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GrandpaPhil

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  1. GrandpaPhil
    It’s looking good! Keep at it! I started an Artesiana Latina Bluenose II when I was a kid. I got it planked and painted and generally to the point where I had a basic hull. All I had left was to fit it out, make the masts, and rig it. I wish I still had it. Once you get to that point, the hard part’s done.
  2. GrandpaPhil
    Congratulations and excellent work!
  3. GrandpaPhil
    Thank you very much for the kind comments. I don’t know if I would say that building from card is more difficult than timber. It’s just different. It’s definitely been a learning experience. It’s been a lot of fun too. Next time, I will likely reinforce the bulkheads, the keel and the deck with 1/16th inch basswood. That’s to prevent the warping and the twisting that I had in the hull. Planking went really quickly. It usually takes me a couple weeks to plank a hull. I went from a frame to a painted and coppered hull over a four day weekend. I would probably plan out the gunports better and maybe use a precut piece instead of cutting through the hull again. That caused me some grief. I need to figure out a better way to laminate large pieces together without warping. It’s definitely worth trying. Ab Hoving made an excellent tutorial on this forum. It’s what got me started on this model.
  4. GrandpaPhil
    Main Gaff Sail complete with reefing points:
  5. GrandpaPhil
    Excellent!
  6. GrandpaPhil
    Excellent work!
  7. GrandpaPhil
    Congratulations and well done!
  8. GrandpaPhil
    Congratulations and well done!
  9. GrandpaPhil
    Well done!
  10. GrandpaPhil
    Congratulations and well done!
  11. GrandpaPhil
    Well done!
  12. GrandpaPhil
    Nicely done!
  13. GrandpaPhil
    Excellent!
  14. GrandpaPhil
    Very nicely done!
  15. GrandpaPhil
    Well done!
  16. GrandpaPhil
    Well done!
  17. GrandpaPhil
    Well done!
  18. GrandpaPhil
    How did the planking turn out?
  19. GrandpaPhil
    Well done on both!
  20. GrandpaPhil
    The ones at Warlord are 28mm or 1/56 scale. I forgot to mention that I have a set of these. The quality of the decals are very good.
  21. GrandpaPhil
    Still sewing sails. I started with the Main Gaff sail because it’s the biggest. It’s mostly done.
  22. GrandpaPhil
    Congratulations! Well done!
  23. GrandpaPhil
    Replacement railings always look better
  24. GrandpaPhil
    I am in the final stages of the Prince de Neufchatel. You did an excellent job of the stern. How ever you decide to make the quarter galleries, I don’t think that you’ll have any difficulty.
  25. GrandpaPhil
    I will, lol!

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