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Post by Mike B on Sept 16, 2007 21:21:50 GMT 1
:)Hi, issue No.1 just out in SA. I have built the Titanic following Marks's excellent website and I am sure you will not be disappointed with his present site. The titanic was my first "wooden boat" and as a beginner, Mark's site stopped me from screwing up! As a challenge, I scratch built another four Titanics, making copies of the parts from the original partwork kit. I have sold two of them, thus paying for both Titanic and Bismarck partworks. I am currently building a Billings "Danmark" and Mantua "Victory". Talk about poor instructions! Although the partworks are pretty expensive, the build notes are far superior, except for maybe Jotika. I will not be starting the Bismarck build until I have finished the abovementioned boats so hopefully Mark will have sorted out all the errors for me before I start! I am also waiting to see what the photo etchings look like to see if it is possible to duplicate them and make a copy of the Bismarck kit. (The wife will only allow me one copy this time)!
Mike B
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Post by eric on Sept 16, 2007 21:30:19 GMT 1
Welcome Mike!
This is the place to get all the questions answered, and have a laugh at the same time!
Glad to see more countries joining the party, this is forum is becoming like the UN! (but much more usefull!!) ;D
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Post by yoddhâ on Sept 16, 2007 21:36:24 GMT 1
Hi Mike, Welcome aboard to our happy ship!
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Post by Mark on Sept 17, 2007 2:05:55 GMT 1
Hi Mike,
Welcome to the fray, and thanks for your kind words about my Titanic site. Glad you found it useful.
Cheers Mark
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Post by napoleon on Sept 17, 2007 2:25:05 GMT 1
Hi Mike,
Welcome aboard, loads of brains on here if one gets stuck or has a problem. Is this your first build, or what?
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Post by pbhawkin on Sept 17, 2007 2:36:03 GMT 1
Hi MIke. I would love to see some pictures of your scratch built Titanics! It must have been a long job reproducing the parts?
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Post by rod on Sept 17, 2007 3:47:44 GMT 1
I'd like to know what process you used to reproduce the parts. Do you know someone with a laser cutter? and what sort of wood did you use?
Rod
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Post by gordon on Sept 17, 2007 7:35:25 GMT 1
Hi Mike,
A warm welcome from the Scottish contingent.
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Post by Achtung!! on Sept 17, 2007 7:57:46 GMT 1
Hi Mike welcome to the board.
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Post by trev on Sept 17, 2007 9:33:54 GMT 1
Hi Mike, Welcome aboard, loads of brains on here if one gets stuck or has a problem. Is this your first build, or what? Disclaimer*** napoleon mentions brains herebut forgot to advise brains not included with NEM ***** ok napoleon you can pay me now I have said what you wanted me to Welcome to the forum and enjoy your build Its great anothe country has joined us as now us aussies and the furthest behind heheh. Would also love to see your pics of your titanic builds Trev
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Post by mattyb on Sept 17, 2007 10:08:13 GMT 1
Hi there Mike welcome aboard, you will as I have find the senior boat builders very knowlegable and keen to answer any question you might have. We here in Australia are only a month ahead so we are in the same boat as you, pardon the pun. Matt
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Post by daveg on Sept 17, 2007 13:14:05 GMT 1
hi mike welcome to the group : am 58 from nr wollongong nsw australia . as well as bismarck, am building hms supply 30 cm long with matchsticks have fun with bismarck daveg
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Post by Mike B on Sept 17, 2007 13:28:00 GMT 1
Hi Rod and all you other guys, thanks for the welcome. I bought a sheet of 4mm pine ply for all the wooden parts. For each original part, I cut out four similar shapes oversize and then pinned the original on top of the four rough pieces. I then used a straight router bit with a guide bearing, in my Triton work centre. I aligned the router bit bearing against the original and then routed out four exact copies from the underneath bits. I hope this is clear. For the cast metal bits, I used Casting rubber (Latex) to make moulds. The original part I put on double sided tape on a ceramic tile. Dust the tape with talc, blow off, then apply the rubber layer by layer as per the instructions.This is the stuff that you cast plaster of paris figures, chess pieces in etc. You could also use RTV but this is expensive and not generally available here. Also, not worth the cost for the number of copies made. For the large pieces I used car body filler to cast in the mould. For the smaller pieces, I used Pratley steel two part epoxy. Dust the mould with talc prior to each use. For the lifeboats, I made one mould for all fourteen and cast them with fibreglass casting resin. I used these on the original boat as well as I did not like the plastic lifeboats. The majority of the photo-etching was railings and ladders and these I duplicated with electrical wire on a jig I designed. All this was trial and error, some I got right the first time, other things after various failed attempts. The railings jig was finally succesful with the Mk3 version. I did not use the cabin cards as supplied. I scanned them into Windows Paint (a great simple program) and changed the colours of the windows and doors. I then printed them in colour and sprayed them with artists fixative to fix the colours. Using spray contact adhesive, I glued them onto sapele edging veneer. They were then given a coat of clear varnish. When dry they were then cut to size and glued with PVA to the cabin walls. This was far better than the original card. The crane jibs were made from plastic tea stirrers I got from the local casino! I will take some photos of the above and post them in the "Other models" section. After they are posted, If you want to know about any other parts, please let me know. I hope this has given you guys some ideas. Finally, can someone explain in detail how I will be able to attach my photos to a post?
Mike B
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Post by rem2007 on Sept 17, 2007 15:30:11 GMT 1
Hi Mike, There is a thread that explains the process for attaching photos....escapes me at the moment but look on the main forum board....download to photobucket.,..then copy and paste the img files .....by the way welcome from sunny England. Robert
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Post by paul on Sept 17, 2007 18:08:38 GMT 1
Hi Mike,
welcome aboard. Wow, this project ist getting very international indeed.
I hope you'll have a lot of fun here.
Cheers
Paul
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