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Thank you so very much, the best of health and happiness to you 🍻👍- 165 replies
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Hi Bill, Not sure at the moment as I have quite few to choose from in my stash, I may go for a french one or an early carrack, undecided at the moment mate. Any help you need and if I can I will help👍🤺🤺🤺⚓⚓⚓
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Thank you very much, I am touched that it brought back Happy memories for yourself.
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My English Man O'war Queen's Flagship Finished! Its been another labour of Love in difficult circumstances these past few weeks. I do have 40 figures for this kit, that I may add some at a later date if I decide to. All relevant comments are welcome as to what I could improve on or missed out, I am still a novice as to Historical accuracy although this kit doesn't relate to one Specific ship from history. Happy Modelling everyone and all the best of health and happiness to you all #staysafe 🤺🤺🤺🤺🤺⚓⚓⚓⚓⚓
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Thanks Guys your kind wishes are much appreciated. I have been taking time out here and there to keep myself positive, so I have been going forwards with my kit I have added a few architectural features with some more to follow, I have decided not just to make this just a Man O'war but also the Queen's Flagship also with more armoury, even though this kit isn't based on any one historical ship accurately. On the down side I need to cut and remake 2 sails, rookie and impetus error on the Mizzen and Bonaventure sails, as I have sewn them inside out thinking the yards were on the other side of the masts. I'll will post pics once the ship is finished. Happy modelling guys and once again your kind thoughts and wishes are well appreciated. ❤❤❤❤
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Hi Jeff and Ccoyle thanks for your kind words, regrettably it is past that stage in terms of health, now entering "End of life stage" lots of problems re diabetes amputee and cancer.
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Hi Everyone Due to a Family member being seriously ill in Hospital, progress has been slowed down to bits and pieces but still managing an hr here and there. All ratlines are now complete, as well as the Anchors, more running rigging done to Mizzen and Bonaventure masts, still more running to do before rigging the sails, and attaching Rudder and lantern to the stern of the ship. I will also be attaching a few aftermarket architectural features some of which are on hold as waiting on new stock. There is now clear skies at the end of the storm. Happy modelling everyone! 🤺🤺🤺⚓⚓⚓
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Hi Bill No the wire should hold it all in place, nevertheless even if it did fold on the top and bottom sides not wired this would be sorted once rigged to the mast yard thus straightening it out to it's natural postion.
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Hi Bill First of all thanks for your compliments on my ship. To answer your first question is fairly simple, when you have inserted the wire on the two sides of your sail and sowed it up to secure it, it just a simple process of bending the wire inside from the middle to your preferred shape, the wire should hold in that postion, doing this on both sides gives you the billow effect, then just a case of rigging the top of the sail to the mast yard and securing the bottom corners to the lower mast yard or appropriate fixing point if you are doing the large lower sails, then if needed bend the wire a little more to billow the sail to your desire. To answer your second question depends on your preference, I certainly do draw in the lines on the cloth (in light pencil) that are on the plastic sails, maybe not as many, but so the sail still measures up to scale, then I stitch on top of all those lines to give that authenticity of hand sewn sails, I usually do this sewing before I do the wiring as the sail is a lot easier to work with. Hope this has answered your questions Bill. Happy modelling 🤺⚓
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Jeff, I don't understand you plugging that half hole. This is important as there is another deck level to be built in which has a full hole where the Mizzen mast goes straight through, but the mast doesnt stop there, it stops at the hole you have just filled, so in order to keep the mast strong and steady it fits into this half hole, you'll need to cut that out again asap. Regards Robert.
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Bill, The picture of the Sail I submitted at the end of my Golden Hind is a completed kit. I may have bought those sails, but I had to insert the modelling wire down the sides without bursting the stitching which was very tricky, then rig the sails up to the ship. You can go to my log on here for my Airfix 1/72 Golden Hind kit, which has all the appropriate photos and stages. Robert.
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This set of Sails I actually bought separately, albeit they are expensive, about the same price as the kit itself. I only bought them because they were printed with the Elizabethan designs. Unless I can get printed Sails for other kits I have, I will make my own sails in future.
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Bill, I am still learning as well, but I have decided that anything I can't do authentically, I will find another way to do it and still making the ship look as authentic as I can without anything being shabby or poor. Sometimes we need to cut our cloth accordingly to what we can and cannot do in all aspects of life. I too love building these ships, the architecture, the rigging, the sails and of course the historical aspect attached to each one, bringing history to life is a labour of love for me. I have my late father to thank for that, as we always watched the old swashbuckler films when I was child, and that's when I started to build these kits albeit with a lot less patience then lol..
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No probs Bill, that's kinda why I done my sails before I actually started the kit, to see whether I could do them well enough or if I would need to fork out money for them, as the plastic ones just wouldn't do it justice.
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Hi Bill, Firstly I must say that this set of sails I bought, but they were expensive thus my decision to make my own. Secondly I can see from your instructions your kit does have blocks with it regards to the bowsprit sails etc.. so it may just depend whether you want to swap them for wooden ones or just paint them, I would just paint them like you have decided mate, saves a lot of unnecessary spending as I have used the plastic ones with this kit. Normally sails will be attached to the running rigging which should be of a tan or brown colour thread, not the standing rigging which is usually black thread, so if you have not started your running rigging you may need to check bk on your rigging instructions to when to do it stage by stage. P.s. Just send me over your private jet and I will happily come over to help you out ✈😉
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Hi Bill, Very similar to my own, being a Revell Kit. In mine I have followed the instructions and have blocks rigged to the yards, but I have also still to rigg the blocks to the sails. In most cases I think it's more down to the individual preference whether sails are just rigged with thread or if you want to add rigging blocks for mor authenticity. Here's a pic of my instructions albeit the blocks that come with this kit are clearly I identified. And another pic of blocks I bought and tied to my Golden Hind kit I finished 3 months or so ago. Myself I prefer to rigg blocks to the sails and take it from there.
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Hi Bill, Yes only sew the modelling wire into the sides, top and bottom get sowed as normal, as top will be rigged to yards, and the two bottom corners will probably have blocks sowed onto them to be able to have them rigged, depending on your preference or the instructions in from your kit.
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Nice on Bill, yes I have heard of the Kentucky Derby albeit I am not a horse racing fan. Haven't been to Dornoch myself but have been to John o'groats and wick many years ago. Did you spot Nessie at all 😉 and have ever been looking for "The Haggis" 😉
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I stay in Scotland, Bill, yourself ?
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Yes it definitely is. Although I have never tried the Pva glue way, I have watched at least half a dozen videos on YouTube, and i thought to myself that there had to be a less messy time consuming way to billow sails. I've known how to measure and sew since I was 7years old and that's why I decided to do it that way with modelling wire.
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Hi Bill Another cracker in that USS Consitution. On the Sails part I would suggest also when you use the plastic ones as templates, add an extra 1cm or so all round, this will act as the flaps which you fold over and sew thus keeping the Sails to scale size, also it gives you the space to insert the 3mm modelling wire to billow the sails before sewing up and finishing them off.
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Enjoy Bill, that's the main thing. Just wondered have you ever made your own sails before?
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That looks Fantastic Bill, what make and scale is it? Don't fancy doing all those sails lol.. I've heard a lot of good things about the Heller Victory and Soleil Royal 1/100 kits, I would love to have one of those preferably the Soleil Royal but my budget just now doesnt reach that far and I do have a lot of Galleons in my stash waiting to get built. Also heard that both of those kits usually take between 1-3yrs to complete, obviously depending on how much time you can spend on them, but with both having over 2000 parts it's not surprising I guess.
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