mtdoramike

Worked on some of the combings over the weekend.

mike

Man, I wish I would have known about this 30 ship models ago. It would have made my life much easier.

mike

Thanks Paul, but It ain't grabbing me. I'll have to ponder on it for awhile.

It's been a a few days since an update has been posted on the Monte, so here is a few pics of the work that has been done on her in the last few days. I try to spend at least an hour a day working on her, but most of the time, I spend hours working on her.

Now, I haven't decided on the light blue on the lower stem section or paint it brown or black where it blends in. The over all shot is just to give you an idea of just how big this model really is.

mike

I got a little more work done on the bow section and put the bits on top of the rails.

mike

I don't know if you can tell or not, but the Monte is going to be a bit colorful to say the least. Like I said before, I really like that blue.

mike

By the way Ian, I found when it comes to building a model as tedious as the Victory is to try and put in at least an hour a day whether it be on the model itself or researching upcoming steps on the model. I always try and stay at least two or even three steps ahead when building. It saves quite a bit of time having to re-do things that later in the build just didn't make sense or was wrong. 

mike

absolutely beautiful, that's what I'm talkin about. I actually like the contrasting wood color. I like to use a little contrasting wood even in my planking just a little eye catcher.

mike

beautiful work on the spars. But if you think that was tedious, wait until you get started on all those cannon. I was beginning to wonder what happened to you  

mike

got a little work done on the poop deck hahahahaha. Installed the heads.

mike

Also, the Vic is one of those models that everyone needs a shovel every now and then. It is a daunting task no doubt especially with all those cannon. To me, the rigging was a breeze compared to all those cannon. At least the one I'm building now, the Montanes is mostly dummy cannon.

mike

Your welcome Ian, I can't wait to see some updates, you have done a masterful job on the Vic so far.

mike

Also separated the sails, marked them for position and ready to be installed onto the yards when and if I'm ready for them or if I decide to go with sails.

mike

Any updates on the build? Pictures, Pictures, Pictures.

Two nice looking chaps. I'm glad to see you were both still very close. I envy that.

mike   

I did a little more work on the Monte today and started or at least semi attached the transom on the rear to get an idea of how it will look and how to attach it. 

mike

I'm sorry to hear of your loss as well and hope your heart is mending. One thing I have found when a travesty like this hits my family is to bury myself into my hobby work shop for hours and even days at a time until I come to terms with the event. I tend to day dream when working on my models and drift back in time to parts of my life or people in my life that I like to remember fondly. It might take me an hour to lay one plank or thread one deadeye when I drift off on my travels back in time. But we each have our own way of dealing with grief or that unexpected tragic event. I hope you find yours and work through it.

mike       

Awesome work. Btw I just purchased the Santa Ana on special here in AUS. She's a big box. Not as big as the Caldercraft Victory, but still a lot of wood. Only disappointment was that they have removed the nice stand & holders and replaced it with a really crappy plywood support base. They appear to be cheapening the contents. Shame given the cost of the kit and what you get compared to other suppliers. I expect to start a log sometime in the new year.

I want to do the occre xebec first

Ahhhhh lucky you. The dispay base you refer to is only a base to use during the construction process. To my knowledge latina has never supplied a finished display base in their kits. I will keep an eye out for your build log on the Ana.

Mike

I spent a little time on the Monte over the weekend and got the railings installed as well as the rubbing block for the anchor.

mike

hahahahahaha, I lost out, got out bid thank goodness and beyond what I would spend for that particular kit in damaged condition. I can buy that particular kit from Omni Models for around $465-$470.00 shipped.

mike

Fantastic, It's nice to here that there really is a happy ending for this saga. Great news indeed.

mike

Weeeeelllllllll, I got tempted this afternoon while piddling on the computer, ebay wouldn't you know it and came across the below listing. It tugged at me for a couple of hours before I placed a bid. There is only a couple of model kits that would make me reconsider building another model and this happens to be one of them. Hopefully and probably I won't win the auction.

mike

http://www.ebay.com/itm/222161435054?_trksid=p2055359.m1431.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Well. The finish of this build was supposed to have started in 2013

So hows the finishing coming.

Ok, it's summer time, any progress on this model??

Mike

working on putting on the railings.