Trident Model - HMS Alert 1777 by Lusitania1915

[Lusitania1915]

Hello, I am writing from Germany.
what can I say?
After a rich week my kit arrived here well packed in an undamaged box.

I use DeepL for translation, and without wanting to advertise, I think it works well.

More information and a real start of construction will be available in the next days.
Many greetings
L.

 

[Uwek]

Hello, I am writing from Germany.
what can I say?
After a rich week my kit arrived here well packed in an undamaged box.

I use DeepL for translation, and without wanting to advertise, I think it works well.

More information and a real start of construction will be available in the next days.
Many greetings
L.
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Great news, that you also received your kit - I am looking forward to see your build

 

[Jimsky]

It is awesome news!! I will be in alert for your Alert build log, once you started it!

 

[shota70]

great, good luck

 

[Lusitania1915]

First I would like to give you some impressions of the unpacking (or is unboxing better?). I know that @paulv1958 did a much better job with his video and that this might be boring for you, but still...

Here are the pictures

 

[Lusitania1915]

Next I took a closer look at the box. For the preparatory work I will remove all traces of the milling cutters.As you can see, there is a lot of sawdust left behind, at first I thought you could knock it out or remove it with the vacuum cleaner, but far from it.
And so I will remove the remains for a few days and think about how to proceed. Maybe you have already moved on then.

Or do you leave the sawdust in place?

Now the pictures:

I think the before and after effect shows quite well what I mean.

 

[Jimsky]

Hello, The sawdust has to be removed first as it will be difficult removing parts from frets. It cleans fairly easy with a dental pick tool

 

[Lusitania1915]

yes, I also use the entire range of instruments. Pictures will be available tomorrow. If my dentist knew that. He is surely already looking for his tools

 

[Lusitania1915]

OK, here's a quick picture. Of course the scriber is not a tool of my dentist.
Unless, of course, he wanted to torture me. Hm... I have to think about that. Where did I get this?

 

[Jolley Roger]

Welcome aboard Lusitania!
Looking forward to your progress.
I just leave the sawdust until I need a part, easy to remove with a pick or wire brush as you have demonstrated.

 

[Lusitania1915]

There is something meditative about removing the sawdust. And who does not need it sometimes?

However, if I continue in the homeopathic doses, I will only start building the cradle of the ship in a few weeks

 

[Jimsky]

I made a decision to clean all frets from sawdust first. For me, it makes sense to spend time cleaning and have all the timber frets ready for parts (as needed). It should eliminate dust when the actual build process starts. Some times, it will require to cut parts from multiple boards, when clean it is easy to locate, IMHO.

Here is the amount of sawdust from all timber frets



I keep it safe for later use, it is a really good material for home-made putty

 

[Lusitania1915]

Oh, maybe I should save the shabby remains of my cleaning orgy for later use. Thanks for the tip!

 

[Lusitania1915]

Right at the beginning of my construction of the Berth a part of it broke (CL 05).
That started well. Although I could glue it, I will be more careful in the future.
I hope that it will nevertheless hold the keel reliably.
After finishing the first steps of Berth I will start building the keel.

 

[shota70]

Dear Lusitania1915
I'm glad you got the model and have the right to start building it. I will follow the progress with great curiosity.
I would be happy if you document each step both in written explanations and lots of pictures and videos, so we can get help with them.
Wishing you pleasure and success in the process.

 

[Lusitania1915]

Sorry, I forgot the pictures. I will hand them in later in the day!

 

[Kurt Konrath]

Cleaning the frets of saw dust is project of its own!

 

[Jimsky]

Cleaning the frets of saw dust is project of its own!

Yes, Kurt, it is time-consuming but... it well worth to clean them all at the beginning, IMHO

 

[Kurt Konrath]

That is what I plan when I finally get my kit.

For now it’s wait and watch others who are ahead of me in builds

 

[Jimsky]

For now it’s wait and watch others who are ahead of me in builds

If you think about it, you have some advantages. As we advance in our assembly we show the way doing it...and now we have build log all video, thanks Paul @paulv1958 Yay!!