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Mirabell61

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  1. Classic boat building Michael, excellent , nice and clean work, love those thin frame ribs.... Nils
  2. marvelous work Kees, you sure know where to place all those lovely details Nils ​
  3. excellent modeling of the capstans Ed, beautiful metal turning- and machining work... Nils
  4. Lovely fitting out Patrick, the "boats garage" with the maintenance area and workbench look great .. (your imagination works splendid !) Nils
  5. sweet detail with the little rats Bob it brings life into the holds.... Nils
  6. Denis, it`s also for the same reason, I do them myself. There is quite a variety of resin vents with RB models webshop, but most of those also come without throat boring Nils
  7. Many thanks to Jason and Crackers, and to all the "likes" for your appreciations..... Jason, the author of the card model set was the ingenious (late) designer Peter Brandt. He did quite some thorough research before he brought out a new authentic card model. In this case I`ll just copy his color giving (buff / red) as I like it also for the vents Crackers, thanks very much for your nice compliment, stay tuned... Nils
  8. That`s right Tom, and those shown, are only those from the 3rd an 4th funnel looking aftwards. With all those metal-vents the ship`s center of gravity will go a jump upwards later when all is fitted Nils
  9. Vents update built a prototyp of every type. There`s a whole bundle of different vents with different lengths and diameters, but it looks like I can get all (scoop sizes) out of the bag-foot-size collection. The brass tubes are from regular stock.... To get an impression what they would look like later on, here`s a pic of a beautiful built 1:250 card model ( I borrowed from the web), showing the vents, looking in aft direction..... Nils this pic of a card model was built by a very skilled modeler
  10. Hi Oystein, I know and already often browse that site for wonderful heritage photo-information on the KWdG, but never the less I very much appreciate the kind input from your side, Many thanks.. Nils
  11. Hi Tom, Many thanks for you compliment..... I am just sitting at the ships pictures and the plan for the number of vents and sizes in order to see what I need (tubes and air scoops) Nils
  12. Thank you very much Bob, for the vent scoops I used to saw off the domes from M8- M12 acorn nuts, but I did`nt find any acorn nuts equipped with pressed in / welded thin metal sheet domes any more, so I had to find an alternative.... Nils
  13. Thank you very much for your kind comments, Crackers, Michael and Bob, I`m glad it worked well, that gives encouragement to do all the other vents in the same way... Nils
  14. A beautiful model Jon, am much looking forward to the first sail trials when the weather allows.... NIls
  15. Build log part 29 I`m continuing with the build...... Today a trial is made for doing the scoop-typ vents. I found some staggered sizes of nickle-galnanized tin sheet. These usualy are mounted as foot / stand buttons to shopping bags. Together with short lengths on different diam. brass tubing (soft soldering) the can be transformed into nice looking nostalgic vents. The fastening strips have to be removed from the buttons first. The radial hole for the tube is drilled into the side of the button and the grinded to suit the fit for soldering The first and smallest prototype for the two forecastle vents is made in rough version. Will probably mount a "rivited skin" to the tube and two handles for setting to the airflow. There must be round about 100 vents in all sizes on this ship Nils
  16. beautiful lines Pete, it must be a wonderful feeling to sail her (actual boat) for those who are lucky to own one... having such a fine model is also a pleasure I believe Nils
  17. good work Bob, that bow gun-section looks great Nils
  18. congrats Palladio, beautiful handcraft work, that boat on the beach, a nice illusion... Nils
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