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Denis thanks for kind remarks, Urmilla coming along slowly but okay  ,be back soon ,Edwin.

Denis thanks for kind remarks, Urmilla coming along slowly but okay  ,be back soon ,Edwin.

Hello Denis ,A kit with a few starting challenges will keep you aware of maybe more to come, which in itself is not a bad thing more or less of what you've been doing for a long time, a nice looking ship ,an admiral pick ??, the best of the season to you ,family and your followers ,Edwin

Hello Denis ,A kit with a few starting challenges will keep you aware of maybe more to come, which in itself is not a bad thing more or less of what you've been doing for a long time, a nice looking ship ,an admiral pick ??, the best of the season to you ,family and your followers ,Edwin

Hello Denis ,A kit with a few starting challenges will keep you aware of maybe more to come, which in itself is not a bad thing more or less of what you've been doing for a long time, a nice looking ship ,an admiral pick ??, the best of the season to you ,family and your followers ,Edwin

lucky chap!   the bulkhead sheet was terrible.......I had to finish cutting every one of them.    such is the way of life.   welcome to the log Hof..... I'm used to the Billing's plans,  so I'm not that far in the woods with it.   I was told I can't keep it on the Kitchen table....so I pinned the plans to the wall by the build table. 
     they are too big for my poster frames.  the hull is only 18 inches long........it's gonna end up very busy if I plan to go with sails.  I do the same with the deck platform........I finally took the rubber bands off the wood bundles.   I have never planked a hull using 0.5 x 3 planking before.   sanding the hull is gonna be a nail biter!  
 
hope you enjoy!

welcome to all the new faces....and to the usual faces as well.   if it would only take a minute to get the pictures out of the camera,  I'd show how I fixed my little boo boo    
 
welcome Zoltan......I got some milk crates around here somewhere.   you'll have to put a cushion on them though......or you get the criss cross marks on your bum        glad to have you look'in in!
 
too much Sjors!  glad to see you here  
 
good to see you Nenad.........you'll find that these two vessels have quite a bit in common....at least Revell thought so  
 
I know Carl........between the admiral and my inability to keep my fingers out of shiny boxes......I'm doomed.  if there is any consolation at all,  it show that I'm totally committed towards being a life long member       they'll have to pry my x-actor out of my cold dead hand........"if ya gotta go,  go with a smile!"
 
glad your here John.......you know,  I'm not sure about that.   there are some things that I'm going to do a bit differently,  but I will remember to keep them at the top,  perched slightly outward.   I'm a little disappointed anyway.......they don't show the studding sails.   I'm going to need to add extra belay pins anyway.   oh....wait!  your talk'in braces....not studding booms!       tuteur me!  I'll have to look at that...........

So in the end you couldn't wait ... it was to hard to leave it on it's shelve, waiting for the at least one of the other builds to finish ... right... build number 10 on it's way ... you don't make life any easier y'know ... let's 'ave some fun then

O ho ho!
Let's go!
 
Can I join? Peacefull, on some corner with good looking position?

And there is build log one hundred and eighty !!!!!!!
Oh sorry, that darts     
 
Nice that you open a new build log Denis.
First one ?????      
 
I will follow just like the other 25 logs   
 
Sjors

hello Robin  welcome to the log as well       I was trying to be a good boy,  and not touch this kit....but what the admiral wants.......
 
let's see!   looking at the thinner parts panels,  I was sad to see that some of the punch outs for the decks were gone.      I like to save these pieces.....they do well if you want to add additional detail.   these odd pieces of cast off wood can serve in many different ways.  the round ones,  for instance,  can create instrumentation bezels,  light lenses,  or even portholes.   square ones can be box sides,  extra detail for doors,  hold covers.....you name it     I've got a whole box of these silly little pieces,  just waiting for a place to go.
 
I forgot to add this in the log posting.........just something I think folks can use.  I hope you enjoy  

hello E.J.  welcome to the log     it's not a bad kit......I haven't fully looked into them,  but there are lots of tiny fittings.   I'm so used to having a parts list to follow.........there is nothing like that with this kit.   I've been playing with scratch builds and necromantic mods....could be interesting to build from a kit.  I do agree with you though........I've always said that these kits are merely generic in nature.  it's what you do with them that makes them special  
 
I hope you enjoy the build  

the solution is simple.......fill in that cut away.   
 

 
the bulkhead was cemented in place,  using the deck platform and the poop deck platform as the alignment tool.
 

 
now with the rudder dry fitted in place,  the gap is gone.   it was about 1/8th of an inch.
 

 
it does sit slightly off........but it's following the keel line.  I did nothing about that.......
 

 
note that the platform want to curve upward........it's uneven back there.   once dry,  these contact areas were sanded flush.  
     when I initially cemented the bulkhead in place,  I did shim it with 0.5 thin strips,  because I knew it was uneven back there.   at first I was going to add the shimming,  but that would have kept t he curvature......sanding it flush leveled it out.
 

 

 
the poop deck contacts were sanded flush and the deck was dry fitted in place.
 

 

 
...and now for something that I caused.   dry fitting the knighthead,  I noticed that the deck platform was a little off.
 

 

 
putting the fore castle in place,  it was even more evident
 

 
looks like I'll have to loosen the glue and reposition the #1 bow bulkhead.   this isn't a big issue......just stinks that I have to make the adjustment.  this is where I am at the moment........I'll make the fix here,  and then I can move on.
 
 

You didn't get to far yet so i think I will find a spot and join in to watch. I always enjoy seeing what can be done with a "simple" kit. I've always believed that the kits are just a starting point and while they can be nice and make a decent model, the real magic happens we we go beyond the instructions.

as mentioned,  cutting out the bulkheads was painful.  I don't know if it was me,  but I thought the keel and bulkhead part were a bit too thick for this scale of kit.   they are 3/16" thick......dry fitting the frame together,  you'd think they were 1/4" 
 

 
the fit isn't too bad.....the instructions don't specify any specific slip details.  I used the stand parts to prop it up.
 

 

 

 
the frame was then taken apart and all the contact points were cleaned and the char was sanded off.
 

 
removing them from the parts panels was a pain,  as mentioned.   chunks of the back layer chipped off in places.   it's not a big deal.....none of it will be seen once the hull is planked.
 

 
I used my Billing's build slip to assemble the hull frame.   the bulkheads were cemented in place.   the deck platform was used to help keep the bulkheads in alignment as they dried.
 

 
when the frame was dry,  the platform was removed,  and the center spine contact points were sanded.   the center spine was cemented in place.
 

 
at this point,  I've run into the first dilemma.   the last bulkhead for the stern is supposed to sit flush at the end of the keel.       with the deck platform and this bulkhead dry fitted in place,  it doesn't.   it wants to jut out past it and hang out over what is to be the cut away for the rudder.
 

 

 
adding part #21,  which is to be beveled,  to aide with the counter,  is to sit flush with the deck platform.  it does it's job,  if the stern bulkhead is left where it is.   to try and alter the position of the bulkhead,  with throw that off.....not that it would matter if there was a gap behind it.   I have the solution......the next log will show you what I did.

........and then there the instructions.   it's mostly done in Italian....there is only a limited amount of text done in English.
     comparing the wood sheets to the diagrams on the instruction sheets.....they are not 1:1.   even on the initial sheet itself,  it says that all diagrams may be distorted or shrunk.
 

 

 

 

 
these are nice to have.......they are not to scale though.   I took great pains to try and preserve that parts panels,  so that in the event that a part becomes damaged.  I can trace the part out and make it.  I view these as something to be blown up,  in order to build a larger model of the ship.   I am not used to dealing with large sheets either....most of the builds I've done were in book form....broken up and put in a school binder.   it makes it easier to look ahead and plan the build.
 

 

 
one thing that I see,  is that it appears that the rigging shares belaying pins.   nice that the pins are of wood,  but they are too large in my opinion.   multiple numbers are listed on each pin of the rigging sheet.   the sail sheet is somewhat of a let down.......for those who work with these types of instruction sheets......this might be typical.  they are blended into the rigging diagrams.
 

 

 

 
are there shortcomings with this kit........sure.   can they be dealt with..........you bet they can.   I think it best though,  to hold off on the cloning stuff.  besides.......I'm going to need to do some cleaning to the parts panels.  good thing all I care about is the hull parts  
 
let the insanity begin!
 
 

I've mentioned this kit a few times........gotten last Christmas from my admiral.   I wanted to bide my time and complete a few of the projects I have going,  before starting it.   the admiral would ask me about it every once in a while......I'd tell her my reason....and for a while,  it was good.  I think my logic has worn thin.   the time left in the closet was good though.....I was able to find that there is a second version of this kit,  which contains some photo etch.   looking around for it,  following tips from other folks,  I was able to locate it.   the photo etch mimics a wood sheet contained in the kit.  I found it at Cornwall model boats....I ordered two of the photo etch and one of the wood sheet.   sadly,  I only got one of each......I got the last of the photo etch.  I will reorder it at a later date.......I won't try and scare you with what I have planned for this kit....icky mae
 

 
1:124 is a small scale for this ship.....to me it is anyway.......it will be quite compact,  and not as much detail,  as would be seen in a larger kit.  of course I don't believe that....quite a few folks here have proven that theory is only limited to those who don't want to.  there is one build of this model listed here on the site,  but it took a hit with the last crash,  losing all of it's pictures......unless the gent comes and fixes it,  I'm on my own.
    the fittings for this model are very small.......lots of tiny parts.  as I saw with the other build,  there are some thing I will be changing.......railings,  for instance will be a focal point.
 

 

 
wood strips.......got'em.......looks like a lot of smaller sizes
 

 
here'e where the kit starts to get dicey.......their laser cutting methods lead lots to be desired.   normally,  you have the small etch points,  which have to be cut,  in order to pop the part out.  with this one,  the laser cuts are not complete,  with large tabs that need to be cut {or finished}.
 

 

 

 
the bulkhead sheet is even worse........the laser cutting doesn't go all the way through.
 

 
I didn't take a photo of the back side......{you'll see later}.  it's a really nice kit.....too bad there is a lack of quality.   the thinner sheets though are better......they still have the unfinished cuts,  but the cuts are much better.  the smaller sheet is what the photo etch is copied from.
 

 

 

 
lastly......the order I got from Cornwall Boats
 

 
this photo etch seems to be thicker than what I have seen with other builds {not my own}......this will be the first time I attempt etch of any kind.   we'll see how this plays out.....I like the looks of it.  I was hoping that there would be more parts for the windlass and winches,  but some of the parts were done on another sheet and not included here.  again......we'll have to see how this plays out   

Hello my friends
 
time for another little update. According to some stress in the job I made only a small progress. But nevertheless the Berlin becomes more and more a ship
I finished the inner planking with the featured 4/2mm strips, what gave a wonderful result. The strips are not all in the same color tone what really pleases me. I added some cover strips in the edges so the planking look fine and free from any gaps.
 
At the moment I work on the gunports, first is to build the gunport sills. After that I will fix the rings for the gun's rigging. I am not sure if I will use thew guns by Corel. I will see later. A serious question is if I should paint the ship in green as Corel and some other sources say. Has anyone an idea? Please tell me your opinion.
 
As usual some pics show the progress. There is to see that a lot of work has to be done - sanding, filling the little gaps, sanding
 
Cheerio
 
Max
 

Hi Tim, I just saw the post and thought I would comment.  I am a member and sponsor of MSW as a Proxxon Dealer.  Mill choices seem to be made depending on the required work one expects to do with it.  The Sherline are excellent tools but pricey.  I've had both Sherline and Proxxon lathes and mills in the past and there are more accessories available through Sherline.  I've found that the Proxxon MF-70 could do everything I needed without spending so much for many tools I didn't need.  Being a Proxxon Dealer with many MSW members as clients, perhaps you could give me a chance to quote your tool needs.  PM me with a list.  If not, either tool would be an excellent choice.
John

An alle Bekannte und Freunde in diesem Forum, ich lade euch herzlich ein am Freitag, dem 03. Juni um 18.00 Uhr zum Stapellauf vom neuen Modell, dem Maerchenschiff. Dieses Modell wird ab diesem Tag zu der Sammlung im Msueum mit ausgestellt.
 
Wer Zeit und Moeglichkeit hat, dabei zu sein, wird sehr herzlich begruesst.
Das wird ein Spektakel der Superlative dieses Jahrhunderts!!!
 

To quote a line from an old Movie "That's not a knife this is a knife" Merchen thanks for the picture i can see how the way you are holding it that it works more like an engraving knife.
 
Michael

Thank you for all your replies. I am glad that this topic is of interest. Maybe there is a misunderstanding. I do not cut by myself the trees and are waiting till I can use it. 
 
Meanwhile I have a good network of carpenters, furniture producers, lumber mills and farmers around my village. They know me and my work and are proactively offering me their material. Furthermore I use the wood of old furniture as source for my models. I rarely use exotic wood from other countries and never ordered something via internet. Why should I, when everything is around me. 
 
Usually I get a whole branch which I can cut with my band-saw or by hand. And of course, sometimes the carpenter in our village is cutting it in the sizes I need. You do not need that much large tools.
 
 

This is my most important tools preparing the wood
 

This my favorite knife to grave cherry stone
 

Here you can see how I work with the cherry stone
 

A finished antic with more material to use

Hello Dave,Your fans have said it all ,I think your SoS is brilliantly crafted, and you also managed to give modelers tips, ideas and yours and others research, nice Dave .well done Edwin and my good lady concurs .hope u r well.

Hello Dave,Your fans have said it all ,I think your SoS is brilliantly crafted, and you also managed to give modelers tips, ideas and yours and others research, nice Dave .well done Edwin and my good lady concurs .hope u r well.

Hello Dave,Your fans have said it all ,I think your SoS is brilliantly crafted, and you also managed to give modelers tips, ideas and yours and others research, nice Dave .well done Edwin and my good lady concurs .hope u r well.