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Due to I was afraid of start making rigging and didn't have clear idea how to make gallion sails, I decided to make small galleon boat with sail and to find the apropriate way for me with this sails making this boat almost scratch build, exept hull base - it was from russian plastic kit of Gotta Predistinacia...scale was more or less suitable ...smthn abt 1:100 but even than there is no storage place on galleon deck for this boat, and I decided to place it near by ... For sail making I used percale soaked in white wooden glue(polyvinylacetate) when it dried -it became like paper , very handy to work with

Dear friends, some facts of previous years of building,2012,this time I was busy with decoration modification...changed shape and contens(picture) of heraldic shield - spain need to be with rounded lower part and changed icon of Santissima Madre for correct one Heraldic shield pictures I 've made on comp,printed out and clued on piece of plastic...picture of Santissima Madre I've made from couple of various images and than fitted at place

Thanks this dry pastel make sometimes miracle...with minimum "artist" participation...let say need only water and brush

there was problem with icon picture - actually it is ortodox style, but I need catolic style...later on it will be replaced for correct one

in this part I tried to add some sturn decoration,,,not sure it is suitable for spanish galleon of 1588,but from other side we can see that in the first part of 17 century already aft part of the ship reach decorated...so why not

in this part I wanted to fabricate ship's bell - plastic+paiting

continue, this part of building of 2011 some preparation for rigging

Hello everyone, Dear friends,let me introduce my model of Spanish galleon 1607 building log(actually I'd like to position it as galleon of Great Armada, so instead of maker name Spanish galleon 1607,I call it Spanish galleon 1588 ) I've started to assemble this model long time ago- 2009,due to lack of time building goes extremely slowly, can do it 2-3 month per year , and only during this "season ",last two months I finally reached "rigging" and started rigging spritsail ...for me it is most interesting part of this kit assembling! During assembling hull,in the begining, I used ordinary (not spesial for plastic models painting) acrylic paints and dry artist pastel for making tone/aging...later on,during masts and spars painting I started to use acrylic paint "folk arts" as well... Some additions which I made for this model,I've made from plastic telephone cards,paper,and various plastic remains which I could find , like a food container etc... For rigging I use ordinary polyester thread Gutermann,actually this not a good choice ,due to their wrong appearance and with my next project I plan to buy or fabricate by myself some kind of rope making machine On the fotoes You can see progress of this model building since the time when hull was assembled and generally painted ,than I decided to add some sturn decoration ,and to make some more small additions.... Rigging plan I've made my own due to kit rigging plan I consider as too primitive and not accurate, rigging plan I've tried to develope using book " The rigging of ships. In the days of the Spritsail topmast 1600-1720 - Anderson" ,Peter Kirsch "The Galleon the great ships of the armada era" and information which I could foun in the famous book "The Royal Warship Vasa" I guess I've made not too much mistakes in my rigging plan, anyway this was only plan which I have...so pls consider it like my interpretation of Spanish galleon rigging Remaining parts of rigging and sails will be done during next couple of years(during my vacations)... Recently I've found this forum and was very much impressed by models and modellers...great and wonderfull models I want to say! I will be very appreciate for your comments and corrections where and what I did wrong...it is a little bit sad ?that I found this forum too late ,when hull is completed...bu OK...rigging still in progress Probably soon I'll be need to stop building till september-october...if it will happened?than see all of you in autumn All the best

Hello Mihail, I was very impressive and liked the way You started this project, I have the same kit, and I'm going to start building after completion my current building of plastic kit Spanish Galleon _Lee_1:100(busy with rigging and sails for the moment,luckelly it will be completed in a couple of years ,and than- this perfect kit! ) Hope will find a lot of usefull watching Your building progress! All the best! Kirill