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kostas_gr

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  • Birthday 01/06/1971

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  1. the inside of the gunports is painted black. 30% (more or less) of hull planking is done The next step will be challenging, bending the planks for the stern will be a hard task
  2. I have draw the frames on the hull getting ready to cut the off for some reason some port holes are smaller then the others. I have made a "frame sized plank" to meazure and fix the gun ports at the right size
  3. the upper hull planking is done, next step at this point is creating the portholes, Artesania provides a nice paper layout in order to set them up correctly After placing the layout on the hull, I have noticed that the vertical lines are not fully aligned with hull beams some portholes are very close to hull beams and will be very difficult to install the cannons later , so I have decided to cut the paper layout and slide it a bit (creating a gap) and finally the aligment looks much better now finally before opening the portholes I have marked the centers to drill them first, will be helpfull in a later stage when I have to setup the false cannons.
  4. I have just finished 7 rows from the left side. I will sand the the 2 planks that somehow I didnt fit them well... These planks are quite thick so I need to bend them very carefully, let them dry well, and adjust them without haste in order to fit correctly. I will sand those planks in order to follow ship's curves I have done some calulations, to check out how much I need to reduce the width of the planks for the bow section.
  5. 12 cm planks ready to be installed few bended planks ready to be used at bow first bow plaks are in place
  6. I have installed the first temporary plank from stern to bow to use it as guide, in order to start the final planking using 12cm length for each
  7. dec beams are installed I will be filling up that space beween beams with balsa wood, so I can start planking with 9 cm planks
  8. The entire hull will receive a complete paint job, eliminating any wood detailing. Following Artesania's guidelines, the next step involves applying putty to the hull. I've decided to plank the hull using the "rule of 3," using 9cm planks (with 3cm repeat mark for each row)
  9. I haven't finished my latest project, Victory-Corel, and as I wanted to embark on something new this year, I decided to pull Artesania's Hermione from the shelf....a very promising kit. Upon opening the box and unpacking its parts, the high quality is evident from the first glance
  10. old panels are completely removed, side stern galleries are trimmed ready to get the new panels I have adjust each panel to fit on its own window, so I marked each window and used double side tape to keep panels in position before painting.
  11. Corel's HMS Victory cross section is a very nice kit, I believe there is room for improvement. Consider conducting a brief survey through the posts of other members to gather ideas; I'm confident you'll discover them to be intriguing and quite demanding
  12. I have followed your advice, right now I am working with styrene strips, takes time but the outcome is great
  13. most of the hull is finished I will get the hull oiled below wales, just to see how it will look like, once is finished
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