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  1. Ronald-V
    I enjoy the build a lot! In the past i was a person that gave up on things pretty fast because i encountered to many problems, but this hobby is teaching me patience and selfesteem. Wonderful! 🎇 I'm so happy that i rediscovered the hobby again. I think that i wasn't ready for it a few years ago. Now it's time to move on with it, and to enjoy the process it's given me. Little personal sidenote
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    I used some steel wol and sandpaper to rough the paint a bit up. I don't like the clean look of a freshly painted ship. It's needs to be a bit old and scruffy ;). The pictures don't capture it just right. In real life it looks much better. I need to borrow the camera of a friend of mine so i can photograph the details better.
  3. Ronald-V
    Finished al the painting of the hull! That's a nice milestone for now Especially the bottom of the yellow strip was difficult for me. I didn't get it perfect in my eyes with just the hand. So i used masking tape and that made a lot of difference. Now it's okay to me. The flashy spots on the copper plates are from the dremel. I have to clean the plates once more so everything can age simultaneously.
  4. Ronald-V
    The copper plates still need some work...there are some spots of glue residue. It's not the most fun work, so i do it in little steps
  5. Ronald-V
    started painting
  6. Ronald-V
    with the Dremel just flatted the pins. I filled the dents...that came along with my Dremel work with some wood filler
  7. Ronald-V
    filled the gap between the capping rails with a piece of scrapwood, and cleant it up afterwards.
  8. Ronald-V
    Ah tnx! It's a lot clearer now! That with the elastic bands does sound a lot easier now. I just misunderstood it wrong in the first place. Well, that's useful in a lot of ways indeed. Thanks for al the help👍 That lego seems also very handy, so i need some of that
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    Thank you a lot! I will look for finer pins. These ones have a thickness of 0.7 mm
  10. Ronald-V
    Getting more and more respect for the people who make the ships 'naturel' regarding the colors! I can correct a lot of mistakes with some filler and paint, so that's handy for now😂
  11. Ronald-V
    Needs some filling here
  12. Ronald-V
    Okay...tested the method with the elastic bands, but couldn't get it just right. But the scrap pieces did help! I used the scrap pieces with clamps against the bulwarks, so it was easier to align the capping rails. But still used pins to nail the rails at the bulwarks. This worked pretty okay. Still needs lot's of touching up afterwards 😁😉 I found that the montage of the capping rails one of the most difficult parts of the build was for now, but really satisfying when it's done 😊👍
  13. Ronald-V
    Great tips! Thank you both! I have now first soaked the capping rails and dry fitted them with nails really careful, drilled the rails and the bulwarks. I'm letting this set for two days (going on a trip tommorow😁) Then i hope the rails have the nice bend already in them when i'm gonna glue them with the elastic bands👍. Sounds like great tips guys. I tried the bands but they pusht them inside the bulwarks, but the trick with the pieces of scrapwood sounds really clever👍
  14. Ronald-V
    Does anyone has some tips about how to install the capping rails? It's a tricky situation. I tried with wood glue and nails, but it's not really accurate. The nails are splitting the bulwarks. I only drilled holes in the capping rails (a bit smaller then the nails itself). Maybe also in the bulwarks? It's to difficult to clamp it somehow.
  15. Ronald-V
    Interesting build! I like the ship to and considering it for a second build. The wood choice is difficult tho!
  16. Ronald-V
    Thank you Phil!
  17. Ronald-V
    Beautiful ship and something that i want to build in the future! The walnut looks really good indeed. The wood supplied in the kit of the Pickle was of a much less quality. Tanganyika looks the same 😉 Horrible 😁
  18. Ronald-V
    Just painted the inner bulwarks ochre red. Fun to do! I like painting the ship, because i can channel my pursuit of perfection into it 😂😁
  19. Ronald-V
    Just varnished the deck. I really like it how it let pop the color of the planks! The result is beautiful in my opinion. How much layers of varnish do you guys put on the deck? One or two?
  20. Ronald-V
    Thank you! 😁
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    Also planked the outside of the stern with some scrapwood that i found. It's not mentioned in the manual, but the large piece of walnut didn't looked accurate. It looked to me a bit weird that they had such large pieces of wood in that period 😁
  23. Ronald-V
    Finished the inner bulwarks, sanded them and now i only need to plank the stern at the inside and then painting it!
  24. Ronald-V
    Busy with installing the inner bulwarks
  25. Ronald-V
    Deck planking finished🎇 No problems here, it went pretty well, altough the planks provided in the kit were not great! I have scraped the deck with a knife blade and not sanded it. Now it's time for the inner bulwarks to be planked, and then varnish the deck after that.

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