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Hi Frank

Happy Birthday my friend :D :D .

Denis.

Hi Vince

Just wonderful , fantastic workmanship.

The best RW on this forum.

Denis.

Hi Mark

Nice planking well done.

Denis.

Nice work Jesse well done.

Denis

We may notice, but we won't tell.     

Hi Mark

Are you sure you will not tell ha-ha worried ?.

Denis.

I remarked in a parallel thread on these gratings that heynare the wrong side up: the flat side is the inderside, the upper side is not flat.

If I remember correctly, Chris used these gratings as he was trying to get something in scale thickness. The lower decks are completely fitted out, and the deckopenings are the only real see- through option. Therefore in his own pics, the gratings are next to the openings. However, scale thickness required something slightly under a milimeter. Too thin to have them in wood. (Atleast, mass produced in a kit)

 

Jan

Hi Jan

The thickness of the photo etched ones are 1mm.

The wooden ones are just over 3mm.

If I sand down a bit on each side to get them down to just over 2mm I will be happy.

I can always make the frames a bit higher, I don't think any one will notice ( well they will now ha-ha ).

Denis.

Brian good things are worth waiting for ha-ha.

Denis.

Hi Jan

Thank you for the photo.

Still don't like the gratings, so I think I will use the wooden ones.

Denis.

I am pretty sure that how well you paint them,, the metal gratings would not look as nice as the wooden ones.  Where did you buy these?  Caldercraft? How does their scale compare with the etched ones?  The wooden gratings that you bought look much better than the majority of similar items found in kits, where the wooden strips are much too narrow compared with the space between them (example: the Artesania and Mamoli gratings).  It would be fine, as a comparison, to see the etched gratings next to the wooden items on a picture.

 

Happy modelling.

Hi Jean-Pierre.

I agree with you no matter how you paint them they will not look that good.

The size are Ok, holes are 1mm sq in both the metal and the wooden ones, I will have to cut the wooden ones back a bit to make them fit, as they did not sell them in the same size as the metal ones.

I got them from Modeller Shipyard in Australia cost about $5.95au each.

I will take a photo with the both side by side soon.

Denis.

Hi Brian

I don't know yet.

If I use the brass ones then it will not be possible to paint them to look like wood with a good result.

Or I could use brass blackening like you use for the cannons ?.

May be better to use the wooden ones.

Denis.

Hi Clare

Thank you for your info and so sorry I posted in the wrong topic .

I don't post much on MSW so how was I suppose to know.

Denis

Hi Frank

Long time no talk.

Will send an mail to you soon.

Having a bit of a problem with the router keeps cutting in and out all the time.

Denis.

Hi All

I need some help with the gratings on my 1577 Revenge.

The kit has brass grating but I did not like them so got some wooden ones.

Can anyone advise me if the gratings on the Revenge was Iron or wood.

Denis.

The MDF from Victory worked fine for me with another kit - but did I understand that the base plinth was MDF too -  thats just  weird if so.

 

Lots of rigging line as usual but not really great quality - but  a tip - label the lines spools now - why they dont label them  I have no idea !

 

Brass gratings  "what a lovely idea"  I think as I fight the normal wooden combs.

But they would need to be painted -  does the kit suggest what colour - because in my book if painted it saves so much work !

But cannot see a paint job looking like wood.  I shall be follwing progress with interest !

Hi SpyGlass

Yes the base is MDF also, Brian had a good idea he said plank the base, and that is what I will do.

I have used other rigging lines before ( most fell apart ) and ended up going back to Amati ones, I always label the spools.

I agree with you, you would think the kit people would label them.

Re gratings I have not read all the book yet so I don't know if they say paint them or not, but if they are I would paint them black.

May be the gratings were cast iron I don't know, may be some one out there can help me on that one ??.

Denis.

Hi

This is the kit gratings.

Denis.

Hi All

Looking at the kit again, the gratings are brass looking.

Sorry I did not like them that much, so ordered some new wooden ones.

I think they will look a lot better than the brass ones.

I did order them over size so will cut them back a bit to fit.

Denis.

Hi Mark

Wait till you do the second planking :) .

Denis.

Hi Boyd

Thank you.

Below the water line will be painted.

Denis.

Hi all

Sorry I have not posted for some time but I have been working on the second planking.

I have got to say it is taking a very long time and only 1/3rd done.

I thought I would give part of it a bit of a sand to see what it will look like.

Denis.

Hi Frank

Wow that is some rigging well done , nice work love it.

Denis.

Hi Visi

You are more than welcome my friend.

But I hope you are drinking a good red wine.

Denis.

Hi Mike

Re cord, yes it look like a lot ha-ha but we will see.

With my SoS I put all the cord in the bin and started again using Amati cord.

Denis.

Hi Apollo

Will send you a PM soon.

Denis.

Hi Martin

You don't have to put the full sails on.

Have a go at furling them it is not that hard.

It is just getting the tension on the thread correct on the sewing machine.

Denis.

Hi Martin

Will take that on board.

I did not know that the sail mat was in the kit, that should be Ok as I made the sails for the SoS.

Denis.