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Thank you, Max A lot of things I learned from Doris. Here are some photos of progress I did before the finish: some swivel guns are made, anchors, boat and oars are placed finally, construction for the roof above the balcony is finished ( I will not to do the roof - there are many engravings of ships just with construction - and it looks better for me ). and I tried to make the galion figure Final photos will be very soon Jan
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Thanks Mark. Sails are on the ship. Now I can continue with the second part of running rigging. And, of course with many little things to finish the ship Jan
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Hi Matti ( and all of my friends ) Sorry for the late answer, I´m quite busy at the beginning of this year. Sails are finisher and ready for completing. Two of them are hand painted by me - but not completely by my ideas... I hope to hang them through the next week. Jan
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First part of running rigging is completed. Now I have to prepare sails and sew them. Anchors are finished - just hang up them. Enjoy pictures Jan
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I wish you happy new year, my friends Yards are finished, completed and hanged. Now I can continue with first part of running rigging. Jan
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Thanks friends Christmas time is over - and standing rigging is done, finally. I´ve just started with yards, completing another blocks...etc... Jan
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Hello my friends, All parts of masts are completed, shrouds and ratlines are completed too. I´m continuing with anoter parts of standing rigging - I hope to finish and start with yards till the end of this year. I WISH YOU ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS Jan
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Thanks, friends I´m slowly continuing, the ship is still growing up. Some stays, all of tops and other parts of masts are added ( it takes quite a lot of time, I fixed four stays all the evening ) Jan
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Thank you to all, my friends, for your replies Scott: if you´re enjoying te build, it´still a lot of fun Rick: yes, this is a first time, when I´m building a ship from the kit ( and that´s the reason why I´m building it so quickly ) Next ship will be again a pure scratch ( probably...but who knows..). And, enjoy your Santa Maria I´m very lazy to take photos these days, but I made a little progress with standing rigging, especially with my lovely deadeyes ( you know...). The first row is almost finishhed. Next kilometers of rigging will follow... Jan
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Hi Matt, you´re doing a great job with this build, planking is excellent. I´ve never seen anyone to build this ship Jan
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Thank you, my friends, for your replies All parts of masts are made and bottom parts of them are placed into the ship ( I made the from maple bars using simply hand drilling machine and abrasive paper ). Tops and all small parts ( including deadeyes and blocks - I have remained a lot of them from my previous build ) are made too. Now the progress will continue quite quickly. It´s just the same routine as on any other ship model Jan
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Thanks Ian, several years ago, when I started wid shipbuilding again, I searched for solution, how to buid a solid cannons from paper ( I didn´t start with kit, but I started as a scratchbuilder ). I think I found it, it works perfectly Here are some photos of the ship with gunport lids Momentary I´m a " masts producer " Jan
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Thanks Ray I had some problems with my computer, but I´ve been still continuing - all of cannons are made, and almost all of them are placed except of upper decks. I didn´t use parts from the kit, because I wanted to produce solid cannons from paper - so I produced them by rolling from the soft paper - aroud the piece of wire of suitable diameter ( my wife is using this type for baking ) I used this way on all of my ships. I also have prepared gunport lids ( today I´ll glue them on te ship ). Some of another small parts are placed too. The hull is almost completed ( except the balcony roofing - I´m still deciding, if to do it, or not ). At the end of the week I will start with masts. Jan
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What to say, Matti ? Your craftmanship is unbelievable. These carvings centairly takes a lot of time, but I´m sure the result will be more than perfect. Keep the pictures coming. Still watching Jan
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Thanks my friends for your replies I´m still slowly progressing. Some small parts are added ( pin rails, doors etc ), glued capstans, channels and knees. The deck equipment should be finished. Now I can to start with armament and gunport lids. Jan
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I made a little progress Ledges aroun grating´s holes are slightly improved, and gratings are made I let the semi - product for gratings cut out by laser to my friend here in Slovakia. I could to make them by myself, but these ones looks much more better . All of channels are also cutted out. And, finally, yesterday evening I started the work on capstans Enjoy pics. Jan
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Thank you, Matti. Finally I finished works on absolutely different objects and now I have more time for the ship. During this period I did some progress: the balcony is finished, windows are done, stairs are done and the rest of railing on the maindeck is finished also. Now I´m continuing in producing of another little parts Jan
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Now I took a time to read all this thread finally. What to say ? Excellent work, Matti !!! Jan
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Hello my friends, I made some progress again The galion is finished. I had to make some improvements because of dimensions of parts, but it quite fits. The rest of wales on upper parts is glued also ( so all of them are there finally ) As the next part I´ve just started balcony - it will be reconstructed - I don´t like the graphics used by shipyard on this parts ( and, by the way, there is something different on the picture at the front of the kit ). As surface finish I used strips of foil. Now I have to produce all of ornaments ( letters E and R, fleurs de lis and flowers ). Why do not complicate some things. I tried to check dimensions of it with the ship - it fits. Jan
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Thank you, my friends, for your comments I don´t have a lot of time this summer ( I´m working on absolutely different object ) but I made a little progress. Bottom part of wales is glued, and I started the work on the galion. That´s all at the moment, I hope I´ll do some progress very soon. Jan
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Next step is done. The "wooden " part of the hull is patined - and I got the planking effect. The bottom part of the hull is coloured too. Also the inner rails are gglued. The progress is still continuing Enjoy pictures. Jan
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Thank youm my friends, for your replies Today I glued handrails I prepared yesterday. the hull is closed now, there are no white places of paper ( except of ornaments ). Enjoy some pictures from today. Jan
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Matti: yes, it looks I glued the keel on the ship finally. Now I can to do some color improvements on the hull. Momentary I´m working on handrails Jan
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