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Mirabell61

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  1. Thank you very much Martin and Grant, Martin, tho òl deckhand is enjoying every day of his pensioneer`s life Grant, thanks Grant, that`s a good Feeling to hold the hull free in Hand turn it around, and observe it from all sides.... it`s so great knowing that fellow modelers from all corners of the world find interest in what I am doing. it gives me very much motivation. Thanks so much for your appreciations.... Nils
  2. Very nice looking lines on that "Fair American Jeff, you did a good planking Job, and the trick of the double dense Frame Setting within the Skin outcut is a very smart idea, well done ! Nils
  3. Thank you so much for your Kind words Pete - Bob - John - Lee- and all the "likes".... Pete, It all requires the time it takes, and many ideas for the continuing sequences come as I do the progress Bob, thanks for your appreciation, I`m glad you like it. I Need quite some space in hight for fitting on those "golden" ornaments to the round Stern transom, and for putting adequate portholes just under the aft deck-Counter, so I might need to increase the deckbeam hight on the aft-ship a bit John, trust the hull will be the less difficult part of this build. For all the superstructure I have`nt made any scetches or plans yet, will probably do them to suit the build sequences as they come Lee, Thanks for your words Lee, I think it may be wise to connect the upper decklines to the sides first, in order to get a better looking transition for the plating Job and when integrating the rails..... Nils
  4. Many thanks Patrick and Mick, and all the "like this" button activators... Patrick, Thanks for your appreciation, I took her off the board this afternoon and was delighted of the work so far, a straight symetric and light hull like it should be. All the overstanding frame hights will be removed (cut off) and the upper deck stringers put on. The slot places are integrated alrteady when I cut the frames I am including some pics of this milestone moment.... Mick, Thanks for your words ,.. For plating I shall use self-adhesive aluminium foil stripes which will be ponced from the rear side to resemble the riveting Before the plating comes on, there is still some filler application work to be done, and several semi-round rails must be attached to the ouside hull skin. removed from the board and put on the upper end-cap plank 180° around the stern. Stb aft view... stb front view view into the aft ship hull. The outcuts for the deck stringers can be seen here the "deck-beam" upper lnes are pre cut, so only the outer sides of the frames need to be cut. In this way the decks will have a positive curvature in width direction one of the three lock-nut devices for the stand`s pedestal-spindles (through the keel and anchored in the "backbone" ) removing some old hardened glue drops out of the hull
  5. Build log part 10 bow post and vertical stern planking put on... Nils the upper portion of the stern rounding will be horizontal planking The upper propshaft housings still need to be planked, and the whole stern area requires fairing and blending for smooth transitions afterwards the bow post (beech wood) where the plates are riveted to later on, gives the nostalgic touch to the rather sharp bow its time to take the hull off the board now....
  6. Patrick, reminds me a bit of the upper cabin Level of a luxurious 747 Special Fitting out for 1st class.... wonderful work Nils
  7. Thanks Denis, yes, I did the fairing outside under the car port, was a strong wind, that blew away the dust. Am quite pleased with my triangle vibratory sander, in appr 2 hours the sanding was done. Some of the few pits and scars in the Planks will be treated with filler Nils
  8. Little update.... the last plank for the hull was put on today, and the outside skin first faired with a viratory sander because due to the accumulated overload of the postworkers strike I still did`nt get that ordered spokeshave... Nils next, is to put on the bow post, straight stem and around the bend to the keel in bow area. I think I`ll take it off the "slip-way" then and plank the upper stern bulwark area vertically
  9. Patrick, your Fitting out of the Synphony interior is looking fantastic, well done Nils
  10. Thank you for dropping in and your words Kees, It still will take me some time to get the hull-planking completed and the fairing of the rather thin outer Skin afterwards... Nils
  11. Hi Christian, I am very much impressed about your chosen scale 1:32. The "HMS Fly" is going to be twice the size of my Pegasus. Your lines and Frame plan are splendid, that will be a fantastic ship Nils
  12. nice work Nigel, a fine "exotic looking" ship model, and you`re doing an excellant Job... Nils
  13. Many thanks Peter, appreciate your good advice, I´ll see if my local Obi-market has the product on stock. I used to apply two-component polyester filler before, but that has too short working time and cures out very hard, so that the sanding afterwards is creating finest "powder" all over the room. Today I completed the stand-plate (for three brass pedestals not finished yet), and stained it cherry wood color, same fashion as for the other ships and their glass cases baseplates. Still need to put some dull silk surface varnish on it Nils
  14. Many thanks Martin, for the Proxon Hand-Band-sander I had this one in mind (maybe something for christmas ?) That triangular sander was once a special offer by one of our crafter markets Nils
  15. very nice lines on that ship PG, relatively broad, but very interesting to follow. You did a great Job so far... Nils
  16. Ray, I love those 3 fantastic looking ship`s boats, real little gems..., well done ! Question: the green, blue and red stripes on the different boats, are these for better identifying by the crew ? Nils
  17. Hi La Don, you`ve been quirte busy with the planking Job, good work, the Planks follow the curvature of the Frames very nicely, and the Stern Portion Looks great Nils
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