GrandpaPhil
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All forestays and the port backstays are up: nothing is getting tensioned until the rest of the backstays are up.
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I use a sealant on mine too. Sometimes before assembly and sometimes after assembly. It helps smooth out variations from printing.
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The booklets have the name of the designer in them.
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All lower shrouds are up and fore stays are being installed: Shrouds have traditionally been very difficult for me. This is one of the quickest shroud installations that I have ever done. The mouses are painted wood and I made them from dowel rods.
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I haven’t built the Orel kits of the Orel, the Mikasa or Le Redoutable yet. They are on my soon to build list though. The templates for the railings didn’t look the easiest to use, but I’m overall looking forward to the builds. I’m used to scratch building from card anyway, which actually gave me fits when building Solferino. But, overall I don’t think the railings will slow me down too much. I have AAMM plans for the 90-gun steam battleship Le Napoleon and the battleship La Hoche in the same or similar scale (1/192 for Le Napoleon) too.
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@Loracs , You got this!
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Main shrouds are up:
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That’s why I don’t generally buy kits anymore (except card kits, which are an exception). If there is something that I like, I usually just buy the plans, because I found that I replace most of the kit anyway. Then, once I found Ab Hoving’s card scratch building tutorial on this forum, I never looked back. Having said that, Vanguard’s kits look very nice. They are produced by the gentleman who designed the model you’re building right now, but they are produced according to his standards, which are absolutely excellent. From what I hear, the materials and fittings are superb.
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Is the Sergal Thermopylae (791) kit any good?
GrandpaPhil replied to Scottish Guy's topic in Wood ship model kits
Cornwall Model Boats has the plans for the Sergal Thermopylae for £14.84. https://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/acatalog/Thermopylae-Construction-Plans-Set-961.html Those plans have the parts sheets included. You could always scale those plans up to 1/96 scale and modify/build at will. They also have the plans for the Cutty Sark as well. The research and learning is half the fun. -
But, just think about how nice the fence will look and all the vegetables will taste after they grow. I planted mine yesterday.
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Is the Sergal Thermopylae (791) kit any good?
GrandpaPhil replied to Scottish Guy's topic in Wood ship model kits
I have Mantua’s Victory and the Sergal set of plans for the Soleil Royal. Their kits and plans look nice but need a LOT of help. They can make a good starting point though. -
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Beginner looking for advice on first kit
GrandpaPhil replied to O-Nurse's topic in New member Introductions
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Loading tackles are done: Shrouds are going in with the foremast lower shrouds installed: No shrouds, stays or backstays will be tensioned until all standing rigging is installed and awaiting tensioning to prevent mast warping.
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Blocks: wood, card or 3D resin?
GrandpaPhil replied to georgeband's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Tony, Seahorse has some really nice stuff. Here’s their 3D printed stuff, to include the blocks. https://seahorse.pl/en/14--3d-printed -
This one had 14 different loading tackles. There were 6 each on the lower fore and main mast and 1 each on the top fore and main mast. This was a merchant though.
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Thank you very much! All lower loading tackles are done: Here is a side on shot of the ship: I missed the third set of tackles on each lower mast and found a set on each top mast. That makes for 8 sets of tackles that I didn’t plan for. Needless to say, I made some more double blocks. The hooks are made from steel wire. I am being much more careful with reading the rigging plan so I don’t miss anything else. This plan is the most complete, rigging wise, that I have ever built from, so it is a learning process. The only other square rigger that I have ever built at decent scale was a Mamoli Endeavour which was 1/100 scale, and therefore still simplified significantly. The Solferino was pretty complete, rigging wise, but it was only 1/200 scale and therefore only had half the rigging it should have had. We’ll see how this turns out. Next up for me rigging wise is the Revenge.
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