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(...continue...) First knees are a bit longer than others, because so was shown in the plans It is a bit strange, but I liked it and followed the drawing plans Cheers Alex
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Thanks friends for your appreciation. Decking? Here it is! I'm not very proud of that, but anyway it's done, now. The foremast has been placed with the deck because of its larger section at the foot; it would have been impossible to place it after. There's a little trick in this deck: the axes are not placed directly on the beams, but on a thin plywood sheet (0,4 mm of thickness) embedded on the first beam, properly shaped in its internal profile. So, I was able to make protrude a bit the axes without thickness mistakes. Cheers Alex
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Dear friends, a little updating: placing of fore beams. Being the interior visible, I decided to make a realistic accomodation (...insofar where you can see beams and brackets ...). Cheers Alex
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You're right, Giovanni! .... and your speech, with this kind of pictures, is a wonderful talking
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Hi, Giovanni! I see, "gigantesco" (translation from italian: "very very big") is not only your name , but the whole model!!! You have been embarking in a very challenging model size and it will entail lots of interesting details. I like it a lot. Cheers Alex
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Oh, it's a good idea and I'll surely buy them: it's a long time I haven't been having them and this is the proper occasion. There's a pastry just beneath my house, I only hope my wife won't argue with me about the purchase.... the diet is diet, and my admiral can't resist in front of them. Meanwhile, I share with you those delicious (although virtual) cakes. With a glass of prosecco wine, obviously !!! Cheers Alex
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Augie ... what else can I say about your ship model? Our MSW-mates have already told everything good, and I don't know new congratulation words. I can only stare your amazing pictures, hoping to see soon the beginning of a new challenge. You've spent a large amount of time on this ship, time that has been a very good investment. Have a good holiday, skilled shipwright (...oops .... Commodore...) !!! Alex
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Thanks friends for your visit! @ Augie. I like salami too, and my doctor said that it isn't a good habit for me @ tarbrush. The Neptune is a scenic replica (it has also an engine) but some details are truely well done @ Paul. I'm a bit afraid of masting and rigging. They aren't tecnically difficult, but the large scale doesn't admit mistakes! @ avsjerome. The history of italian navy is full of heroes and full of tragedies. Let's hope to sail "ordinary" for next years ... Cheers Alex
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It's rather difficult to see this kind of guns in their original aspect, so I thought to share a few images with all you. Oh, Popeye, you're right I love a lot my country; Genova (where I lived a few months, years ago, working in the state railways) was one of the ancient most powerful state-cities of the Mediterranean sea. And nowadays, after a long restoring work, its ancient port has become a very interesting historical and touristic area. In the docks you can see the replica of a galleon (the Neptune), used on the set of a famous movie (Roman Polansky's "Pirates", with Walther Matthau). I send a few pictures. Cheers Alex
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Hi, Floyd ... I prefer thinking to myself as a "multi-tasking modeller". The thought to have forsaken the building of my beloved "Berlin" for a "Cog" (in Italian, Cog is "Cocca" ... a noun translatable in English, more or less as "Darling" or "Honey") sounds like a betrayal.
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It could depend by ... how long that time is. :-) I agree with you, but (speaking about modelling and not other stuff....) if models are at different building steps, it's possible to have been buiding more than one. Anyway, to build 6 models at the same time you can have a great physique; great Popeye!
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Happy Birthday from the other side of the Ocean, Randy !!! Alex
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Hello, Ferit! This morning I've taken a piece of time to see all your log. It has been a pleasure for my eyes: a very clean and interesting work. The frigate Berlin is one of my favourite ships, being a Pinas, and it's the model that many years ago brought my interest on the Dutch navy of the XVII century. I've seen, you've done a large amount of good and proper modifications ... Will be the next model perhaps a scratch build? Cheers Alex
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I've found the guns' pictures said above. As promised, now I post them. The guns were made by iron barrels, tightly bound together by iron hoops and soldered. The barrels were placed on a wooden gun carriage or linked to the gunwale with a pivoting support. In the pictures are shown all these different mountings. Those guns are all recovered by shipwrecks. The good-looking black gun is a replica, and in the last photo ... is shown the Genova's beautiful central square
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Dear friend Popeye, I was only joking a bit: the meaning of the poem is clear and I thank you again for the composition. You're right, for a foreigner it's difficult to understand all different meanings of words ... I remember when a few years ago I decided to read James Joice ("Dubliners") in its original language; I'm still terrorized, it was for me an epic challenge and I'm sure to have understood only a little part of the real meaning of those novels. But I'm proud of that little part. Gap between countries? Nothing that isn't improvable, with a bit of common sense. But in this world it appears scarce, nowadays. Cheers Alex
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Thanks, Ferit I hope to finish this model in a few months. I'd like to put on my dockyard another Dutch ship....
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You've really a busy hot summer! Reading about the in-laws, perhaps also I could write a poem ... but it's better I don't do it ... Here the climate is hot, but we feel good. It's strange, in summer my town is usually wet like a swimming pool. Cheers Alex
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Thanks, friends! @Popeye: what a surprise! A poem! I haven't understood if the ghost is me, my post or the ship ... but it doesn't matter, the composition is a very appreciated gift and ... perhaps the ghost is all them together!!! Reading what you say, it seems that lives of us modellers resemble each other, even on the opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean. :-) This type of guns (in italian "bombarde") was common during the XIV and XV century aboard ships. I saw many of them in an Italian museum in Genova ("Galata museum") and I took many pictures, with details of the charger device and the gun barrel. I'll look for those photos - hoping to find them, they were on the old pc, that broke - and if I found them, I'll post some. Cheers Alex
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Hi Augie! I've been absent for a couple of months and now ... I find a Commodore!!!! Congrats to the great officer and to his crew, that has completed a very very good fore rigging! Alex
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Hello Paul, you're speedy like a rocket! It's a pleasure to see your latest picture, Great job Alex
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Hello, Popeye! finally I've succeeded in coming back to the forum and I'm wandering among topics. You've worked a lot, and It's a pleasure to see the quality of what you've done. Great work. Cheers Alex
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Yesterday I saw your log and I stared. Than I went to bed telling to myself: "tomorrow I'll give a look again". After a night full of Dutch ships in my dreams (I really love them) up and down the North sea, now I suceed in re-looking your pictures. Astonishing diorama! It seems we're really close to your ship. Best regards Alex
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Aft and fore deck placing ...
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Hi, Mark! Thanks for your visit! As promised, here is something new: guns. Typical XV century's weapons: slight caliber and charging at their back. In this kind of guns, the back part of the gun was removable and in that "tin" was placed the gunpowder; after its stuffing, it was inserted in the gun barrel and blocked on the gun carriage with a piece of timber. At this point was ready to fire. The aft deck's weapons are a bit larger than fore deck's and stern's ones, so they have two wheels for their moving. I had to do the guns at this building point, because the next step was the placement of upper decks and it would have been impossible to place them after. Cheers Alex
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