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Looks great. Well done Greetings from the other side of the Schelde river

So far so good, I would use regular wood glue. Planking a deck needs its time. Best to glue a few planks let it dry and only proceed planking if you are satisfied Be careful with this. Very unhealthy (Xylene, methanol....)

Small nice model. great work on your first build. Greetings, patrick

The work on the grating is started, and it is going better than expected. Step 1 Step 2 dry fitting Step 3 Painted and installed Parts for the actual grating Step 3 Dry fitted the unpainted grating. I leave them like this for a few days. If I still find them ok this way, then they are painted and glued. Meanwhile. Our mouse terminator in action... VID_20200324_190912.mp4 Thanks for following

Tenerife holidays. Good news about this, the hotel and the flights have been rebooked to november with a minimal extra cost. Except for travel to and from my work. I'll just stay home. The only way not to get corona is avoid contact as much as possible. The model : The last 3 doors of this model are ready and installed. And we continue with reason 2 why this build was on hold.... Grating. Question 1 Should there be grating or no grating on the deck. Question 2 How does 16th century grating look like. Question 3 What do we put above the grating in case of bad weather. The only real info I find for now is only on the Vasa. And yes, this ship is 50 years "younger" than my model. But i prefer to continue with the grating on this ship as an example . Photos of a real ship show more than drawings and paintings. It took a while before I understood the complete construction of this grating. But, finally. I think I get it. My power tools are too big to cut the small grating. So small planks are glued together and then sawed. The downside is that grating made in this way is quite fragile. But for the purpose that I need them this is not a problem. Step 1 has started. Let's hope my plan works. Work in progress, more about "why and how" follows Thanks for following, comments and likes

Marcus, Maybe the hull of a fluit was planked on the inside. Then the frames are not visible

Always welcome. Take your time. It's a long story, whose end is not yet in sight

As always, well done Corona affects all of us here. My wife is not allowed to go to work. she is now temporarily unemployed. I must go to work. The chemical industry is too important for the economie from Belgium official text : De federale overheid heeft op 18 maart bij ministerieel besluit de sector van de chemie, kunststoffen en life sciences officieel erkend als een cruciale sector die essentiële diensten levert voor de maatschappij en noodzakelijk is voor het socio-economisch functioneren van het land. (English) On 18 March, the federal government officially recognized the chemical, plastics and life sciences sector as a crucial sector providing essential services for society and necessary for the country's socio-economic functioning. Time to ask for a raise of my salary ??

Welcome back, nice work

Nice models

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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