cobra1951

I didn't use any caulking for the hull. I didn't mind the 3mm x 3mm being slightly different in colouring as the cannons hid most of the bottom ones and you don't really see the top one unless you are looking for it

Interesting and usefull, but ... missed point of this topic. Look at post No #1 - EVERY DAY STUFF...

Depends on your definition of every day stuff. To me if i can buy it easily then it's every day stuff

I laid part 5b over the top of the 2nd plank up on the outer hull. Mr Pucko replaced the 2nd plank up with part 5b, neither is wrong it's a matter of personal choice.

My 3rd plank up does have a cut away in it to make the port bigger the reason being the port should be square and the width is already determined by the distance between the 2 inner frames so i recessed the plank to make the height the same as the width. The outer had the bottom of the port recessed and the inner had the top of the port recessed. This kept the angle more even for me .This does make the port bigger than needed but i lined the port with 15mm x 3mm wide planking rather than the 0.5mm x 3mm the instructions say to use. The resulting port size was not critical for the gun port lids for mine as i made my own because IMHO the kit designed ones are way to thick.

As for the 3mm x 3mm strips i laid two at the bottom and the other at the top of the inner hull lining this made them less obvious (see photo)

Try this stuff you can make small windows and also use it as a clear glue that won't blemish clear plastics

https://www.deluxematerials.co.uk/en/scale-plastics/49-glue-n-glaze-5060243900333.html?search_query=Glue+%27n%27+Glaze&results=1

Video of how it works here (only downside is the woman's terrible voice on the video

Thank you Zoltan

4 brass bars and a few planks lol

Very nicely done

Having rechecked the instruction booklet i found

1. You have to make the Lid hinges yourself, check the picture of the lid assembly with the hinges fitted and just to the side of it is another picture with measurements of the sizes to make the hinges

2. The large fuse buckets have to be made up from the part numbers on the picture in the booklet

Very easy to miss as the instructions are just pictures and numbers with minimal words

Hi Paul

             Yes i left them off as it was what he wanted. I would rather leave them off and give him something he likes rather than put them on and tell him he has to have it in a way he doesn't like

Hi Mike

             Yes 3 x 15 bottom plank then i laid part 5b over the top of the 3 x 15 second plank. I don't think it matters if you do the inner or outer hull lining first.

I also made my gun port openings different sizes to the instructions because they say to line the gun ports with little 3mm wide strips laid side by side all the way around the opening. Personally i didn't like this idea so i bought some 2 x 15 Walnut and used that, and i adjusted the opening sizes to allow for the thicker linings. This was a personal choice which way you do it is your choice obviously

Hi Bryan

              Just checked my parts and there are no gun port lid hinge parts in mine either. If you look at the part number for them in the booklet then check the parts list the numbers are for something different

Not a good start for a new manufacturer starting out is it

Yes, there is a lot of unknowns on this one. A lot of what I have been doing is comparing pictures I have found of other models, plans from different manufacturers, what I have read about early 17th century French ships, a lot of "best guess", borrowing from similar ships and what I like. As it's long term goal is to sit in my house and make me happy, I'm okay with that.

 That is the best reason you can have for building kits

Nice neat planking    and i like the way the planks lay in the bulkheads nice design

Thanks Antony

I didn't add an extra bits all is oob. unless you count changing the breaching rope for some decent stuff   and making my own gun port lids

but nothing was added for extra detail. In fact it got so crowded in there that i left out some of the barrels

Next is

Occre: HMB Endeavour

Disarmodel: Navio Rayo section

Thanks Bryan

Sent you a PM

I totally agree about burnout. sometimes you will notice more than a week go by before i update, that's because if a am not in the mood i will just leave it and do something else. The worst time to build is when you don't feel like it because we all know what the outcome is lol

Thanks Don

Guess who has to go around and put shelves up in his bedroom to display them

I would like to thank everyone who has contributed, commented and left likes they were all appreciated.

Thank you

Well, that was a bang, very beautiful detailed build, Bob. Your grandson should be thrilled his grandfather made him such a personal gift!!!

Thanks Carl

Lose the final product if you want, but don't lose that knowledge I'm still counting on you guys for help with my version of this kit.

 

Very well done by the way    This is a cool build.

 

I don't have enough builds under my belt to contemplate giving away the fruits of my efforts. That may change when I run into the 'lack of display space' problem

 

Good luck on your next adventure!

Thanks Mike

I follow your build of this kit, so i will always answer any questions you have as will others i'm sure

Very well done Bob. Great work. I look forward to seeing your next build. Are you going to set up for the Endeavour?

Thanks EJ

                    I'm thinking along the lines of doing them both side by side   Something to do while glue is drying

Congrats on completing 2 or em.

Nice to see as almost as per kit.

 

Have  fun on your next build.

Do the Caldercraft its worth the effort...

Thanks Paul

If you mean the Caldercraft Victory i already have partially built that one too, but part way through i found it was going to overhang the place i had in mind to keep it by about 8 inches. which meant it would have got bashed every time someone went near it

Already have the section kit Navio Rayo and the Occre Endeavour waiting

Decided i am going to give both of these builds to my grandson. Now they are finished i don't particularly want to keep one, mainly because the fun is in the build for me and once built i lose interest in some builds, and this is one of them

For some reason the grandson doesn't want me to fit the hammock nets on the outer edge, he reckons the builds look better without them, and i don't totally disagree with him so they have been left off as per his instruction

So we will now call these builds finished

Looks like a section of proper working ship now Bryan   I like it.

Still need to check all the parts in my kit, just keep forgetting

You would think that as a new kit manufacturer just starting out that they would keep a tighter control over their quality checks for missing parts etc

Looks good to me