Ronald-V
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constructing the main hatch...first the frame. In the manual they say that you immediately glue the frame parts on the deck, but I preferred the to construct it of the ship and glueing it later on the deck.
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Grating hatches are done 👍 Now it's time for the main hatch. Looking for a way to wheater the hatches...so i'm going to experiment a bit with some paint.
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Good tools are half the job, and it works so much more relaxing with them. So it's recommendable!👍
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Then I cut the grating with a little saw. And sand them to a exact fit in the framework with a disk sander...
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Production process, cut the pieces of timber for the frame of the hatch and glueing them square with a geo triangle
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Thank you so much!
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Thanks guys! Next step is the hatches. First hatch installed. Needed to sand the deck a bit because not every deck plank laid flat against the other. I just need to varnish that again and then it is as new
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First carronade rigged! Cost 10 years of my life😂, but I somehow managed it☺️ Best I could do for now, I think that every next one gets better, I have learnt a lot.
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Thanks Rob and Lazy Saint. The full tackle as in with model in the manual looks appealing to me so I try to go for that. But I find it very weird that they don't include how to lay a knot. Maybe they asume that you just use "house and garden" knots? (it's a dutch expression haha) But what would somebody do without the internet!
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hmm....this is kind of difficult. I'm at the part of rigging the carronades, but the manual leaves a lot of holes in the explanation how to do this. They say to secure the 0.1 line to the blocks, but don't explaining how? What kind of knots do I use? I have never tied something like this😅
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Your hm Pickle looks great Rob! Did you use the Mantua figures on your ship?
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Ah tnx Rob! Great to hear the compliments! And tnx for the explanation, that makes a lot of sense. Yes i understand they need to make compromises with the kits to make it affordable. I would like to see in the future that you can buy upgrades for a kit, just like they did with the hms Fly from Victory models. Then you can decide for yourself how much compromises you want to make :D...but maybe that's one step away of scratch building the pieces by yourself.
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It's needing some paintwork when it's finished but it looks already good now. It's really small! Almost to small for my trembling fingers haha. And i find it a bit weird that Caldercraft didn't use solid pieces of walnut, but a kind of plywood idea with two small layers of walnut and something cheaper in between. A bit of a compromise.
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then I painted the etched brass eyelets and cleats with first a metal primer and then 'mat metal black' from Admiralty paints. It's really small haha! I have to get used to it...to handle such small items
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The hull is ready so i can start with the inner bulwark fittings. First i will fresh up the cleats, they are pretty rough casts.
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