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  1. AntonyUK
    Hi Spider. Like Gjdale and Jim said Forget the string and the square bits of wood called blocks from the kit and replace them with chucks real rigging rope and blocks. You will find it a Look much better to work with and the finished ship will look like a real scale model. Yes it will add cost to the project but after all the time and love you put into building the Victory It's gotta be worth it. Regards Antony.
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    Hi Nils. Making exelent progress with the Chebec. I like the method of rigging the masts on this ship. The huge pulley block looks superb for the main lateen yard. Your sailor cannot find any deck to stand on😭. Regards Antony.
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    Hi All. Its time for a update... Been working on making the bits of furniture for the decks. Finishing the hull planking(Which I am pleased with.) First some strakes that were joined. Milled on on my Proxon milling machine. Picture of the completed planking on the Hull. Some of the dropped planks and stealers. Hull is sanded and not finished at this point. Will add a few coats of Danish oil after finishing it with scraping. The rudder finished awaiting the Danish oil. The 3 winches... Yes I used belaying pins for the handles. Just some of the ladders for the decks access. Carvings for the Bow area. No I did NOT carve them. My hands are not capable of carving... Pendant from E-Bay. Cut in half with fine saw. Rear deck. Upper rear Deck. Mast supports. 3 in all. Holes not yet to final size. Jib/boom support racks. and anchor davits. Jig for cutting gun port's. Inside clamp is also correct size hole for the gun ports and rests on the deck to give constant height of the gun ports. Scuppers also cut. All I did then was to chain drill with a 1mm drill around the square hole. Then cut with a knife. File to final size then onto the next port. No splintering of the wood as it is clamped both sides. Started making the gun carriages and various other deck furniture. will post photos of them when adding them to model. Well that's it for now. Regards Antony.
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    Hi Auger. The model has travelled well and kept safe in the move. That's a really nice build you got going there. Awaiting your next progress log. Regards Antony.
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    Hi Michael. Wow the viewing hole looks brillint and will give a real inteesting difference to the model. Never seen pencil lead being used as tree nails before 🤔. Regards Antony.
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    Hi Vinnie. Nice build. I like your planking..style. Puppy are really usefully in the dockyard... chewing every piece of dropped timber. Looking good. Will follow along with your build. Seat booked. Regards Antony.
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    Hi Michael. Very nice mods to the kit. Another build here on MSW. It's the victory but it has some real good ideas and looks nice. https://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/18020-hms-victory-cross-section-by-ferarr-198/ Note .. The Lumber boards had slots or holes in to facatate removal to clean the Lumber passage. And yes I like the brass pins as well. Gives it a bit of character. This is turning out to be a masterpiece of the Santisima Trinidad. Well done for adding such fine details. Gonna make sure I follow along with this build. Regards Antony.
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    Hi. I agree with Vivian above. A most excellent build. It's nice to see all that beautiful timber. Regards Antony.
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    Hi Michael. Very nice start with extra detail on the facing frame. Gonna follow along on this one☺ Having a viewing hole is brill But bear in mind that the frames would have been much closer together and not so wide( from outside to inside) Good for you not using the supplied deck bases. Wishing you smooth sailing. Regards Antony.
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    Hi Nils. That is just stunning. The decks are just crammed with guns and furniture. Looks so real. Regards Antony.
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    Hi. Wishing you well with the second layer. Waiting for the photos. Regards Antony.
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    Hi. Just a couple more photos of the drop plank. First the close up. Not yet sanded.. Showing port and Starboard sides. Keel in centre. The planking so far. Planks are fitted/bevelling then a non bleed marker pen is used to get the joints looking like caulking. Thanks for looking in. Regards Antony.
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    Hi Nils and Jim. Thank you so much. And thanks for all the likes. Just been experimenting with drop planks. It's actually not that hard to do once you understand what's going on. Regards Antony.
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    Hi Farbror. That's a great idea. And it's ship modellng no matter how you look at it. The children will get a lot out of this idea/build. It's the sort of thing teachers should be doing with children at schools. Look at all the outcomes involved in this project😁 Nice One. Regards Antony.
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    Hello Udo. I am excited to get such a nice update on the Bounty build. Nice clamps. Regards Antony.
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    Hello Adrian. A very interesting build method. Your skills are first class +++ Regards Antony.
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    Hi Nils. Looking real good and I like the idea of displaying the weaponry in different settings. Those poor sailors/gun crew don't have a lot of space... a bit like your work bench. Regards Antony.
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    Hi Hjx. Thank you. Have treenailed the Bow and Stern decks. Sorry no photos as rain most of day and poor light. Cardboard planks in place and now planking the hull. Will be using 5 X 1.5mm walnut for the planking. Will NOT be painting this as with most of my models. But will try to use various types of timber to show off it's natural beauty of the ship. Most of the decks and hull will have a couple of coats of Danish oil. That's it for now. Regards Antony.
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    Hi Nils. Thank you for your input. Some more photos of the basic build. All the bulkheads have now been faired to the required angle. Next come the cutting of the rebate in the keel. Putting a plank next to the keel and marking with a pencil. Parts dissembled and rebate cut into keel. Rebate cut with a knife and filed to shape and size. Planking done on the deck. Will put the treenails in later on after planking the hull. The cabins were planked after using the 3mm walls. Portholes and door were added The stern and bow decks were planked on to the laser cut shapes. Edging being added to the rear decks. Hand rails added (Note that the rear deck edging and the hand rails were all bored at the same time with the Proxxon mill) Hand rails not yet fixed Stern and bow now planked. Garboard plank is being fitted. Bow planked and Garboard plank part 1 is in place and glued. Part 2 of the garboard plank will be in place this afternoon. That's about it for now. More updates as the build continuous. Regards Antony.
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    Hi. Welcome to the Chinese Pirate Junk build. This is based on the Amati model and lines were taken from there plans.(with lots of modifications.) The plans were modified with Adobe Illustrator CS2 which is my chosen software. Extra bulkheads were added and some bulkheads were changed to match the lines that I wanted. Junk Antony.pdf My drawings converted into PDF. The 6mm and 3mm plywood used to the decks and bulkheads were cut by Laser cutting service http://www.pbmodelmaking.co.uk/laser-cutting-service/4588356832 The cost off the Laser cutting plywood and postage UK. was £32.00 + £7.50 postage Always wanted to make a Junk so here it is. It will be a build and modify as I go build as the drawings will need to be redone with each change of part size. 6mm plywood parts shown below. 3mm parts were of the same quality. The laser cutting was excellent and can recommend the supplier. Fitting the bulkheads to the keel needed just a little sanding for a tight fit. Parts assembled but Not glued yet as there are a lot of adjustments to be made. The dowel is not necessary but I like to include in to the design to hold the boat straight. The deck was made oversize for the laser cutting so it could be trimmed then the drawing updated. Will post more later on this a afternoon. Duty calls. Regards Antony.
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    Hi and welcome to MSW. That's One big model. Looks like you will be expanding your work bench. That's one nice list of COMPLEATED models. You should have no problems with this one. What's that a extra bulkhead in the last photo ?. Best of luck on your new ventures with the Amerigo. Regards Antony.
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    Hi Rusty. Will follow along with this one Rusty if you don't mind. Got my front row seat and the pop corn. Regards Antony.
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    Hi Nils. Wow fantastic workmanship on the Eagle of Algier. That's a lot of deck furniture you have on that deck. Looks like it's ready to blast anything with all those cannons. Regards Antony.
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    Hi Cristikc. Yes I have a build log... Look in my completed list below. https://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/2350-hms-victory-cross-section-by-antony-corel-198-scale/&tab=comments#comment-59613 You are doing well and looking good. Regards Antony.
  25. AntonyUK
    Hi. Thank you all for the very nice comments and likes. It was a pleasure to build. Regards Antony.

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