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Helmsman and pilot, steering the ship.....

Steven you are genius. Congratulations.

But just a small question... do you have asthma,?  The silver tray you uploaded in EU its the package of a very good asthma inhaler... I use it a lot..😊  

Thank you Jeff for your nice words.Am watching your work,of which am anxious to see the outcome of your excellent modifications. 

Wish you quick recovery.

Christos

Man turning the capstan.

Hatch, chicken's cage and fore capstan...plus the grating which is modified as the one of the kit.  A..

 and of course the officers bench! 

Beautiful ! Very nice work RussR. I have the impression that this is your dinning room. My admiral was opposed when I suggested to display Hermione there. So she is still in my private office displayed. And if the weather is rainy and you stay indoors for a smoke... then you may have a look at her in my study, as it is then becoming the only available smoking indoors place. 

Rails and ship's bells in position.

Main deck on the go. Belaying pins and tables, ramhead of the fore mast.... and ofcourse always dos and redos!

The copper of the galley cooling panel, went dark. It seems the cooper got the humidity of the vallejo scenic water.

So a new panel was remade.

Fore mast ramhead block in position, belaying pins tables... main deck is in movement now and pumps and main mast ramhead block on gun deck, around the main mast. 

 Congrats, nice work. You beat my finished L'Hermione. Hope to reach you with my new one.

Yes you are right... we are the only two finished AL kits of L'Hermione. 

Christos

Ps.My respect for your scaliera. The ladder on the shrouds. Each step is separately knotted!  (The kit.. and my lasy self used glue 😀

The roof of the galley is installed. Its a watertight copper panel, that was filled with water. Thee two copper ducts of the stove were passing through this cooling system, in order to keep the stove radiation as low as it was possible.

I hope you can see the water...🦆.. I have poured in.Its a vallego scenery liquid.

@cogThank  you. its 32° C in Cyprus. But my shipyard is fully air conditioned. No am not really tired, I was using a mobile crane from CAT to move around the galley😂!

The Galley is on the gun deck. Had to take her with a winch on the ship and then push her on rollers in position. Now I have to prepare the roof of the galley with the ducts and the cooling panel.

Like your micro furniture abilities! 

Gunwale almost done. The safety rails (incl.in the kit instr.) won't be fitted, am building the 1779 ship. Cannons on upper deck 6lb, on low deck 12lb and the swivel gun 1lb.

So far... very well done Jeff!

Christos

Cheers sir! Wonderfull! Keep on sailing.

Christos

Well done! Have you bought a second kit? I thought you was rebuilding the one you had.

Hi everybody,

If my english is correct, then I have just finished the gunwale and the bulwark.

I believe gunwalle is the top part of the bulwark... there where a sailor could lean his hands and look over the sea the sun setting into the horizon.

Thank you sir.

Thank you guys (Eberhard and druxey). The pin was an iron pin or something else?

Which parts of an 18th century block were metal. Is it the sheaves and the pin or also some other parts? I was thinking maybe the eye.

Accurate waterways. Well done.

Good friend @mtaylor much appreciate your intervention! 

Thank you @druxey.... its comforting!

Christos

You are very welcome Steven. I myself had started as well this year a study at the Cyprus State University. Once again after  more  than 35 years since I finished my studies in W.Germany. But this time only just for the fan of knowledge and the pleasure of learnig 😁