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Post by dirtydozen on Nov 8, 2009 12:55:52 GMT 1
I've just finished glueing them #%$%%## brackets on the breakwaters and i got thinking about you people. The question is,over the months and years of a working model a lot of these small parts are going to drop off,are you happy with this or will you maybe not bother fixing them on in the first place? I'm building a static model so putting the lot on.
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Post by rushzombie on Nov 8, 2009 13:23:16 GMT 1
mines static too ,i put the lot on so far
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Post by rem2007 on Nov 8, 2009 16:38:01 GMT 1
....when I get to the stage of actually sailing my Bismarck , it will be a perfectly sunny and still day, ( in England, ). I think you get the picture.
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Post by swanrail on Nov 8, 2009 21:40:48 GMT 1
As I mentioned in another thread, having started to stick on the very very delicate bits (and suffering damage in the process) I am now having serious doubts as to whether my model can stand handling and a 18 mile drive to the nearest sailing water. In the early days, I have fitted the model out for R/C with an aim of sailing it, but now think this is too optimistic, in spite of Markus successfully doing so (but I gather that the new owner of his model is going static with it) I now wish that I had bought all 140 issues before attempting to build, that way, it would have been much easier and safer to build, such as fully completing the hull first, then the upperworks, etc. It would also have been very clear on whether to go static or fully working.
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Post by markus on Nov 8, 2009 23:27:41 GMT 1
don is right, this model is a bit too detailed for sailing - so you have to be very careful when taking her to the pond ...but this model looks awesome on the water markus
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Post by rod on Nov 9, 2009 1:08:13 GMT 1
Don't fret too much Swanrail, I had similar anguish at the start, but when I looked at the photo's, I'd pretty much decided it would be way too detailed to do sailing with him. But I often envy those who decided to make it R/C because it really would look great on the water and you'd be sure to bring a crowd. Perhaps a few initial sails around the water and then its back into the display case for the rest of his life so no harm is done..
If you are going to have it for many years of sailing, defintely some sacrifices have to made in terms of tiny parts as I know my clumsy hands would be sure to knock things off each time I took him out.
Rod
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Post by stonehart on Jun 8, 2010 6:06:00 GMT 1
I have to agree the detail level in this build is as bad as the super detail work I do in 1/350 Plastic (lots and lots of Photo etch lol). So as far as I can see it will be one or two trips to the pond (A block away thank god) then into case there the Bissy will stay. It is a lot to go through for just a few times in the water he will get but I think it will be worth it. ;D
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