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Mirabell61

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  1. Hi Denis, thanks for stepping aboard, you`re very welcome, its nice to see you here. And thank you for your kind words. Greetings to Zagreb... Nils
  2. Hi Patrick and Aldo, many thanks for your kind and appreciative words..... Patrick, a little joke is always granted, as life is serious enough now-a-days, many thanks, pleased you like the progress.. Aldo, its been a long time since we both had the Pegasus model under way....., thanks for looking in again and for your kind words.. Nils
  3. Congrats to that kit Mike, it looks like a good choise, and I`m sure you are all grooved in, to have all the fun to enjoy this build... Nils
  4. What a lovely rememberance of your boating vacation on the channel, DLS the boat looks well built !! Nils
  5. little update : stb side now equiped with small sweep-port shutter doors (open mode), the port side will become closed sweep-ports... Nils
  6. Thanks very much Piet, that sounds great and promissing, I`ll be looking forward to your diorama...... Nils
  7. Good idea Bill, lets bring some "life and gunsmoke" to the forum.... Nils
  8. Hi Denis, Thank you for your appreciative words, that sounds great if you`ll be starting a populated model, I`ll be pleased to help where ever necessary, and following along.... (if you would need help) Here a figurine I found on a British web site by coincidence, and its scale 1:48 as well .... Painting is in progress...., arms with sword and pistol will be added after painting Nils
  9. Hi Hakan, am pleased you like the little figures, they were not so easy to find in scale 1:48...... (not to be taken seriously..) The captain is the father in Law of J. Sparrow, and he decided to settle down away from the warm Carribian blue waters on his old days, he is now making the North African / mediteranian "Barbary Coast" quite unsafe with his "multy culty" crew. He has a brand new Chebec under his command, this ship is leased from his pal, Abdul, a merchant, who ordered the ship from the Algerian yard recently... Nils
  10. Patrick and Dave, many thanks for your kind words, much appreciated... Nils
  11. small update : did some more painting this morning..... in the "pirate mode", here is in scale 1:48 the handicaped one eyed, peg-legged corsair capt. pointing out to his mate, where to hide the treasure chest safely below deck... Nils
  12. Thank you very much Piet, nice to have you on board, enjoy the updates as they come... Nils
  13. Hi Richard, to date all my models have population, I also feel a model without any crew figurines would look too static.... Nils
  14. little update : some of the 1:48 scale crew members will be of "multy culty" mix of mediteranian nations and "stranded" individuals..... I had been gathering these cast figures long time already and managed to give them a paint touch now... The chimney-tube of the stove (under the quarter deck) has been installed now, may be a bit unusual, but why not Nils
  15. Piet, thank you so much for being a steady interested viewer to the log, and for your kind comments... Nils
  16. Very nice handcraft shipbuilding work, I like the deck planking... Nils
  17. Thanks for your remarks Keith and Mark, probably nobody knows how many brave sailors fell in "freindly fire" from those guns since the ships had been fitted out with swivel guns... Nils
  18. Update : light guns mounted to the quarter deck balustrade and the bulwarks.... Nils
  19. Many thanks to Hartmut and Richard, for your kind words... Also thanks to all the "likes"... Hartmut, I`m pleased to hear that your surgery went well, and that you are back on deck again, I`m already curious about your new project (Golden Hind) you mentioned in your "Utrecht" log... Richard, yes, it was funny, but I first saw the the mistake when looking at a picture and it "cribbled down my spine", how come I did`nt see that before ?... Nils
  20. Antony, thank you very much for your appreciative words... am pleased you like it Nils
  21. Hi Carl, yes, I`m glad I went for scale 1:48 its a very nice scale for details adding details, and its fun on top of it.... I`m trying on the first sample of the swivel gun and its mounting post this morning Nils this is one of the smallest RB barrels with predrilled pivot- and center hole. The soldering hole for the handle must still be brought in to the barrel the semi round support is made from a brass tube... I`ll probably blacken the guns with dull black gun color paint
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