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leginseel got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Santa Maria by mtbediz - FINISHED - handmade kit by a friend
Kayseri is a nice place. I visited a few years ago on my way back from Cappadocia and bought some lovely Sucuk.
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leginseel got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Santa Maria by mtbediz - FINISHED - handmade kit by a friend
Great looking barrels, nice job. Really like the chains for the deadeyes as it's given me an idea how to do mine. My kit has just brass strip which is not authentic so I'll try making up some of my own.
Very hot here at the moment, how is it with you.
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leginseel got a reaction from kier in HMS Victory 1805 by Robert29 - FINISHED - Caldercraft - Scale 1:72
Hi Robert, I personally thought that the comments re joggling were a bit harsh. Model building is a hobby for enjoyment and such suggestions could be said a little more sympathetically as we are not all perfect.
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leginseel got a reaction from mtbediz in HMS Bounty by leginseel - Constructo - Scale 1:50 - First wooden kit build
Hi Guys, that was a long break and I've returned refreshed. I've managed to complete all the ratlines and most of the standing rigging but I've been sidetracked by building WW2 dioramas which I'm greatly enjoying. So I have two benches working at the same time . One with the Bounty and the other dioramas. Anyway here is where I'm at at the moment. I'm clearly out of practice at inserting photos and they are in the wrong order, but I'm sure that you get the picture.
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leginseel got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Santa Maria by mtbediz - FINISHED - handmade kit by a friend
Hi yes I'm in the UK till 5 September.
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leginseel got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Santa Maria by mtbediz - FINISHED - handmade kit by a friend
Nice work Mustafa, really coming along nicely. Did you get the Ammonia from the Ezane?
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leginseel got a reaction from coxswain in HMS Bounty by Steve 12345 - FINISHED - Billing Boats - 1:50
Beautiful work as always Steve. I'm a good way behind you and your build has become my number 1 point of reference.
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leginseel got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Chesapeake Bay Flattie by Estoy_Listo - FINISHED - Midwest Products - 1:32 - SMALL - First Build
Nice little kit Mark, you'll be onto a mega kit in no time!!!
Take care and good luck
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leginseel got a reaction from Vinnie in HMB Endeavour by DaveRow - FINISHED - Corel - Scale 1:60 - First Build Kit
Great work Dave! Any chance of popping over to Turkey to do mine??
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leginseel got a reaction from Vinnie in HMB Endeavour by DaveRow - FINISHED - Corel - Scale 1:60 - First Build Kit
Absolutely immaculate work Dave, it's a real pleasure reading your log. Us mere mortals have a lot to learn!!
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leginseel got a reaction from Vinnie in HMB Endeavour by DaveRow - FINISHED - Corel - Scale 1:60 - First Build Kit
Lovely work and a great log, nice one.
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leginseel got a reaction from OrLiN in HMS Bounty by leginseel - Constructo - Scale 1:50 - First wooden kit build
Apologies to those of you that follow my progress but I'm having a break at the moment. Having tried to do my ratlines in 30+degrees with sweat running down my face and not really enjoying it, I've decided to wait until the weather cools down. Have a great summer to you all.
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leginseel got a reaction from Fernando E in HMS Bounty by leginseel - Constructo - Scale 1:50 - First wooden kit build
Apologies to those of you that follow my progress but I'm having a break at the moment. Having tried to do my ratlines in 30+degrees with sweat running down my face and not really enjoying it, I've decided to wait until the weather cools down. Have a great summer to you all.
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leginseel reacted to Vinnie in HMS Bounty by Vinnie - Mamoli - 1:65 scale
Thanks leginseel...your right things have been moving along...working full time only allows an hour or 2 a day...but it relaxes me after a day at work so I rarely miss it.
But I have recently decided to “hit the anchors” just a little bit the last couple of days. After some honest reflection on some of the photos I have taken. I realized that the furniture and fittings on my model looks dirty/fuzzy under the flash of my camera. I initially thought this was because of the linseed oil being ever so slightly sticky. But it isn’t...I’ve discovered that I haven’t done a good enough sanding job. I’ve needed to use progressively finer sand papers (which is probably a now brainer for some of the better modelers on here) so yea just slowing down a little bit and getting at the furniture with a small stick sander before I block off access with masts and rigging 😁 will post some before and after photos probably
I’m looking forward to seeing you get stuck back into your Bounty leginseel!
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leginseel got a reaction from Vinnie in HMS Bounty by Vinnie - Mamoli - 1:65 scale
Hi Vinnie, just returned home after a month in UK and now catching up. Great work and so quick!! You must spend a lot of time on it but it is clearly paying off, nice one.
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leginseel reacted to Steve 12345 in HMS Bounty by leginseel - Constructo - Scale 1:50 - First wooden kit build
Hi Nigel ratlines are a strange beast your either in the mood for them or not ,personally I enjoy them you will get a feel for them sometimes there frustrating other times they work ,glad your still enjoying your build it's looking superb
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leginseel reacted to Vinnie in HMS Bounty by Vinnie - Mamoli - 1:65 scale
Next was the metal parts for the bow...it was quite challenging...nerve wrecking too. The parts were very brittle...
next was the stern...I’m happy with the paint job but not happy with the window bracing...u can’t even see the false glass in the background...I’m going to rip it out and try something else.. but for now I’m keen to keep going. I’ll have another crack later. did the side windows next...i was much happier with how these ones turned out.Next I did the supports for all 10 culverins as can be seen in my non chronological photos 😐...and then finally the mid hand rails...got one to go still. But once that one is done I’ll just have cannons and then be about ready to get stuck into the rigging! I can’t wait!
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leginseel reacted to Vinnie in HMS Bounty by Vinnie - Mamoli - 1:65 scale
Update guys! We’ve just had a long weekend here in Australia and I managed to get a couple of things done this weekend and the preceding couple of weeks...so here’s what I’ve done guys 😁
firstly I did my best to dress up the metal launch boat supplied with the kit to look as wooden as possible...in other words paint every inch of it then added some timber seats and installed it. Although it was a simple step. It represented a milestone for me...after about 12 months of solid modeling, reading and folding these back up I could finally move on to next set of instructions 😃! next installed the mid belay pins , the windlass...and then the stairs down below to the false deckthen installed more gratings. The helm stand and a few seized blocks for the tiller riggingthen rigged it, helmed it...and added the last grating at the stern...slowly getting there. And here’s a body shot of the bounty, with my little helper not asleep for once!
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leginseel got a reaction from Vinnie in HMS Bounty by leginseel - Constructo - Scale 1:50 - First wooden kit build
Thanks Steve, good to hear from you. Progress is slow but I'm getting there. Doing ratlines at the moment and have already started again twice!! I keep telling myself I'm learning, albeit the hard way.
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leginseel got a reaction from OrLiN in HMS Bounty by leginseel - Constructo - Scale 1:50 - First wooden kit build
Thanks Steve, good to hear from you. Progress is slow but I'm getting there. Doing ratlines at the moment and have already started again twice!! I keep telling myself I'm learning, albeit the hard way.
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leginseel reacted to Steve 12345 in HMS Bounty by leginseel - Constructo - Scale 1:50 - First wooden kit build
Buetifull work Nigel I still check in from time to time and your progress is fantastic
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leginseel got a reaction from mtbediz in HMS Bounty by leginseel - Constructo - Scale 1:50 - First wooden kit build
OMG you were right OrLiN !! The top shrouds presented me with the biggest headache but I've got round it I think with a little bit of cheating (apologies to the purists). I decided to pin the shrouds in the holes with brass pins, wrap them with CA underneath and the cut them off. Seems to have worked thus far, here are the photos -
I'll blacken off the pin tops when they are all done.
I've progressed with the main mast shrouds and deadeyes and the air around here has been decidedly 'blue' I can tell you. However, I've learnt such a lot and as they say next time I hope they will look better -
I took this photo as it looked the best then realised the third one from the left was wrongly tied up - Doh!! It's now been corrected.
When I look at these close-ups I just want to tear it down and start again, but I'm taking the pragmatic view that I can only get better and hopefully I'll look on this with a smile in a few years time.
Thank you for all the likes and comments
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leginseel reacted to Vinnie in HMS Bounty by leginseel - Constructo - Scale 1:50 - First wooden kit build
Good job on the rigging leginseel! She’s looking close to sea worthy😁...not good to hear your having problems with vague cop out instructions though. I’ve got several full size charts and plans that show the rigging in some detail with my mamoli kit. Since I have nothing to compare to, I don’t know if my instructions are considered good or not...I haven’t looked ahead enough to know whether I’ll have similar problems with step by step instructions. seeing the problems and headaches your encountering makes me realize that I need to start doing my research on techniques and tools 😐...I barely know a thing about rigging
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leginseel got a reaction from CDW in HMS Bounty by leginseel - Constructo - Scale 1:50 - First wooden kit build
OMG you were right OrLiN !! The top shrouds presented me with the biggest headache but I've got round it I think with a little bit of cheating (apologies to the purists). I decided to pin the shrouds in the holes with brass pins, wrap them with CA underneath and the cut them off. Seems to have worked thus far, here are the photos -
I'll blacken off the pin tops when they are all done.
I've progressed with the main mast shrouds and deadeyes and the air around here has been decidedly 'blue' I can tell you. However, I've learnt such a lot and as they say next time I hope they will look better -
I took this photo as it looked the best then realised the third one from the left was wrongly tied up - Doh!! It's now been corrected.
When I look at these close-ups I just want to tear it down and start again, but I'm taking the pragmatic view that I can only get better and hopefully I'll look on this with a smile in a few years time.
Thank you for all the likes and comments
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leginseel reacted to OrLiN in HMS Bounty by leginseel - Constructo - Scale 1:50 - First wooden kit build
Good work on the rigging mate. Always more than one way to skin a cat.
I have been doing this for more than thirty years and there are still times when I want to bin 12 to 15 months work because something
has turned out not to the standard I want and, it's always on the rigging. Keep at it, learn as you go. I still learn something new every day.
For a first wooden kit this is turning out well. Good luck with the rest of it.
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