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  1. yancovitch
    hmmm...if the original ship was built as you have depicted it, i'm sure the enemy would have been terrified, from the beauty of it alone, and turn tail ☺️
  2. yancovitch
    wow ...you guys!
  3. yancovitch
    wow wow...this is comparable to me trying to read a dissertation on nuclear physics.....unbelievable detailed detective work.....i'm afraid it's beyond me 😁.....amazing.....
  4. yancovitch
    people really should see it.....who cares about the unfinished parts..... i could have tried to sell my models online.....but a model just doesn't look like much in a photo, compared to seeing it in real life.......live......the model actually comes to life...........
  5. yancovitch
    moi aussi.....mais il a été beaucoup des annees...such beautiful work........as always
  6. yancovitch
    by gosh .......Спасибо
  7. yancovitch
    gracias..........very kind.....
  8. yancovitch
    ok...truthfully....i give myself a 70%ish all around.....and that's way generous compared to the pros around here 😄......now i've got to spend over $100 for glass to slide into the front of the cabinet........damaged one of the side stern lanterns, so i replaced them with a couple i had left over from a different previous kit..... oh....i put the figures at the stern, back up where they belong, cause without them, the top of the transom reminded me of the slab in 2001 space odessey.....it needed company.......😄...sorry if i need to see humor in everything.......just a basic rigging...... now i have to start rigging my revell constitution with the two sterns, and that's it.....may just do some clay sculpting after that's done...no more rigging...yea!.....so cheers to all 😀.......vic
  9. yancovitch
    hmmmmm......now there's a reassuring prediction....not sure if i can persuade my ol' body to hang around that long 😄
  10. yancovitch
    yea...coltrane.....what happened to music today 🙂....
  11. yancovitch
    lazy man's corner...how not to do the shrouds and blocks on the soleil royal.....am i embarrassed??...naaaaaa...it's who i am, for better or worse 😄.....well....my wife is still with me 🙂...... anyways...i had to use kit blocks, cause i couldn't afford to buy better ones....... i drilled out the holes on the tiny blocks...stuck them on a spit.......dropped a dab of glue.....then placed bits of string to balance on the ends.....then took one, wrap the cord, and place in clip......added a drop of glue on the end, then tied a knot with thread to secure.....cheatingly quick me thinks.... cut the shroud loom down to size, and re-cut it for the smaller shrouds and threaded only one side of the loom......had to saw deeper groves in between the pointed spacers or the thread would slip off......when done, pressed against the pre-rigged shrouds, and glued with ca glue.........hmmmm....if the thread is polyester, it doesn't stick as well as a cotton thread....maybe linen....i don't know....but i used thin ca, but also gap ca....still haven't figured out the best technique yet, but it's close enough for jazz for my purposes....i'm sure with practice i could have done a better job.......shrouds are actually flat black...still have touching up to do, although i am getting old and shaky........ nobody would likely follow this technique, but it may inspire some better ideas.....cheers.....vc
  12. yancovitch
    gads....i suddenly realized, during the process of admiration, that yes, the sculpting is amazing, but just as amazing, is the paint job!!!.....maybe he's found a way to secrete paint through pen nibs 😃
  13. yancovitch
    bless you both....
  14. yancovitch
    scarer and scarer 😲
  15. yancovitch
    just found....i'm humbled to the nth+ degree.......
  16. yancovitch
    ach...such a fuddy-duddy 😁......you know..... i consider myself a very brave man just to continue following this build, cause for me, it's scary.....very very scary....the amount of extreme attention to detail you put in...and i can't believe how you, and some others, can actually know the terminology and names for every aspect of the ship's anatomy....me, i'm not even sure where the poop deck it.....and the only reason i remember that, is because of the funny name.....probably a lot of mops on hand there...... but in the end.....what an inspiration!!!....
  17. yancovitch
    ach...he's off again..😄
  18. yancovitch
    i can see where that might be a sticky problem.....
  19. yancovitch
    i had this crazy idea of getting a clear light blue acrylic sheet, instead of the white foam board as in the photo.....so when you look down at the ship, you see the whole ship and what's underneath ....maybe some whales or other sea creatures suspended.....and when you look at if from the side, it may seem like it is floating on the water....sadly, a very, very calm water 🙂...but i doubt if i can afford it, or manipulate the whole thing in the display case...hmmmm...it feels like the waterline should be a tiny bit lower......anyways, i thought i'd just share the fun thought....cheers...................vc
  20. yancovitch
    oh i just added some access ladders......maybe not correct...maybe not logical...but for me...better than nothing..........now, rigging...for me....painful.......but it's gotta be done 🙃...and still lots of cleaning up, touchup painting, and glue removal to do.....
  21. yancovitch
    hmmm...sometimes it's actually painful to watch 🙂.....such discipline, such patience, such determination, such dedication, such knowledge, such passion,........... poor wife 😄........naaaa.........i'm sure she's very supportive, like my wife..............hmmmm..........but.....maybe she's really the one behind it all .....that should be larger!....the head's too big!.....sharpen your tools!...try a different stain!...make sure you finish that before supper!.............!!.😄.....anyways, my hat's off to her.......and you.....success to you in the new year
  22. yancovitch
    .....in my wildest dreams, i could not imagine me doing something like that....in awe...........
  23. yancovitch
    😄
  24. yancovitch
    ha...maybe you should start planning where, or in which famous museum this masterpiece will end up.....
  25. yancovitch
    very kind michael, thanks....vc

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