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Fast 😉 and nice work 👍

Very nice model  👍

When I painted my Pelican/Golden Hind I found these possibilities.
The number behind the examples indicates which way was most common.
No painting (the word "niets" behind the examples)  was actually the most common way. But, that's not much use to us model builders, not?? 😉

The same comment as always 😉.

Great work Ondras 👍

It's been a while since I built a military model.
So, here we go. This time it is an Italian Autoprotetto S37

General info

https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/italy/Fiat_SPA_Autoprotetto_S-37.php

Box and contents   http://acemodel.com.ua/en/model/411

Start 

There's a lot of flash to the parts. This model is from a short run production, the mold was probably in service for a while when my model was cast

the parts for the superstructure

after much cleaning, sanding and fitting

Engine compartiment (same problem)

The worst part is over 😉

35 minutes ago, AiDi said:

 

Doctor of philosophy is a general term, regarding doctorate in any discipline: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy

thank you.

I didn't like going to school...😉

Building swivel guns

Some info is found on this thesis.

But,

A future Doctor in the pfilosofhy, at the school of music humanities media. Who writes a thesis about a sunken shipwreck 

A weird combination,  that is way beyond my understanding 😥

but the info in his thesis is very interesting

step1 

drawings and start

building barrels and chambers

current status

The last ropes from the main sail are attached

on some drawings this line goes up to the bowsprit (arrow). So this became improvising (there was no more room left in this place) ...

I think the rigging is done 

someone is happy 😉

The following months will be spent making swivel cannons, anchors and flags

Nice work and enjoy your meal 👍

looking forward to more progress 👍

And

The mizzen sail rigging is completed 

I took this image as an example. The "where and how" all these ropes are attached on deck is purely on "feeling and good luck"  😇

General overview

Outrigger with rigging

Martnets and outrigger

Tack

Lift with crow's feet

Halyard and rope coils

Had an idea to put some attributes on the deck.
Nothing is glued yet, and it doesn't look like a good idea...

Thanks for following comments and likes

Looks great 👍

14 hours ago, Hubac's Historian said:

It has always annoyed me that Heller made these hawser pieces separate from the hull halves.  If you glue them-in, as is, you are left with a step on the outside of the hull, where the aft edge of the insert joins the hull.  I decided to create a half-lap joint on this aft edge and a tapering lap on the top and bottom edges of the hull opening, in order to eliminate this step.  It was very fiddly, but it enabled me to scribe the “hunting” port on the lower battery.

A long time ago I learned to make molds at school.

Our first, and only, mold that we had to make was of course much simpler 😉.

I don't think it was technically possible, in that time, to provide these holes directly and at the right angle without the extra hawser pieces.

It is indeed an unusual method.
But on the model in Berlin museum it is also this way

http://www.wasadream.com/Index/indexenglish.html

I started riging the mizzen sail. The rest of the main sail rigging will be done after this.
Preparations.

Shaping of the sail is done on the mast itself

(With an alert cat on the background...)

 zzzz.... 😇

This weekend the display case was adjusted. This case was designed a long time ago for military models only, not a wide sailing ship.

The mizzen sail is attached.
For now, the rigging of the mizzen is a mess. I have more ropes than attachment points 
to be continued 👍

Very nice cammo, spot on 👍

(One of the three Churchills at alamein.)