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  1. Seventynet
    Great job Don and thanks for the step-by-step pictures. Love the wood! Surely you can't paint that? Just for my future reference when I start my Brazzera, did you reject the idea of putting the stealers further up the stem so that you might get a more uniform horizontal run of the strakes? One disadvantage of doing what I'm asking of course would likely be more spiling. Regards, Ian
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    Outstanding work and a real pleasure to behold. Ian
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    Thank you very much Marcus. I would not have even known about this kit without seeing yours, so I am very greatful to you. I found the line supplied with the kit to be very difficult to work with notwithstanding this being the first time I have done any rigging. Soaking it in a 50% PVA mix did not work well for me. I will re-rig the model when I get some new line. A proper set of sails will look beautiful on your boat. Best Regards, Ian
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    Good to see you back at it. Your paint job looks very good to me Marcus. Best Regards, Ian
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    Wonderful job cathead. It looks like it is gently heeling to port on a smooth broad reach. Best, Ian
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    Beautiful detail Bob! Ian
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    Hi Heinz, Thanks for looking in and giving me your usual honest and I might say appropriate comments. They are much appreciated. I have the same concern but, aside from the teak for the upper counter which I am not that worried about contrasting (it is very close to the hull planking colour), I wanted to use the walnut to match the walnut I used for the wales. I will first have to put poly on the walnut to see what it looks like. Now I know I've been all over the place on this and also subject to your opinion on making the wales planking fit too tightly together, but I am now considering painting the wales black, in which case the lower counter would also be painted black. If I went that way I'd have to see whether the upper counter would also have to be painted. Anyway your concern is noted and it will be important to how I move forward. Best, Ian
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    Hi Zoltan, I just used PVA. I am not sure I detected a waxy character but in any case I spiled the teak planks so that should, hopefully will, mitigate any internal stress that might otherwise give the glue a hard time. Wow you learn something new everyday! Ian
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    Hi Mike, thanks and good advice. I will try that approach. Don, I've never worked with teak before either and I'm not sure wood that old can be representative of the real thing. This wood is very open grained, nice to sand and somewhat soft. Ian
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    Don I can tell that's going to be a beautiful hull. A few nicely planned stealers adds interest as Dave says. Gee you sure know how to motor along. Ian
  11. Seventynet
    Good day shipmates, Thank you again Mike, Heinz, Bob, slow2cool and others for your comments and likes. Very much appreciated. As promised here is my first minor, but important update in months. I had mentioned earlier that I was going to plank the counters. I planked the upper counter with a piece of wood, teak I think although I may be called on that, from the real Victory, courtesy of Rob (Robipod). This is the same area that the Victory lettering will eventually go. I planked the lower counter with my supply of walnut. I spiled the teak planks and bent the walnut - only because I didn't want to take the chance of the teak cracking during a bend. I used proportional dividers to delineate 4 planks on the upper counter. I then transferred the pencil marks from the upper counter to a piece of tape and then onto the piece of teak. The pencil marks lifted off easily. Then I cut the planks using this guide. After fitting the upper counter I drafted my plank layout onto the lower counter and simply transferred the dimensions to straight planks. I steam bent most planks, clamped and let them dry in place then glued and clamped. Poly will reduce the contrast between the hull planking and the lower counter. Best, Ian
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    You are doing a very neat planking job. This is going to be a beautiful ship. Best, Ian
  13. Seventynet
    Don, you pay high praise indeed by going back to MarisStella. I am therefore drawn to look pretty seriously at their kits myself. I may PM you about some details. But first I have an order from one of my daughters for a Viking ship. Unless you or others have a recommendation I am looking at Dusek... I will follow this one with interest! Ian
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    Hi Mike, I will post a minor update in a day or two. It's been a slow restart but things are accelerating a bit now. Thanks for the shove! Ian
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    It's a pleasure to watch this unfold. Thanks for sharing. Best, Ian
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    Hi Heinz, Thanks for looking in but sorry no meaningful progress to share yet. You have made amazing progress on your Vic and I hope to see more soon. Ian
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    Hi Trev, Welcome to MSW! I'll let you in on a secret. I have no real skill except patience. Take your time, read up on stuff in this amazing forum and check out the Victory builds. If there is anything I can tell you about how I did things don't hesitate to ask. Best, Ian
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    Ah Alan, that's a picture of serenity we all strive for. May your grass continue to grow, the sun continue to beckon and the fish leap onto your hook! Thanks for looking in. Ian
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    Hi Dominic, Thanks for the kind words. I am now back on the Victory and hope to be posting soon. I hope we get to see your Vic move along with those other new builds of yours but now I quite understand the need for working on something else too. Best, Ian
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    Looking really good Don. From what you're hinting or what I think I'm seeing you will have an interesting planking configuration into the bow. I look forward to seeing what it looks like. Best, Ian
  21. Seventynet
    Thank you very much for following along Don and Russ, your encoragement throughout this build had been comforting. I have to say I feel really good about finishing my first model. It`s almost as though the pressure is off. I started back on the Victory this morning with renewed enthusiasm. Best, Ian
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    Wow! What a spectacular find and superb work Antony. This build really piques my interest and I shall pull up a chair and follow from now on. Such precise work. Best, Ian
  23. Seventynet
    Thank you for the compliments Mark and Neil, much appreciated.
  24. Seventynet
    Brian, thanks so much for the advice. Quite apart from my obvious inexperience, I am quite certain that this line was close to impossible to lay naturally. I did in fact soak it in a white glue solution and wrapped it around an object, with only marginal success. I have some of Chuck's thicker line but it won't fit. Maybe I'll redo the rigging at a later date with some nice Syren stuff. Sounds like a good excuse for another order. And those hooks are pretty bad. Maybe in the re-rigging endeavour. But now it's back to the Vic.
  25. Seventynet
    Thank you kindly Bob.

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