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Thanks Lawrence. Have been trying to catch up! Was really busy all last year and couldn't muster the enthusiasm to get past the upper gun deck. Will keep on going! I find it very relaxing this year. Probably be a useful of last year's non shipyard activity.
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Nick just noticed that you put the revised yellow on her. Looks great. Strangely when I was there my camera lens and film pulled a colour very similar to the "new" colours. It is weird when I look at the photos now. I always saturated the yellow as I thought is was wrong shade. Looks so good. I magnify every picture you post so as i can figure out what to do! Keep going and and keep posting!
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Ian
If I take all my gunport linings out will you come over and replace mine. The linings look great! I was fortunate to have a coffee with Ian and he brought a piece of the padauk with him. He's right on how nice a wood it is. So smooth and he was able to cut perfectly. The wood is way better suited than the material supplied in the kit. Go get some if you can.
Isn't it great to see Ian experimenting even with the wood! Big compliment to you Ian. Thank you for your ideas and sharing them!
- mtaylor and Seventynet
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Here are the final embedded pieces, plus Certificate ( ). The quarterdeck has been weathered with ferrous sulphate in water. Will seal the deck with clear satin water based varathane tomorrow. Want to let the deck completely dry before sealing.
Not sure that I can ever do anything with the piece from 1815 refit that I've placed on deck. It will just have to sit with the other piece in the final case.
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I tried to put in a new email so I could start receiving notices again . It failed. After intervention by Jim he got my original credentials working a few hours later. Lost a couple posts in the process.. Will post some stuff later this weekend to catch up. My thanks to him for getting me going again. BTW I could not get a verification email to a Microsoft account I've had for years. I should have left the email alone lol.
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I'm off to the fish store to look. Great idea Telp. Wait, where does one find live fish? Your idea also made me think of a case for the ship. Maybe a fish tank might work. With no water and fish Have to look up a place here in Calgary. hmmm
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Are you going to paint the Wales and gun ports Ian?
- Seventynet, Robert29 and mtaylor
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Thanks for feed back Nick and Graham. Yes, I've now decided to go for it. Will see how it turns out.
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I'm thinking of doing something a bit weird. Kinda weird. LOL... Okay here it is. If you've read my build you might remember that I've got some authentic wood from HMS Victory. Yes, all legal... My plan has been to do the beakhead deck with wood strips I have cut from the block of the Victory. Now that I am doing the final deck I am seriously considering putting two racing stripes down the deck as in the photo. (not lined up properly) No, not racing stripes but two (actually four but looks like two) strips of the real Victory right into the quarterdeck. Do you think I'm nuts????
I am not leaving the deck the natural colour and will be giving it an ever so light brushing to give it a greyed look similar to the one I did on the very first deck. Was that the lower gun deck... It's been so long. LOL...
It will contrast. Can I pull it off? It should make for a conversation piece. Will it look way too weird?
Am 90% there to put them in just explaining this. It will really be unique... LOL..
- Robert29, Seventynet and canoe21
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Are any of you getting emails that someone has posted comments? I'm not getting any notification by email of any topics that I'm following. I used to get them all the time.
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- Seventynet, Robert29 and canoe21
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Started to plank the quarterdeck. Have an idea for protection of the skid beam assembly and interior. Purchased a sheet of clear polyester. It is the exact length of the assembly so only one cut by scissors. Laid the clear plastic on top of the skid beams for the foreseeable future.
Here is the product and what it looks like in position. Was considering cutting 1 x 3 slots in the quarterdeck and filing with the polyester to 'see more of the upper gun deck' but shelved the idea.
- canoe21, Seventynet and Robert29
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While looking for some back lighting for my TV I found this gem at IKEA. These LED lights are inexpensive and appear to make great accent lighting for the ship. Just a thought for everyone.
There are three sets of LEDs.Each easily attached so you can have one to three sets.
Not the best of pictures. The light burning on the hull does not show up when one uses eyes... and there are two sets of LED in the picture. Placing one string in front and the other behind might be very effective. Over to you!
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Heading to the first planking! Now the fun begins. Lol Looking sweet there Robert. I've found that the more I prepare for various stages the better off I'll be in the long run. Something I was thinking about last night was how important the purchase of the micrometer is for the build (autocorrect on this tablet is not recognizing "build"). I truly believe it is a "must" item. Keep going! Have fun! Planking seems to take forever same as building cannons on upper gun deck. Lol
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Quarter deck on! Not according to instructions. Pre-glued the skid beam assembly to ply sheet. Mounted the bitt pins. Then glued the deck into place. I could not have done the sailors etc. if I had followed the instructions. Would have taken them all out. [ ] . It was relatively easy to do it this way. Did measure, remeasure and remeasure and fitted it multiple times.. Am happy it worked! Going to let it dry for 24 hours. Going snowboarding!...
- Seventynet, canoe21, cristikc and 1 other
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Skid beam assembly I've been messing around with the beams. Have assembled and been fitting etc. Instructions suggest fitting assembly after quarter deck partially glued. Has anyone attached the assembly to the quarter deck before glueing the deck in place? It seems to me that I can mount to the quarter deck before I put the decheck down. I may not be explaining this properly lol.. is there something I'm missing in completing the assembly? I think it can be installed directly to the deck pattern and then the whole unit installed. It will be easier to do the stanchions too. Thoughts?
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Ian. Hull looks great, Already used the orange spatula a few times. Comes in handy that size. Keep up the awesome build
- Canute, Altduck and Seventynet
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HMS Victory by robipod - Caldercraft - 1805 version - first build
in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1751 - 1800
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Been working away in galleries this week. Decided to do some modifications. Tight fit.