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i have only Three letters WOW!!!!!!! AS ALWAYS YOU DOING THE BEST !!!!!!!!!

Hi Daniel, this is a GOOD NEWS !!!!! I hope the bulkheads will be laser cut we will be more than happy to see some pictures from your factory best regards , Michael.

Hello Daniel I'm curious to know there's something new ? i was searching online to see if there is some new kits but i didnt find nothing .... Best regards, Michael.

Thabk you friends when i was talking about how to make the curve in the strip... i was talkink about the curve of the plank that going to fill the mess bulkhead and because the bulkhead has a curve in the middle i need to fill it with some curved plank and about the cuve of the ship i will do it with the electric plank bender by the way the last ship i did without the electric plank bender i just soak the planks and used them .. but any way thank you ! Michael.

Tank you dear friend

Hello there Just for the record ... in the post no.3-4 i wrote about problem with bulkhead no.13 that i had to open the slot in about 1.5-2mm to push it in for getting that bulkhead in the same line of the first deck as the other bulkheads! after doing that i had to fair this bulkhead a lot at the downstairs but now ... because i had to push it down i got an issue in the upstairs aria of that bulkhead ... now its a bit in from the line (about 1.5mm) ... and i need to glue over there a strip of plank and than to start fairing that aria... my build going very slow for right now ... Because I finish the work every day very late and to do that burring job of correcting and fairing the hull its not the best option after a lot of hours at work lol... i know that after i will past this process i will found more hours to work with the ship here is a picture of the bulkhead that i need to fill up : now i need to find the perfect way of bending the plank as the curve of the bulkhead for gluing it into the side of the bulkhead ANY ADVISES WILL BE MORE THAN WELCOME Regards , Michael .

Here is a little update of the stern block fillers to make these blocks was a bit tricky because there is 2 curves in a very small aria the planks must touch the stern at least in 30 degrees because you need after all sand the stern and making hem 3 mm include the first plank ! So after making the curve between the bulkhead to the stern you must make a a other curve in the end of the first curve i mean in the aria were the block filler meeting the stern ... by the way i didnt glue the gallery supports until now ... and after all thanks God im very happy that i didnt do it until now ! There was a very massive sanding work in that aria of the block filler so without the gallery suport it was easy to work and also by doing the sanding /fairing work without the gallery supports it keep me from making any damage to the gallery supports ! Cheers , Michael.

Thank you Heinz ! That is true there is 2 planks so because that i not need to wary too much .. but i just tryingto do my best for improving my experience and learning how much i can ... i think the first plank is the time for learning because as you wrote the second plank will cover all the mistakes Best regards, Michael.

Hello Dan very nice job !!! It was my last finished project i have a link in my signature to my model (youtube) Best regards Michael.

Thank you David for your advices !

Hell friends now im working on the fairing process and i have some point to talk about the basic rule is to put some plank on the bulkheads and to see wetch bulkhead need to be sanded ... the problem with that is : when you trying to curve a natural plank in one side the other side automatically will get some curve i mean for example if in the middle of the ship the line between the bulkheads is almost straight and in the stern there is a deep curve when you will curve the planks on the stern aria automatically just after that curve the plank will get some bow ! and it will not touch the bulkheads after that deep curve ! as the nature of the wood when you making some curve in the right side the left side will try to get the same angel as the right .... so most of the builders just pushing the plank to the bulkhead for making the plank touching all the bulkheads .... the problem with that is : sometimes you can push a little bit inside of the line then you will get an hole ... or sometimes when you pushing the plank a little out of the line you will have a little "hill" and its very hard to detect it with only one plank ! but after 4-5 planks (i mean after planking ) you will see the problem .... im doing it in other way ..(its my firs time doing that "new" method ) im just puling the plank side ways i mean one hand holding the plank on the first bulkhead and the other hand holding in the last bulkhead but not only holding im also puling the end of the plank for avoiding all the nature spaces that created after the curve ! so if there is a bulkhead that is out of the line i can see that and than i can fix that bulkhead ! the good thing on it is that we using a wood plank and not a rubber or other material that can get stretched ! so if there is one bulkhead out or in you can detect it quickly and the test will give you 100 % of correction ! then when i will plank the ship i will work bulkhead by bulkhead i mean to glue and nail the plank on the first bulkhead then push it in to the second bulkhead with a little bit of puling for avoiding any nature space between the bulkhead to the plank .... and to do the same process for all the rest of the bulkheads i will be more than happy if you have some note or comment about that i wrote above best regards Michael.

Hello Nick , thanks for your comment for that thing im not worry at all its a very little aria so i can drill before puting the nail... about that liquid i think its a revolution for us the builders !!!!! when the mix of that liquid and wood powder getting dry its more hard than the wood !!!!!!! The best thing E V E R ! ! !

Thank you , but i will do what ever i can without cutting that corner , to do this it will be the last option hope no getting there... today i went to some carpenter in my city and i show them the case .. he told me about some liquid(resin) that you need to mix with wood powder (i have a lot of that powder in all over my room lol ) so i bought that liquid and just waiting to finish my work for getting home to check this out here is the link for that product they told me that it will hold on it carpenter glue and its very hard when it get dry ..... http://www.bormawachs.com/dettaglio_new.php?idprod=0052&cat1=1 i hope to update that post with good news God willing best regards Michael.

Hello there i did some mistake when doing the fairing proces on the last bulkhead (only in the corners )... i sanded not to the right angle .. there is a filler the will be able to hold the glue for the planks on that spots ? I have some wood filler but it water base and im afraid to use it over ther ( that spots need to hold the planks with some pressure ... and also i dont know if the filler can hold glue at all ... i will be more than happy to hear more idias for how to fix that corners and bring then tonthe right angle Best regads Michael.

wow!!!! beautiful work !!!!!!!!!!!

You welcome Lon

Berto , i have found a pictures of the stand display that i made for my firs project (H.M.S Bounty) it was long time ago but still looks not to bad for firs project (i didnt sand the edges for giving it a old looks ..)

Thank you Robert about how to display the ship i think i will make a nice display , after all the ship will have a lot of weight and 2 rodes of 3mm inside a keel of 5mm can make a damage to the ship Even if there is only one gram in one side more than the other side after some time you can get a damage , i think also for you , just think about that ... you worked a lot on that model and there is a lot of work to do, belive me you dont want to put your ship in a risk there is a lot of beautiful stands that you can make ... Best regards , Michael.

Thank you David

Thank you Graham! b.t.w WOW you did a beautiful work

Thank you Graham ! Excuse me for my poor english but when you say : ie. sanded down level, together. Just one point to watch out for in the future do you mean to sand the top of the supports together for fitting the deck ? and about the 443 piece ..i think they did a mistake in the plan ..because in the other right corner they calling that piece as 447 but like you say maybe other builders can explain us something else

Hello there i just wrote a little tutorial for the bow block fillers you can find it here :

Hello, Until now i didn't glue the last bulkhead because there is no reference guide / line as the other bulkhead ...(i took the straight line on the other bulkheads flash with the deck but bulkhead no.18 not has nothing...) i was thinking the reference line will be to put the last bulkhead flash with the middle support please correct me if i am wrong in that picture its not looks flash because there is a little wood that i need to sand (is the connection of the bulkhead to the plywood )

Thank you Nick , and nice to see you in my build log

Thank you Ian