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    For small pieces like that on a plastic model, just paint them on the sprue. It’s quicker and avoids a LOT of frustration.
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    Congratulations! Well done!
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    @Jaager Thank you very much for the information!
  21. GrandpaPhil
    That looks like a quick and fun build that would make a great desktop model.
  22. GrandpaPhil
    I know. They are essentially the same ships. They even share the same plans in NMM. Either way, they fill a void in the kit market. I’ve never bought or built an Occre kit. I have thought about buying their kit of the Endurance or the other Polar ships. La Belle Poule I would build from the AAMM plans if I were going to build it.
  23. GrandpaPhil
    Steve, Thank you very much! Working on more blocks: The small single and double sheave blocks are made. Working on the larger single sheave blocks at the moment. Next, I’ll make the larger double sheave blocks. Then, I’ll make the fiddle blocks, followed by clew blocks, then the lift blocks, then two ramshead blocks, followed by some shoe blocks and lastly some large deadeye looking things with 5 holes in them. Somewhere along the way I need to make two mouses (I don’t think mice is an appropriate plural for them).
  24. GrandpaPhil
    I use Mont Marte PVA glue for both card and for wood. It works beautifully.
  25. GrandpaPhil
    You got this!
  26. GrandpaPhil
    Micha, I have heard that you either really like Billings Boats or you don’t. I have not built one of their kits. I really wanted their Vasa and Warrior for a while, but I have a card kit of the Vasa and plans for the Warrior in a book. Your Roar Ege looks fine to me. The most important thing about your first model is to finish it. Learn from your mistakes and move forward, applying that knowledge to your next project. This model was started to see what I could do. Speaking of which: The masts are glued in place. In accordance with the plans, the foremast is tilted slightly forward and the main and mizzen masts are tilted slightly aft. I made the small single sheave blocks. With the rigging fittings, I am starting with what I recognize and then researching the ones I don’t and then making them too. This model is a learning experience and I am enjoying it thoroughly!
  27. GrandpaPhil
    This was a good move on their behalf in my opinion. It will be unique in the kit world like their Terror, Erebus and Polaris.
  28. GrandpaPhil
    I do not know for sure. “Esther” would have been privately owned, much like an owner-operator semi driver. I am using the plans for the “Peacock” in Ab Hoving’s “17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships” for that build. I am building as drawn except for the transom painting and the two caryatids I added to the companionway door. What about “Vasa” and “Sovereign of the Seas”? Would those have had belaying pins?
  29. GrandpaPhil
    @Scottish Guy Micha, Will Cornwall Model Boats (from the UK) deliver to the Highlands? https://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/index.html If so, they have a lot of sailing yachts in both kit and plan form. The plans would probably help you more especially since you are wanting to scratch build one. That’s where I get a lot of my plan sets from.
  30. GrandpaPhil
    Micha, Thank you very much! I am trying to figure out all of the rigging fittings and how to use them. I would like to build them up as correctly as possible. I have never built a model from this time period although the 17th Century ships are aesthetically my favorites. So, this one is a little bit of a learning curve.
  31. GrandpaPhil
    For a swivel mounted carronade it will be similar to this: That’s on the Victory, so the carronade is a little bigger and a little heavier than what Niagara packed, but yours will be of a similar configuration, just most likely with only one set of blocks on each side to aim, not two sets on each side like is on mine.
  32. GrandpaPhil
    Masts are assembled! Next: paint and permanent installation once everything dries!

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