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1/24th scale POF 36' French Longboat, Cherry wood version from Unicorn

That's awesome, Tim! Thanks so much for doing it. I'll send a PM when I get home, but maybe put them in a google drive folder and share that?
 
rtwpsom2 said:
That's awesome, Tim! Thanks so much for doing it. I'll send a PM when I get home, but maybe put them in a google drive folder and share that?
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Sure - but I've never used a google drive folder before - let's see now, google is usually easy ...
 
I just granted access to my google drive (didn't know I'd have to do that). The pics are in alphabetical order except for the 1st two called "page 1 top En.png" and "translated_image_en.png".
 
Tim Green said:
I just granted access to my google drive (didn't know I'd have to do that). The pics are in alphabetical order except for the 1st two called "page 1 top En.png" and "translated_image_en.png".
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I still had to request access to download
 
Tim Green said:
I have translated the instructions - I had to create 3 sections for each page, in order to get good translations. Each translated section is about 1.5mb and includes the pics. There are 23 files total. If anybody wants a copy - I'll send em to you ... tell me how you'd like to get em. They are currently in png format. And as I said, each one is about 1.5mb. And the zip file is 32mb. I included one of the section files so you know what I'm offering.View attachment 545546
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I would love to see how I could get a copy of these before I start my journey with the kit.
 
Rob's photos and work are so good - but I still might start my own blog for this same boat - dunno.

Just got my frames all beveled up, and the char removed. And I am ready to attach frame 28 to the keel and fix the keel to the frames in the jig.

Lucky for me that I saw the link to the build videos in this blog. The vids had some useful bits that I didn't find in the instructions.
 
You absolutely should, it's a fun kit and the more the merrier. Plus more free advertising for Zoltan.
 
Allright, not a ton of progress, I didn't enjoy this part as much because it was a lot harder. These four clamps just did not want to go in. I got the bottom two bent at the front by soaking and using a bending iron on them, but even then one broke before I could cut it to length. The upper two both broke while sanding the char from the edges. So I didn't even bother trying to bend them at the front. I think it would have been better to leave them full width and etch the notches on so you could use a grinding tip to remove that later. So not my proudest work, I hope the decking at the front and rear will cover for these mistakes.

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