherside over the weekend
Alan
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#19 Posted : 12 June 2010 10:57:43

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Lookin good there Cap't.. Keep it up.....
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#20 Posted : 12 June 2010 13:53:05

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i love this build as a new comer to wooden model making its good to see how things should look!!

good jobBigGrin
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