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  1. GrandpaPhil
    Also, never forget that a kit can make a wonderful baseline to build from. When I build from a kit, I always have the expectation that I will be doing some scratch building to make it exactly what I want. Occre’s Endurance has been on my wishlist since it came out after reading about Shackleton’s trip and amazing survival.
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    Steve, Thank you very much! I learned a lot during that build! I have built and attached the first bow platform! The second funnel will get glued down after I install the middle platforms. Working on the second layer of deck houses, to include the conning tower: This model has been a learning curve, but I am thoroughly enjoying the challenge!
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    Jeff, Baltimore is looking good! Yes, Legos make excellent jigs and temporary stands to hold the model steady! Don’t be afraid to use paint, or even filler (sometimes I use the max hold CA as filler, especially with paper). The clear coat will blend a lot of the coloration together.
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    Keith, Thank you very much! I have the aft stack glued down now, but the forward one doesn’t get glued down until the middle platforms are glued in place. Alan, Thank you very much! Welcome! I accidentally discovered that I quite enjoy working with card during my first card ship and enjoyed it enough that I have finished four of them now! I quite enjoyed building them. Only one of those is a kit, but I learned a lot from each of them. The Prince de Neufchatel is still my favorite finished build. This build is one of the kits that I bought after finishing the Solferino. This scale is small, but the level of detail exceeds anything that I have seen out of a plastic kit and you can get lasercut sheets, wood decks and photo-etch upgrade parts if you wish. I like making everything, that is my greatest happy in this hobby. I will also say that none of my builds from the Prince de Neufchatel on would have likely happened if I had not found and joined this forum. I am working the forward set of platforms to include the bridge and the conning tower. There’s a LOT involved in these and I’m learning on the fly about how everything goes together.
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    Very cool and very nicely done!
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    Welcome!
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    Looking forward to this one!
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    The stacks are made and just sitting in place at the moment. Once they dry, I’ll edge paint them and install the aft one. There’s a fair amount of scratch built detail on the forward stack, including the extra vents and associated piping. I bled all over one of the vents when my knife slipped during carving, but I guess that makes this a real ship model, lol.
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    Welcome!
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    Welcome!
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    Welcome!
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    Congratulations on the finish! Nicely done! Every build is a learning experience and process for me too! That’s half the fun of the hobby!
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    I’ve had a couple Model Shipways kits and I liked them. Their kits are of good quality.
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    The center superstructure is made and installed: Working the stacks now. The stacks: The Oryol is beginning to look like a battleship!
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    Check out Wolfram Zu Monfeld’s “Historic Ship Models”. It is an excellent reference book and includes detailed explanations of the internal construction of a wood ship to include mast installation. As far as rigging diagrams go, most Royal Navy vessels were relatively standardized across a type and time period, so you can take the rigging and masting from another frigate, adjust size, and adapt it to the Triton. I bought the 1/96 Shipyard kit of the frigate HMS Mercury, originally intending to use the masting and rigging diagrams for a possible future Triton or Winchelsea build. It’s still on my possible future to do list, once I get caught up with my current projects.
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    OC, Thank you very much! The Oryol’s main deck is fitted out now with everything but things like railings, which I’m holding off of until everything that needs to sit on the deck is in place to prevent weak spots. Here’s the aft deck: Here’s the entire ship as it stands now: I’m starting on the superstructure and stacks next!
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    Count me in too!
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    Very cool subject! Looking forward to this build!
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    Alan, Very nicely done!
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    Cereal boxes are about 0.5mm, as is posterboard. I usually layer up to get heavier thickness. You can get heavier card at most craft stores like Dick Blick’s, Micheal’s or Hobby Lobby. I repurpose card a LOT. I usually save cereal and snack cake boxes when I’m getting ready to start a new project. I also buy the eight packs of posterboard from Walmart on a semi-regular basis. Check out Ab Hoving’s scratch building tutorial on this forum too: That tutorial directly resulted in the three scratch builds that I have finished and the models that I have in progress right now.
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    Glen, Thank you very much! They definitely gave me a run for my money! I think I spent about 12 hours making them. Making progress on the main deck fittings! All I have left for main deck fittings for this round, before I move to the superstructure, are four sets of bitts and four deckhouses!
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    The winches/windlasses are made: They were very labor intensive (although an enjoyable challenge), and I guessed at many of the construction features, but I am happy with how they turned out. Next up, I will paint them and install them. Then we head to the aft deck and make some deck houses and companionways for the aft ladder wells.
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    Welcome!
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    Alan, Thank you very much! These kits take every bit of skill that I have! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!
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    All six winches are finished and installed along with a couple more deck houses and my replacement bitts: This is the state of the ship now: The forward two/thirds of the main deck is fitted out now. I’m currently working on the two double steam winches: Which is supposed to look like: I’m getting ready to make 6 axles total, plus four wire straps. I’ll make the control wheels after I make the rest of the winches.

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