ZHL Le Soleil Royal

Vfordyce said:
While I agree that it could have been sanded more, I think the bell will be covered with so much bling you might never notice. I used strips of wood, but you’d probably never notice it.
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My original thinking as the pictures in the instructions you sent me looked even worse than what I had done.
 
DARIVS ARCHITECTVS said:
Perhaps. There’s a lot of carvings over the surface of the Soleil Royal’s side galleries. You would have to examine the decorations and judge whether or not laminating the putty surface is worth the effort based on what is visible in the end.
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Darivs, I did acquiesce and started planking the bell. I will let you know how it turns out.
 
Started working on the port side balcony fences. Also planking the port side bell. Need a couple more places to put planking on it. I have to admit that it is smoother than without planks but now the planks have a great foundation. We will see how it looks when I paint it.

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Jay said:
Started working on the port side balcony fences. Also planking the port side bell. Need a couple more places to put planking on it. I have to admit that it is smoother than without planks but now the planks have a great foundation. We will see how it looks when I paint it.

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Trim the plank ends to remove the stepped line. The ends of the planks should form a single, curved, organic line around the bulge that is the side gallery. Use a NEW, SHARP razor knife, remove the scrap triangles. and use sanding sticks to remove all traces of glue or putty. You should see only wood. Using planks as wide at the hull planking made forming the wood over the curve of the gallery more difficult, I imagine. They were probably quite resistant to bending. Did you soak the strips in warm water thorough and pre-bend them before attempting to attach them to the ship? That makes the job so much easier.

Cut the ends of the planks to the line where the hull planking ended and the putty began. And don't fret. This sort of thing gets better with practice!
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DARIVS ARCHITECTVS said:
Trim the plank ends to remove the stepped line. The ends of the planks should form a single, curved, organic line around the bulge that is the side gallery. Use a NEW, SHARP razor knife, remove the scrap triangles. and use sanding sticks to remove all traces of glue or putty. You should see only wood. Using planks as wide at the hull planking made forming the wood over the curve of the gallery more difficult, I imagine. They were probably quite resistant to bending. Did you soak the strips in warm water thorough and pre-bend them before attempting to attach them to the ship? That makes the job so much easier.

Cut the ends of the planks to the line where the hull planking ended and the putty began. And don't fret. This sort of thing gets better with practice!
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Oh lordy, I think I’m gonna be going down the rabbit hole here.
 
DARIVS ARCHITECTVS said:
Actually, model ship building is more akin to a black hole...
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Kurt, if I might ask, how did you get in your signature where the name of your ship is in red and you can just touch the name and it will take you to the build?
 
Jay said:
Kurt, if I might ask, how did you get in your signature where the name of your ship is in red and you can just touch the name and it will take you to the build?
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Click on your name at the top of the screen.
Highlight and click on "Account Details".
Click on "Signature".
Edit your signature however you like, including inserting links, which will appear as red text to others.
Profit!
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DARIVS ARCHITECTVS said:
Trim the plank ends to remove the stepped line. The ends of the planks should form a single, curved, organic line around the bulge that is the side gallery. Use a NEW, SHARP razor knife, remove the scrap triangles. and use sanding sticks to remove all traces of glue or putty. You should see only wood. Using planks as wide at the hull planking made forming the wood over the curve of the gallery more difficult, I imagine. They were probably quite resistant to bending. Did you soak the strips in warm water thorough and pre-bend them before attempting to attach them to the ship? That makes the job so much easier.

Cut the ends of the planks to the line where the hull planking ended and the putty began. And don't fret. This sort of thing gets better with practice!
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Good afternoon Jay. I’m with Kurt here. This would work. Remembering the amount of detail which will be added here, any deviation will get lost in all this detail. Cheers Grant
 
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DARIVS ARCHITECTVS said:
Click on your name at the top of the screen.
Highlight and click on "Account Details".
Click on "Signature".
Edit your signature however you like, including inserting links, which will appear as red text to others.
Profit!
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To make it into a link to your threads, copy the url and paste it into the area indicated when you click on the symbol that looks a little like a chain link. If you need more detailed help, please feel free to pm me.
 
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Vfordyce said:
To make it into a link to your threads, copy the url and paste it into the area indicated when you click on the symbol that looks a little like a chain link. If you need more detailed help, please feel free to pm me.
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Thanks Vic. You may be hearing from me soon.
 
Jay said:
Kurt, do I need a computer, I only have an iPad? Vic said I need to copy the url, where do I find that? Signed a not too bright old guy.
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The URL Vic is referring to is the internet web address where you presumably have your build log or photos stored, if you have any. Most of us use computers, and we take the pictures stored on our computers and copy them to some site on the internet where others can access them. The link, or URL, is a text address that other people use with their internet browser to download or view those pictures or web pages.

For example, I copied all my build log pictures to a free file storage website called IMGBB.com. All my pictures are stored there where others can view them. The ULR or address is here: https://ibb.co/album/r3rs8m
Now, Instead of typing "https://ibb.co/album/r3rs8m" in my signature on this forum, I use the link 1698005475938.png to create a name for that address, and that name happens to be: All La Couronne Build Pictures

Here's how to create that for yourself.
First, you need to store your pictures on the internet somewhere like IMGBB or other service. Basically, I am storing copies of my pictures on someone's computer somewhere else on the planet. Then to create a TEXT that links to them either 1) in one of your posts, or 2) in the signature editor, click on the 1698005475938.png

This requestor window will pop up:

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Paste the internet web address (URL) in the top, and the TEXT you want to name it in the bottom.

Now when other click on that TEXT, their internet browser will send them to the web address URL. That URL could be 1) a website, or 2) a link directly to a picture, which will then be displayed to them.
 
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