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Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory
Brian If you want to lay your own hawsers and cables then you would need a ropewalk. I have always found that ship modelling stores can supply ready made cable in most sizes. this is a short definition of cable making ( leaving aside the details of cable laid and rope laid) I hope this helps to...- wotan
- Post #783
- Forum: Ships Under Construction
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Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory
That's a serious bit of kit you'got there. Great work so far and if you come across any problems with the rigging feel free to ask since I have done a fair few fully rigged models in my time. John- wotan
- Post #771
- Forum: Ships Under Construction
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Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory
Brian When I made masts and spars I just chucked the dowel into an electric drill and held the end with sandpaper as it spun. This takes a little while but it is very effective. You need to wear some gloves to hold the sandpaper as it tends to get a bit warm. John- wotan
- Post #722
- Forum: Ships Under Construction
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Lego my V8
Thanks guys. Chris I don't think the instructions to this model would help you very much because they are not very clear. They have tried to follow the lego style where they show a list of the pieces needed for each step at the top of the page, and then the sequence of how to assemble the...- wotan
- Post #24
- Forum: Other Hobbies and interests
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Lego my V8
At last the final piece has been clicked in place, at least I have a few bits left over but I am assuming that is intended. You certainly have to be extremely careful with checking as you go. I don't mind admitting that I had to build the gearbox twice after finding that the first gear I had...- wotan
- Post #19
- Forum: Other Hobbies and interests
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Lego my V8
It certainly is fun but very challenging to get right. I still have the gearbox to add so it will be about 20" long by 10" high. John- wotan
- Post #16
- Forum: Other Hobbies and interests
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Lego my V8
Ever onward. This is turning into a record long Lego build for me. Turbos and exhaust plumbing added on. And fan. John- wotan
- Post #12
- Forum: Other Hobbies and interests
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Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory
Looking great Brian. Keep it going and you will have an outstanding model. John- wotan
- Post #704
- Forum: Ships Under Construction
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Lego my V8
This is certainly one of the most complex Lego style models that I have attempted. Partly because the instructions are no where near as fool proof as the Lego versions. Having said that I am having a great time building (and frequently undoing and rebuilding) this. In the first picture I have...- wotan
- Post #11
- Forum: Other Hobbies and interests
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Lego my V8
So this is what you get after about 4 hours. Nice colored pistons and quite tricky to get the timing in the right order. Onward and upward. You can see the electric motor and battery box in the background. Everything is a bit floppy at this stage. John- wotan
- Post #8
- Forum: Other Hobbies and interests
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Lego my V8
It's a fun subject. I have got it and made a start. It is pretty much lego style pieces maybe a little less quality (Chinese version) but pretty good. I am already suffering from lego thumb. You knbow that dull ache when you have been squeezing small parts together for a couple of hours. I have...- wotan
- Post #7
- Forum: Other Hobbies and interests
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Lego my V8
Always enjoyed lego models, but I found this using what looks like mostly lego parts but from another manufacturer. V8 twin turbo WITH transmission and all powered by a battery driven motor. This looks like it should be fun. Delivered from Amazon in 1 day! John- wotan
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- Forum: Other Hobbies and interests
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Another coming back to the fold...
Smiffy good to see you back John- wotan
- Post #43
- Forum: Introduce yourself
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Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory
Brian There is a tread at (https://modelshipworld.com/topic/36173-hms-victory-by-yabuhebi-chris-caldercraft-172/page/4/) where someone is building this model and I have extracted this photo from that thread. It seems to show how the plank shear buts up against the cat head vertical support...- wotan
- Post #627
- Forum: Ships Under Construction
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What's on the Bench 2025
Happy New Year to everyone I have built a couple of book nook type things so SWMBO bought me this as a pressy. Quite a challenge with all the electrics etc. Also takes some faffing to get the cuckoo to line up with the hour and the correct time. Finally got it all together and very pleased...- wotan
- Post #213
- Forum: General Modelling chat
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PBI (Poor Bloody Infantry)
Steve I think I will have a go at this one. I was thinking about this sculpt I did but it was a couple of years ago. It's a copy of our local war memorial. However I have thought of another sculpt that I will have a go at, at about 120 mm. Looking forward to the off John- wotan
- Post #60
- Forum: Member Suggested group builds
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Book Nook station
Thanks for the interest guys. So I built another one, The Magic Bookshop This one is a much more complicated build and certainly more fiddly. It is powered by USB which is a little less convenient than internal batteries. It was also not quite as easy to build and the MDF/Ply pieces are a...- wotan
- Post #25
- Forum: Miscellaneous Model builds
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Book Nook station
3rd and final part. About 6 hours to build and, despite a few fiddly bits, a real pleasure. The lights work with a touch sensor under the little symbol at the front of the platform. And by the use of mirrors etc the whole scene has an infinite depth. Definitely looking to build another...- wotan
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- Forum: Miscellaneous Model builds
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