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HMS Alert [1777] 1:48 POF by serikoff. (Two hulls: skeleton and fully rigged)

Thank you, friends, for your activity. Thank you, @Charlie1805 Thank you for your kind words and wishes. The same to you, friend!



Today is a day of disappointment for me... after four and a half months, my order from the carpenter arrived. As you may remember, I was modeling stands for models and for a milling machine. The craftsman kept promising me, but it feels like when the deadlines were already approaching, he cobbled it all together in half an hour out of junk and scraps. But more on that below... and then the second package finally got to the bottom of it. The magnetic mixer arrived... and it doesn't work :mad:

This is what the order was supposed to look like...

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...and here's the piece of **** I got.

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Naturally, I didn't accept this result and sent the junk back, and I'll be refunding the entire amount.

It's a shame that people even call this work done. And since so few people have volunteered to do what I want, I'll have to do it the old-fashioned way... using fiberboard furniture material, at least everything will be even and mimetic, without such botched work. I once made two wardrobes and a bed for myself, and they made them according to my plans. Of course, I wanted wood, but I'll have to make it out of fiberboard. I just need boxes for the ships. Although the modlays are in the tel, wood oxidizes, plus UV... and I'll show you the difference between the material on the ship and the one that's been sitting on the windowsill for two months. So, I want to order stands and order plexiglass for them and cover it with a museum-quality film with a UV filter, like I did for the Victory. It's been standing for so long and everything is fine with it. So, that's how it is... It's a shame you can't travel much in Ukraine these days and check out the craftsmen in person. Photos show everyone is a master, but in reality, they send you such garbage...

The only good thing is that the blackening seems to be going more or less well. The results are consistent and repeatable... and most importantly, I finally like it... and I'll show you soon; I'm preparing a post.
 
Thank you, friends, for your activity. Thank you, @Charlie1805 Thank you for your kind words and wishes. The same to you, friend!



Today is a day of disappointment for me... after four and a half months, my order from the carpenter arrived. As you may remember, I was modeling stands for models and for a milling machine. The craftsman kept promising me, but it feels like when the deadlines were already approaching, he cobbled it all together in half an hour out of junk and scraps. But more on that below... and then the second package finally got to the bottom of it. The magnetic mixer arrived... and it doesn't work :mad:

This is what the order was supposed to look like...

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...and here's the piece of **** I got.

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Naturally, I didn't accept this result and sent the junk back, and I'll be refunding the entire amount.

It's a shame that people even call this work done. And since so few people have volunteered to do what I want, I'll have to do it the old-fashioned way... using fiberboard furniture material, at least everything will be even and mimetic, without such botched work. I once made two wardrobes and a bed for myself, and they made them according to my plans. Of course, I wanted wood, but I'll have to make it out of fiberboard. I just need boxes for the ships. Although the modlays are in the tel, wood oxidizes, plus UV... and I'll show you the difference between the material on the ship and the one that's been sitting on the windowsill for two months. So, I want to order stands and order plexiglass for them and cover it with a museum-quality film with a UV filter, like I did for the Victory. It's been standing for so long and everything is fine with it. So, that's how it is... It's a shame you can't travel much in Ukraine these days and check out the craftsmen in person. Photos show everyone is a master, but in reality, they send you such garbage...

The only good thing is that the blackening seems to be going more or less well. The results are consistent and repeatable... and most importantly, I finally like it... and I'll show you soon; I'm preparing a post.
I'm very sorry you had trouble with your woodwork/cabinetry that you contracted out. Most people would probably look at it and say it's great, but you being an exceptionally skilled builder see all the flaws that many do not see.
That pin you pointed out that you didn't ask for might be just a cover that is over a screw head.
Very sad work.
 
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