Davesellindge
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Nice one Paul its really looking good, the trouble with the pictures it makes them look large and easy to do until you get to do it yourself then you find out how small they are -
After five days I finished putting on the planks. I have not put the gun rails on as I thought it would make it easier to sand, mark nails and oil the deck first
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Thank you for the advice, yours looks really good. I have started putting the planks on and decided to use pencil but using a harder one and not putting so much on them. What I found is a lot of the planks are slightly curved and this does not make it easy
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Have made up my mind to continue with pencil for corking have fitted gratings and stairs, prepared top deck I found when planking the planks when drying curl slightly on the edges on the main deck I wanted to get the starter ones flat and hopefully get a good alignment for later. The reason for putting them on before the deck I was able to get clamps on them.
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I have a thought, I am going to try a sample for the main deck. One stain the planks first the try black cotton as the corking does sound feasible
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Have just finished putting a thin coat of oil on deck unfortunately I put to much corking on the edge of the planks and when I sandpapered it I ended up with a grey mess on the deck.I tried to get off as much as I could without sanding the planks to nothing, I shell see what it looks like when dry and perhaps try sanding it again.
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I had already thought about doing it before putting the deck on that's why I thought I would ask now ready for that stage
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Have made 2 sets of stairs and the two hatches. 27th Sep fitted deck and have been putting the planks on every day having breaks so that I keep fresh. Purchased cannon balls yesterday. Will make a start again shortly and should get it finished today.
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It looks fantastic well worth all the hard work of doing it again, have copied photo for future reference. I keep having a look at your photo's as they are more helpful than what is supplied David
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Have done a bit more, I am working on the next deck, have cut 48 planks and corked them. Whilst fitting the deck I had a minor accident and broke the top of one of the bulwarks. Managed to glue it back and it seems solid. Got my paint and oil stain today so oiled the lower decks and painted the gun boards. While that is drying I have made a start on cutting out the stairs and hatches
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I have made a start on my model after reading the instructions over and over again. I have also been following Paul's build and already had good advice and help from him. His photos are also very helpful far better than those supplied. When attaching the gun rails I put wedges in the top of the slots to hold them down on the bottom before gluing.
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Hi Paul Thank you for the information about the canon back boards I had noticed you had a problem and wondered how to cure it. I will picking up my kit next Thursday so all these points will be very helpful when I start. I am making a note book of the points as it will be a while before I reach some of them
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Hi Paul I am about to start on building the Victory, Constructo. Like you this is my first venture and have found a lot of help looking at the wonderful job you have done, so much so that I have copied your photos to study. Keep up the good work and hope I can do as well as you. David
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