Dimitris71

Dimitris,

 

finest and much detailed Fitting out objects everywhere on the decks, there must a hundred or more....

 

Good work my freind...

 

Nils

Vielen Dank my friend!! The equation i was trying to make (the plates beneath the eyelets with plastic pieces drive me crazy) . I think i  need  a psychiatric treatment....

Cheers

Dimitris

Hello Heinz, fantastic work on the new ornaments on the stern... I love it!!

Kind Regards

Dimitris

Hello all , Nils - Don- Jt Lombard - Greg i do thank you also for your time to comment and also for your likes!!! Many thanks to all of you for stopping by and hit the L button... :)

The work continues, all the pin racks and eyelets are in place on stern and main deck!!

Kind Regards

Dimitris

Masts look good..... really like the  shot of the bow......nice!!! work Dimitris

 

Frank

Hi Dimitris

 

The new photos are really superb! Great photos of a great build.

 

Nice!

 

All the best

 

Patrick

Frank and Patrick thank you for your nice comments and for stopping by!!!

I think your grandson will love it Don. You did an excellent job!!!   Bravo!!

Cheers

Dimitris

Hi Max, the work you did on the masts and the yards is fantastic...

Sorry to hear about your father too. I wish everything goes well.

Kind regards

Dimitris

I agree with the above comments Nils!! what else can i say?

Regards

Dimitris

Now Nils , This is what we call a great job!!!! Very beautiful ship indeed!!

Cheers

Dimitris

Hello Jeff, beautiful work on the mast and yards...I have no experience with yards...The first time i will try to fitting yards on the masts it will be on my current build!!

All the best

Dimitris

Your metal work is outstanding Glenn.

Cheers

Dimitris

Hello Michael, as a friend wrote to my log: "A man's invention comes from his previous errors". Your skylights looks superb.. A beautiful work Michael.

All the best

Dimitris

And three  more....

Dimitris

Thank you very much Don for your nice comments!! I got my smile back!!

 

Regards

Dimitris

Thank you Nils for your nice words and also for the likes. I' m thinking of proceeding with the masting and rigging so as to ensure  that i will have more space for my big clumsy hands!! :)

So after 1 year i managed to get back my olympus from my young brother, and finally manage to take some decent photos as  requested...

Kind Regards

Dimitris

Dimitris, the masts look great. I feel for you in having to re-build them. This sort of thing maybe a little bit of a set back it in turn, however,  gives you the satisfaction of knowing it is done right and puts that smile back on your face.

 I notice your little tray of goodies on the bench is still quite full of fittings so I am guessing that this fantastic journey has a long way to go yet. This makes me happy as I am really enjoying this adventure.

 

  Have a Good Day

Thank you very much Don for your nice comments!! I got my smile back!!

Regards

Dimitris

Hi Don, look here for making coils http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/8085-armed-virginia-sloop-by-gunthermt-model-shipways-scale-148-complete/page-39, Post #769

Regards

Dimitris

Hello shipmates, many thanks for your encouragement words and also for the likes...   Much appreciated!!

The work on Amerigo's masts continues .. I decide to rebuild the masts in appropriate length.. So Patrick if you read this.. the hull's length without the bowsprit is 81,7 cm ,with the bowsprit 99,7.  I missed 1,3 cm from the real ship and 0.3cm from the kit .. lol  (kit specs reports, length 100 cm)  .Sorry for my measurement the other day but i was in a hurry... the real ship is 101 meters with the bowsprit. So it was a little odd the tallest mast (by the manual of the kit ) be 540mm from the keel, since the real ship had 54 meters from the waterline. So i rebuild the mast with the 540mm(538,7 mm to be accurate) from the waterline and from the keel about 61 cm. (real ship 62 meters). Here are some photos... Sorry for the poor quality!!

At least this time seems to my eyes more in scale.

Kind Regards

Dimitris

Very very nice work Don . She is beautiful.. :)

Cheers

Dimitris

Excellent job on the stern door Patrick!!!  I love it!!

Cheers

Dimitris

My best wishes for quick recovery to your Judy Michael!

All the best

Dimitris

Hello shipmates, I don't want to make you bored regarding the masts (this is the last post about the difficulty to say if this was my mistake or the plans)? So I will post a photo to show you how i read the plans for the masts. Like Greg said ... Brain Freeze.... :) Some fellow modellers on Greece , had the same issues , that the masts against the ship looks small.

Kind regards

Dimitris

Excellent work on the bowsprit Jeff!!

Cheers

Dimitris

Congratulations on a quick recovery.

David B

Thank you very much David.

Cheers

Dimitris

Welcome glad it worked out

Thank you Jeff!!

Cheers

Dimitris

Dimitris, I wish I had known that was your issue, because that is an easy fix. I have cut off the mast below and above the mast rings or mast heads and have drilled them out before, which works or at the very worst effort, I would break them off and replace with some that I fashioned out of wood. There is always another way to skin that cat. I'm glad to see it's working out for you and you have been doing some exceptionally fine work. GREAT JOB!

 

 

mike

Mike thank you for your help and also for your tips.   I am lacking  experience in such kind of problems !!

Cheers

Dimitris

Hello to all, on my previous post i wrote that i have found a mistake about the masts plans.. Actually i found out last night that  it was my mistake and not mantua's .. Let's be honest , my brain stops from time to time :D  I think the fellow modellers on the Greek site made the same mistake...

Kind Regards

Dimitris

G'day Dimitris.

Don't like to "put the spanner in the works" as the saying goes in Australia. But what is the correct height of the top mask? Does the 60mm or so has to spread over all the 3 sections of the mask. I had the same problem when I was working out the heights of each section on my Endeavour?

I eventually blew up the drawings on AOTS The Endeavour to get what I wanted. Maybe you can get a profile photo AV and do the same.

Just an idea! Hope that you don't mind me putting my 2 cents in.

Havagooday mate

Greg

Hello mate,the correct heights of the masts are the following: FORE MAST HEIGHT ON SEA LEVEL 50 MT (164 ft), MAIN MAST HEIGHT ON SEA LEVEL 54 MT (177 ft),MIZZEN MAST HEIGHT ON SEA LEVEL 43 MT (141 ft), the problem that i had, was measuring the heights from the keel and not from the waterline... So in 1/100 scale these numbers are Fore mast 50 cm, main mast 54 cm and mizzen mast 43cm. On the other sections of the masts the height is as it should be. I hope it answers your question .. :)

Cheers

Dimitris