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Mirabell61

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  1. Thanks for input Chris, The german names are Butt, Flunder, and Scholle. I used Scholle for Google translater : plaice They all taste the same I find. Nils
  2. Update made the bow sprit, the two traveller rails, some fittings for fastening the sails, and the extendable poles of the fishing gear. It looks like all is ready for the sails to be sewn. The plaice are in one box and hering and cod in the other. I intended to apply Syren blocks for rigging, but the postage costs to germany are too expensive, so I found a source in Germany selling Master Korabel blocks, which are also good in quality. Nils over all view water stay and fittings bow view aft view the chain has soldered links, and will become a greyish coating (fake Zink) view into the cabin, berths and the front compartment anchor chain storage. plaice, hering and cods are in the boxes, I need to get some eels from somewhere
  3. excellent work Michele, I love the lines of these french ships, and your model will be a beauty Nils
  4. wow, what an elegant hull the chebeque has, everthing is trimmed for speed.... Beautiful work Daniel Nils
  5. Update now the semi round nutwood outer deck rails are mounted, and also the beech foot rails attached to the anchors. The larger and smaller deadeye are ready for rigging the masts. The deadeye fastening screws are still to be shortend a bit. The bow sprit spar has to be made fastend to the deck and rigged. The poles for bringing out the Zeesen network (Fishing gear) will be made later on Nils rails mounted deadeyes safely mounted to the deck anchors There are 4 smaller deadeyes for rigging the mizzen mast
  6. Hi Dan, thanks for you`re nice comments.... Now that the deck finaly is complete it gave me confidence again, to build on with the model. Yes I`m proud of the little tuc-tuc engine, a pitty that it will never run... Nils
  7. Update For the deck I had removed the intended pine planking again, changed the pattern arrangement and now mounted a new planking in straight larch wood, planks 4 x 0,8 mm. It went faster than I had thought This looks OK in my opinion and gives a good contrast with the beech wood comings The main mast with gaff and spars and the mizzen mast with boom and spars is also done, but yet without the rigging blocks that are on order Nils the first rough sanding is done. The outcut on the front deck is for sight acess to the storage compartment and the anchor chain The brass anchors at the deckside shall be for mounting the footrail, the dark stained anchors are for taking up the shrouds the gaff to the main mast is rigged preliminary without blocks
  8. excellent Dainiel the boat`s build looks very promissing...., nice work with the plug and the many frames Nils
  9. Many thanks Keith and Eberhard for your input.... I guess I`ll have to provide a frying pan on board as well Nils
  10. Update today I concentrated on the over night catch, Ì`m still looking for some eels in scale 1:24. Made the masts and main gaff,as well as mizzen boom Nils I used a thick viscosity primer both sides to get some "flesh" onto the flat etched fish.... and turned them into Hering, plaice and cods. Am still looking out for some eels in scale 1:24 The fish boxes are also from etched brass sheet the plaice remain white on the bottom side the mizzen mast can be layed down, when the shrouds are released The mizzen boom is hooked in for easy removal The main mast upper gaff is equiped with with a glide shoe, in order to slide up an down the main mast
  11. Daniel, I like the deck with the flush gratings and the sub-deck just below that with the triangle scuppers to the outboard, great details I wonder how the rather long containments beneath the gratings were regulary cleaned and rinsed, it must have developed a smell on the actual ship (seagrass, seaweeds, tang, etc). Maybe the gratings could have been taken up for cleaning Congrats, In all a masterly build Nils
  12. Wonderful work Daniel, I also like that aft-carving very much... Nils
  13. Thank you very much Uwe, I worked after the original line- and frame plan that I thankfully received from " Freunde des Lotsenschoners No.5 ELBE e.V". The model though is representing the Pilot Schooner as it was on duty way back around 1900 Nils
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