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  1. Blue Ensign
    Wonderful stuff Nils, I love it B.E.
  2. Blue Ensign
    Your deck detail looks fine in that close up photo Martin, as do the shroud cleats. I envy you that work space, going to look impressive with all your hardware set up. I'm effectively limited to 30" x 24" on my desk top. From one shipyard apprentice to another. Happy Birthday Bounce, from William and me.
  3. Blue Ensign
    Like what you've done with the Pinnace Mike. Cheers, B.E.
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    Those shots look impressive Jay, nice progress. B.E.
  5. Blue Ensign
    Looking good Ray, I admire your patience with all those flemish coils B.E.
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    Great looking build Nils, I will follow your log with interest. Love the photo of the Meister at work. B.E.
  7. Blue Ensign
    Nice detailing Bob B.E.
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    Looking good Mihai, the subtle curves show up nicely on the photo's. Cheers, B.E.
  9. Blue Ensign
    Sounds like an average day in the life of a ship modeller to me Bob, but the clean -up looks excellent Onwards.... B.E.
  10. Blue Ensign
    What a great model Nils, some very good techniques you've used, I love it! B.E.
  11. Blue Ensign
    You've come a long way in developing your techniques Holty since the first planking, and she's turning into a nice looking model. Regarding the line diameters for gun rigging:- The breeching is around 4.25" circumference which scales to 0.54mm diameter. The side tackles if you intend to fit them are 2" circumference line = 0.25mm diameter at scale. (source AotS Cutter Alert) You might find that 0.5mm line looks a little thin for the breeching line when placed on the gun and 0.25mm a little thick for the tackles by comparison. There should be a visible difference in size between the two; in rigging the six pounders on Pegasus I went for 0.7mm line for the breeching and 0.1mm line for the tackles, but I also used much smaller tackle blocks than kit provided ones. If you go for 0.25mm tackles (because the blocks are bigger) then I would consider 0.75mm line for the breeching. Regards, B.E.
  12. Blue Ensign
    Nice shots of your Badger Mike those furled sails are looking very good, a very attractive model. B.E.
  13. Blue Ensign
    Just love looking at pics of your Wasa Michael, presumably the deadeyes will swivel in the strops so you can get the right orientation when you come to rig the lanyards. B.E.
  14. Blue Ensign
    Looking excellent Augie, beautifullly clean work B.E.
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    I'm relieved to see she has been cased Michael otherwise I would have had to seriously up my game in the cleaning stakes Nice story about your time in the UK and the painting. Cheers, B.E.
  16. Blue Ensign
    Those carronades look excellent Ray, and the arrangement on the deck suits just fine. As I understand it the arrangement where the bed was fixed thro' the gun port cill was an early one, around 1780 according to Brian Lavery. By 1795 when Diana received her carronades, Lavery at least suggests the pad arrangement was typical. B.E.
  17. Blue Ensign
    She looks immaculate Michael, if she's an uncased model after all those years, quite remarkable. B.E.
  18. Blue Ensign
    Great shots of the Quarterdeck Peter, the saddle is a reasonable addition, the outer end of the boom was supported by the Topping lifts, but if they gave way the whole assembly would crash to the deck. The jaws on the boom look nicely done. Cheers, B.E.
  19. Blue Ensign
    Both your builds are impressive Kevin, but as my mindset is firmly in the Eighteenth Century, I would go with Victory, she looks magnificent. B.E.
  20. Blue Ensign
    Nicely done Michael, a clear sign of things to come! B.E.
  21. Blue Ensign
    You've chosen a great kit Mihai and I'm sure you will enjoy the building experience, she makes up into a fine model whether a 'bashed' or oob build. I'm pleased to see that Amati have addressed the Ensign issue and are now including the correct period version. Cheers, B.E.
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    That looks fine to me Vitus, the colour tone echoes that of the rails, and the decoration level looks fine for what is a lowly Sixth Rate. The only thing I might think about changing is the Acanthus leaves decoration on the Canopy to a relief moulding rather than cut into the Canopy itself. Such decoration could be fashioned from thin card or paper and simply stuck on and varnished over, just a thought. B.E.
  23. Blue Ensign
    Hi Grant my vote is for Option 2; I have to admit a preference for both taut and slack rigging on a model and the yard tackles hanging below the yard and hooked to the futtocks gives an opportunity to display this. The arangement you have with the Long tackle blocks and falls needs some fettlin' to get them to look their best along the yard, the lines pulled close thro' the sheaves and hanging in a realistic curve to indicate a certain heaviness in the tackle. To achieve this I tend to stretch the lines and paint them with dilute pva or similar and then weight them to get the result. I know Longridge advocated hooking them into the channels to help secure the yards against the upward pull of the lifts, but for me it's the least attractive option. Cheers, M.
  24. Blue Ensign
    I think I would like to view it with the canted lights in place as well, and an overall broadside shot to better judge the colour balance with the rest of the hull. B.E.
  25. Blue Ensign
    Impressive result Mike with the launch, particularly given the smallish scale, well done. B.E.

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