Started to put the finishing touches to the cannons and found it a little fiddly in places, especially with fixing the eyelets. So much so one of the eyelets went pinging across the dining room floor never to be seen again... didn't want to see that happen again so my solution was to thread bright red thread through the eyelet, tie it off and pin the other end of the thread to the board, that way if it went ping then it couldn't fly off too far.... it worked, saving me from crawling around the floor some more.

Also noticed, on Mr T's official build he shows the cannon with only 2 eyelets yet the magazine shows 3. Not being a naval historian am not sure which is correct. Have decided to go with Mr T and if necessary can add the 3rd eyelet at a later date.

Images of my cannons and anchor will be posted very soon..

So here are the first attempts at my cannons..... close up photo's do show up the flaws.... gives me areas I need to improve on.... All in all I am not too disappointed with how they turned out... As for the anchor, that is disappointing and have gone back to doing some work on it.... the binding I applied looks a little untidy for my liking....

Thanks Mike, think I will have a look at what your are doing before I go any further with the anchor.... appreciate you sharing..

hi gandale,it would pay you to check some of the victory build,at the same stage we are at with the sots.the anchor is well covered particularly son of bulwarks build,well worth a look.

Thought I would have a go at wiring up the cannnon blocks and must admit I found this particular task pretty difficult... not because the task itself was hard but more because of the size of the parts we have to work with... took a while but perservered with it and am quite happy with the results.... Am sure there must be many different ways of tackling these... Biggest thing I learned was patience.... Here is the final product....

Hi Gandale.
Looking realy good. keep up the good work. Ian

Thanks Ian, feel I have a steep learning curve to negotiate but thoroughly enjoying it so far.....

Folks, there is a problem with rib 13a, placed both 13a and 13b together and the pics below clearly show where the problems are..... don't believe the problem is too severe but not sure what affect it will have later in the build if any.... this is where I look for advice from the more experienced builders.....

Thanks Andy, posted the problem to make everyone aware they should check the parts carefully and also in the hope the more experienced modellers can give us assurance and recommendations as to the best way to continue...... Do wish I had done the same check on the other ribs..

Thanks for the comments Karl and I agree with you, everything is in alignment and therefore believe it is easily fixed.. now going to file the lower part of the lug on 13a until it fits.. filing the top edge of the lug would throw everything out of alignment. ok so the top of the rib may in fact be 1mm shorter but this can be taken care of later in the build..... Do think however it is good to highlight issues such as this just in case something gets missed or overlooked..... Thanks again....