Bill97

Ian I am guessing they are some sort of water spray. Maybe for fire or something. On the actual ship they are covered with a tarp so I can’t tell for sure.

Have spent a good amount of time painting all the small “doo-dads” that are placed on the deck around the ship. I opened a couple of the hatches and added lock down wheels (I guess that is what they are called). I made small brass rings to go over all the holes in the different items to match the porthole rings. I fashioned some vent open/close wheels that place on top each vent. I covered the three round bench type items at the stern with stripes of alternating veneer. Most of these are in accordance with the actual ship. I still have to tinker with and paint the capstans.

Ian check your email. I sent you an inventory list.

Ian for the lights inside the portholes and the 3 structures on the deck I used 5mm warm white. For the deck lighting I used 3mm white. For the red, green, and yellow navigation lights I used 3mm white LEDs and found brass covers to slip over them to present the colors.

Thank you Ian. Happy New Year to you as well. I am working on installing the last of the structures on the deck with LED lighting as well as all the small metal odds and ends that go on the deck.

Beautiful work!! Your 3D design and painting are exceptional.

Great Daniel. Will be eager to see your results. I have made my own sails for most of my builds. I have a couple furled sail videos I use if interested. I am still way behind you on my AV. Still working on all the deck fittings. Like you discovered I wish I had put LEDs on the crane. Would add them but don’t know of a way to get current to them.

Daniel how is your build coming a long? Not seen a photo in a while since you completed all the yards. Hope all is well. I am spending time perfecting my main crane. I had it up but was not totally satisfied with how the machinery looked so I took it back down. Such is the life when you attempt to change what the instructions direct.

Back to the shipyard now. Hope all had a nice Christmas. Got a bit more time to work on my AV during the holidays then I originally thought I would. Spent most of the time working on the mid deck area. This included the main crane, the motors that operate the crane, the smoke stack, and a couple funnels. DanielD did a fantastic job on this part of his ship especially the crane hardware and the motors. I use his build as inspiration but my abilities fall short of what he did. My goal is to land somewhere between the OcCre instructions and what Daniel did.

I got the structure rebuilt and paint touched up. The lights inside work fine now. I left the clear plastic out of the dome top. I had previously left the plastic out of the windows in other places and structures because I wanted a clear surface. I have never been able to put that plastic in my models and have it look good. I usually get a drop of glue here or there, a scratch or blemish, or whatever that disappoints me. So I just leave it out. I added the safety cages and ladders to the upper level openings. When I zoom in tight on the structure I can see there is more paint build up in some areas than I like but I am pleased I got it back together. Now on to the next exciting part of this build.

Daniel I wondered if when I drilled the holes for the safety cages that go up to the openings if I hit a wire. They worked perfectly before.

So I had my first major “oh s- -t” today. I had the deck structure in the below photo completed and ready to mount on the deck. I was pleased with how it looked. Thus structure has two sections (rooms if you will). I have LED lights in school room. I connected the wiring and glued it down in place on the deck. I turned on the circuit that powers these LEDs and was pleased to see through the windows that the lights weee glowing. However within a few minutes I noticed one of the 5 LEDs in the structure was flickering. Decision time. I knew it was most likely a loose connection. Do I just live with it? An option I knew I could not live with. Or do I try to get inside the structure to solve the problem? I picked the option of fixing the connection but soon determined there was no way to find the issue and then fix it through the little windows. I decided to cut out one of the doors to give myself more room. Still no way to get in enough. Eventually I decided to cut the structure open to expose the LEDs and wiring. I found the problem, soldered it again and tested it. All was good. Now I had to glue the structure back together and apply wood filler. Once it sets up I will redo the sanding and painting. Hopefully get back close to how nice it looked before. In the process of cutting it open I unfortunately collapsed the dome structure that sets on top. I will have to remake it. Fortunately the wood glue had not fully set where I glued the structure to the deck. Had I waited till tomorrow to test the lights I would have had a serious problem. Probably not solvable.

Thanks my friend. Merry Christmas to your family as well.

Well it is looking like my shipyard workers are demanding time off until Christmas. Only want to work limited part time with so much other stuff going on and needing to be done. So I guess my available time working on my Amerigo Vespucci will be somewhat limited the next couple of weeks😢

Brilliant young man!!! What did you do to keep the little cover on top the LED? The red/green and brass covers fit perfectly over the top of the bulb but can slip back off. Thought a dot of supper glue but then it is locked in place forever. However there may not be a problem with that.