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NMBROOK got a reaction from NAZGÛL in Wasan 1628 by Nazgul - FINISHED - Billing Boats Vasa 1:75
Hi Matti
Out of necessity,i am replacing all the cannons on my Sovereign build.I am using Amati decorative cannons.These can be obtained either with or without a machined walnut carriage assembly.They come in various lengths but the lengths listed are actually different from the true length.I bought a sample of each size to determine what I required.I didn't want plain cannons as that wasn't was fitted on the original,and I feel Wasa is the same.I include a picture so you get an idea (I thought there was one on my build log,but after checking,there isn't).If you like the look of them,I will give you the part numbers and exact lengths.
Kind Regards Nigel
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NMBROOK got a reaction from NAZGÛL in Wasan 1628 by Nazgul - FINISHED - Billing Boats Vasa 1:75
Looking great Matti What are you planning on doing for cannons as presumably the kit ones will be too short as you have modified the gunports?
Kind Regards Nigel
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NMBROOK reacted to NAZGÛL in Wasan 1628 by Nazgul - FINISHED - Billing Boats Vasa 1:75
Here are the top planks and the side ledges in place. Next up are the vertical "floor" planks. The original have them quite wonky and Im gonna try to imitate that look.
/Matti
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NMBROOK reacted to SandyM in Sovereign Of The Seas by NMBROOK - Scale 1/84 - based on the works of Van De Velde the elder
Hi Nigel,
She's looking good. I like the idea of deck beam supports.
Sandy
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NMBROOK reacted to md1400cs in Wasa by md1400cs - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
Not an update, but my favorite son (we only have one child) got his dad an early Christmas present. It showed up yesterday. Hmmmm so happy. I think that my need for tools is over, now just more ships (:-) Presently working on the Vasa chain plates.
Regards,
Michael
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NMBROOK reacted to pirozzi in Euro Ship Kits - moved by moderator
Hi Nigel,
I received "The Period Ship Handbook #1" and it is excellent! The whole first half of the book is devoted in detail to building the Royal William. I bought it used on Amazon for only $16. And as an added bonus, It shows in detail how to rig brails on the mizen lateen sail, which I need to complete the SOS I am now working on.
Thanks Much.
Vince P.
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NMBROOK got a reaction from Landlubber Mike in Euro Ship Kits - moved by moderator
Glad your impressed Vince.As a matter of a fact I bought the Euromodel plan set for Royal William a couple of weeks back.Even though they are all italian(hence the need for the downloads) there are a few kit companies that could learn a thing or two from them.Very impressive,all seventeen sheets of them.If you wish to add any further detailing of your own,it is all there on the plans.They go far beyond what is included in the kit.If you are wondering why I just bought the plans,they are for a future scratchbuild to a larger scale.
Kind Regards Nigel
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NMBROOK reacted to tkay11 in What do you use your mill for ?
Just for the interest of those who've been following this topic, I've posted the modifications I made to my Proxxon MB 140 drill stand to make it into a milling machine as well. The link is http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/4539-how-to-modify-proxxon-mb-140-drill-stand-to-act-as-mill/?p=130660
Tony
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NMBROOK reacted to NAZGÛL in Wasan 1628 by Nazgul - FINISHED - Billing Boats Vasa 1:75
Cheers for the nice comments everyone! They give lots of energy to continue the build.
Keith, its around 500 sculptures. Im not sure how many is left for me, but the gun port lions will be most work to get uniform and nice. I think the galleries and towers were most work on the model as all sculptures had to be individually shaped. Im glad I could shape them though so I could shape the wood the way I wanted. And it feels pretty nice to look at it afterwards.
Lawrence, I hope you finish the trees soon so we can get some nice updates of your work!
Phil, yeah the 1:10 looks bright and almost orange in those pics. It looks more muted in real life. Ill post a picture of the 1:10 looking more like real life. I always try to get natural colors when I paint models for effect and harmony My basic idea for this paintjob was to get a red like blood and a yellow like bones and the tarred hull like soil. The scale also looks more harmonic in muted natural colors in my opinion.
Mark and Nigel, the original thingie looks like a sea monster with two smaller monsters at his sides. Ive read the grotesque style is common for north german renaissance. Im not sure I can get that shaped properly but I will try.
/Matti
PS: Heres a pic of the 1:10 model without the strong flash making the red and yellow look weird. I think the untreated look of the hull makes the colors look more bright than they would on a tarred ship.
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NMBROOK reacted to egkb in Name the Ship Game
Jeeez guys.. I close my eyes for a few minutes and TWO go past at once... Huh! just like busses.
Will work on the Waverleys friend shortly.
Eamonn
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NMBROOK got a reaction from NAZGÛL in Wasan 1628 by Nazgul - FINISHED - Billing Boats Vasa 1:75
Simply wonderful Matti,fabulous work buddy!
I am glad your are rising to the challenge of the thingy
Kind Regards Nigel
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NMBROOK got a reaction from egkb in Name the Ship Game
As I have yet to go to Scarborough pleasure beach with my camera,I will have to see what I can find on the net,so no pedalos just yet
Kind Regards Nigel
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NMBROOK reacted to Kevin in Bismarck by Kevin - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/200 - PLASTIC
the last 24 hours has been a steep learning curve, learnin to spraypaint, stayed up all night try to get it right, a combination os using a very cheap gun, and the incorrect thinners for the type of paint i am using,also not knowing what im doing hasnt helped, but at last i think i am getting somewhere
Lawrence, my reason is that by the time i get to the hull, i might have learnt how to paint
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NMBROOK reacted to egkb in Name the Ship Game
That's the Bunny !... I thought of her last night when I was joking about Maple, and said to myself that if I win this one she'd be my question.
When I read the posts from Jay and yourself where ye both said Maple I actually laughed out loud! (LOL 'd in fact)
Well Done and over to you (btw there is no Arklow Maple)
Eamonn
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NMBROOK got a reaction from Jay 1 in Name the Ship Game
I should have known better
Is it the Irish Maple by any chance?
Regds N
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NMBROOK got a reaction from egkb in Name the Ship Game
I should have known better
Is it the Irish Maple by any chance?
Regds N
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NMBROOK got a reaction from egkb in Name the Ship Game
No luck yet,but I have found a cargo ship called 'Maple-Beaverdell'
Kind Regards Nigel
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NMBROOK got a reaction from Jay 1 in Name the Ship Game
No luck yet,but I have found a cargo ship called 'Maple-Beaverdell'
Kind Regards Nigel
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NMBROOK reacted to NAZGÛL in Wasan 1628 by Nazgul - FINISHED - Billing Boats Vasa 1:75
And here are the figures in place. I plan to try and make the strange monsters thingie behind the lion later on.
/Matti
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NMBROOK got a reaction from egkb in Name the Ship Game
I can't even begin to imagine how you got that Eamonn
I am getting my answer in first
The Arklow pedalo
Kind Regards Nigel
ps I was right though,no Maple Syrup,you wouldn't have got it without my help
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NMBROOK got a reaction from Jay 1 in Name the Ship Game
I can't even begin to imagine how you got that Eamonn
I am getting my answer in first
The Arklow pedalo
Kind Regards Nigel
ps I was right though,no Maple Syrup,you wouldn't have got it without my help
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NMBROOK reacted to egkb in Name the Ship Game
I changed direction literally from North to South.. perhaps you mean change direction mentally.. ie Poles as in Poland perhaps (boat does have a somewhat Baltic look about it) ?
Dang, Nigel that's 3 hours wasted looking for fishing boats with Maple Syrup in the name!
See ye tomorrow folks
Eamonn
Edit: had a last look (kept thinking along original lines ie Pole = North Pole = Artic, add Canada & Women and you get High Canadian Latitudes and I think I've found her! or at least something darn close
Is it Calanus ?
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NMBROOK got a reaction from Jay 1 in Name the Ship Game
Funnily enough I did wonder whether someone would call a trawler 'babe magnet' as it fits with the clues.Unfortunately my search revealed nothing,some rather unusual pics but no trawler.My brain has reached meltdown looking at pics,I will have another look tomorrow
Kind Regards Nigel
P.S. Eamonn,I might be wrong,but I have a feeling you won't find maple syrup in the name,just a hunch
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NMBROOK got a reaction from egkb in Name the Ship Game
Funnily enough I did wonder whether someone would call a trawler 'babe magnet' as it fits with the clues.Unfortunately my search revealed nothing,some rather unusual pics but no trawler.My brain has reached meltdown looking at pics,I will have another look tomorrow
Kind Regards Nigel
P.S. Eamonn,I might be wrong,but I have a feeling you won't find maple syrup in the name,just a hunch
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