Ronald-V
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Wonderful result! And great advertising for card models- 146 replies
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Wish you a lot of fun with your new journey!
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Update: Just an update of what I'm working on now. I finished the door to the quarter galleries. Placed some planks between the bulkheads and boxwood as small steps on the floor. All very basic, it's more about the idea than it being a representation of the original. Then painted it white. The next step was to continue planking the deck. First comes the installation of the margin plank. Now 1 side done and busy with the other side. I really notice the advantage of using boxwood. You can work really sharp and that comes in handy with these hook scarf joints. I first sand away the bulk and then finish the joint with a knife. With this you can shave off very fine bits to get nice sharp corners. I wonder if this would work with e.g. tangayika wood which is normally supplied with kits for the deck. The first few times it went wrong quite often and I had to redo quite a few. But then I got the hang of it and it went quite easily. I am quite proud of the result, because this seemed quite difficult to me in advance. By the way, you can edge bend wood quite far...this is 5mm wide boxwood and that works fine if you do it bit by bit. I was amazed myself that this could be done without breaking. As you can see I use the lasered deck as a template for the last piece of margin plank at the bow.
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Nice smooth planking! 👍
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That's a nice tight planking! Well done
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That looks really nice with the treenails and staining! Well done! Just a few thousands to go
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It does look really good!
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Welcome! You already have a nice stash for the future to build!
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Interesting to see what you are going to do with this kit. About the sculptures...that's what's holding me back to buy these kits. The sculptures look really low in quality, with the new techniques available, you would say this could be way better/more detailed. And I think overall the kits can be a bit more refined/better scaled. That being said...i'm really glad there are manufacturers that produce Dutch ships and i'm hoping they are raise their game like Vanguard Models and Syren ship models to name a few do.
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I would turn it around and first pick out a few models that you really like and then ask if they are feasible for your level Personal taste is very important in my opinion. Also to keep yourself motivated to finish something. By the way, I think you can't go wrong with a model from Vanguard Models, in terms of material and construction descriptions. But other brands have certainly released good models with extensive instructions.
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Looking good! How do you like working with the basswood in this kit?
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Thanks! And yes probably....but when it's time to fit them I will look into it if it's doable for me Thanks! Always a bit scary to do it when the construction is already so far, but it worked out fine Everyone thank you for the likes! 🎉
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Update: Before I started on the main gun deck, I thought I would paint a piece of the captains cabin white. When I had done that, the lasered doors on the side to the quarter galleries were hard to see. (the white paint did not cover well so I needed 4 layers) I tried to make the lasered doors visible again by going through the lines with a knife, but the knife followed the line too poorly, causing them to go crooked. This of course did not look so cool. So then I tried to make a door out of paper... this seemed okay, but also not to my liking. Then I remembered Blue Ensign and Brunnels their Sphinx where they removed the doors, so that more light comes into the cabin. This seemed to me the nicest and most beautiful solution, so here is a small side quest to realize this. You can see the result below... the photos are self-explanatory. The first door has been removed, now the other one still has to be done and then finished with wood between the inner and outer wall and make everything a bit nice and straight. (and I need to re-paint the gunports as you see...there is spilling of the white paint, jobs keep stacking up ) So now I also belong to the open door quarter galleries club 🎉
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Great work so far! This ship is quite overwhelming with the decorations 😁
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These steps tie everything nice together, looks good
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My idea was to use the lasered decks as a kind of template, by placing them on the decks you laid yourself and then poking the holes with a needle or something. So that you can see where everything will be placed. Your deck looks nice and clean by the way. The natural colors of the deck items give it a calm impression.
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Congratulations! Very well done! It looks beautiful in the display case
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Building the Victory is quite a monumental task for anyone, but doing it as your first build....respect! 😮😁 Looking good so far!
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Nice clean first layer!
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Removing the planks with some tools: Ok...the removal process is quite delicate, you have to use just enough force, but not too much otherwise you will slip. This happened twice. In the first place it had no consequences, because that is covered by the oven. But in the second place it did because I damaged the checkered floor. But...I was already planning to do something with it (probably stick a printed white/black floor on it). But now that it had to be removed completely there are of course more possibilities. I can also extend the deck planks and put a nice carpet on it. Let's see what I think is the most beautiful/accurate. The captain's cabin will be painted white anyway (a nice example of this is in "Brunnels build log") The battlefield now looks like this : I must remind myself....it will look beautiful again 😛😄🫠
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So here I am now regarding the deck laying, but in my search for how to lay the margin plank etc... I came across a passage in Chuck's "Cheerful" about how to lay the deck in a curve. So that the deck slowly tapers towards the bow and towards the stern, as do the planks. I thought this would be very complicated so beforehand I just had the idea to lay the deck planks straight. But as Chuck explains it in this chapter: https://syrenshipmodelcompany.com/resources/ChapterchapEight.pdf To be honest, it seemed doable to me. Worth a try anyway. That's why I wanted to try it with the main gun deck since most of it disappears under the upper decks anyway (if it doesn't look okay.) That way I could practice nicely. And it turns out I have ordered more than enough boxwood so that's why I'm now demolishing the planks that I have laid now (except between the hatches and gratings) So that's the plan! Seems like a nice challenge
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