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[Guest]

You to Steve, take care and look forward to your return to the bench.

[Guest]

Looking good so far Steve.

Have a safe trip out, see you next year

[papa 695]

Seasons greetings to you also Steve and hope you have a safe trip out looking forward to you carrying on with this

[Guest]

thank you very much for your kind words gents,stuck at home at the moment due to problems with the rig and ship so just on standby until the ship gets into port anyway on another matter here are some pdf files that i have that may help some of you with your model ship lighting.

Hope this is ok and in the right place i had a look around and could'nt find anywhere else but please feel free to move these if they need to be

Electrics.pdf

Flickering_LED_Tutorial.pdf

LEDs Part 1.pdf

LEDs Part 2.pdf

led_lighting_for_model_ships.pdf

LightingExtra.pdf

[Guest]

hi all

Hope you all had a great xmas and new year and im back home again now so will be back to it again very soon

cheers steve

[Guest]

hi all i found this which may be of use to those who want to learn more about ships, could be a useful referance

Text-Book of Seamanship

cheers steve

[Guest]

ok well here are a few pics of whats been going on, i have completed one side of the veneering of the hull and just started the other a bit slow going but getting there and i have jumped the gun a bit and fitted the stem and keel. it all looks a little bit rough just now but should look alot better once it has all been put on and sanded and given a few coats of Danish Oil fingers crossed.

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When looking at the wood for the keel i found it had warped and twisted a little but as it turned out i only needed to put a small amount of preasure on it to fit it.

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cheers steve

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[Guest]

Looking good Steve i'll be keeping an eye on this as im planking my ship.

John

[Guest]

hi john

i decided to double plank mine using a walnut veneer as my planking is still not perfect but i hope getting better, just remember to plank evenly on both sides as you go along john and take your time its a difficult job i think and needs patience.

steve

[Guest]

well not much to add as im still working on the veneer so no need for any pics, progress a bit slow at the moment and had a couple of days off. On another note because im over 50 i was given a free nhs check up and it turns out i have type 2 diabetes so just trying to get my head around that at the moment so for those of you in the same age bracket go and have one as like me you never know if anything is wrong with your body as i have not been feeling ill or anything so came as a shock and always best to catch these things early before things start getting complicated.

cheers steve

[Guest]

Finally finnished putting on the veneer and it's turned out pretty well i think and just in the process of sanding the hull down now and i like the look of the different shades of walnut just hope it looks as good when iv'e given it a few coats of Danish Oil.

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[Guest]

ok iv'e given her a couple of coats of Danish Oil and polished the hull up and its turned out ok

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the next thing i did was to cut some more stanchions to the size given in the manual and they are a little bit bigger than the one's on the frames but i will need to cover them anyway to match the new one's

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Knife slipped as well when leveling off the rails so got to replace those bits again before capping the rails but these things happen

cheers steve

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[flyjoe180]

Wow, the oil has made a huge difference. Great progress Steve, I don't comment much in the ship section but I am watching with interest.

[Guest]

Wow, the oil has made a huge difference. Great progress Steve, I don't comment much in the ship section but I am watching with interest.

Thanks for the comment and yes it has made a big difference and very pleased with the outcome the oil has brought out the natural colours in the wood better than i expected tbh

cheers steve

[Guest]

As im finding out with this kit some of the things are just not right ie the cast fittings supplied, in the manual the photos show these fittings as wooden so i can only presume this was a cost cutting exercise but to me they just dont look right at all and im going to have a go at scratch building some of them if i can, also i have found that some of the measurments are wrong like the bulwark stanchions are 5mm at the top together with a 2mm plank when i went to school that made 7mm width for the rail caps and what have they given me 5mm so had to go out and by some more wood for the caps and while i was at it got a sheet of mahogany to help me with some of the other things im thinking of redoing, but hey look on the bright side im learning new skills so its got to be worth it dont you think ?

cheers steve