TEV Wahine 1/35 Large Scale RC build

Amazing - great work on your model - or I should say "Ship"
 
There is not much to say that has not been said above. The building of a project for me is just the final stage of my research that I enjoy as much as building the project what ever it is.

My hats off to you for being able to stay with the project for so long and bringing it to fruition.
 
Hey Richard. I see that you're at it again. The model is progressing nicely and looks terrific. I don't know where you find the patience to do the detail work but it's sure beyond my skill level. Didn't you say that this was for a customer? Keep up the great work and we are always interested in MORE pictures. Pete (Norgale)
 
Norgale said:
Didn't you say that this was for a customer?
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No that was a different one" SS Tamahine" and it fell through, it was going into the Interisland ferry terminal in NZ but thats all gone to S%^T as government can't manage money
Also the Cutty Sark Kit was for a client.
 
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MikeBi said:
My hats off to you for being able to stay with the project for so long and bringing it to fruition.
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Thanks Mike, Its hard to stay focused on a such a large overwhelming job, some days I seriously wish I had not plated the hull and just gone with a normal smooth one, but then having all the plating plans and a ship that had such prominent distortions in her plating it would just not sit right with me.I am pretty happy with the effect I have done witha pizza cutter on a rubber mat.
 
I thought I would prepare a section showing the plating next to a photo and the shell expansion so people can see the adherance to reality.....hopefully
The blue are the ones shown below.
the weld seams are .5mm styrene rod glued into a fine groove on edge of plates formed by scraping with a blade before bonding to hull

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rsds said:
After leaving the styrene for 18 months to see if it stays bonded to the hull in our extreme temeperatures I can report indeed it has, we have gone from 5 to 38 c over that time and it does not come off unless I chisel it off bit by bit. I can safely say I am safe to proceed again. Only with the proper commercial cyano "Starbond" though which is amazing stuff.
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Hallo @rsds
we wish you all the BEST and a HAPPY BIRTHDAY
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