cobra1951

Nice planking Robert

This build has very nice lines, a nicely shaped boat

You're making great progress

The hull is taking a really nice shape now

Fitted the gun port lid lifting tackle

Also fitted an extra eye bolt nearer to the top of the hull to keep the rope work nearer to the underside of the upper deck

Excellent precise work Antony :)

Looks like it could almost sail off the desk

Thanks Elijah

Thanks Elijah   it's heavy too

Gun port lids made and fitted, went with the black on black as the hinges are still visible against the black lid. Just a bit of touching up were the black has been chipped off the brass parts then i will do the rigging for them. They will not be moveable as i glued them in place because i don't want any moving parts once finished

Hi Per

        Yes i am going to go with black on black, i checked out a few pictures of HMS Victory's gun port lids and they are black on black and look fine

Thanks for your input

Hi Ian

             I agree sharing knowledge is a great thing and IMHO it's what a forum is all about

As  for constructive criticism that is a good thing too if it helps you improve, but up to now i have found nothing in your build to critisize. Yes you say you messed up the bending of your wood combing, but you stuck with it and got it right in the end and it looks great.

Carry on the way you're going you will make a fine modeller

Time to do the gun port lids. The ones the kit says to make look way oversized to me far to thick. This is just my opinion, others may like the way they look

Kit lids

I decided to make mine 3mm thick. I cut out a 1.5mm x 30mm x120mm strip of ply

Then cut it in half and glued the two halves together to make a 3mm x 30mm x 60mm strip

Then i cut out 2 30mm x 30mm squares and once sanded they fit in the gun ports nicely

Just need to decide what colour to do them. I want to do black but that may hide the hinges as they are blackened brass but hopefully it won't matter

Ian don't think of it as a sloppy job, it's called practice and when the end result is what you have achieved then all the practice is worth it

great result

Thanks Ian

And also thanks to all those who have liked and remarked on my build so far 

Cannon building method is just like the rest of the build. Assume everything in the instructions is wrong, take all the parts and dry fit everything and adjust until you are happy

Plus the large scale makes everything much easier. Following pic gives you an idea how big they are

Thanks to you too Elijah

Always room for more members of the anti sanding club

Pic to demo cannon size

Finally i got the inclination to trim, fill and sand the gun port liners

If i get another bout of inclination i might make some gun port lids next

Yeah while it is best to check check and check again, overthinking it can mess you up. A break is a good idea, mine sometimes last days lol

Hi Bob, Thanks for that. I originally was going to use balsa until I found out the price. When I went to the lumber yard the smallest piece they had was approximately 3"x4"x4' and it would have been over $100.00, although I must say it was nicely wrapped in plastic . I decided to go with a 1"x6"x4'(unplaned) basswood board instead which cost $20.00) . I found it very easy to work with and it will have a better glueing surface versus balsa, not only that but I now have enough for several more builds  

Might be worth your while in future ordering some Balsa in from here, even with the import duty it's a lot cheaper than $100 http://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/acatalog/balsa-block.html

Excellent way of working, measure 20 times, fit once :)

Nice neat job on those fillers Don

You have endless patience Frank. Doing a great job on all those fiddly bits

Thanks EJ

Thanks Paul

                             Yeah the kit rope is really stiff, well worth changing as the new stuff hangs more natural when not under tension

Thanks Per.

Yep sanding is a chore for me because the dust sets of my allergies and i end up sneezing all over the build, and once again it becomes a DNA sample

You're moving along with this build quickly and still achieving a great finish, nice

Cannons fitted out with all eyelets, rings and chains. Also i changed the kit supplied rope for some decent rope   They still need to be cut to correct length once i decide where the cannons will be positioned

Placed cannons on deck just for the sake of it to see how they look

Masking tape on the deck planks is there so i don't mess up the planks when i can be bothered to sand the inner gun port liners, I hate sanding