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Mo, It's looking really good!Looking at your progress might give me the kick up the behind, to get back into it!!  ________________________________________________________________________________________ Built Mare Nostrum Google Photo AlbumMatelot (ˈmætləʊ) , Matlo or Matlow
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Another nice update Mo, coming together nicely....  Regards Alan
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Really looks great, Mo. Gives me hope as a first time ship builder that I can achieve a similar level of success with all these very tiny details. You really don't get a true sense for how small everything is until you have the parts in front of you. Just makes these ship builds that much more impressive. Keep the updates coming. Stephen Current Builds: HMS Sovereign of the Seas /// Lamborghini Countach /// Eaglemoss BTTF DeLorean
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Matelot one wrote:Mo, It's looking really good!Looking at your progress might give me the kick up the behind, to get back into it!!
Come on get back into it Matelot, its great fun, Hard fingers with superglue, and general frustration, great fun.
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Mo ⚓️ 🍺
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scraperjawa wrote:Really looks great, Mo. Gives me hope as a first time ship builder that I can achieve a similar level of success with all these very tiny details. You really don't get a true sense for how small everything is until you have the parts in front of you. Just makes these ship builds that much more impressive. Keep the updates coming.
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Thanks for dropping bye, I feel the reward's are great when you look at what you can achieve, Just dig in, The parts are very small, or are my fingers just big ! ! ! lol
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Hi Mo. looking really good. keep up the good work Ian. Current builds.Hachettes build the bismark,HMS Victory, HMS Hood.
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Great work, she is looking superb.
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Nice update Mo. Your doing a great job on her. Your ratlines are great, just one tip mix a little pva with water and wet the lines. Then use a pencil tip to push down on them slightly to induce rope sag. Just adds a little extra to your build. Chris On the bench 1/350 Revell Tirpitz Platinum Edition (Pontos PE and Wooden deck) plus extra Eduard PE set and extra MK1 door sets.
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Another fine update. Really enjoying following this build, keep up the good work. Regards delboy271155 (Derek) COME BACK GUY FAWKES "YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU"
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magpie1832 wrote:Nice update Mo. Your doing a great job on her. Your ratlines are great, just one tip mix a little pva with water and wet the lines. Then use a pencil tip to push down on them slightly to induce rope sag. Just adds a little extra to your build. Chris
Hi Magpie,
Thanks for looking in, great wee tip about the Pva for the rat lines, I have been missing your Surprise build, I was always a good bit behind you, and I could follow your build, but now your busy with official builds, I seem to be on my own now.
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Looking good Mo very nicely done on the hand rail Rgd Martyn Building ?
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Really nice work Mo. The ratlines are a long fiddly job but what a difference they make when they are completed.... Well done.... Regards Alan
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[size=8] All the ratlines all done, I have completed all the deckwork, as per the plan, hope all is in place. I have put all the bits on the deck, but not fixed them, for the picture only, as I am going to take them off for the rigging, hopefully that will give me more room. I am also leaving off the gun port's as well, as I don't want to catch things and break them.  [/URL]  [/URL]  [/URL]  [/URL]  [/URL] Mo /size] Mo
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Really nice work Mo, and some great pictures too
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Thanks Davetwin,
Hope some information and pictures will help someone.
Again beeswax to the backstay ropes.
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I really thought I was beat here, The small clump blocks are wired to the chainwales, and I have to get the thread puller in from the back, so as the thread if the correct way round, But with a bit of twisting the clump block, and bending the thread puller, I pulled it off, Again just shows what can be done if you apply yourself.
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And with a bit of effort the backstays to the main mast are complete, I would really like these lines to have a bit of a sag about them, but if I even let the tension go a little, the line looks wrong, I have a generous helping of beeswax on them, I thought this may of helped shape it with a sag, but no.
When I do the diagonal rigging from mast to mast, I was thinking about hanging a crocodile clip on the line before tensioning it, ( I read that somewhere ) Tie it off, then use some P V A glue, rubbed on to the line with my fingers, to try and create a sag, Any ideas.
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