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Something good and something bad. Bad Flanders' Modelling Festival organized by IPMS Antwerp (Belgium). Canceled because of corona. http://www.ipms.be/New-IPMS/Calendar/Calendar.html For me the most important modeling event of the year . Just canceled our holiday to Tenerife (Canary Islands) We were leaving on monday. But the possibility that we could no longer return to Belgium had become too dangerous. Our health is more important than our luxury. Good (very good) news More time for modeling And i finnaly succeeded in Building a “cover” for the helmsman. This is actually one of the main reasons why this build was on hold for a few months. I had 2 problems to solve 1.This is where the electrical wires come. How do I make a socket here and how do I "camouflage" this socket? 2.Many drawings and almost all model kits of ships from this era show a cover. But the drawings whit this cover are almost certainly all from a later period. And almost all model kits are based on these drawings. I only find a few images from this era that show something like a cover above the helmsman. But, a removable cover is my only option to hide the electrical wires and socket Historical correct or not, iI have to build this cover. Make and insert a plug (power plug?) Tested this plug and the LED lights are still working Starting making the cover. The first part of the build was some trial and error. Once past this stage, there was more structure in the build. The false wal will be painted black Ready for painting. Painted and installed. Easily removable. Thanks for following

The cannons could be loaded from the outside. Source : https://www.academia.edu/20120786/The_Arming_of_Late_16th_century_Merchantmen._A_Masters_Thesis_from_the_Maritime_Archaeology_Programme_University_of_Southern_Denmark A replica, but interesting about the cannons (rigging) https://www.modelships.de/Museums_and_replicas/Batavia/Photos_Batavia.htm The title of this topic is confusing The mary rose is from about 1540. But information is requested about cannons from 1640 ? After much research I did my 16th century cannons like this : Greetings, patrick

Great work, Succes on the ratlines. On this small scale, you are a brave man. But, this will work out well 👍

Thanks Michael, Here we go: Make a rough block ( only the 3 holes for the discs are currently the correct size). Sand in the correct shape and saw and file a groove across the 3 other grooves Glue a wooden piece in the groove. Sand and file completely to size sanded, painted and discs in place details added (plastic) ready Mine too. Want to know something about galleons, ask Felix... The poop deck is also finnished Thanks for following and likes

Beautiful model 👍 Greetings, Patrick

Great news!! And, welcome back.

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Good news. At the request of my supervisor, Felix, this shipyard has been restarted. He was not happy with the slow progress... Not much progress yet. I started with 3 doors, and few halyard blocks. Detailed explanation of how everything is built will follow. Greetings, Patrick

Due to the restart of my Golden Hind shipyard, this build has been temporarily put on hold. Thank you for following this build and the positive comments. Reopening of this shipyard is planned for October – November 2020 I hope to see you all back again.

beautifully made shields. Congrats!

Thank you for these very detailed updates Great work !!

Beautifully done 👍

Great work, I take a seat and follow

In this part of the world (Belgium) it is normal to eat horse meat and cow tongues (no donkeys ) I think that this has something to do with the past 2 world wars that we have experienced (and all the other wars before these 2 ) Then you eat what is available, or you eat nothing. Flemish saying: "Honger maakt rauwe bonen zoet." Hunger makes even raw beans taste sweet

Nice model, One of my colleagues at work served in the Serbian army at the artillery (Yugoslavian Civil War) (Ordinary people such as him had the choice: 2 years of military service or 2 years of prison as compensation because you refuse to join the army). Once the supply of food to their unit had failed. And a donkey passes by, within reach of their cannon ... Bang, and there was a big hole in the donkey's body. And the cannon crew had "fresh meat". Whether donkey was nice to eat, he never told me 🤣.

Small and beautiful. Great work

Thanks everyone. These plastic spars are really not suitable for the use in this way. Cleaning up one spar took about as long as making a new one in wood. For someone who builds a plastic ship for the first time and chooses this model. Follow the kit's instructions for masts, spars and rigging. At first sight nothing can go wrong. And, winter is coming to an end (actually we have not had a winter this year). It is almost time for me to switch back to the shipyard of my wooden shipmodel. I'm starting to miss the dust and smell of sanded wood

Thank you everyone for the nice comments and likes. This old kit has become a real challenge. And so far also my cheapest plastic model kit. A kit for free, some plastic sheet, glue, some paint, and some leftovers from the spareparts box. Meanwhile : Started making spars. The designers of this kit made it easy for themselves when making the mold. Some spars are simply identical to each other (see sketch) "Cleaning" the spars Oops, Very flexible. Later it also appeared that they broke quickly ... The plastic spars are all in waste bin. New ones are made from toothpicks And from small bamboo sticks. They are used in plant pots. The processing of this bamboo was fairly easy Tools used Wooden spars (Some are still a bit too thick in diameter) Thanks for following

Neatly planked. Congrats.

Small update The base plate is ready. Work in progress