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Keith Black reacted to a post in a topic:
Roter Lowe by Stevinne - Mamoli - 1:55 - Dutch-built Galleon
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Roter Lowe by Stevinne - Mamoli - 1:55 - Dutch-built Galleon
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Great job, nonetheless… Mamoli kits of old were such but they always seem to build out to a nice finished state. Good luck! -
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Friesland 1663 by mrcc - Mamoli MV24 - 1:75
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Thanks Ronald for checking out my build log… Yes, my wife is Dutch and well aware of the Fryslan connection. Her ancestral roots are from Rotterdam. We are in Holland from Canada every 3-4 years for a visit.
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Glad to get this section of the hull planking done... Not going to say this part of the build was any fun! I have some filling to do at the bow...
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Good morning Bob from Alberta, The kit is in a 1:75 scale with finished length of 775 mm and height of 714 mm
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Started to plank the hull... following the instructions in terms of order of construction but taking some liberty on color scheme as no directions in that regard - painting the wales a dull black. Once the top wale was set, it was quite easy, but very tedious work in the lower planks' and wales' placements, especially with regards to marking them off around the gun ports. Placed the bottom 2 planks in full width at the bow but needed to take off some material in order for the next wale to lie better. Pleased with their lie on the port and starboard sides but will need some fill at the bow.
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Hi Peter... I have yet to paint any of the ornaments yet but will likely focus on Gold with minimal other color highlights... yet to come. The planks on the transom were stained with a water based Minwax Hunter Green color, left over stain from a furniture project from 25 years ago and the stain is still perfect to use even though stored in the garage in at times freezing weather conditions ie Alberta winters. Cheers!
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Yes... I definitely employ that technique!
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Got all the planks stained to a darker shade which I prefer. Some planks did not take the stain as well as others. Finished the transom planking... and now on to planking of the hull with the finish layer per the Mamoli instructions. Going to wait on finishing some of the stern and gallery ornaments until more of the hull has been finished.
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The next issue to contemplate is the supplied stained planks. Seems like they are so faded and dull... I decided to experiment (with a can of forest green stain that was 25 years old) and see how they look with a re-staining. The plank on the right was a plank from the first layer of hull planking and they both look good and even in shading should I need extra planks as it seems on the old kits, people are barely supplied with enough.
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Finished the rear gallery panel and planking below... on further assessment of the slight twist of the stern counterclockwise, I realized it was only the last frame that was such and not the rear keel and frames. Good news for me... with regards to correction, I just dropped the starboard side of the rear panel, probably about 1 mm downwards, to clockwise, and created a better optical effect of a more balanced appearance. I started to prepare the transom framing and everything looks good in my mind...
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Cutty Sark by petervisser - Billing Boats - Scale 1:75
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HMS Sphinx 1775 by aydingocer - Vanguard Models - 1:64 - Revision #2
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Glad your hand is better! I know the struggle as well with the hands… I need a surgery as well once I retire from work. PS Your work on the ship is great!
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Here's a problem I need to address... The line drawn in with pencil is actually level to the decks. The entire rear stern has a twist that was noted earlier but perhaps being in denial, has now come to haunt me. The bulkheads never did fit properly and with a vintage kit, and loose fittings of bulkheads into the keel, and the large tolerances in the fitting of the parts, this is what I now get. Frustration but an added learning element as I think I can optically reduce the perception ever so slightly by adjusting to a more level state the rear ornaments one by one to appear more level to the deck lines going from the top to bottom... in the future. But I need to address the discrepancy to a degree in planking the rear stern as this is the next step in the plans.
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Lastly, glued in the side gallery dormer piece, drilled a hole into the side hull as I believe I will pick up some of the LED lighting (embedded inside) from this window, and laid the window in with a piece of acetate underneath. I will do a wood fill to clean up the margins of the inlay I did with the Dremel. I laid out the roof shingles while also adding a small fill piece at the bottom as the ornament to come later will cover the fill piece. Bit of a "dog's breakfast" but good enough. I may peel a couple of the shingles at the very top, one on each side, as I think I can make it look a bit better... This hobby makes it very hard to be a perfectionist...
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Completed the side gallery dormers. First laying out the bands of 3mm with a 2mm overlay. Also worked on the side gallery dormer windows... lots of fiddly work, first milling by freehand with my Dremel, the inlay for the windows and acetate, then milled the side channels in order to fit flush inside the bands and then sanded back the inside profile in order to fit flush to the hull. NOT much fun here...
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More work done... and only now time to post some progress. My laser cut windows were an excellent fit on the side galleries. Not so great on the stern gallery windows... will get those recut as the stern windows are slightly larger than the side profile windows unbeknownst to the person cutting the windows.
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