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Working on some of the rigging details... As I mentioned, this is an out of box build, and am somewhat embarrassed to show you pictures of plastic blocks. At the moment, the rigging is loosely affixed and a tightening of all the lines will be done shortly. Also, I had to do lots of research on the rigging details as the Billing Boats plans are absolutely useless in terms of origin, belay, and termination points. Cheers
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Mast is set with glue with all the rigging lines attached in advance on the mast and sails...
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Treating the sails with a stiffening agent for the "wind blown" effect... Getting close to the end.
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Started adding details to the sails prior to affixing them on the masts... Hopefully I can set the mast tonight Absolutely no rigging instructions in this kit... and a couple of lines I am not able to trace their beginning and ending points but should be easy to figure out anyways.
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Also added more details to the deck. Secured the bollards with masking tape so they stayed upright while affixing them to the deck railing with a drop of epoxy. Even though it says 5 minute epoxy, it takes an hour plus to fully cure.
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A little more work done on the sails... I secured the reef points with a spot of Tamiya lacquer and it has stained the sail where the drop dispersed... I thought I had done this once before without ill effects. I will be brushing on a layer of GAC400 to stiffen up the sails in order to simulate a wind blown effect and I hope the blemishes will disappear.
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I had someone else make my sails and trimmed a little off the bottom margins to work with my mast and its length
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I am certainly not a painter! Good enough as I am tired of fiddling with my roll of 2mm Tamiya masking tape. This is the final color scheme...
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Just working on the fore and aft bulwarks now... got a little bit done on my 2 hour lunch break today. Also, did some significant plank bending with a relatively new tool and it works very well!
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Also... here is how I left the switch for my LED lighting setup for the time being. Easy to access as the deck in this area is relatively unpopulated with "stuff"... plus the grating will hide the switch while still providing access to the button battery for change as required.
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More progress on hull planking... I am pleased enough with how things turned out. Need to do some fill and sand now but first will focus on the exterior hull planking about the main gun deck.
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Thanks for the replies all! I thought I had a good plan for planking, but a bit of a disaster at the bow with me basically doing a jig saw puzzle at this time. Bit disappointed but nothing some fill and sanding can't fix...
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Slowly but surely, getting the hull planking done... Perhaps not the best layout plan, but it is one of two layers after all... so will be extra careful on the layout of the finish layer.
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Marvellous!
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Thanks Zappto for following along… You are very right, lots of patience is required with this build!
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And they all work! The LED lights are flickering and warm white in tone.
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Thanks Bob! Just tied everything together and neatly folded the wires into the void between frames.
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Looking good… You sure have an excellent work ethic in your output and production of finished kits. I was stalled for over a year before I tackled the rigging on my Santa Maria. Yep, the GAC400 is great… look forward to seeing your finished sails. Cheers!
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Been a bit lazy lately... Did manage to get my LED wiring setup completed. I purchased the kit from Evan Designs (all they do is miniature LED setups for hobbies). I spec'd out the pico LED lights with a 3 volt button battery as energy source. Everything came pre-wired and just a matter of running the line back to the battery source which I have hidden under the main deck grating panel which I will make removable in order to access the battery and supplied switch. I put two LEDs in the aft cabin and then 4 others along the length of the deck in order to illuminate under the gratings of the above positioned decks. I created a little battery holder under the main deck grating for easy access once the model is finished... I hope I have enough lighting to do the model justice.
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Looking good!
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Check out Dusek’s Santa Maria which is the rebrand of the Mamoli version of the kit. Highly recommend that version.
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Some additional images of my framing process. The external hull profile is very poor between the gun ports with my effort, especially on the deck where the dummy ports are located as evident on the second picture. Instead of filling later, I decided to add strips between the ports varying in depth from .5 and 1.5 mm, depending on where the defects were most pronounced and then sanded back. Mamoli vintage kits are notorious for not supplying enough material so I decided to fill with some scrap wood and then with my Milwaukee multitool, sanded flush to the gun port exterior margins. Quick and easy work... The pictures may not show it but the exterior hull is quite smooth without waves and undulations.
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