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That's what I did on the Clarrisa-Mae dio, sank her into some polystyrene.Si
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It's the best way to do it off you don't want to chop your boat up
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LOL, yep, and to be honest you don't want to do that with the work that is going on in your build. What you could do is wrap the hull in cling-film this way the silicone doesn't stick but attains the shaped the hull, this way you could remove the boat easily if you wanted to.Originally posted by \It's the best way to do it off you don't want to chop your boat up
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That's a great idea Si I might just do that cheersOriginally posted by \LOL, yep, and to be honest you don't want to do that with the work that is going on in your build. What you could do is wrap the hull in cling-film this way the silicone doesn't stick but attains the shaped the hull, this way you could remove the boat easily if you wanted to.Si
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I think it's about time I've given an update on this , I've painted hull , deck and the bridge is complete , I've decided to leave the propellers off and will be mounting it at sea.
I've also completed the funnel , this is what it looked like OOB [ATTACH]71254.IPB[/ATTACH]
And this is what it looked like with the pe
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This was a tricky bit for me there were 13 pieces for that grill
Here's the rest so far [ATTACH]71257.IPB[/ATTACH]
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That looks fantastic Alan, nice progress.Comment
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Cheers joe it's taking a bit of time , next is the boat deck and looking at the planes it might just take me a week to get that done with all the pe , it's going well though I'm quite pleased so farOriginally posted by \
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13 pieces for the grill...I would have left as the stock one OOB. Saying that I would have dropped half of it and lost it so would end up having to us the one OOB lol.
Looking great Alan, really coming together nicely and I think your PE is working well despite being tricky in places.
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It's not for the faint hearted mate , I've just ordered the pe for her sister ship the HMS Queen Elizabeth but I'm not getting the wooden deck for that one I'm varnishing it properlyOriginally posted by \13 pieces for the grill...I would have left as the stock one OOB. Saying that I would have dropped half of it and lost it so would end up having to us the one OOB lol.Looking great Alan, really coming together nicely and I think your PE is working well despite being tricky in places.
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Well, all being well you will have learned a trick or two of how to go about the new ship...hopefully. Not in a million years would attempt something like this, too fiddly.Originally posted by \
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Yes it is mate and I understand why you wouldn't do it , to be honest mate there is a lot with pe that could be moulded with plastic and you'd never know the difference but then they couldn't make so much money of us builders lolOriginally posted by \Well, all being well you will have learned a trick or two of how to go about the new ship...hopefully. Not in a million years would attempt something like this, too fiddly.SiComment
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Some great work Alan keep up the good workComment
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Stunning work Alan, keeping an eye on this one.
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ive done two 1.350 ships and bought the pe add ons. i agree that most of it is pointless unless youre that fussy . ive made a rule to myself now...just buy standard pe railings and ladders for them. a lot of it is just too small for the naked eye. its like buying pe eyelashes for a 1.35 figure!!!Comment
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Your spot on , I have just finished the cranes for it and it tells you to put these little pieces on the crane body and you can't even see them in the photos , I'm not that fussy so I'll leave them offOriginally posted by \
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This model is looking really good Alan...that P.E. would see me off, top marks to you for perseverance!Originally posted by \LOL, yep, and to be honest you don't want to do that with the work that is going on in your build. What you could do is wrap the hull in cling-film this way the silicone doesn't stick but attains the shaped the hull, this way you could remove the boat easily if you wanted to.Si
I used the same method as Si suggests for my Lifeboat dioramas....With using cling film I managed three dios. with one boat!
Don't skimp on the cling film, make sure it's well up the hull sides. I virtually wrapped the whole model in the stuff.....Silicone has a habit of getting where you least expect it!. Don't be tempted to remove the hull straight away, leave it until the silicone has gone off.
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