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Hi Nigel,
Thanks for the book reference. I have learned much of what I know by reading reference books and never turn down a new one that I don't have. I will give this one a look.
 
Vince P.

Thank you very much indeed everybody for your very kind words  
In answer to your question Kevin.I am looking back and thinking how I could of progressed differently.The problem with this being a partwork is there are no drawings and the model being supplied is vastly different from the model advertised.This did start out with the intention of being a near stock build but as the part work progressed and looking at the Italian forum(which is about 6 months infront)the difference with what we are building to what was advertised was becoming obvious.At this point I had a fully planked hull which due to sourcing my own more expensive timber stood me at quite a lot of money.
So then the 'modification ball' started rolling and I found that all the supplied ornamentation was going to be inaccurate.Inspired by Bill Short's log which I used to follow before the 'crash' and becoming a member,I decided to take the step of 'having a go'at producing my own carvings.
What started out as a stock build had now turned in to probably 3-4000 hours work.Thinking on this made me think that 'dummy'canons didn't quite come up to par with the rest of the build.Helped in no small part by Chris Watton's amazing victory prototype.I think though the biggest discovery was Arthur Molle's amazing model of the Sovereign.I looked at that and thought 'I have to do that'.I include a picture of Molle's model that I am going to try and replicate to some extent for the deck structures,I am not planing on sawing the model in half though    
Back to the question of would I have done things different?Yes I would have bought Sergal's plans and worked from there,full scratchbuild.
Kind Regards Nigel

Hi Nigel!
I´m happy to see the progress of your fantastic model!  Well done!
 
Regards, Bernd

Hi Nigel
 
Fantastic work with the railings!
 
Regards
 
Kobus

You are welcome Nigel. Thanks for all sugestions. I'll do it...

Ah, thanks for explaining the gunports. A lovely ship with a really interesting history. Makes for a great subject and you make yours shine!
 
 
/Matti

Nigel,
 
You're not slowly catchee monkey... you own him.  Great work. 

Hey all! Painted and mounted the Gideon soldiers and the bigger tritons on the galleries. As before I sanded them thin and reshaped them. I ended up with two soldiers more than I needed so I could add them to the stern row, Im happy I could do that as it ties the back and sides together and looks more like the real ship.
 
Getting closer to finish the galleries. Ive counted how many figures Ive painted and stoped at 150. Im enjoyng it (once the towers were done) but now Im looking forward to start with the bow.
 
 
/Matti

Lovely work nigel ^^ looks great

Nigel,
 
Yes, paraphrasing others; beautiful forecastle update. Well worth the time. And as Matti noted the colors work harmoniously together.
 
Regards,
 
Michael

Gorgeous! And besides the great carving, the colors blend really well, giving a balanced look.
 
The brass rings, are they the window frames?
 
/Matti

The carvings of SoS were already beyond my thoughts, but now during the improvement, I can see clearly also this is  a ship too hard to build through every piece. Fabulous!...

Thank you very much Michael and Ferit   I have lots planed for the machine and half of it is using the dividing table.You  are quite correct Ferit,whilst I can do everything by hand,if I wish to complete the build in a reasonable time frame,I need some more tools.I can officially say that everything else that goes on this build will be scratchbuilt.So the only kit parts left are about 80mm of the bottom of the bulkheads.I shall however by buying the cannons and rigging blocks.
Kind Regards Nigel

Hi friends,
correction / amendment of ballasting stones.
Karl
 
 
 
Teil  36

Hi Anja
Well I do cheat a bit in that the instructions on the Italian site are six months infront of those here in GB.It gives me a preview of whats to come and how little of the original partwork I will be using.To be honest I am changing so much that the instructions become almost redundant.
I include a few pics of progress to date.I am concentrating on one side at a time to relieve the tedium of constantly treenailing.You will notice the alterations to the upper gunports.These have been altered to accomodate the decorations.The kits supplied directions  are incorrect.I have acquired some black pre dyed boxwood strips to plank the upper hull where the ornamentation sits.This will cover all the alterations I have to make in this area, to create a more accurate representation of the original.
Kind Regards Nigel

Nigel,
 
I appreciate your redo comments. Nice to see that I am not "The Lone Ranger" in this regards. Also someone with the level of talent that you have appreciating my efforts is very touching.
 
Actually, I don't think that I have mentioned what is under the table. I thought that I would try something totally different. 
 
Regards,
 
MIchael

More like twenty pages of Sjors talking...
 
Well... Ok.... There might be one photo somewhere in there....

Tanks for all kind comments, all your builds are very inspiring!
 
Ferit, glad you like the colors! I had to redo the tritons red and blue a few times.
 
Nigel, Id love to see you have a go. I guess youd end up doing a lot of sculpture carving. Norske Love is a nice ship.
 
Cheers Jan!
 
Thanks Mikhail! I hope you could repair your Vasa model.
 
Thank you Michael! Yeah, Vasa has many angles and lines meating up there. My galleries should have been slightly curved, but I couldnt pull that off.
 
Thanks Sherry and Frank!
 
 
 
/Matti

Thank you Nigel, for your steady belief in me... Much appreciated... 
 

Wow Ferit can't believe I missed this earlier        Stunning work,I think there maybe a pic or two worthy of the 'amazing photographs' section.
Kind regards Nigel

@ ZyXuz and Buck,
Many thanks for the thoughts, these keep me being happy... 
 
 
@ Yambo,
 
You are pampering me Sir... 
Even the word of scratch is exciting me...   But Corel's WVH is waiting somewhere we will date up...  
If Corel is the case, WVH being so beautiful, hard and untoucable lady (for me at least), it sould be probably semi-scratch and if I would keep my courage...

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The final and the third party of photos from the big update...

Absolutely stunning Matti        ,The more I see your build,the more I fancy having a go at this kit,but too much on at the moment   :(Not only that but I also love the Norske love as well.
Kind Regards Nigel  

Hello again,
 
The second series of kevels have been completed. Small little bits, but rather labor intensive. Nonetheless I'm mostly comfortable with the results.
 
As I finished these, it glared at me again that there were problems with the side railings near the stern. There should not be a "break" in the railing where the two kevels are co-located (last pic) Hmmmm.
 
OK. I so spent the day tearing out those railings, side timbers, vertical deck upright side timbers, as well as those four co-located kevels. Grrrrrrrrrr. (:-)
 
I'm already seeing how the fix will make a big dif. I also (sometime back), sent an email to Corel, and they sent me two more cannon decorative pieces. I will incorporate those into the fix as well.
 
So it seems that it's always two steps back and one forward with this build.
 
The next build in-waiting, already under my table, will hopefully only move forward. As usual thanks so much for looking in, posting, or clicking the "like" button. Supper appreciated.
 
Regards,
 
Michael