philo426
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I still have to construct the main and mizzenmasts but the build seems to be going smoothly thus far! -
Laced on some sails.
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I dont see any major problems with it and it looks great on the snow base!
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Thanks!
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Great paint job!
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I put a brass tube inside of the plastic mast halves and replaced the upper mast with another tube.Relocated the shroud and ratline chains to the side of the hull,which necessitates me tying my own ratlines as the kit supplied plastic ratlines are now too short. Its ok.
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I like the straps on the fuel tank.
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Installed the anchor chain and anchors.
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Yes I will do the same on the upper masts also.
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Super cool!Is that Wright Pratt and Whitney 4600?
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Model at the dump?
philo426 replied to chunkypeanutbutter's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Looks like you have green mold on it!Wow!~ -
Replaced the plastic jibbboom with brass tubing and reinforced the dolphin striker and catheads with an old airbrush needle to prevent deformation when the rigging is added.
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Thanks!The kit comes with both skis and tires
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I built that kit and it goes together very well.
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Thanks!
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Mounted up the ship's boats and started rigging the davits.
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Model at the dump?
philo426 replied to chunkypeanutbutter's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Make sure you give them a good wash and some hand sanitizer after you pick them up might be prudent. -
Some of the hand rail stanchions were broken off and I did not really like the remaining plastic ones so I cut them off,drilled holes and epoxied HO model RR spikes in.Much stronger.
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Looks great!The coral over gray was a factory option as I have seen GM cars with that color combo.
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I use the img .high light it in blue and copy it.Then i paste it here.
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Yeah it was pretty cool!
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Yes your ship is quite a project!
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Yes i was considering using brass tubing because the plastic masts will bend due to string tension.
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Yes the rigging is not quick nor easy.When Ibuilt this solid hull Scientific Cutty Sark,it took about 3 weeks to rig it and I did not include the running rigging.The ratlines were the most time consuming but they are better than the plastic ratlines included in most plastic kits.