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  1. Paul0367
    I'm new to this ship stuff, sorry, please explain rig my lines ? I know the dead eyes are the rat line carriers and masts are, well mast. Are you referring to standing rigging.also is there an advantage to leaving them long before the running rigging is fitted. I haven't studied the rigging side in depth yet. I have read that you need to start from the inside and work your way out, for the obvious reasons of access.
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    Just a few random pictures thrown in.
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    I have framed my holes below the main mast and to be honest this is probably my favourite risk, it just looks right to have these openings for the rigging,,, ok, yes the purest will notice the mast should be almost central but I'm not cutting filling and moving mine.
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    Thanks Rich, Sir, I like that. My Cannon balls are fishing lead shot No8 00.6g ok they have a slit in for attaching to the line but I just pinch them closed, the balls are not perfectly smooth, like real canon balls and I just left them there natural colour. Airbrush, regards the Caldercraft kit, personally because this is my first ever venture into ship building I just didn't want to spend so much on a kit, honestly I didn't know if I could build one. So many part built models on ebay where they either loose interest or likely struggle to build.
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    Hi Dominic Last time we talked your kit was still awaiting delivery, cannot believe the price, you were given it. looking great by the way, love the captains quarters detail. I spend so much time building and adding my own pictures I confess to not routing about other builds very often. Airbrushpiracy led me to your site as we talk frequently and your name twigged the grey matter when he talked to you. I will be popping back to see your work.
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    Make the wife breakfast in bed, do some serious creeping and drop in, dear I want a Caldercraft Victory about £800, all the fittings and quality stuff will all arrive in the box. Bingo Oh and good luck with that one. remember which one i'm building, it not guaranteed to work. Failing the above, Cornwall Model boats should give you the information, that said there are plenty of them being built on MSW, ask the guys
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    Well I don't want to disappoint you but that at 90 mm is huge, the brass etched one is 45mm the gap between the davits is only 75 mm. No wonder the Caldercraft vessel is so detailed, it's a big girl in comparison. To be honest I never realised how much bigger, explains the price tag Really.
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    More chopping to match the real ship, just needs the frames
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    Send me your email address, i can send you pictures. don't trawl the net for this, I did and there is very little out there. To be honest I thought I did put images on but just had a look through and I didn't. Castings, you've got to send pictures of them, I can quite easily replace mine at this stage, the wheels, don't go to mad there almost obscured when fitted
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    Well I've cut more holes in my forecastle in an attempt to gain the natural effect, really though having done this on the upper deck deck I should have learnt to do it before fitting an array of obstacles. Looking at reference material there is no grill on the quarter deck surrounding the main mast base but there are two framed cut outs, well they will be fun to replicate I'm sure
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    Due to my kit staying natural and all my fittings being brass including the to be added railings I'm sticking with the brass look, I have only added colour where my hand was forced by the kit using cast metal parts in the exception of the flag insignia on the srern which required a splash of colour.
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    Last grates of this build completed, just put in position awaiting the deck cutting to allow a natural look, especially where the light will cascade onto the deck below. My canons are not completed yet despite sneaking into several pictures, some brass fittings to instal and also toying with the idea of fastening them down as they are on the real vessel but scale blocks are an issue here and looks like I may be making my own tiny ones to achieve this.
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    hello Josh Well I feel I've met you already many times, as your model has probably had more hit from me than any other modeller on the Web. There is very little Constructo Victorys on MSW especially when I started last April so I went in search for others and found yours, beautifully built and you inspired my natural wood look. I think your Web page is great and would like to have made my own but not something I've ever ventured in. Really though it's great reference material for all whom venture into this hobby.
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    I bought mine from Conrad, Uk based but all products are shipped from there German sister company, I found them cheaper than any other supplier I could find including ebay and to make things even better I bought the MF70Mill, DB250 Lathe and Ks230 Circular saw and got a £10.00 discount on each unit. Buying from UK also helps me if there is to be any faults and a guarantee is brought to bear. Conrad were very good suppliers and the parcels received were well packed and tracked with UPS. As for the Proxxon range, brilliant tools for this hobby, the lathe is perfect for mast and many other items
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    I've moved onto the skylight having completed the final belay pin rack. As with my grates I have cut the deck beneath and ground away part of the centre structure to give a more natural view down rather than a blue piece of card behind the glazing.Just a few light wood uprights followed by remaining glazing and it's ready to instal on the poop deck.
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    Chimney,, brackets and bits added
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    Well I've had a bash at a mini chest of drawers as I call it, compasses to add and a lantern, oh and a lantern chimney and then the tie downs on the side
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    Well we have to re create that chest of drawers, looks out of place there
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    Well we have to re create that chest of drawers, looks out of place there
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    Steering wheels fitted only the navigation cabinet next to build and hide them even more than the poop deck already does. Shame the kit cuts corners here. That said the navigation table with the all important compass is also forgotten. Come on Contructo we payed for a model here and we're forced to scratch build key component.
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    Wow, I must confess I've haven't been for a wonder through the MSW pages for a while but my world your moving on at some pace. Looking very nice mate.
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    I had to go to the Caldercraft yarn as the Contructo is green, after cutting my teeth on this kit that's on my wish list, the Caldercraft Victory. I'm sure you've seen the parts in the kit, beautifully made. That said I may do the Cutty Sark next for a change and come back to the Caldercraft Vic, I'm fitting the wheels I have and as im building her in full sail and they will be difficult to see anyway hidden under the poop with a binnacle cabinet in front. Have you started her yet.?
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    Well, I tried at making my own and considering its going to flank the original under the poop deck relatively hidden I am happy enough to save the £8 from Cornwall. Thank you for the heads up though they are beautifully made, I almost ordered two but thought do I really need to. My spend has gone mad lately with the mill, lathe and now the circular saw so im raining in cost. I simply pushed the original in plasticine, removed it, put the plasticine in the freezer for half hour, mixed two part epoxy, smoothed it in and pressed it with my finger Making the overspill very thin to prevent more work removing it. When dry, boil the kettle and pout it over the mold, the plasticine vanishes leaving your cast to clean up. If not Cornwall model boats is the aanswer.
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    I've got to the point where the ships wheel is to be fitted, why oh why is there only one supplied in a kit where vessels of this size sport two. Surely this tiny casting would have cost peanuts to supply for us. Well im struggling to find a wheel only 16mm in diameter and casting may be the only option as it's quite intricate.
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    What you like, am sure it doesn't, that said a lot of mine is reaching its anniversary on April 1st, time flies and there is still a lot to do. Persevere with the window frames, no rush but rewarding in the end. It is nice to see quite a few Contructo Victory builds starting up now on MSW, I got the Haynes manual on the Vic today and it's got some great close ups, one thing that strikes me is how beautifully built she was, meaning the work in making post ornate/ gothic even and the trims not to mention the general stuff was so beautifully carved I just wouldn't want to see it carry out the job intended.

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