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Nice to see that you are working on your ship again. The blackening solution looks amazing. I will buy it for my next build. You are right, rushing is never good. But I am sure that it will turn out great, like the rest of your build.

Hi Jan-Willem,

This product looks very promising, thank you for mentioning it.

It is a shame that Switzerland is quite behind in online shops. At least the Germans are here to help . I will definitely use this product for my next build. Talking about build: how is your build coming along?

Jean-Luc

I guess I could go with the weathered look. I think I might put them in the solution a little longer, so that they look even more weathered. But I doubt that a sailor would want to shoot with such canons, they look like they were fished out of the sea...

A quick update. I tried to blacken the guns but I failed, any suggestions? Should I just clean them and paint them black?

This is the result of them after being about 3 days in the solution ( it should never take so long I think). The solution I used was Copper Carbonate and ammonia. Could it be that I should have used more Copper Carbonate? Is it too late to fix this?

Thank you for all the likes and nice comments. 

Jean-Luc

Impressive cabin decoration. I also wanted to do one but I gave up, thought the scale was too small. But it seems that with experience everything is possible.

I was wondering how you made your stern, is it only made out of planks or did you reinforce it?

Jean-Luc

Thank you,

I did know about this trick, but I never thought of collecting the dust. I was always creating dust only to use for this purpose, talk about material waste  . Anyway I think I will keep some empty yogurt cups and store the dust in it, thank you for the idea. 

Hello

Like always my progress is slow  . I took a little brake from ship modelling, but now that I have vacations I hope to get something done. I have continued to work on the stern for the past two days. I had problems bending the stern, because of its thickness and because of the plywood on which I glued the wood strips on.

So I took away the windows and `sanded away` the plywood. This worked fairly well, but it led to a problem. Now that the wood strips are only glued to each other, the structure is less stable. I hope that it won`t lead to a bigger problem. 

I have changed my mind about the cabin - I will not do the inside. This is only my first build and I don`t feel that I could do something nice with the inside of the cabin. So I just put the floor and that's it. I hope that in my next build I will be able to do more with the cabin.

I have also added the windows on the side galleries. 

As always any advice is welcome 

Yes Jan-Willem, the disc sander is very helpful. I was able to get the right angles and it is quite precise. It can also sand lots of material if needed, but the dust it makes cannot be missed  . But I guess that a small disc-sander is nothing compared to one that is almost 1 meter big  . 

Jean-Luc

Hei there,

Amazing work on the stern. Looking at the pictures it seems I have a different metal Stern part then you do. 

I was also wondering about the shelves on the bell tower. Maybe they are meant to be stairs/ a sort of ladder. 

Yes it looks nice, a creative way to change things, how have you made the wings?

But I guess that the ship should change name too .

Thank you for the link, that is very interesting. You can buy a computer modeled baseball cap for 20 dollars, a real one would be less expensive  .

He will get whipped for that. But I guess one sees the enemy ship approaching and dosen t need to quickly draw his sword  .

Amazing build, good luck on your next build, with those skills I am sure that it will be a nice model too. I am wondering, how are you going to handle the dust that will settle on the ship? 

Amazing, the flow of the clothes really match to the movement. The sword of the master dosen`t look like it could be drawn quickly, I wonder why it is not near the hip like foot soldiers.

Nice progress, I hope that the plywood didn`t seperate too much.

Nice wheelbox, while reading through your log one can easily forget that this is your first model. Have you contacted Wieser Modellbau? 

HI Gene, nice progress, did you follow the instruction for the deck planking? They look really well done. If the false keel is warped it might become a big problem if you do not fix it, or is it just the photo?

You are absolutely right, it is like playing lottery when buying wood from the internet, you never know what you will get. The taxes and transporting costs can be quite expensive too. Smartwood33 (I made a little mistake it seems) costs about 10.- for the "Porto und Verpackung". But I do not know if it is the volume or the weight of the parcel that counts.

 For an order of 100 euro (inclusive the sending fees) there was 26. - taxes and administrative stuff to import it in Switzerland (that one was from Arkowood I believe).

I visited Wiesermodellbau once and the staff was very nice, they seemed to know what they were talking about. But I guess it would be a good idea to phone them first, not to do the voyage for nothing. They also sell fittings and had a beautiful model stand.

I have also found another modelling shop in Switzerland: http://www.techobby.ch/technic_hobby_lausanne/accueil.html

But I don`t have any experience with them yet.

Good luck with the plywood again 

I am almost sure that you can get thin plywood sheets at Bauhaus.

I only know one website for thin wood strips in Switzerland: www.smartwood.ch

Their prices are not the best and it might be worth ordering wood from Germany: www.arkowood.de

An other alternative would be to search on ebay.de the prices there are really good.

Another way to get wood is to go in Zürich at the wiesermodelbau, they sell wood for modeling, you could control the quality before buying it, but they may not have the right dimensions.

Did you try to iron the plywood (not sure if the heat is good for plywood), Karleop explained that method somewhere in my buildlog (normally used for planking)

Yes, as a matter of fact I did get a power tool. I am now the proud owner of a Proxon disc sander; hopefully it will come in handy. I also got myself a Dremel Motosaw.

Thank you Magee, the side window still needs some sanding. I hope that your break will end soon too .

I hope that the plywood sheet will flatten. Even if it does not it, would not be terrible. After all, the piece you exchanged looks much better than the other one. I particularly like the two little columns (Do not know the right name) in the middle and how they fit right in place.

Thank you for all the support and likes.

Yes Jan-Willem, it is one of the many advantages of being in high school. One has plenty of time for other activities during the week. The only downside is that you are not getting paid to go to school ^^, which is quite obvious.

Hi, so my progress was slower than usual once more, but tomorrow school starts again, so maybe my progress will be better. (My teacher probably does not agree ). Anyway, today I started to cut out the side windows. I have used varnish for the stern windows.

I hope you all had excellent vacations and a Happy New Year to everyone.

Thanks, I will give it a try on my next build.

Congratulations for your new work. As always your work is breath-taking, a true piece of art, I was asking myself how you handle the dust, as your other models do not seem to be in a case. I hope that you will have a pleasant experience at your new job.

Good luck and a happy new year.

Nice photos, she is impressive with the masts, good luck  for doing all the knots 

Nice progress, what material did you use for the windows?

I was talking about the 50 dollar fine if someone dared to damage your vessel.