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    Wow !!!! Nils
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    Carl, thank you very much for your kind appreciative words. For rounding up the build there will next to the appropriate post update, still be a set of photos to be made and to be placed in my gallery. For my next model I have now made up my mind and chosen a Chebece type vessel. I simply just ca`nt free my mind from the lovely pics of this ship type that Karl, member (Jeronimo), did show in the introduction to his current build. I presume the French Chebec "Le Requin" may be a bit above my skill level, but I have ordered the plans and building intructions only, from Amati in Torino for the beautiful Arabian / north African Amati Sciabecco 1753 Chebec. The scale I am intending to enlarge from 1:60 to 1:48, and to perform it in a modified and customised POB scratch build (somewhat like the hull framing I did with the Pegasus build from Amati Plan some time ago). In the moment I`m still in the research and planning phase, while the KWdG is being completed. When the time for the start shot comes, of course there will be a seperate build log.... The enclosed pic is borrowed from the web... Nils here a sample of the Amati Sciabecco 1753 Chebec in scale 1:60, as per kit
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    Good work Toni, I love all those outcuts in your decks to enable views to the interior.... Nils
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    Thanks for your compliment Keith, Nils
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    Thanks very much Gerhard, the glass case will be nothing fancy, but large glass areas for good viewing from all sides, minimum frame thickness, and rigid enough for the bonnet to be taken off upwards. As the 4 mm thick glass brings quite some weight, it takes 2 persons to safely handle the bonnet, when settling it down on the brass positioning pins of the baseplate. Nils
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    Thank you very much B.E., for your very nice compliment, much appreciated, I`m very pleased you followed and liked this heritage liner. Just finished a nameplate, that will go into the case that will probably begin in the coming week, when I get the glas panes Nils
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    B.E. planking looks fine, trust it be a lovely hull after fairing /scraping the surfaces.... looking forward to your progress Nils
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    thanks for your catch up Martin, yes, the amount of dust that can settle on a model is enormous, for that reason I work with preliminary plastic foil also during the building phase Nils
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    Mitbok, your sanbaggers hull looks very authentic, well done ! Are you going to fit a catboat rig or a sloop rig ? Nils
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    Hi Nenad, nice start on the boat production... Nils
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    Hi Ed, many thanks for your words, I`m pleased, if it can provide the one or other idea. It will be the seventh casing I`ve made on this basis, and they are lasting for years already. The available display place is also a criteria to be considered. I use my small 1:1 dummy mock up corner for backward calculatuion... length display space, casing outer frame dimensions, u-slot in the beams, wood shrinkage clearance and determine the size and tolerances of the glass panels. I issued a seperate case making thread some time ago, here at MSW, it may be of interest..... https://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/3011-how-to-do-maritime-suit-tailored-glass-cases-for-displaying-models/ Nils
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    Hi Patrick, thanks for your words, but the credit for the wonderful built "Pandora" goes to member Marsalv Nils
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    Wow ! just like a snapshot, out of downtown Lisboa excellent work Mr. pucko... Nils
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    Hi Marsalv, your build is a real treat for eyes and soul, surely one of the highlights here at MSW. Congratulations, fantastic handcraft work and love to details, and all in super looking accuracy.... Nils
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    Hi Daniel, the hull looks great, love the look of the excellent planking and of the brass-wire treenails (will be quite a procedure to get them all done ! ) Nils
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    Very good work Joachim, your AV model has the charme of the actual ship, and also your love to detail pays off very well here, wunderbar ! Nils
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    Thanks for your words Patrick, I`ve taken farewell from the large scale models some time ago. The ones I had were designed for a RC control device, the hardware I had from the sixties or seventies and some people asked me if it was self made, it was one of the first Robbe 2 channel devices. Then I was told that it was not allowed to opperate the appropriate frequencies any more, so it went to the electronic waste bin. Now no more large models, on top of that I do`nt have the space in the house any more. For building sofisticated interior like you do, I trust I would`nt have the patience.... Nils
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    Thank you Greg, I need to do some more research to help myself on the decision track, and have an eye on a certain set of plans for a scratch build, more probably next week... Nils
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    Wow Igor, sails in that small scale, respect !! Nils
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    well done Piet, a beautiful built sub, and all in that mini scale ! Nils
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    Patrick, wonderful views into your excellent model, must be several hundred single built objects.... Nils
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    Patrick, thanks very much for your words... there are still the radio aerials to make, the nameplate, and the derrick cargo beams to be rigged. As the casing will also take some time to complete, I think I can do that simultaeously. For the next project I have`nt made up my mind yet, although there are many ideas spooking round in my mind and I would like to settle on the right decision, to stand it through..... love the "Chebece 1750" , Karl (Jeronimo) is doing in the moment, (not an easy one !!) or the Danish "Hjejlen, paddlesteamer", live museum ship or the German "lightship Elbe 1" or the British cutter "Alert" of 1777, (the uncompleted build log of MSW member Lee has given me a very strong inspiration some time ago....) or the French "Le Canot Imperial" Napoleon`s oar-driven state bark And it could just as well hapen, that something else strikes my mind on short term, which would possibly even overrule the others Nils
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    Thanks for catching up Piet, and for your compliment with the hoompa band..... I`m just preparing for the production of the custom taylored glass casing. Think I`ll order the cut glass panes (4 mm glass thickness) from the glasser`s shop tomorrow, it takes about a week to get them... For the design a have a little 1:1 dummy model of the casing bottom corner, in order to show the glasser where close tolerances are required for the cut. Nils the long casing profiles 12 x 12 mm come only in 90 cm length, so the four of them have to be shafted and the joint reinforced with 4 mm brass square tube, and glued together. The wooden frame will be stained in cherry tone and dull varnished, like the finished casing in the background showing the number of elements that go into the casing the entire 5-sided upper casing can be taken off the base, it will be secured in place with 6 slide pins the slots for the glass are 4 x 4 mm and appr. 1mm clearance to the glass outside contour (compensation of later expected wood shrinkage)
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    Oops, sorry Dan, have taken it out..... Nils
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    Thanks for your kind input Zeh, with this reminder, but I`ll leave the buoys now as is....., otherwise would have to replace them all with white painted self made horseshoe shaped ones, that would certainly go too far detail wise.. Nils

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