Ronald-V

Great first post, and a serious project ahead!

I always liked the "Wappen von Hamburg" but never dared to buy it, because of all the reasons you said...and I just don't like the Corel kits in general due

to their quality. But in your capable hands i'm really curious how this is going to turn out! Your Xebec is just magnificent!

Succes!

Wonderful model! Congratulations with the finishing of this project!  

13 hours ago, Blue Ensign said:

Nice work Mugje, your bow fairing looks very good. 👍

 

B.E.

 Thanks B.E.! Yeah the fillers helped me a lot with determine the final shape.

Yay! First plank of the first planking layer glued on the ship. After glueing the outer gunport patterns it's time for some planking. Looking forward to sharpen my skills regarding planking, because it's not there yet where I want it to be  

Plan is to approach the first layer as if it was the final pear layer (with some liberties, because I have just one size of planks) to practice and refine my skills. Especially lining of the hull etc. The ultimate goal is to leave the pear planking natural (really liked the look of Blue Ensign his Sphinx), but that all depends if i'm happy enough with the final layer. But there is ofcourse always the possibility to paint the hull white, which I also like...but a natural hull has my preference now.

First three strakes will be just straight without tapering, measurement, whatever...this is somewhat the position of the wale so from there I will line of the hull and measuring etc.

That looks lovely Blue Ensign  

That looks great!

Really outstanding craftmanship! Well done!

Very little update...30 degrees here in the Netherlands and melting away in my hobby room.

I made the inner gunports square. These where left a little bit smaller then the MDF frame so you have a bit of wiggle room. I removed

the bulk of the material with a knife and sanded it flush to the frame with a sanding stick. Not difficult, but pretty time consuming, I really took my

time with this...because nothing more annoying then gunports that don't look square  

And today dryfitted the outer gunport patterns, soaked them first for 45 min and then a lot of clamping. Will see tomorrow if all the curves are there (including the slight vertical curve). Otherwise will just another soak fix that. The outer gunport patterns really give the ship some "body", nice to see.  

Lovely deck furniture! Looking good and enjoy your trip!  

That is an impressive result! Even in 1/72 it looks like a monster! Really nice!

Welcome and have fun here on the forum!

Groet,

Ronald

That framework does look beautiful indeed!

Man that looks really sharp! You did a mega job on that little boat! It's so small!

14 hours ago, Theodosius said:

Good progress! Fairing looks fine to me, but I have it only done once till now, and messed it up, so this is not from a pro 🙂

 

Haha but you have experience with it! That's all that matters  

Thanks everyone for all the likes!

14 hours ago, Landlubber Mike said:

Nice to see you back Mugje.  I hear you on losing interest in models and wanting to jump to something else.  I've got a lot of models on the shelf.  To keep myself building, I'll pick up a new one or go back to one I had started earlier when the mood and motivation hit me.  For me, it's always been about the building, not finishing a model.  

 

By the way, that kit looks fantastic!  The way the framing locks in like that is amazing.  A lot different from older kits for sure.  Looks like the fit of the parts is very precise. 

Thanks Mike! Yeah I stored the Pegasus in the attick, so I can always return to that. But this kit is indeed so different then everything else. It just feels like play, how everything connects and clicks. Don't get me wrong, you still need skill to get a neat and tidy result, but it's a lot of fun working on it. 

1 hour ago, Jack-in-the-Blue said:

Judging from the tell-tale remnants of charting, she looks spot on to me. 

Thanks! That's encouraging  

That's a stunning model! 👍

I think I reached the point that the hull has her final shape after fairing. It's for me a bit of a uncertain point...because you always think...is this enough, is this her shape?

Did I sanded too much or too little...and reading through other build logs, I'm not the only one experiencing these thought in his building process. But there comes a point

in which you say....I think this is it   I found it a enjoyable process to see her lines slowly emerge out of the rough shape.

So after a lot of sanding, producing a big heap of sanding paper this is the result, and i'm looking forward to the next stage  

You would say that eyebolts or ringbolts doesn't make such a difference....but apparently it does by the looks of it. It gives more sense of scale or something  

That is a really nice end result! And she won't take a lot of room to display this way  

That's a beautiful result! Especially considering they are so small 

The color choice of the skylight is nice.

Your planking looks great!

Cool!

Have fun with your new build! It will become a nice one in your skilled hands!