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MESSIS

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  1. When things become uncertain or obscure...common sense and artistic freedom enter the scene. How right u r Robin! 100% ! Ps the argo colours I think is great. And also awsome ur choice of orange stain..... come on work a bit faster.... we r anxious about the.result of ur fine work
  2. Thx Robin Ithink testing is essential... on the other hand good idea washing it to see what it happens... thx
  3. Robin u r doing an ecxellent work so far.... a bit slow ☺, but steady of high quality! Though I wonder how releiable is to assume that the ancient greeks painted their ships... except from some ornamental paint.... Even the frescos of santorini which are imaging minoan ships (minoan ships are more often assumed that they had some kind of painted parts) show no painted ships. Dont really know the answer... just pointing it out as food for thought. Keep up the good work
  4. I need to paint my viking ship sail in blood red.... as the pic below,in stripes. Has anybody done something similar.... how about vallejo textile paints.... what should I keep in mind?
  5. http://www.evaggelosgrypiotis.com/ have a look at this link the engineer was awarded from the Athens Academy for his research. The ships u ll see (more than a few) there they have published as post stamps of the State Postoffice of the Greek Republic
  6. Guys has anybody bought the amati kit viking ship? Is the hull wood plywood or is it a better quality?
  7. The hull was oak, the deck was pine mostly. No biremes were found ... Though in the port of Pireus in Athens the garages of the biremes and triremes were found. Also a few metal rams used on ythe biremes to ram the enemy ships can be seen in a few museums in mediteranian sea
  8. Why did you orderd two kits? Is it in case you damage any contents as you build the kit or r u going to build two different kits?
  9. I thought thats a whiete glue am using!
  10. I did try that but is not working 100% .... so after the alcohol I used a dark wash from vallego and that gave to the ropes a nice finish.. I dont know how to thank you. You have been very informative and.very helpfull.
  11. Dan thats 2 pic... more than a thousand words... looking forward for ur response...
  12. Thx Dan u r very helpfull... I ll follow your suggestion. But because u mentioned wax... my ropes are allready well waxed... Is that ok.... if I go with the matt black acrylic paint?
  13. I used black rope and the glue stained them... now am thinking of covering the stains with some shoe paint.... I was said from somebody tha so it can be done, but am not sure thats why am asking
  14. I prepared deadeys, heartstays etc off the ship. Some glue stains are there now and am trying to cover them before installing them on the ship
  15. Can somebody tell me how safe is to use shoepaint to cover glue stains on my ropes? Is it going to fade out in the longterm or is it going to pruduce somekind of other problems?
  16. GuntherMT and Neptune... guys ur great! A thx goes to u 2 as well.
  17. Thx Allan .... ill go for Antcherls book as welll
  18. Thx for ur response Allan. Yes am asking how they are tied together... there closed hearts
  19. How do I bind two heart stays together?
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