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    working with cannons first I had to create patina for the barrels, I had to create cariages from scratch, since Artesania Latina is providing them with metal cast
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    constructing stern windows stern door
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    the balusters for the balcony outside captains quarters, in order to make them solid, i have inserted pins inside balusters and pinned them down the deck.
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    boat sliders
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    all wires and batteries are in place
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    Not a bad idea, but to be honest I dont like the idea of painting balusters. I think I will keep this for all rails on the decks (I have to install them temporarily to check how it looks)
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    Artesania's instructions indicates that I have to put a plank under rails i will not use those planks, as shown in the picture (not my build) I need to trim down the upper hull, to lower it a bit so rails can fit corectly
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    I will let San Fran to rest for a couple of days and leave tung oil to create a nice patina, next step will be to open gunports, install wales and boat sliders etc during that time I will work with deck crates
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    hull is finished applying tung oil..... during the fisrt coat, wood planks must be "wet" for 20 mins, if we see a spot that is getting dry we need to apply more tung oil. After 20 mins using a soft microfibers clothe we try to wipe out all oil and polish wood planks. we are leaving it out for a couple of hours and we apply a second layer the same way we did before. At all cases we dont let tung oil to dry.
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    this is the result, cant wait to place wales and boat sliders (which are going to be painted blackish)
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    kit's instructions point to assemble uper part of bow separate from hull (yellow line is the border). I have choose to make it part of the ship's hull, more like it was instructed in a previous release of San Francisco This is a sensitive part of the ship, in many San Fran builds shipmates pointed a "heads on" warning, i have ignored. Not a big deal, but in fact, I have damaged a lot of parts of this thin plywood part....
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    thank you very much don, is going to be natural, I have used tung oil for varnishing. I will paint the wales black (actually wales are finished, I will post pictures afterwards) Each time I was placing a plank, I was sanding it in order to check if it was fitted correctly, took me quite a time, I was doing 2 rows (each side) per day.
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    I am using full length planks from stern to bow, trimmering each plank a bit for stern, more trimming as I am reaching bow. As closer as I am getting to garboard, making calculations to figure out and pinpoint the start of sanding. The marked area represents the area that planks need no trimming, there is a difference between left/right, but as I am getting closer toward garboard the painted areas will be even.
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    AL-San juan nepomuceno built AL- San francisco in progress Also I got a question I am thinking to paint ship's wales black, not sure what kind of color should I use, in order to keep wood grain, thinking to start tests, using enamel colors with high dillution
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    stergios, amazing build log, I am going to use it as reference for my future builds. cheers
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    garboard
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    first rows of planking
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    stern planking is ready working on hull planking, I will try the other method of planking (different from the one I used on San Juan) am going to use planks with full length, from bow to stern
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    Next step is to make some furnitures for captain's cabin. From the windows I have opened combined with LED lighting you could see inside cabin, not as much as I have planned, not only becouse of the scale, but becouse of the way that stern is designed. a closer one
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    I have paint the sides of strips with black marker, before I glue them, to make doors look more realistic
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    wiring is almost finished, batteries (AAA) will be placed into the hole, under the deck cabin and right behind I will install the DIP switch for LED controlling.
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    When I finish this ship, It will be impossible to change Leds if they burn out or fail. So I will make 2 separate lines and use a small DIP switch to enable them. The deck is too thin and when i light the LEDs you can actually see a ball of light beneath it. I used planks to fill the ceiling of the cabins and paint them black all wires in place, there is a similar line of LEDs on the other side

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