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Thanks Alistair... yes the cannons look very fiddly. When I see the quality of the work on MSW and the details that show up on the close-up photography, I am always very impressed. I just finished the rudder and the deck canopy for the rudder which both turned out quite well. I will post photos shortly. Cheers, Julian -
Well, I have been procrastinating on the cannon rigging but I think I am certainly ready to attempt this task next. Maybe this upcoming weekend.
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And I also created the swivel gun pedestals and attached them to the hull. It is funny how everything looks great until you take the close-up picture with the camera. My paint finish is not so great... I presume I should be putting on a light coat and then sanding and reapplying a second coat. I have been told there is a product that can be added to the paint that slows down the drying time and thus provides a nicer, smoother, and cleaner finish. Of course the primary problem is my 50 year old eyes being not so great for closeup work.
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I also started on the channels and chainplates which was easy and fun enough.
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Finally some time to provide an update... I attached and painted the capping taffrail and of course repainted the legs of my "warriors" on the transom decoration to the correct flesh color.
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Thanks Alistair... very nice instructions!
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Thanks for the tips of advise... Alistair, Timmo Alistair, with regards to the rigging, you are right, I just tied off the ring bolts on one strand of string to make it easier to handle. I will cut the thread in half, thread the ends through the bolts on the carriage and CA them on the "cascabel" And yes you are right about the flesh coloring on the legs, I will be doing some touchup painting. Thanks! With regards to the sweep port lids, do you think they would look OK without the hinges should I recut them all slightly larger and reattach them, scrapping the old "garbage" I put on? Or best to leave the port lids off the model?
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Well this next step was an absolute disaster for me as I really butchered the sweep ports lids. I tried them all closed... knowing this would be the easiest to get completed. I first had trouble with the hinges and getting them centered on to the port lid and as they were slightly undersized to completely cover the port, they look terrible. I seemed to also have trouble with super glue and its fast set up time. Also my cuts on the 0.5x3 mm strip were terrible. I think I will be tearing them all off but not sure how to salvage the hinges? It is like a 2 year old did them... oops!
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I next focused on the transom decoration which I think turned out OK.
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I started to create some of the rigging for the cannons but this was as far as I got.
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I also completed the lower and upper cheeks with the headrails. The work always looked better to my 50 year old eyes until you see the imperfections on the photo. Needless to say I have some detail and touch-up painting to do.
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Finally some time to provide some posts. I have been doing some work on the model but only when time permits and on sporadic weekends. I have also been jumping around in the manual, procrastinating on rigging the cannons (I guess). Here are some images of the fenders, anchor linings, and side steps. I noticed upon posting, some fine detailing (sanding) that I have to yet do on the side steps.
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Hi Timmo, Wonderful job on your headrail. I just finished mine as well. Nothing like yours... I am watching and learning. Beautiful work! Cheers, Julian
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Perfect Alistair! Thank-you! I thought as much... I noticed on all the forums that there is no specific information on how to best do it. It seems everyone's cannons' magically rig themselves and set themselves on the deck. I wish mine would do so...
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Thanks Alistair... much appreciated information! So do you do all the rigging off the deck before you mount and glue everything down?
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Thanks for the comments Timmo / Craig... I have to "tackle" the rigging on the cannons but I have been procrastinating on this. I am actually skipping ahead in the manual bypassing the gun rigging for now as I am worried whether I am up to the task. Just doing some research and I am a little worried about the fine detail work given the blocks are all 2.5 mm and not sure how it all fits together when putting it down on the deck. PS Quick question on gluing the cannons down given the deck surface has already been varnished? I have been gluing down the smaller fittings and deck furniture with CA and they all seem to be strong bonds but I am not sure about the cannons and all the riggings? Also, should I assemble the cannons to completion and just tuck them into and onto the deck? Thanks, Julian
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Got a few other thinks out of the way last weekend... Got my ladders done with a simple jig using the kids' lego. Painted and installed the barricade assembly and rough tree rail.
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Thanks Craig for your kind words... I actually ended up gently sanding the brass rail surface and tried again with CA glue and it seems quite solid now. I think it was a matter of prepping the surfaces better - ie sanding the brass rail backside.
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Lastly, completed the assembly of the jeer bits and topsail sheet bits... all easy work. I found a great purpose of my wife's foot file as it is able to provide a really solid surface to sand those small wooden pieces prior to their assembly. In the past I was using a sanding sponge and at times was losing some of the definition of the wood due to it's soft surface. The final image I included gives an idea of the deck now in a more advance stage of finish. Still lots of work to do though...
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In another weekend, worked on the elm tree pumps... always a bit delicate and difficult when working on small parts and using CA glue. I have since primed and painted the parts but forgot to take pictures of the finished state.
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Finally some time to give an update as only able to get work done on "some" weekends... here we go, the windlass and belfry... I have some mottling after the staining as a result of CA glue on some of the faces of the windlass. I think it just adds a bit of realism (if anything). I have to paint the bell yet or leave it a silver tone to the original casting supplied in the kit.
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Thanks again Alistair! I appreciate your help! Julian
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Thanks Alistair... Yes, the upward sweep is a bit extreme as you can see when it popped off, it went back to its "natural" position. Yes, I will try to reattach the brass rail with CA, cleaning up the surface prior to its bonding. Thanks for your input! Julian
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Now with the sheer rail... I used the supplied brass extrusion and used CA glue in stages and thought things were going well... I bent the rail into shape using the gun pattern shape as a reference. I clamped and glued the rail in two stages with good results but because the rail towards the stern began to need a bend in a new plane, the rail actually snapped off its initial hold after finishing and painting the capping and sheer rails. Not sure how to fix this this problem so it does not happen again. I presume I have to clean up both surfaces, sanding them, so I can reattempt the bond?
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I have finally had the opportunity to post some notes and progress... I filled the quarterdeck bulwark with a scrap and then finished the inside with planks and sanding flush to the top to accommodate the capping rails. The one problem was that I remember, once sanding the forecastle capping rails, was that I forgot to line the inner forecastle with a sliver of a plank. On the photo 5, it is evident of this, as when I was sanding from the outside, because I lost the 1mm plank width from the inside, I sanded into the cut outs in the capping rail. (instead of gaining that extra 1mm should I have remembered to put the bulwark plank in the forecastle) Oops. Not sure how to fix it?
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