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Author: | JIM BAUMANN [ Tue Feb 08, 2022 3:07 pm ] |
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arghhhh!!! flipped reversed photo.... ( but also sooooo many useful good photos around that black and white period! you are suffering much pain.... But ... great positive attitude! JB |
Author: | marijn van gils [ Wed Feb 09, 2022 9:45 am ] |
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Still following with great interest! I have nothing to contribute here, only to learn... |
Author: | dafi [ Mon Feb 14, 2022 9:17 am ] |
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Thank you Jim and Maijn, And we continued with sanding and filling ... ... there is still a long way to go ... ... until its smooth as a baby's bum XXXDAn |
Author: | dafi [ Mon Feb 21, 2022 6:29 am ] |
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Actually I only wanted to cut a new upper deck. To do this, I put the large 2mm polysterol sheet on the table, pushed the model to the edge and ... ... must have been one of the active gale-force winds, I can't explain it any other way. First look, everything went well. Second look, no, 2 windows are missing, stupid but no problem, I have already produced enough replacements. But then ... ... I had glued the struts for the elevation of the bow on a section of the upper battery deck shortly before. This, of course, was also loose. And when I tried to reattach it I noticed, :censored_2:, the hull is suddenly 2 mm wider than before !?!! The two upper decks were only put in without being glued in order to be able to take them out again for the installation of the window panes. But the gap on the side is clearly visible. So I did what was only thought of much later, cut the "carriages" off the windows ... ... and the upper 2 decks were succesively taken out and the culprit was discovered: the lower gun deck. . This was the only one glued in and was it broken and tilted and so could not flex back. So I drilled some holes and used hooks to lever the deck back up ... ... and re-glued it well. In the meantime I found 6 more loose windows, but they could all be kept in situ, only one at the very front I had to glue in a replacement part. The other decks are now also back inside and I could continue. XXXDAn |
Author: | JIM BAUMANN [ Mon Feb 21, 2022 11:30 am ] |
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Aaaaarghhh! you poor devil! but already you are en route to the cure. I admire your fortitude! JIM B |
Author: | Martocticvs [ Mon Feb 21, 2022 2:38 pm ] |
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Yikes! Well recovered though! |
Author: | marijn van gils [ Tue Feb 22, 2022 10:11 am ] |
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Auwch! But what kind of father puts his baby unattended at the edge of a table?! |
Author: | dafi [ Tue Feb 22, 2022 10:55 am ] |
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Thank you gentlemen One already suffers as a model builder And when I'm not doing such nonsense, I'm busy at the moment with the elevations of the sides. During the rebuilding in 1816 the high round bow was installed according to Seppings. Everything was first a cardboard template. Here is the immensely high new bow ... ... then along the upper deck ... ... and the built poop. A face that only a mother could love - or a dafi Then transfer of the masks to 2 mm polysterol ... ... warm up this round nose part ... ... and pre-bend it. But 2 mm polysterol doesn't quite want to go the way I want, even with heat, so I cold bend it over the edge of the table until it's nice & soft. And for further help I had already installed supports inside ... ... and since I still have concerns, I also glued something on the outside to hold it up, no, it's not hawse-pieces, that's coming off again And somehow it was important now that I got the next parts done, just so for the sore soul ... And now the worst part for me: patience to let it dry well! XXXDAn |
Author: | dafi [ Sat Feb 26, 2022 5:17 am ] |
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After raising the bow and stern, it was time for the upper deck. To do this, remove the deck, fix the polysterol strip for the new bulwark with clamps ... ... and scribe the curve of the lower deck with a blade. Then set the cut, put the deck back in, clamped the fitted bulwark piece again and scribed it with a block on the inside to have a uniform height above the deck. Then removed, cut the height cleanly and ... ... glued in place. You can hardly see it, there are little wooden blocks glued under the clamps on the outside of the hull, just like on the bow, so that it is flush on the outside. And slowly it's becoming something The elements on the deck are still orientation aids made of cardboard and not dimensionally adjusted, but you can already see where it's going. The raised bow ... ... the quarterdeck with Nelson's sloop under the poop ... ... the small guard house, behind it two flag boxes still missing and probably the biggest surprise for the most of you ... ... the forecastle over the forecastle, the fore-fore-castle so to speak. Hardly visible from the outside ... ... unless someone is standing on it XXXDAn |
Author: | dafi [ Thu Mar 03, 2022 8:50 am ] |
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Used the nice weather to sand outside. Good for the tinkering cave, the nose and the soul. Just enjoy. XXXDAn |
Author: | dafi [ Wed Aug 10, 2022 4:24 am ] |
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Small sign of life from Denmark: Frigate Jylland Attachment: Attachment: Attachment: Attachment: Attachment: Attachment: XXXDAn |
Author: | marijn van gils [ Thu Aug 11, 2022 3:01 am ] |
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That looks like fun! And wow, do they let you get up in the rigging?! |
Author: | dafi [ Wed Oct 26, 2022 3:41 am ] |
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I got mail today, fresh off the press, from Kerry Jang in Canada: Victory, 100-gun First Rtae 1765, Seaforth Publishing. The book is part of a series ShipCraft and is number 29. The book deals with Victory model kits and is aimed specifically at modelers. Besides history, it presents the available kits from 1:1200 to 1:64 in the full range of materials, gives an overview of the current aftermarket and presents 3 built models. A larger article goes over the various appearances of the ship and ends in new overview drawings, done especially for this book by McKay. I have yet to analyze the historical and appearance part at times, but know that Kerry Jang has talked to a great many protagonists of the Victory scene. Personal notes: - McKay´s AOTS was my first stop on the way to Victory. The color on the book´s pages were watched pale ever since. - I stood in front of the first of the 3 models presented in the book at the convention in Rochefort with my mouth open, jaw to the floor: the 1:300 version by Etsuro Tsuboi. Breathtaking! - The second model of the Victory is 1:48 by Kazunobu Shirai and it was the first model of this ship that I fell in love with over 15 years ago when I started doing internet research on this ship. - And the third model shown is actually the little fatty one with bumble bee stripes by a certain dafi :-0 Never, really never would I have dared to dream of ending up with 3 of my heroes in the same book! Thank you Kerry for that opportunity! Dear greetings, DAniel |
Author: | mister me [ Wed Oct 26, 2022 3:49 am ] |
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consecration. |
Author: | marijn van gils [ Sat Oct 29, 2022 8:01 am ] |
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Congratulations! Well deserved! This is of course a must-buy for me, so I tried to order it. But it seems like it will only be available near the end of november? Or do you know of a (EU) shop that already has it in stock? |
Author: | Willie [ Sat Oct 29, 2022 12:48 pm ] |
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Even at big scales, the rigging in these ships is a monument by itself, and probably the most nerve breaking action of the whole process. I am speechless with the amount of patience that one has to gather to acomplish this. Best wishes from the North Atlantic, Willie |
Author: | SG1 [ Sun Oct 30, 2022 8:38 am ] |
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Amazing Feat DaFi, well deserved! Congrats on that! |
Author: | Dan K [ Sun Oct 30, 2022 12:30 pm ] |
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Utterly superb work. |
Author: | dafi [ Mon Jan 09, 2023 11:51 am ] |
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Thank you all for the nice words! After the stressful pre-Christmas period, I actually managed to leave the computer on the side for almost 3 weeks. At least I just managed to finish the programming of the 1803 figurehead of the Victory Now here is the addendum from Käpt dafi, who was really looking forward to the painting. Attached are the parts as they came out of the printer. The motto "Honi soit ..." is already imprinted, but with the etched parts it comes a bit more concise, so scratch out one letter at a time, with a thin wooden stick ... ... set some not immediately setting superglue to the respective place ... ... using another stick to move the letter to the right place ... ... and with a thicker chopstick pressed the letter to the curve by tilting it in and out. Here's one with the letters imprinted ... ... and once with etched parts glued on. The back also finally has volume and sits neatly on the head. And for the sake of completeness here the comparison to Heller's original part, the painted one finally slightly inked to get the necessary depth. Dear greetings and a happy new year to you all, Daniel |
Author: | dafi [ Thu Jun 08, 2023 1:14 am ] |
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Here we go again, here we go, here we go, here we go. Awakened from the slumber, she is, my little chubby one with the black and yellow stripes that make slim. She must become pretty. Last September weekend, this sweetie wants to go out to party, wants to party in Amsterdam, into the ship museum. She is looking forward to it, and I am looking forward to it XXXDAn |
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