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Mirabell61

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  1. 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..
  2. Hi Denis, thanks for your word... the lower deck was not really difficult...., first a template for each half, then cut out from ply and completely planked. Then slipped in, the (flexible) halves, through the deck beams fom above. Glue in place and then the gratings and the pillars. Am now working on the below deck cabins wall, here also first doing a card template, the final wall will bear the doors and the wall panels. This will be visable through the open port side and though the port side main deck outcut of the ship later on...Will need to think about the color giving tones there... Nils
  3. update: fitting a stb. side card template for the main deck (multi curvature), and a short dummy for the bevel degree (gun standing length, platform way). The gun was a leftover from an earlier model but in scale 1:64, now I will need a slightly longer barrel and a little bit larger carriage, that suits scale 1:48. Criteria is that the gunbarrel can point out horizontal resp. a bit upwards through the bulwark gunport. Nils
  4. Hi Clare, thanks for your kind compliment, its nice to have you on board, much appreciated. In the moment I`m planing where to position the "cutaways" at the port side of hull and partial deck, but to leave enough "flesh" for safe rigging and fastening of the fitting out items afterwards. Unfortunately I have no authentic plans of walls / Bulkhead arrangement / cabins, etc. of the fitting out under deck, so that might be subject to my imagination. Besides that it will also be the cargo hold to a certain degree. Trust it may look a little bit like my HMS Pegasus build, when viewing inside from the outer port hull side.... Nils
  5. Thank you very much Keith, I just had a look at the sail making you are doing for your schooner Altair,.... very good with the wire inserting ! Nils
  6. Hi Piet, many thanks for dropping in and for your words. Hope you and your family did`nt suffer too much under the hurricane`s damages.... For the chebec, also used for pirates, I started to gather some special and appropriate figurines in 1:48 for later on with the fitting out, but I must mention that I have no sympathie whatsoever with modern bazooka and machine gun and speed boat equipped pirates we often hear about. Nils
  7. Many thanks Patrick, I`m pleased the project is liked by you... also many thanks to all that expressed their "likes" recently... Nils
  8. Interesting methode of joining the hull sections Ken, aswell as closing the gap afterwards.... Nils
  9. wonderful and beautiful work Patrick, thanks for sharing all the pics of your build sequences, a real treat that is..... Nils
  10. Many thanks Dan, correct with the three but joints (short planks, between the gratings), reason is that the deck was already planked when I cut the openings...., But your coment is much appreciated and good for the other deck plankings to be aware of ....... Nils
  11. Thank you Patrick, only small steps in the moment, but I`m quite pleased with the progress so far... Nils
  12. Thanks very much Keith, am pleased you like the spindle fastening points.... the stb. floor half is now permanently planked and mounted. The pine-planks are 3 x 100 mm long and 0,7 mm thick. The three square outcuts take up the gratings to the bilge. The overstanding outside edges of the floor will be trimmed off when the hull gets faired for planking... Nils the three gratings, per side, for access to the bilge the glue is applied from underneath, once the floor half is correctly positioned
  13. update... cutting out the floor halves from 0,8 mm ply for the cargo hold bottom (still to be planked...), and attatching the brass M4 thread-plates under the floor for the stand`s two spindles..., also checking out the deck-supporting pillars midships... Nils card template halves... will do... the threaded brass fastening plates are enbedded safely between supporting lugs... dry fit of pillars, the floor halves can be slipped in through the frame deck-beams... here one wooden floor half (with overlapping) braces in dry fit
  14. Many roads lead to Rome,.... you`ve shown us one..., Kees , Very interesting methode, and it seems to be quite a speedy one, well done ! Nils
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