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Battleship model from scratch

Postby johnkilo » Sun Oct 27, 2013 7:08 pm

What about pirate ships, Edge?

We all but finished the 5 inch gun turrets. We're waiting on some brass tubing for the barrels.

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Sorry for the crappy pic, but here's how it sits now.

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Postby Edge Guerrero » Sun Oct 27, 2013 8:16 pm

johnkilo wrote:What about pirate ships, Edge?

We all but finished the 5 inch gun turrets. We're waiting on some brass tubing for the barrels.



- They're pretty common on the gifts stores over here, i think making one would've be cool
I live on a touristic city:

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Handmade art is common here, that's is way i appreciate your job, and since i live on a island, boats are common on the stores
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Postby Edge Guerrero » Sun Oct 27, 2013 8:22 pm

Ps: Sorry for the big pictures, i edited, but don't know how to make them small
Btw, very good work, sorry for derailing your thread

Wish i could do something like this
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Postby johnkilo » Mon Oct 28, 2013 9:07 am

It's okay, my pictures are huge too... and I'm just too lazy to resize them.

Where are you from?

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Postby Edge Guerrero » Mon Oct 28, 2013 6:31 pm

johnkilo wrote:It's okay, my pictures are huge too... and I'm just too lazy to resize them.

Where are you from?


- Brasil - Florianópolis
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Postby johnkilo » Thu Oct 31, 2013 5:33 pm

Finished the 5 inch guns today.

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Postby Edge Guerrero » Fri Nov 01, 2013 4:03 pm

johnkilo wrote:Finished the 5 inch guns today.



- Is looking awesome John
You use some type of saw?
Or you do everything with knife?
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Postby johnkilo » Sun Nov 03, 2013 8:49 am

Edge Guerrero wrote:
johnkilo wrote:Finished the 5 inch guns today.



- Is looking awesome John
You use some type of saw?
Or you do everything with knife?


All kinds of saws and sanders. We have a woodworking shop in our basement and a metal working shop in our garage.

I'll have an update later today.

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Postby Edge Guerrero » Sun Nov 03, 2013 11:04 am

johnkilo wrote:
Edge Guerrero wrote:
johnkilo wrote:Finished the 5 inch guns today.



- Is looking awesome John
You use some type of saw?
Or you do everything with knife?


All kinds of saws and sanders. We have a woodworking shop in our basement and a metal working shop in our garage.

I'll have an update later today.


- Cool
Keep the good work
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Postby johnkilo » Sun Nov 03, 2013 6:48 pm

Made these tiny anti aircraft guns. Hopefully we'll have them on by tomorrow.

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Started working on the rear of the ship where the propellers go.

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Today we ordered some brass propellers for the ship (really damn expensive), as well as anchors and railings.


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