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Today i will give my first advise for this kit.

Just build all canon before installing them because some of them will 

cause some difficulties,the mounts have no hole on, and it is impossible 

to drill them bad qualities of wood.

The hole are for the wheel.

Just finish to build the side wall and canon hole for the last floor.

last few days building the canon,stairs,and cabin, now ready to build 

the last floor.

The story continues.

First;

the defense as to be removed because the were to high.

Second the opening to get access to the ships is not according to

the plan but reflect the picture on the following page.

Now i started to build the second wall for the fourth deck.

I just finish to build the canon on third floor,intalling the grading, ladders,and parts of the wall.

Next picture is to figure out how to attach each canon.

sorry for the mix of picture,

i had to relocate all picture to another site.

I made an up-date of the work done and i hope to correct the old picture missing.

second floor finish

and ready to installed

We are doing the same build, glad to see yours.

Not easy to build and mistake are easy to do.

One advise for you;

always look ahead to protect you.

after looking the picture and the instruction thats the way i find to do the plank.

and now the defense.

5 hours ago, mtdoramike said:

WOW, what a real beauty she is I'm impressed with your progress aand fantastis job you are doing on her.

Thanks.

All the wood used for the defense are painted and i hope they will be install this week.(black)

Some of those steps were easier than expected.

Few more to do before final sanding, wax,and painting.

Some parts are missing on the boat for painting purpose, and i am satisfied of the color the wax is giving.

39 minutes ago, mtbediz said:

Hi, does instruction manual suggest that type of lower hull planking? Santa Ana is a very beautiful galleon. In my opinion, if you tapered planks at the bow and made all planks parallel to water line she would look much nicer. I am sorry for criticism. (i assume this model has one layer of planking)

 

Mustafa

Yes and no.

I explain, yes the instruction manuel suggested that kind of planking but the Sapelly wood is very hard to cut or bend so i decided

to go with the natural curve of the hull.

For your second question, yes only one layer of plank.

half of gun port done,

45 more to do, cutting plank top and bottom to 12mm and side one to 9mm.

17 hours ago, donrobinson said:

nice work on the planking

Thank you.

Summer time for me,so fishing is taking a lot of room,

but this fall the work will start again.

Slow but moving forward.

hahahahahaha, I did the same as you, but mine in no way came out as nice as your gun ports. Maybe your pencil was sharper than mine.

I still have to do the other side.

It's looking beautiful. Those gun ports look perfect. I wish I could cut gun ports that nicely.

 

 

Mike 

I did mesure every gun port to the proper distance,compare to each other,using a pencil and once 

i have all design i start to make the hole.

This way is easier to correct before making hole.

I am building the same boat,and i hope to do half of your and i will be satisfied.

Fantastic job,in french we said BRAVO,i am missing word to describe.