Posted by: thomas australia« on: 16 September 2020, 07:25:26 »Thank you for your replies.
swiftdoc your Velarde looks beautiful and it's just going to be a case of slow and steady. Thanks again Kind regards Tom Posted by: swiftdoc« on: 13 September 2020, 20:22:55 »I did it the same way as Colin has explained. All of the openings you can see at the first batch of photos in this thread were made using this method: first drill some small holes and then open it using very fine files. It takes some time but is well worth the effort as you can be sure that the edges will not chip.
Posted by: colin« on: 13 September 2020, 09:47:11 »Hi Tom,
I have not built the Velarde, but I would imagine it's much like any other kit, and the procedure/process is much the same... I think the Velarde kit has laser cut plastic, all of the edges need cleaning/sanding to remove the laser cut gloss (burnt) before glueing.. As for drilling holes in fiberglass.. I personally drill a hole that is at least 2 times smaller than the hole required, then open it out with a very fine files.. Because the fiberglass is prone to chip when drilling or using corse files.. I would only use a sanding/cutting disc, or grinder if the hole when finished would be twice the size of the grinder/sanding disc.. Having said that, if for example the freeing ports were 1cm x 2cm I would used a small drill and drill lots of little holes around the marked area, staying well within the marked area, then with a fine file open the hole to the required size.. This is the way I would do it.. others might have other ways.. Posted by: thomas australia« on: 12 September 2020, 08:03:51 »Hello everybody.
I don't know if I'm doing this correctly, I have just joined the Forum as I have recently purchased a Velarde kit. I have been a modeller for many years and am now semi retired. Does anyone have any tips or traps in the building process for Velarde? I am a little daunted at the moment with doing all the cutouts in the hull, however will follow the build instructions as far as drilling around them first and then using a cutting disc and grinder to finish. Does anyone have any advice as to how to proceed with this critical first stage? Cheers Tom Posted by: colin« on: 22 February 2017, 05:40:48 »the figures that i have use are from Preiser (non paited) like the ones in the link below, most people know this name from model railways, they also do some 1:100 scale figures as well, some ready painted some not!
if you google with this search option you will find a few shops in the UK that sell these figures: "Preiser detailed-figures 1:100" https://www.preiser-figuren.de/massstab_suche,1:100 mainly used in Architecture offices? order numbers from Preiser: 74090, 190 pices unpainted, allsorts 74009, 6 pices painted (orange) mechanics some shops do the unpainted ones in groups of six, like this german shop for example! this is were i got my figures from: 3 figures came from part no. 124501 2 figures come from part no. 124510 3 figures come from part no. 124529 the rest landed in the bin..!!! http://www.modulor.de/shop/oxid.php/sid/x/shp/oxbaseshop/cl/details/anid/TLGM/pgNr/2 Posted by: swiftdoc« on: 20 February 2017, 08:49:47 »Thank you for the kind words.
The figures are made by Preiser. They are not the right scale (1/87th instead of 1/96th) but you can hardly recognize the difference. Have a look here for instance: http://www.ebay.de/itm/Preiser-10423-H0-Arbeiter-mit-Schutzkleidung-6-Figuren-handbemalt-Neu-/232212103631?hash=item3610eb81cf:g:QbsAAOxy9eVRQeLu and http://www.ebay.de/itm/Preiser-10037-H0-Autokran-Personal-6-Figuren-handbemalt-Neu-/361883351475?hash=item5441edb9b3:m:mXr969nHChIuyspcZK12Qjw Posted by: Dennis« on: 19 February 2017, 20:42:12 »Hey Arno, well done. Another fine build from you. Hope you post some pics of her on the water.
 Posted by: garry« on: 19 February 2017, 19:20:32 »great looking model where did you get the figures from
Posted by: swiftdoc« on: 19 February 2017, 14:50:16 »I have finished my Velarde today by adding the missing rigging of the masts.
Sailing her is impossible at the moment as the pond is still frozen.... Posted by: Dennis« on: 05 February 2017, 19:44:58 »Life boats look great!!! This build is sure to be a show stopper..
 Posted by: swiftdoc« on: 03 February 2017, 07:37:08 »Hi Hueycrewman,
thanks a lot for your kind words. I will do some rigging this weekend and then my Velarde will be finished completely. As you are an experienced modeller you will have no problems with the grp hulls. The ones from Deans are of superb quality and need only minor work (i.e. trimming the edges). In my opinion grp hulls are the best for models (lightweight but yet very rigid and can easily be painted compared to wood). If you come across any problems feel free to ask. I enjoyed building the Velarde very much. I would not recommend the kit for a beginner who has never done a kit before. But you are experienced and build the Timrix first so surely will make a success out of your kits. Please post some pics here later Regards Arno Posted by: Hueycrewman« on: 03 February 2017, 05:21:39 »Fantastic build. Thank you for the building info and superb photos as I have purchased two of this kit. One I will build standard while the other I will modify in looks slightly. I have never built anything using a grp hull before so I also purchased a Timrix to learn with. I have been modelling since about 1958 so this will be interesting to say the least.
Unfortunately as we aren't having any days under 40 C in the foreseeable future, it will be some time before my builds begin. Posted by: swiftdoc« on: 02 February 2017, 06:59:32 »Yes Colin, please do it at the Dortmund show
:)The positive effect is: from modelling I not only learned soldering, glueing and painting but at last sewing as well  Posted by: colin« on: 02 February 2017, 05:01:40 »shame on the Girls, I think I will have to tell them off the next time I see them
 but all looks really effective, grand job done.. Posted by: swiftdoc« on: 01 February 2017, 07:08:49 »I have finished the lifeboats at last. None of my ladies (got three of them!) was willing to sew the covers ???so I took a needle and a thread and taught myself some sewing skills
I made a template for the covers and cut them from an old handkerchief. Each thread was fixed by two knots secured with a small amount of superglue and then cut the rest of the thread. The boats are glued to the back of the davits by epoxy glue so that they are fixed when sailing the model. |