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    Amerigo Vespucci by Dimitris71 - Mantua - 1:100 scale

    in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1901 - Present Day

    Posted · Edited by Dimitris71

    When you get finished with this"BEAUTY", would you please load her up with some of your delicious Greek olives and send her

    on her madien voyage over here to sunny California  :D ......... just kidding Dimitris..... beautiful work , that is one great! looking

    build.

     

    Frank

    Hello Frank, I must admit that the kind words i receive from you and from the others in this build log are very very encouraging and keeps me going.. .The first time i was involved with models in general was the bluenose build (I had a chance to learn a lot working on that build. And still consider myself as a beginer) , and i loved it... But without you guys , i don't think that the ship building would have so much fun and joy. So.. I do thank you very much for your nice comments and likes. By the way my family has 300 hundred olive trees and we make olives and oil every year for all of us.. I'm crazy about olives especially olives kalamon (City of Kalamata, Pelloponnese). Just give me your address and I will be happy to send you some... :) :)

     

    Kind Regards

    Dimitris

    Amerigo Vespucci by Dimitris71 - Mantua - 1:100 scale

    in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1901 - Present Day

    Posted

    Well done now comes the fun part.  Moving your model without breaking all that work.  I forgot how many bowsprits I have had to replace over the years.  Did you dip the chains or airbrushed them?

    David B

    Hello David, from now on must be learning some robotic moves !!! lol.. I broke the Bluenose's bowsprit 3 times.... :angry: I painted the chains with a small brush!!

     

    Kind regards

    Dimitris

    Amerigo Vespucci by Dimitris71 - Mantua - 1:100 scale

    in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1901 - Present Day

    Posted · Edited by Dimitris71

    Hello shipmates, Edwin-David B-Nigel (UpstateNY)-Greg-Mike-Slog-Nigel (NMBROOK)-Patrick-Nils-Don , I do thank you all for your likes and nice comments! :)

     

    I made a mistake and glued the bowsprit first.... As a result the stanchions and rails in the bowsprit area gave me a hard time to install and paint them  properly!!! :angry:It took me a little longer than I expected.. :) 

     

    Kind Regards

    Dimitris

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    Amerigo Vespucci by Dimitris71 - Mantua - 1:100 scale

    in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1901 - Present Day

    Posted

    Hi Dimitris

     

    I'm just catching up with your latest photos of the bowsprit with the gold decorations and figure head. The portholes look great as well. Really impressive work!

     

    As Nils has said above, the rigging's not far away. I'm looking forward to seeing the next phase.

     

    Cheers and all the best!

     

    Patrick

    Hello Patrick, thank you for your time to comment and also for your likes... :) :) 

     

    Cheers

    Dimitris

    Amerigo Vespucci by Dimitris71 - Mantua - 1:100 scale

    in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1901 - Present Day

    Posted

    Wonderful work Dimitris...she is looking fabulous.  :)

     

    Also amazed at your fast progress...you have to be getting close to starting the masts or am I missing a few steps here?

     

    Cheers,

     

    Nigel.

    Thank you Nigel for your likes and for your kind comments.. I'm thinking of fixing the bowsprit in place first with all the chains, netting and blocks ( but i have to be very careful after that with my movements... Then the stanchions and hand rails under the bowsprit.  I'm also thinking of leaving the life boats last so as to have more space when i am working at the masts and rigging.

     

    Cheers

    Dimitris

    Amerigo Vespucci by Dimitris71 - Mantua - 1:100 scale

    in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1901 - Present Day

    Posted · Edited by Dimitris71

    Hello Dimitris!

     

    First of all: thank you for your nice words on my build log. :-)))

     

    You made me curious to watch your build. Until now I have never watched out for the Amerigo Vespucci. Maybe because she is just too "modern". Now, after watching your build I have to say: this was a big mistake. She is beautiful! And your build make her special!!

     

    The first thing I thought when I see the beginning of you build was: WOW, that is too good for a first-planking. Later, with color, I did not believe that it was a model. :-)

     

    Keep on that good work. I am excited to see more of your model. Dimitri, you teaches me one thing: even a different type of model from another age can have a lot of charm and soul. Sorry, my english is not good enough to exactly describe what I feel by watching a good model. It´s like diving into another time and feeling the ship, the sea, the wind... 

     

    Best wishes to you

     

    - Heinz -

    Heinz welcome aboard , thank you for your encouraging words and for all the likes. I consider myself as a beginner regarding the ship building . This ship struck me when I first saw it .... And i said to myself that i have to build it.... This is my second build..For my third build i chose Royal Caroline 1749 (which requires much better planking techniques)..

     

    P.S.  Your English is great (my English needs more practice)... :) :)

     

     

    All the best

    Dimitris

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