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    H.M.S. Sovereign of the seas

    Here is a link to the site I got the plans from. Sovereign Of The Seas - Harold T. Bodkin
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    H.M.S. Sovereign of the seas

    I have completed the mold unfortunately the mold release that I used instead of tape did not work and the plug had to be destroyed to get it out of the mold. I am now waiting for some better mold release. pics. (Note: I have smothed the inside and filled the gaps since I took these pics)
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    H.M.S. Sovereign of the seas

    I have coated the model in several coats of masking tape then coated that in car wax hopefully this will act as a mold release.
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    Digital Navy - USS Arizona - 1/100

    If you think 18 months is bad I'm going on two years with my uss constitution plastic kit by revell.
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    H.M.S. Sovereign of the seas

    I got the plug finished then added 1 coat of red spraypaint and 10 coats of black.I lost my camera so no pics:(.
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    H.M.S. Sovereign of the seas

    I continued on the upper works adding plastic body filler then made the spar deck.
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    H.M.S. Sovereign of the seas

    I got the rough sanding done on the upper works. As always here are some pics.
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    Vinyl cutter for card modeling

    My dad makes Vinyl stickers and after observing how his machine works I started thinking about using it for paper. After printing your plans you can send the cuts to the cutter then line up your paper with the cutter and have the machine cut it for you (It can also score) this would make card...
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    H.M.S. Sovereign of the seas

    I have filled it in with plastic body filler and added the sublift
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    H.M.S. Sovereign of the seas

    I did some sanding and got it down to shape. The new foam is a different consistency than the old making it harder to sand. I started on the cable car wile I was waiting for the foam to get hard.
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    H.M.S. Sovereign of the seas

    I finished foaming, here are some pics. .
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    H.M.S. Sovereign of the seas

    Do to bad weather I have postponed foaming.
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    H.M.S. Sovereign of the seas

    I got more foam and hopefully will start foaming tomorrow.
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    H.M.S. Sovereign of the seas

    While I wait for more foam I have been experimenting with pepacura and have gotten pretty good at unfolding models I made in google sketchup 7.1 (A program I already had) and they turned out quite well.
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    H.M.S. Sovereign of the seas

    I have been experimenting with pepacura and made hemisphere and cone.
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    H.M.S. Sovereign of the seas

    I Used an X-acto knife with #11 blades and sandpaper. I am lucky the can was almost emptysign1
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    H.M.S. Sovereign of the seas

    Aghh the nozzle broke off the can of foam. Well at least the lower part an most of the complex curves got foamed.
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    H.M.S. Sovereign of the seas

    I think I have a can of spray foam somewhere. For paint I have spray paint in gloss red, semi gloss black, flat black plus a little bit of flat black and some metallic in brush on model paint.
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    H.M.S. Sovereign of the seas

    the beakhead and part of the bow have skin
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    H.M.S. Sovereign of the seas

    I for got to say that this is only a mold for a radio control model so it only has to last till the fiberglass is dry then the structural integrity wont matter.
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