Baker

Dont now, but maybe this helps

Nice work. 

If I remember correctly, I also made this model a long time ago.

I was about 10 years old at the time, I will be 60 next month 😁

42 minutes ago, GrandpaPhil said:

this looks like an Elizabethan galleon now.

Indeed. 

Beautiful work.

23 minutes ago, challenger86 said:

Yes sir, I'm going of the kit's plans and their location. It is odd, as my NS Mercedes build, they're set back a bit and not on the stern post, etc... 

🙈🙉🙊  😉

Nice work on the Mercedes 

Great work. 

But the way you attach the anchors is quite unusual.
Normally these are attached to the channels of the fore mast.

Before.
This way you can do this easily and comfortably while sitting (And also much better for your back ...)

Amazing 

Home made saw?? 😉

14 hours ago, Roger Pellett said:

Wooden ships “work.”  As the ship travels through waves, the uneven buoyancy causes the hull to flex.  With conventionally framed construction the frames made no contribution to to the longitudinal strength of the hull.  In the Nineteenth Century the use of diagonal iron strapping was an attempt to add longitudinal strength to large hills but of course this was three hundred years or so prior to Mary Rose.

 

As ships aged these longitudinal bending stresses affected planking fasteners allowing individual planks to slide relative to each other, working the caulking loose.  The repair would have been to caulk the seam and to nail the batten atop.  This problem existed to some degree into modern times until advanced adhesives allowed monocoque construction of wooden hulls. 

 

Roger

Thanks Roger.

Indeed.

The Mary Rose builders (rebuilders) were also working on this problem

Thanks 

The BTR'S are better cast than Ace's older models.But still sometimes a mess and a puzzle to assemble ...

@Rock_From_Korea @Louie da fly @md1400cs @Roger Pellett

 Thanks for the nice comments.

Mary was indeed 30 years old and had had a major refit. Maybe the original version didn't need these battens

Planking of the stern.

First to do

The cannon deck will become almost completely invisible later, so I don't put much time and effort into it. The sides will be further finished later.

To further plank the stern, I first need to determine where the cannon ports should be placed.  

And discovered that the stern was not completely symmetrical. Fortunately, I used PVA glue that can be loosened with isopropyl alcohol.

Error corrected

The lower stern planked and with the 2 cannon ports

Low quality interior  

I first have to consider what the next steps on the model will be.
And, the hobby room urgently needs a makeover. As well as two bedrooms, the wife says....

Canadian movements from D'Day to the end of August.

https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/military-history/history-heritage/casualty-identification-military/normandy-france.html

After that.

Northern west France and then West Belgium (map)
left Canadian (coastal side)
middle Polish units (corresponds to my mother's stories)
right english

Be careful with a Mk.VII in Canadian service at this stage of the war.

Scots guards? a Mk.VII = ok

Update.

The BREM 2 is ready and tagged.

A BTR 70 under construction.

and the NONA mortar carrier is started

I came across this a long time ago in a Kit from Heller or Revell. 

What I remember about it from back then.
Tested a few times and then it ended in the trashbin, either I'm clumsy or the thing is unusable.