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    very nice Progress Danny, your beautiful build in all Details of this Swan Class is an awesome sight ! Nils
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    Marc, a very impressive looking model, well done so far !, I like that you are intending to present her under sail, that shall make this lovely clipper complete. shall follow your Progress with great interest... Nils
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    John and Popeye, many thanks to both of you for your apriciative words, and I am very happy that my build log was so much liked Nils
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    Bob, I thank you for your very nice comment and am happy that you enjoyed the build Nils
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    Hi Crackers, thanks for your words, and hopefully you did`nt have a data loss due to your harddrive Crash and its repair. I know from my own experience that every time my harddrives were exchanged there were losses in data somewhere when firing them up again. But nice to see that you`re online again Nils
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    Thank you Michael, I would have another steamship up the sleeve, but that had been started (If I remember right in 1981), then set forth 2006 and finalized in 2009. I`m not sure I I should post it, because the Build log pics would first set in when it was appr. 60% done. I had no Digit camera for documenting Pictures before that time. Nils
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    Thank you for you words Ed, I am glad you liked it Nils
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    Build log part 52 THIS LOT ENDS THIS GORCH FOCK 2 BUILD LOG Many thanks to all who had fun in following along this build log, thanks for all the kind comments, your "likes", questions, and suggestions made. If there remain any questions, please feel free to ask, I shall be pleased to give answers. It was a pleasure and very encouraging for me to share the making of this ship to all who like this 3-mast barque, and possibly it may encourage the one or other to consider it for their own build / Project list THANK YOU all last adjustments have been made to the rigging the decks have been cleaned up and scrubbed and she find her honorable place in her own glasscase, protected from dust and set up in my Hobby office Auf Wiedersehen... Nils
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    Thank you Nigel, I`m glad you liked this build... Am just preparing the last few pics of this build to be posted. Nils
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    Build log part 51 HERE THE MODEL COMPLETED WITH ALL SAILS (part 2 of 3) raft Container launching flip board all ready for the maiden voyage forecastle reports all sails set mizzenmast top foremast topgallant platform foremast lower top with view on hard braced main sail yard likewise for mainmast mainsail braced leewards around the shrouds view from the after wake good at the wind course... Build log part 52 to follow... Nils
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    Build log part 50 HERE THE MODEL COMPLETED WITH ALL SAILS (part 1 of 3) Build log part 51 to follow... Nils
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    Michael, please bear in mind that many sequences I have done nearly simultanously wih Pamir, and the rigging and sail making was one of These Features, if I were to build another tallship it probably could even be bit swifter because all the time consuming Trials would not have to be repeated again Now coming to the boltropes with stainless core.... I found a good flexible Brown woven 100% polyester line, 0,5mm diam. (a Little bit like the one the masons use, but finer in structure). This has a hollow sole, and with pushed in st. steel wire of 0,4 to 0,5 mm the total boltrope exspands to 0,9mm diam. outside. One can hardly see the difference with / without wire Two pics are enclosed.. (best is to magnify the pics) Nils
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    Thank you Bob, and good success with your Trompe-l'œil technique for your Project.. Nils
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    very nice planked hull Adrieke Nils
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    absolutely fantastic Karl, Nils
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    amazing work Remco well done ! Nils
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    Build log part 49 sorry, the first 4 pics come in .Bmp Formate, I was`nt able to Transfer them into .Jpg Formate. If you do a right mouse click on, the new opening interactive window bar requires pressing the "open " button in order to get the pic.... 001.bmp together with the "flounder" scheme These 4 scetches provide mainly the belaying Points for the actual ships and the models functional running rigging 002.bmp 003.bmp 004.bmp THE NEXT PICTURES (3 LOTS) WILL ROUND UP AND FINALIZE THIS BUILD LOG OF THE GORCH FOCK 2 Build log part 50 to follow... Nils
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    Build log part 48 STARTING WITH RIGGING OF THE SAILS this is the so called "Flunder" (flounder) named so because of shape and look like the flounder platfish with fishbone Peaks all around the outer edge. This belaying pattern is a must for the Young cadets to learn by heart, the names of the belaying Points and to find the ropes, their nominations, first pick, by day and night. Sheets of the 4 jib sails mizzen mast sails the Sheets are guided on forecastle deck Build log part 49 to follow... Nils
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    Build log part 47 THIS COVERS THE SAILMAKING the full set comprises 23 individual sails this and the next pic as already described whin I did the Pamirs sails the longest side of the triangleb sails and the bottom boltropes of the square sails are reinforced with thin stainless steel (springhard)wire Shall continue with the rigging of the sails next Build log part 48 to follow.... Nils
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    Thank you Remco, for making the depth indicator I used only the available Excel Features, an ink-Jet Color Printer and regular photopaper with the gloss side up. I was so fed up with the thin decale foil, so I dd`nt mind about the thickness of the photo paper, but yes your comment is correct, and after attaching the marking I did a Little retouche to the thin papersides with paint and a thin brush in order to cover the thin White cutting edges after glueing it on. Nils Excel pattern....
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    nice work Pierre, well done ! thats a good base for the second planking, I would love to see... Nils
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    fantastic work Kevin, a pleasure to see this large model coming on so well Nils
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    Mike, I knew that this is going to be a great model, and I am by no means disappointed from what I see at this sequence already... Very well done !! Nils
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    nice comment Nigel thank you for your words, and regards to Stanley from Ronny Nils
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    Hi Nigel, I see you have a nice new member Icon, is that Little pal a Jack russel you have ? I have a 7 year old Fox Terrier. I had so many ideas as to what Details could be added some became realism and some went to the bin, but not being a kit, the mind was free to adopt many Details from all the gathered photos I had saved on my PC. Nils

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