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Finally some work done on the 4 anchors. I left them the natural color which I quite like and added 2mm Tamiya tape (that I first colored with black permanent marker) in order to simulate the iron bands. I had to do 3 passes with the black marker to get a full coloring.
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Started working on the gun port doors and getting them attached to the hull... also not a fun job. From the first picture (the two protrusion or ends of the hinge) were fitted in two small holes that I drilled just above each gun port (not pictured), gluing in with CA glue and and was able to achieve a solid attachment as a result. The instructions referenced to keep the port doors at a further angle upwards, but not sure how that would be possible and would not feel comfortable in getting a tight bond with the port and hinges to the hull. The last picture references my collection of gun port doors that are of a larger size and attach to the bottom row of the two on each side of the hull
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Finished the chainplates... not a fun job as once I cut back the extra chainplate length (in order to anchor on the wale), the ends kept wanting to separate (given no more solder keeping them together). I should have taken the time to resolder the ends but that is a new skill to me and I did not want to bother with that... next time! Bit of a CA glue mess on the two chainplate ends in the second picture. I will touch that up with dull black paint.
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Good luck in your journey! Its a big build... at least you have the newer kit from Dusek with laser cut pieces and the fit will certainly be better than my old vintage kit from Mamoli where everything was cut with a scroll saw.
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Look great! What project are you going to tackle next?
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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 blackening 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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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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Thanks Ronald for your reply... Yes, these creations really start to come alive with the deck fittings.
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Here is some wider perspective shots should anyone be interested. Deck fittings and railing is now done... which was easy work. PS I had to cut some strip wood from some darker walnut stock I have in order to get all the deck fitting matching to a darker walnut The last picture is the included boats with the kit. I will try and "pump" them up a bit but if that fails I reached out to Kolderstock models in Holland as they have a scaled replacement boat that looks very good! I will be taking a little break now as I have a ton of fall yard work to do at this time and also to get ready for the winter tires on the vehicles. Plus perhaps pay a little more attention to my wife 😊
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More details completed on the deck... first the railings and then the bits. Materials are always tight with the old vinatge Mamoli kits. I bought a used Proxxon saw and have started to put it to good use, specifically for the 2x3 strips.
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