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    Stairs, with additional handrails and newels upto the poop deck
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    Yes, I make my own usually 4mm glass but this would be too heavy in 4mm so I am looking at 2mm for this one. Just not sure where it will reside in the end
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    More Netting made up and fitted. just the base net to add to complete, Oh plus all the other nets to make
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    Netting still on going, Aft section complete
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    Thank you Rich.... I recomend two things. 1 very sharp scalpel blades, which you will use a lot as they need to be sharp. 2, Magnifying glases. The rest is measure twice and cut once affair. I am adding the diagonal sections that were as the real ship but not all of them have them for some reason not known.
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    Stairs and netting moving in
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    Stairs, beams and support pillars going in.
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    Hi Rich OMG thats beautifully done, hey its big too, very big. Time has flown... I remember you getting that but didn't think it was so long ago. Salivating over the kit mate its the RR of the Victory kits and looking at this I see why... Great job
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    I have finally rigged my last canon. That's right and anyone reading my build log will know I've passed this of for over 12 months and the lower picture is showing my last tie to make them complete.... I know I have the two upper deck canons to instal after a little reseach to find how they were held in position. I now have my stairs ready and beams cut but need to turn the pillar which will support them.
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    Well I have been routing around the site today and to be honest I have been off the hobby a lot this year only popping in now and again but I have done some catch up today on others work and shocked is the word OMG as the youth of today say, Can I just send you this cut from my site :- Thanks for the detailed build log Paul - I'm getting this kit for christmas from the wife and like you, I've never made a wooden ship either so the info in here will help immensely! I don't for a minute believe I'll get mine to your standard but at least I know what is possible from the kit!# You sent this 17th November 2015 and have passed my build stage and I started mine in April 2014 ( Ok a few breaks here and there ) but incredible how much you have done and its looking stunning... glad she is a naked version too. Well what ship is the wife getting you this year when that's completed Well done
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    Mike, behave, rigging another already after the Victory you finished....You fancy a trip to the uk to rig mine... Well I have fixed the first bank of canons to the decks now 16 months after avoiding them, just a few additional ropes to be added. I have also fitted the platforms upto to poop deck and made the stairs to be fitted but not took any pictures yet. I had to make my canon blocks as the stock ones I looked at were just too big
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    This is beginning to hit home as the canons draw to completion
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    Cheers Mike,,,, To kind. Oh! I hope the ships are still being built by yourself as I do recall the Victory was to be your last, hope there was a change of mind. Nigel, Again, thank you, I'm sure you have been informed by many but get yourself an army of books for reference material, there is only so far a plan and basic instruction book can guide / show you. I know I have beat up on Constructo from time to time in my topic but somethings they messed up on were quite big, if the accuracy is wanted. There is a lot of scope for additional detail on these kits but this is entirely at the builder discretion and bear in mind much of it also gets hidden later on. When I started my wife was shocked when I said I wanted a ship to build, having never touched a model ship, I saw one when I was on school trip and remember thinking how stunning a model a ship was, Well I just think there the nicest looking model sat in any environment. The dream kit for me is the Caldercraft version, larger in scale better by design but its what you pay for and I did not justify the cost of that model to cut my teeth on. So many abandoned kits on that popular selling site. Enjoy it, don't rush it, When it gets on top of you, stop! make a brew and have a break, it will look different after. Well look at the gaps / breaks I have had during my build, It is always going to be there when your ready to pick it back up.... Make sure you keep us updated on here too. Paul Any issues you hit just shout
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    Well I have spent the last 12+ months avoiding this process and I have finally made a start on the canons.... yes rigging the canons... I was doing the stairs and rails but found the Constructo diagram falls short on the brass eye bolts part 242 there are more on the real ship, so I am waiting for more to be delivered...
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    Well its getting cold outside and flying a drone in that weather is proving too chilly so the ship gets some attension.....I am still adding the deck detailing prior to the fitting the spars and tackling the rigging..... Please note if your behind my stage and are building this same kit because the instructions don't bother to do this, when making the stair runners ( see picture ) make them narrower( arrowed thinner one ) than they were for the stairs dropping to the lower decks, These stairs are a lot thinner in total diameter and will be out of scale using the runners at the same thickness as the other stairs and at the kits standard supplied thickness.....Oh and also the stairs in the kit are in the incorrect position. ( Whoops Constructo, not again ) NB, I have not fitted my stairs yet but just positioned for a photo to help explain the below.... The stairs dropping from the upper deck to the middle deck are not in the correct position on the plans, The stairs towards the bow are ok but the sets to the aft of the ship have been put in the same opposite position as the bow but they should be between the fifth and sixth beam, Taking beam one being from the bow end.... see pictures and all will be clear.
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    I know, I know slow progress but hey there's no rush. ( blame the drone ) Well I have completed the stair handrails now, well one of them, still to sand and varnish but generally completed, this was supposed to be fitted by constucto using brass loops and a bit of string.... I have to finish all the deck stuff now before I can start the rigging and fitting of my completed spars....
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    Still here, still visiting the ship room albeit not enough. well I was not happy with the kit using brass eye loops for post and a bit of twine for the hand rail... shame as there is some loveley detail in areas but this was a constructo bad day. Clearly my rails are work in progress.
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    I started the build with the intent to paint but as she took shape I just liked the natural look, that said I did ponder the thought for quite a while. I even posted the question for feed back
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    The insructions I cannot compair as its my first ship build but saying that I have got this far so they must be eligible. the wood in the kit is beautiful and any extra I have purchased for added detail is nothing like the quality... I would have loved a scrap part built model on ebay just for the wood alone as a doner for detailing
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    Mike, spot on, Books, books and more books for reference material, I have many but the bible is the one Mike has kindly pointed out. this book is very good, we are then left to make the parts, Oh I have not given up but I have not touched my ship since the last pictures posted. I am at the rigging stage and I am waiting for the winter nights to draw me back. I feel the rigging is going to be a challenge but only time will tell. Mike the Vic was to be when you hung up your tweezers and glasses, have you stopped now or have you started a new project.
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    Well its the show the canon ritual time, a few more fitting to add and I will actual start fitting them
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    First of all thank you for nice comment. Much appreciated. Well this is my first attempt at a ship and wood one too, I have made kits in the past but non are of ships. Normally vehicles and planes and 22 to 26 years later those kits survive to this day due to glass cases I made for them, older than my children, they have also survived two house moves.
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    I am lucky I have a designated room where I can leave her and go back when the mood takes me. Other hobby gets in the way at the moment. Well I had a go at the hammock milarky to see what lies ahead. The diaganol ropes are a bit of a strange one, some books show them others don't but I opted for the show them as its my artistic licence as MIke once said
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    Submarineman hows yours coming along
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    Oh yes I'm still here, I was looking at your model in the final resting place and all the trouble you went too getting her there. She looks stunning Mike. Mine will be completed one day but I'm in no rush and lifes complexities get in the way sometimes and other hobbies of course. She sits in her own room out of the way waiting to grow. The structures are complete now its just the canons (ahh) / nettings / ratlines / rigging / sails, if I make my mind up to have her dressed in sails, to do. Hope your well

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