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Derek, Ant, thanks for your kind comments, truly appreciated..... Regards Alan
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Very nice Alan, well worth the effort, and congratulations on the yellow. Cheers Paul Building: DelPrado HMS Victory. Building: DeAgostini Sovereign Of The Seas.
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Gibbo wrote:Very nice Alan, well worth the effort, and congratulations on the yellow. Cheers Paul Thanks Paul, appreciated as always.... Regards Alan
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Issue 120 almost done and dusted... More bling to be painted for the prow and a doorway surround. Painted as per the instructions and given a coating of gloss varnish.. When dry the ornamentation was added to the prow and have to say am very pleased with how it all looks... The doorway surround has been stored to be fitted later... Next task was to fit the fenders to either side of the hull. These pieces required a little bending to follow the hull contours, the trusty kettle and steam did the job very easily. Gave the fenders a coat of medium oak stain and a coat of varnish... Notches were then cut out using a 2mm fine square diamond file....  .. Once happy these were then glued into position.... Final task on this issue was the doorway ladders. Instructions say to fit the first two rungs of 18mm, 1mm apart. I have done only one, if you fit two then you will find you do not have the room above the gun port to fit the gun port lid... Cut 8 rungs of 9mm rather than 7 as stated in the instructions...  .. Once again, wasn't to keen on just leaving them natural wood so painted the rungs gold and gave a coat of matt varnish.... When dry, fitted all in place....  .. Only have the ladder to fit on the other side, this will be done tomorrow evening then it's onto issue 121....  .. Until then, happy building all... Regards Alan Gandale attached the following image(s):
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 Lovely work Alan . I am also going to fit rope walks to the yards as they finish them off Rgd Martyn Building ? Completed. Soliei Royal . Sovereign of the Seas . Virginia . Scotland . San Felipe . Corel vasa , Santisima Trinadad X section , Vasa Next Build ? When sailors have good wine, They think themselves in heaven for the time. John Baltharpe
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Hi Alan! A very nice work, well done! She is growing day by day, the finish is in sight! Regards, Bernd
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Hi Alan, More stunning detail painting, you must have patience by the bucket load. WTG Regards delboy271155 (Derek) COME BACK GUY FAWKES "YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU"
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HI Alan. Looking superp. soon will need to press gang the crew. look forward to seeing more Ian Current builds.Hachettes build the bismark,HMS Victory, HMS Hood. Finished Builds Corel HMS Victory cross section.
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Martyn Ingram wrote: Lovely work Alan . I am also going to fit rope walks to the yards as they finish them off Rgd Martyn Thanks Martyn, pleased to hear you are going to fit the footropes, think it just adds a nice finishing touch to the spars.... Regards Alan
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der Gohfelder wrote:Hi Alan! A very nice work, well done! She is growing day by day, the finish is in sight!
Regards, Bernd Thanks Bernd, slowly getting there and can see in the distance the end is in sight..... Regards Alan
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delboy271155 wrote:Hi Alan, More stunning detail painting, you must have patience by the bucket load. WTG Regards delboy271155 (Derek) Thanks Derek, think in putting together these kits, just like your Lancaster, the one thing we all need is a great deal of patience....  .. We know if we rush it, then it is likely to go all wrong....  .. Thanks again. Regards Alan
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ian smith wrote:HI Alan. Looking superp. soon will need to press gang the crew. look forward to seeing more Ian Thanks Ian, always appreciate you looking in and commenting... Regards Alan
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Hi guys, issue 121 finally finished this evening... Started with the making up of 6 cannon ball crates for the foredeck.. once constructed and to tone them down a little I applied a coat of light oak stain and matt varnish..  .. Final task for this was to fill them with cannon balls, these are glued in place using again matt varnish and left to set... Next, onto the 6 buckets to compliment the cannon ball crates, after painting again, (didn't like the first effort), I decided not to use the supplied handles and created my own using 0.15 thread. Buckets have all been packed with tissue, tissue was then covered in black paint and left to dry, this gives the appearance of gunpowder and I really like how it looks... Cannon ball crates and buckets were then fitted to the foredeck... Final task for this issue was the painting and fitting of the ornamentation for the other side of the prow, all done as described in the previous issue.... Next issue has us back on rigging so until then.... Regards Alan Gandale attached the following image(s):
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Nice work Alan
All your hard work really is showing especially with all these little details
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Hi Alan  . I really like your idea of changing the bucket handles for rope ones and will do that for mine when I get to that stage if ok with you. Your tissue paper looks fantastic to and really sets it off  . Fantastic work as all ways. Best regards. Mark
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davetwin wrote:Nice work Alan
All your hard work really is showing especially with all these little details Thanks Dave, it's the little details that go to make a build that little bit extra special....  .. Thanks again for taking the time to look in... Regards Alan
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mark 2 wrote:Hi Alan  . I really like your idea of changing the bucket handles for rope ones and will do that for mine when I get to that stage if ok with you. Your tissue paper looks fantastic to and really sets it off  . Fantastic work as all ways. Best regards. Mark Hi Mark, thanks for your kind comments, appreciated as always.  .. You are very welcome to use any of the ideas from my build, be my guest.... Regards Alan
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 Stunning work as always Alan  The buckets look bril Rgd Martyn Building ? Completed. Soliei Royal . Sovereign of the Seas . Virginia . Scotland . San Felipe . Corel vasa , Santisima Trinadad X section , Vasa Next Build ? When sailors have good wine, They think themselves in heaven for the time. John Baltharpe
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Martyn Ingram wrote: Stunning work as always Alan  The buckets look bril Rgd Martyn Thanks Martyn, the buckets didn't look great with the handles supplied, or at least I didn't think so. Rope handles just fit the period better I believe....  .. Thanks again... Regards Alan
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Hi Alan, As good as ever, WTG. Another option for gunpowder is crushed graphite from pencils. (Carpenters pencils are best, more graphite by the inch) Used it on a dio I did a while ago, but the method used on yours gives another way to achieve the same end result. Good to see and share different methods. Keep up the good work. Regards delboy271155 (Derek) COME BACK GUY FAWKES "YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU"
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