MESSIS

Three vessels! I suppose you are getting payed overtime. You lucky rich guy

Wish you all all the best. Enjoy your projects.

Hans thats a great work there.... thats craftmaship! Am anxious to see how you manage the 1/72 tiny oars. Ill be folowing.

Not bad idea...

 Go ahead, wonder how the result is going to be. I think its going to be just fine.

Dilbert55 yes you are infront of me.... thats sure. Listen painting will do what a second planking may be was going to do. It will cover up all mistakes. So go ahead und its going to be ok.

Yes Tallshiptragic. Was going to anyway. I said you so. Am goin to remesuare and ajust if and where is needed

Dilbet55 no there is none at all. Its single planking all the way. Dont know about philo456's model, his kit is a different version than mine.

You are demanding.... but so am I. So I ll try and make new clean mesuarments diviation from the curve on the top and bottom  of the ports  and dimensions of the  port it self in hight. The width of the ports is ok, have  allready mesuared and the diviation are less than 0.5 mm.

Do you think 1 mm divation is acceptable to the eye, or I should not tolared it and try to correct it?

Very good comments Tallshiptragic! Yes am going to use linning so I did the ports 9x9 so that after the linning 0.5mm, the end dimension is going to become 8x8mm. But you are right, I just stop working but am still worryed until I resume work and mesuare once more, hopping that mistakes made can still be corrected.

Thats how it came out. Now I have to try and correct some diviations. I think I shall manage that  because I have allready made some mesuarements and  there is not more than +/- 1mm diviation, in any of the oppenings or towards the curve.

Be carefull to hold the dimension of the oppening 9x9 mm and ofcourse hold all oppenings on the same curve, which I choose to draw with the help of a bleu tape, as to prevent the oppenings from being untidy at the end (make a zic zack line instead of a nice  curve).

Its going slower but its going the way I want it.... accurate!

So I had to draw the cannon oppenings and the clear the oppenings. So the process is: drill holes 2mm diam, about 5 to 6 of yhem in each oppening. The connect them together with a knife or another sort of cutting bit. And at the last stage use fine files and sand paper. 

I see. Ok its a way to do it. But you destroyed your nice planking. Anyway its not a bad idea.

nirvana

Its not a stupid question you got there. The answer is that the dvd has detailed pictures and instructions where the mesuarments are given in various ways.  Extra to that there is a big coloured picture scale 1:1 ( showing every view of the ship) where you can actually mesuare everything.

Dont get it. The oppenings are 9mmx9mm. The disc is very big for that.... how did you did it? Did you cut the disc in a smaller diameter. I use the dremel drill. Meking a number of holes and then connecting them together and cleaning the h opening with files and sand paper

Hi deckape

I got the same kit with you. The dvd has exellent pictures and instructions. Nothing can go wrong. You still can print them. And there are also a pieces list and  videos. The videos in the dvd are very good in describing very well a lot of construction procedures.

Dont be afraid of it. Am sure you'll enjoy it as I do this moment.

All the best and lots of fan 

Christos

Shipyard under cotroll!

Back in controll again! I tried to restore as much of the discarded wood I could. Soaking helped taking glued planks apart again.... not always.

But now the shipyard is enjoying the work again.  "No jobs lost and no strikes were held!" All the planking from the cannon deck and upwards, is finnished and the accurancy was within +/- 1mm. Am satisfied with that. 

Shipyard in panik

And as everthyng was running smoothly... a thunder has fallen in the shipyard -when- after completing planking between cannon deck and upper deck (16 planks, 4 strakes in each side), I found out my mesuarments were wrong. The distances from bulkhead to bulkhead were misscalculated. So! Had to take the planks out. So most of them became not usable any more. Now am doing planking again and hopping planks wood want come short.

Planking went well. The wood was very flexible after soaking in warm water bending was easy.

Ps. eetteemmeettee has done a great work, but he stopped some time ago and we were all dissapointed.

Φίλε, its a dvd not a cd. Has a pdf of more than 360 pages, pictures and text (three languages). Actualy the guys there did a hell of a work. Ok some people dont like that, they prefer the old traditional way.... I understand that. Me, am working on the modell and I really enjoy the quality of materials and parts, but also the very intelkegent instructions dvd. Its a matter of taste after all... isnt it?

Dry dock has bussines

Here I go..... started with keel and bulkheads. Then the cannon deck and some sanding with my dremmel, to round up edges for the upcoming planking.

No crew wasnt included. AL offers the crew kit as an extra kit. But is designd specially for that ship kit.... scale is the same and it represents the crew that sailed the ship in 1780

Yes Tim  the crew is also made by AL in same scale representing that crew which sailed 1780 the ship to America carrying Marq. De La Fayette to the American revolution.

As I said all materials deadeyes, blocks  incl. are top quality. Lenght 750 mm

Christos

I opened the kit and I was very happy with what I saw. Great and tidy packing. Materials... wood, cast, etch, etc. everything is first class quality.

The instructions in a dvd with more than 350 pages ( pdf ), colour pictures and text in three languages. Plus a number of videos explaining various building technics and  procedures. Also a part's list , varius other small drawings, templates, paints katalogue, etc. and a colour drawing 1/1 scale with all the ships views. 

I never had such a wonderfull and fine made kitt. Am dying to start building.