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winston   Registered Member #1 Joined: Sat Jun 13 2009, 02:08pmPosts: 2354 | Well, it seems like forever since I had the chance to build a model at home and after a month or so of thinking about things I decided to settle on building a Chinese Junk. Initially I was going to build from scratch but decided against it purely for purposes of expediency as I don't have a lot of time to spend in the shop making sawdust.
After some searching the only model kit I could find was Amati's 1:100 scale Chinese Pirate Junk. Not exactly what I was hoping for but I think I can modify it to suit my purposes which is to give it to my brother who has a fascination for anything oriental. I think this model will make a nice addition to his collection.
So here is the basic hull structure
With any luck I should be able to post updates on a weekly basis.
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| aew |
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aew Registered Member #1929 Joined: Wed Nov 30 2011, 03:05pmPosts: 2888 | Winston: What are the instructions like? The ones for my Amati bireme were virtually non existent. | ||
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| Winston |
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| winston Registered Member #1 Joined: Sat Jun 13 2009, 02:08pmPosts: 2354 | I was actually a little surprised at how poor the instruction manual is with this kit. I have found that with most kits at least you will find some pictures that will show the model through some stages of the of the build process. There are no pictures at all in this one. There's a few basic sketches and that's it. | ||
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| aew |
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| aew Registered Member #1929 Joined: Wed Nov 30 2011, 03:05pmPosts: 2888 | You got a manual? That's a step forward, all I got were two or three notes on the plans!  | ||
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| Winston |
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| winston Registered Member #1 Joined: Sat Jun 13 2009, 02:08pmPosts: 2354 | Yeah. Its a 6-8pg booklet. Thank god there's plans. | ||
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| chazz |
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 Registered Member #2137 Joined: Thu Feb 16 2012, 04:11amPosts: 2 | Winston: I built this kit last Christmas for my son's family; his wife is Vietnamese. Ths plans and instructions ARE rather sketchy and someplaces contradictory, like showing five guns on drawings and the box picture but four on the plans, and varying looks at some of the bulkheads. I did some online research and found that one place offered a completed model that looked just like the Amati model. I don't remember where it was right now, but I'll look for it tomorrow. The model came out nice so long as you don't expect a historic reality model Chazz | ||
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| GMintz |
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 Registered Member #197 Joined: Thu Aug 06 2009, 11:31amPosts: 25 | Hi Winston, I think you will find it builds into a very attractive ship. I had a hard time trying to get the decals to work and ended up painting instead. Good luck, Greg | ||
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| Winston |
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| winston Registered Member #1 Joined: Sat Jun 13 2009, 02:08pmPosts: 2354 | I was sizing up the decals and thought about replacing them with something a little different. That kind of detail painting though is a little out of my league. Recently my wife was trying something with a computer printed picture where it was adhered to a piece of wood with shellac and then had a layer of shellac applied over it. I was quite impressed with the results. Might try some tests with something like that to see what it looks like. | ||
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 Registered Member #1925 Joined: Tue Nov 29 2011, 05:32amPosts: 1341 | Hey Winston, Well it is great to see the the one who owns and runs the show here, is gonna have a little fun for himself. This will be a very interesting build. Oh, Amati has always been lousy with their instructions. Kinda like Billing Kits are geared for the more experience modeler....have fun | ||
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| twintrow |
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| Registered Member #121 Joined: Tue Jul 21 2009, 04:41amPosts: 436 | Winston I think what your wife was doing is called decoupage. I used to do a lot of photography here in the southwest and that was how I mounted all my photos. It works very well and is attractive when finished. Never tried it on a ship though, but it should work well. Secret will be to have the background of the image match the surface you apply it to. If the background is clear it should work well. If on a painted surface then it gets tricky matching the printed color to the painted color. Tom [ Edited Tue Aug 28 2012, 05:06am ] | ||
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