Ronald-V
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I'm going to leave the outside of the hull for what it is now and concentrate on the main gun deck. I haven't mounted this yet and don't want to get too far behind with the manual. Unfortunately I messed up the lasered deck (the replacement that is 🥲, still thankful for Chris sending me this, sadly i'm a bit clumsy) How that happened I described earlier in my log. But then decided to lay the deck myself with boxwood, seems like a nice challenge to me and I also thought the deck of Blue Ensign's Sphinx looked beautiful. So that is a bit of the inspiration for this. So this will be the next chapter! -
Update: The wales are now finished, painted as well as the thick strake above the wales. I cut the thick strake into pieces with a knife to make mounting easier. It consisted of 2 long pieces and that seemed quite difficult to get on properly in one go. So I cut these on the lasered planks and glued them on with PVA and CA. This went a lot easier (less stressful). Also painted the sides before mounting so that I didn't have to do this on the model anymore. The paint I used is "Gun metal black" from Admiralty paints. I first mixed some white and yellow through it to make it a bit grayer and duller, but when I had the first layer on I noticed that it looked a bit patchy. I think the Admiralty paints don't mix well with each other. But it didn't matter, I just painted it over with the standard color in the end. I think it looks good and you can still see the lasered planks shining through nicely. The wales are a few tenths too high at the front and there is a small difference in symmetry at the stern. Too bad, but I can't worry about it too much haha Glad I have these tricky things finished! It makes the model a lot more finished and neater.
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Shouldn't you change that bit there?..... No kidding Chris, they look great! 😃
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Looks cozy!
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The hull looks really nice now! Nice clean line with the bulwark patterns in place 💫
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After I installed the wales I found out that there were still a lot of seams on the top and bottom where the wales were not attached to the hull. So with some diluted PVA and more nails 🤪 I was able to get it all right. Now just filled everything with wood filler (I think at least a hundred holes if not more 🥲) But when sanded it should look great!
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Thanks Rod! Will try your tip also...but if none of it works, a bit of sanding and some WOP will mask most of it I think. And with all the other stuff that get's mounted it won't be really noticable I assume
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Welcome! That's an extensive library!
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It does look goed Brunnels! But I know what you mean...I think the difference with real life is how the ropes are looking. For me a great example how I would like to rig my cannons is @Katsumoto with his "Xebec" build. I'm really impressed how his ropes are looking (He replaced the kit ones) https://modelshipworld.com/topic/26982-cazador-jabeque-xebec-by-katsumoto-finished-occre-160/page/3/
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Thanks Uwe!
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I always really like this ship, such a beautiful one. Great that you have started a log, and have fun with this build! And you have build already some nice ships!
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Thanks for the tip! Will try that
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Really cool quote! Tnx!
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Haha I know...it's a difficult piece! But, removed the nails of the first wale and it looks the glue has grapped the both pieces well. I'm quite happy how it turned out! It feels a bit like i've past a difficult test or something haha, glad it's over But now a ton of filling with some wood filler and very careful sanding them smooth without damaging the beautiful lasered planking.
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You guys let me know which one was best 😆
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First wale installed. As suspected needed tons of nails 😁. First I painted the bottom black so I don't have to mask the hull when painting the rest of the wales. I used some diluted PVA and glued 1/3...nail the wale down, then another 1/3 and so on. This gave me some time to attach everything. But still the glue dried pretty quick so it will be a test when the nails will be removed if everything stick well to each other... I hope so So here the nail pusher slipped from his spot and damaged the lasered gunport patterns a bit, that's a bit sad...so this needs some cosmetic work afterwards.
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I think it's doable pricewise to let that cut by a professional, and order it online or something
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That looks really good! Will keep that in mind for myself, when it's time for a glass case
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That's the goal i'm aiming for Paul! Your Sphinx looks superb! Everybody can Olli, just take your time and it will come.
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