thank you all for the warm welcome.
I found this forum quite recently by researching Montanes by occre. And I found a lot of other good topics and tips here so I decided to join.
I knew that black friday is coming and my birth day was near so I bought myself a present...
what can I say... I built amati Lady nelson (first wooden ship) then last year I bought the Essex (current build) and Corsair (next in line) (black friday again) and none of those models scared me, also I got them for like really cheap... (-50%) but this... this thing scares me
, I think it will stay in my shelf for a long long time until I will feel that I can take up this challenge.
Back to the topic.
So as I mentioned I am a begginer, I do not have any special tools for wooden models (but I do have a bunch for plastic ones). To cut the thin strips of wood I am using a thin and sharp single blade nippers like this:
I find them really good to use, it is fast to cut, but you have to be carefull to cut it straight if I'm cutting bigger ones... really speeds up the process for me For bigger strips (blocks or what you call them...) I use a mini saw that I usually cut resin with.
It came with other saw options (I use the bigger one) and I find it fine, especialy when there are hard placed to access, it bends quite nicely but sometimes would like to get one with bigger teeth so that it would cut better.
and that is it. I do not have pliers for metal bending ( I saw one that make a round bend by just pressing them down in a shape of some sorts) And I am considering getting some other tools.
For glue I use Herkules Expert. It's like PVA or other wood glue, but the curing time is really fast (or i think it is) when I was planking the hull for second time (I do not know how it is called, my knowledge is limited but the I called it planking with fine looking wood?) I only used this and some pressure from my fingers and I did not need any CA (well maybe a few times) it stuck almost Imediately while carefully pressing and brushing my fingers along the planks.
I also have amati Pin pusher, I wanted to know is there any pin pushers that have a magnet in the bottom so the nails would not fall out?
Now I really do not like the given blocks of occre, dead eyes and etc. They look poorly made... In the future I might buy them seperately... I do not like them also because they do not soak the stains I use.
Speaking about the stains and paint, I use Tamiya panel line brown for the masts. Paint Ammo mig Atom, other stains are from various Ammo mig filters, streaking effects and washes. Laquer I use a spray can...
I did buy amati treads, that I like better, they look like they are pre-waxed? I also bought beeswax, but did not try to use it yet, but I will soon...
I will post more updates on the ship when I will make some progress, but having not enough time (who does right?
) and two children I just can't do as much as I want. But I am happy that my kids like the stuff I do and want to help, thats it for now, thank you again
