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  1. 72Nova
    Just a friendly remainder fellas that Dry Dock Models also sells those 1.5mm blocks in boxwood, those are what I use currently, but I would be willing try out Kevin's if he decides produce them? Michael D.
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    Beautiful work as always Marc, while the blocks might be a tad over scale size wise the eye is the final judge and they look spot on!👍 Michael D.
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    Kevin's build along with less than a handful are the benchmarks for sure. Hi Shipman, I bought mine about 20 years ago and she's been begging me to build her, when I do, I'll build it bare stick, ironically the Revell Cutty Sark was my very first ship model back in 1969 at age 10, completed it in like 10 days, I did not paint it but did rig it completely. I finally have the gun tackles and ring bolts completed on the forecastle and main decks, quite the exercise, 14 left to do. Michael D.
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    Ian, I try to push myself to see how much detail I can actually add and get away with it without looking too bulky. Thank you for the compliment! Thank you, Marc, short cuts obviously have to made at this scale to look somewhat convincing, which can be a blessing, I guess, I may have to start the 1:96 Cutty Sark after this to hone my skills on the larger scale...hehe. Michael D.
  5. 72Nova
    I finally completed the cannons on the main deck, so I thought! I decided to add the rest of the gun tackle rope. The gun tackles are made up from 100wt silk thread coated with flat clear, knots tied at each end, I used 32g wire for the hook on one end, normally one on each end, for the blocks I simulated them with paint. Thanks for looking. Michael D.
  6. 72Nova
    The scale on this one is 1:168, thanks for the compliment Marc. Michael D.
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    My focus lately has been dressing out the main deck, fabricating the necessary kevels, cleats and cavals along with the cannons, still much work left to do but looking promising. As always, I appreciate the comments and likes! Michael D.
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    Hi Waldemar, Thank you for the compliment, I went with McKay's measurement of 37"-7" and your right it seems a bit too long, so I looked closer into the hull construction section and McKay lists half breadth at 23'-6" so 47'. Lee's mentions the davit is 7/9 the breadth of the ship which equates to 36'-5", better than a foot shorter, here's a comparison, original one is 68mm and the revised version is 66mm, visually not a whole of difference and still extends out further than the one on Victory 1737, I suppose I could shorten it still? Thanks for pointing that out, Waldemar, all the best. Michael D.
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    Thank you, Patrick, it means a lot coming from you! The staircase and gangway are finally completed, all in all I'm happy with it and now on to the port side. Michael D.
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    Thank you so much Ian, I used .20mm rope and 100wt thread for knots which are just overhand knots as to not look too bulky. A few progress pics, the stair railings are about complete minus the post caps, I wrapped the stairs with paper, glued in the balusters, coated both sides with CA and glued in placed, the cap railing is 0.38mm x 0.50mm. Thanks for looking. Michael D.
  11. 72Nova
    With the fish davit about 90% complete, I started work on the short gangway and stairs leading to the forecastle, I highly doubt they were in use early on especially with the grating covering the main deck, maybe a bit later? but I like the look of them, still a lot of work left to do regarding the railings. Michael D.
  12. 72Nova
    Hi John, It is a bit maddening working at this scale, my first attempt was the airfix vasa and currently working on the SOS and I'm actually enjoying working at this scale, check out my build logs, maybe you might something that may be of use to you? At scale those dead eyes would be around 13" in diameter, so less than 2mm at this scale, minuscule I know, my suggestion to you if you want to use those dead eyes would be to simply strop them with black thread, form a simple knot with and leave a pigtail, coat the knot and pigtail with CA to secure and stiffen the thread and feed into a hole in the hull, it'll look pretty convincing at this scale. I love those cannons by the way, I'll have to order some for my build. Michael D. '
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    Shipman and Marc, I've always wondered about this also, but found no info regarding storage of the fish davit other than what Lee's mentions that It's placed athwartship on the forecastle, also both HMS Victory of 1737 and HMS medway of 1742 show the fish davit placed across the forecastle, I followed suit on my Victory of 1765, I know these are much later, but some things didn't really change much in a 100 years. I think it wasn't until after 1773 the fish davit was reduced in size and placed on the fore channels or thereabout? Michael D.
  14. 72Nova
    Forecastle deck is starting to get a little crowded, with one cannon left do I started fabricating the fish davit, I know this piece is usually never displayed, but I like the detail..... this measures out at 37'-7" and about 18" square, at this scale it's 68mm in length and 2.7mm square, also have one span shackle fabricated and I suspect these could be rotated out of the way or removed when not in use to clear the deck around the cannon? anyways everything is looking presentable at this stage. Michael D.
  15. 72Nova
    Now that the masts are completed, I shifted my focus back the forecastle by finishing up the cannons, fabricating the fore bitts and adding misc. cleats, still aways to go though. The armless crew member is there for double checking the scale, he stands around 5'-9". Thanks for looking. Michael D.
  16. 72Nova
    Somewhat of a crowning moment with the completion of all the tops, masts and flagpoles, the Mizen top gallant masthead measures out to 0.75mm with the Mizen flagpole a mere 0.40mm at the truck. The masts are dry fitted showing their approximate rake. Michael D.
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    Work continues on the masts and I'm quite happy so far with the results, as they line up true in the dry fit stage. Next, I had to calculate what size lines to use for the Fore shrouds and dead eyes, lower shrouds will be .35mm, topmast .25mm, top gallant 50wt thread and the royal shrouds are 60wt thread. Top mast dead eyes are 1.40mm, top gallant are 1.20 and the royal measure out to 1.10mm, these are just a tad overscale but look okay to my eye, I still may try to reduce them still, we'll see....at this scale the dead eye strops/plates are the futtock shrouds, I will use CA glue in the plate area of the thread so I can flatten it once it's dried to simulate the plates followed by some creative painting. The main royal mast is just about completed with the hounds still left to do, trestle tree, cap and flagpole. I also added the battens to the fore lower masthead. Michael D.
  18. 72Nova
    A small update regarding the installation of the fore course buntline blocks, I used 1.5mm single blocks which are 12" at scale, simulated toggles to follow, also working on the main masts and tops. Thanks for looking. Michael D.
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    That's for sure Ian, I'll definatley be testing the limits of detail I can add, with some quite frankly impossible at this scale. Michael D.
  20. 72Nova
    With the completion of the royal mast, royal trestle tree, flagpole and all required eye bolts in the tops I can now focus on attaching all the necessary blocks. Cheers. Michael D.
  21. 72Nova
    I can't believe I forgot about your wonderful Reale De France build, glad to hear you're on the mend. Sounds like a scratch build project that will be a pleasure to follow, I doubt I'll ever get to that stage. Michael D
  22. 72Nova
    About 90% of the fore mast tops are complete with some detail sanding still left to do along with dead eyes, eye bolts and painting. On top of all this I still need to fabricate the trestle tree and flagpole, considering the scale I'm working at I think they look pretty good. Michael D.
  23. 72Nova
    Happy New Year to you too Frank, it does feel good. Have you started another project after your Vasa? All the likes are much appreciated. Michael D.
  24. 72Nova
    I've completed the fabrication of the topgallant and royal masts along with the associated top bases, these measurements are taken out of John McKay's book, this is all still in a very rough in stage at this point, fabricating the rest of the topgallant top will be especially challenging as the base only measures out to 8mm in dia = to approx. 4-1/2 ft at scale. Michael D.
  25. 72Nova
    Hi all, after a short break I'm back on my S.O.S. In the last couple of days, I have completed the remaining port Fore lower dead eyes and chains, most of open gun port lids where the lower shrouds would hinder their installation afterwards, forecastle cannons in various stages with 2 of them completed, fabricated the 4 knightheads along the bulwarks and currently working the fore top and topmast with the goal of setting the fore mast assembly into the deck permanently real soon. Thanks for looking. Michael D.

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