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  1. Mirabell61
    Hi Toni, wonderful view down into the hull at the forecastle showing the beautiful timbering joints, etc. Nils
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    Hi Glued , pretty good work, nice details, and wonderful use of materials.... Nils
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    Hi Keith, in answer to your question: due to time consumption, did`nt want to do these myself completely..... I found the barrels per search on the web. They come in a little kit for self assembling over a wooden core construction with laser cut tapered planks, its a bit fiddeling and must be careful not to mess around too much with the CA during assembly. The wrapping rings are from black card. Nils
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    update... stained the gun carriages (still without wheels), chemical blackened the gun barrels, and made some wooden barrels for the cargo hold, also found some figurines in scale 1:48 for the crew... Nils
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    Hi Denis, thanks for your word,.... I do`nt have the exact picture of the deck outcuts before my eyes yet, but there will be some kind of framing, and as I wanted to enable viewing to the interior as well, there will be a certain compromise to be done. Nils
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    Congrats to this kit Antony, looks a nice neat kit and the boat itself is beautiful. Must have been a very brave-hearted moment to saw off the underwater hull, but I bet it will look great when completed the way you`re doing it... Nils
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    right you are Carl, ...of course it should read "a mediteranian vessel".... Nils
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    Thank you very much Piet and John, Piet, thanks for B-day wishes and your appreciation.... John, yes, so it is, pirate vessel of the North African "Barbary Coast" Nils
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    Thank you very much Jean-Phiippe, Nils
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    Vielen Dank Carl, much appreciated... Nils
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    Many thanks Keith, for looking in and for greetings... Nils
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    Update.... putting in the three mast dummies in order to check the rake-angles... and the alignment for the canons I`ll be using the the carriages for 32 mm long barrels, but replacing the barrels with 40 mm long ones from RB, (this suits the scale 1:48 better) For doing so, the cap bearing points have to be overworked so that the barrel comes to sit a we bit higher and a bit more foreward on the trucks... Nils the bearing caps are made of brass-tube and a short bit of U-profile soldered together here the 32 mm barrel compared with the 40 mm one The ship will carry 14 guns on the main deck and 6 swivels on the poop deck foremast sockets, mast will be made from 8 mm square main mast from 10 mm square mizzen mast from 6 mm square rakes, angles and alignment set
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    beautiful lugger Russ, you did a fine work on the hull, love it.... Nils
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    Thank you for your kind birthday greetings Patrick, Al, and Igor Nils
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    Many thanks for your kind birthday greetings Patrick and John, had an enjoyable day with family today.... Nils
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    Bob, your Halifax is a real beauty, love your clean and tidy work and the positioning of the outcuts in the decks for viewing the interior... Nils
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    Don, thank you very much for looking in and for your nice compliment, its fun building this for me new ship type.... Nils
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    Beautiful hull shape Matiz ! Nils
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    Welcome aboard John, thanks for your kind words.... have set up the main mast foot (the mast has a square section)... Nils
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    Many thanks Igor, welcome to the chebec shipyard, I`m pleased you like it... Nils
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    Very nice Lilliput work Igor, did you buy the little laser cut parts just for the reason of having those mini deadeyes ? good idea ... Nils
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    Thank you very much Denis and Piet, I know its an early phase to do the stand at this status already, but it keeps the model safe and and out of the way when not working on... Nils
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    Many thanks for your kind words Antony and Bob, Antony, like always with these scratch builds there are many details where I have to find solutions for, but I like doing that, especially when I`m building things not included in the given plan... I unfortunately have no actual plans for the under deck fitting out... Bob, the interior wall will in generel remain visible, at least when viewing later from the open port side, but to increase the angle, because due to the strong deck curvature it pulls down quite a bit..., I will leave a portion stripe of the main deck port side unplanked, the part where the canons are standing (they will stand on rails instead). Hope that will be of benefit for better viewing to the inside. Also thanks to all the "likes"... Nils
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    update... made the stand plate (not stained yet), and the starboard inner wall under deck, together with the closed bulkheads fore and aft... Nils still had some brass left over candle holder parts.... the spindles are from M4 thread stainless steel. There will be no more access to the bilge, when the hull planking is on basic wall is yellowish color, the doors are stained mahagony, window web is from card, door knobs brass, panels 0,8mm ply stained cherry color, frames mahagony... the ship is set very stablile on the stand..
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    Very nice build Robin, your Greek Bireme looks wonderful.... Nils

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