Oliver24

Hi Sticker,

Unfortunately not. For some time now I had not made any progress with my main project neither. I am surprised that nobody started this build, since it one of the most interesting projects around.

Cherrs

I have found a video of a Santa Maria where we can see at 1:38 the way the rope was sew. Is this the correct way? 

Thank you guys! Can I ask how did you sew the bolt ropes to the sails? 

Can someone explain to me how the boltropes are glued to to sails? What glue is used, carpenter glue or super glue? Thank you in advance.

Some new pictures about my work on the Santa Maria. Things are going well and I learn something new every time I spend time with it. 

Good to hear that Jeff! Maybe their newer kits are more consistent. 

I will join also, it seems a beautiful ship.

Great info Guys! Thank you so much! So it seems that the Santisima Trinidad had indeed two different paintings : yellow and red. I will look closely the British National Museum`s website for captured Spanish ships. Also, the paintings of Carlos Parilla Penagos are beautiful...

Good to know you are back in the game Rossi46! I am really looking forward to this

Thank you Old Collingwood! My work approaches to finish... 

Another picture of my progress. Although plenty of mistakes were made, I am truly happy with the results till now:

Thank you montanes and bruce! I am glad that the original plans of those great ships survived 

Congratulations for your work! I am a big admirer of big Spanish ships and I would like to ask you if there are any surviving plans for the Montagnes/San Ildefonso/San Huan Nepomuceno or Santissima Trinidad from the period where they were built.  

Wow! Thank you so much Bruce! There seem to be some plans of the Santissima Trinidad also, however they seem new to me, not the originals

I wonder if there are any accurate plans big Spanish ships from the XVIII-XIX centuries. My understanding is that the plans of the flagship Santissima Trinidad are lost and only paintings or drawings have survived. I still don`t know if the hull was red, yellow or brown as there are several versions...

But what about the San Juan Nepomuceno, the San Ildefonso or the Montagnes? Do we have some accurate information about the plans and description of these ships? 

Some progress made with the masts. Does anybody know how to rig this?

Beautiful work zappto! Congratulations!

A have made a little progress. I have attached the boat and the necessary rigging to it. Also, I have attached the fences. It was a tricky process due to the fact that I have introduced a 0,7 mm wire in them in order to ensure better stability. I used some wood glue also, of course.

Dear Steve, I will get aboard with your permission. The project is very interesting and I like the ship 

I picked up the package today! The seller was kind enough to wrap it in multiple shock absorbing bubble bags. I opened it as soon as I could. On a first glance it seems that everything is there. The small plastic boxes with the small parts are unopened so I presume that nothing is missing. The instructions, plans and the story of the ship is there as well. There are at least two pages with rigging instructions which is great. My only concern so far is the slightly darker lines on one of the brown laser cut parts which you can see from the pictures. I don`t know yet if it will be a problem or not...All in all, I can say that it is quite a heavy package with a lot of content. It is bigger than I expected...It will be  challenging build. For 1/4th of the retail price, it is a steal.

Nice build! I will follow you closely since in the near future I am planning to build a similar ship and I have much to learn. Will running blocks be used in this ship? I would like to see the rigging process of them 

It certainly looks appealing however I am awaiting for the shipment to arrive next week. I am still wondering why it is so inexpensive...

nicbud, thank you so much!! So I must actually wrap two lines around the block attached to the mast! Thank you very much🙏

Every block has a line around them, like a shroud. But how do I link the two blocks? 

Indeed, my question is how can I link the line which leads from the upper block through the middle of the lower block in diagram A.