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Last post today: did some blackening - the pins were copper alloy, rings and eyelets were brass alloys, the chain was super tarnished brass, and the new chainplates that I made being brass wire. My technique was the same for all - swished around in isopropyl alcohol for 5 minutes occasionally brushing with an old toothbrush, then rinse in distilled water, then transferred to household vinegar for 2 minutes, and then rinsed in distilled water, and then transferred into a 1:3 solution of 1 part Birchwood Casey blackening solution with 3 parts warmed distilled water, with a final rinse with distilled water and drying. The process was really quick - just 5-10 seconds in the backening solution with the results shown below. Very happy with the results!
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Some work on the chainplates; some bending, some twisting, some manufacturing (the kit was short 3 chainplates) from brass wire, and some cutting.
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Update: Not happy with the space between the stern stem and the rudder. The space seems very excessive per the plans... I took off the rudder and put a fill piece in. Ideally I should have put it on the rudder side but the rudder margin length is convex and the stern stem is flat thus better accommodating the fill piece. Looks OK from up close but from 1 foot away, the fill piece completely blends in and is not noticeable. I think it looks better...
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Thanks Jose for checking out my build log. I hope it provides lots of help in your journey building the Mamoli Santa Maria. The kit has some flaws but overall it builds into an excellent model. Cheers!
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Thanks Patrick… I appreciate the images. I will be following the way depicted in the first set of pictures you listed from the museum. Yes, I believe, the most historically accurate.
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Starting some work on the channels, chainplates, and deadeyes. I added a 2x2 mm backing on the channels in order to get a better gluing surface to the hull. Also, the chainplates included in the kit are unfortunately short by 3 in number and they are definitively too long (per the plans) as I believe they should affix to the black strake immediately below the channel and not the hull. Noticed some variation of their attachments on both the dutch websites as well on MSW. I think it looks cleaner attaching to the black strake. Anyone have some suggestions?
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Thanks everyone for the replies!
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Did some fiddling with the stern ornaments... mostly painting. I did not find them bad with regards to cleanup of edges and margins. Lots of fiddling though getting the corners to fit and to have smooth transitions to the ornaments. Not always an easy task!
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Some work to report on the gun port lids. Mamoli has them precut and then you just add the exterior planking and hinges. There are two sizes of gun port lids, one slightly larger than the other for the lowest row of guns, the dummy guns... which will be added later. I know other Mamoli Friesland builders have referenced their kits having abnormally long dummy guns... unfortunately my old vintage has the dummy guns that are too long. I will figure out that problem at a later date.
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A Psychologist would probably say that I can’t let things go… 😀 -
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Problem solved James… Thanks for your suggestion… I simply cleared my browsing history to “all time” on the IPad and the MSW browsing experience was back to normal Strange that only the MSW website was affected given I have about 35 other tabs open on my Safari browser. Anyways, thanks! -
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Thanks for your reply Paul… The resolution you noted doesn’t seem to work for me.. It’s strange as this happens only on MSW and just recently started. Cheers, -
There has been a change in the browser experience when scrolling on MSW for me and my IPad. I noticed in the last 5-6 days when scrolling, the page is constantly refreshing and not loading the page in its entirety (at once) when first on the page. Quite irritating and it is only with MSW’s website on my Safari browser. Not sure why and if anyone else has this problem?
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Very nice! Thanks for sharing the pictures of the model ship exhibition! I have been to the Scheepvaart Museum but I must go one year, one weekend to the model ship exhibition.
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