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First of 4 grand staircases and a photo of the same stairs on the actual Amerigo Vespucci. I have the stain a little darker than the actual.
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Been a bit since my last update so I would catch up with what I have been doing. Have spent my available time in the shipyard making small items that will be added to the ship. OcCre supplied metal stairs for the four main stair cases that were to be painted like wood. I did like the appearance much so I decided to cover them with veneer, stain, and varnish. Still need to make the handrails. Also started making the elevated watch platforms, two for each side. Used copper wire and solder to form the rails and canopy cages. Will still need to file down the joints. And finished up the bridge adding rails, stairs, storage cabinets and radar units.
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Thanks Daniel. I have the rigging line chart from my 1/100 HMS Victory. It is close enough scale that I will most likely use it to determine rope sizes for the AV. The different lines on the Victory should be similar to those on the AV so whatever size it said to use for a particular application I will use in that application on my AV. The Victory had numerous sizes from .2 up to 1mm. I will most likely use just 3-4 sizes like you did of light beige for the running and black for the standing. The block sizes on the Victory also varies for the different applications but I will most likely do what you did. I very much like your idea and plan of using the higher quality non fuzzy thread over the OcCre supplied.
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Daniel I am preparing my Christmas wish list and looking for ahead at my future rigging. I plan to replace the rigging thread OcCre supplied and most likely the blocks. I want to use a higher quality (not fuzzy) light color thread for running and black for the standing. I also am looking at using various size and types of blocks. I have done some research to see if I could find the actual rope and block sizes that I can do the scale conversion but am coming up blank. I am assuming looking at your build log that you made some decisions in this area. Do you have a source you used or did you just guesstimate on sizes?
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I will chime in here as well to my agreement with everything said. I will further add the comradery that develops among builders. I have never met face to face with anyone from MSW but over the years feel I have created friendships. I am moving slowly through a section of my current Amerigo Vespucci build. Still find time every day but not always enough visual progress to warrant an update here. Sometimes I think I need to post some update are you guys may think I, like some often do, have given up the hobby. I, as well, believe it takes patience and perseverance. I often hear from those I invite into my “shipyard” that they don’t have the patience or the may ask how long does it take to finish one of these? My shipyard is my happy place and where I go to create with no (I gotta get this done) thoughts allowed.
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Unfortunately as you can see in my photo I have the 3 wires coming up through the deck. One at each mast. So in my case I guess I will just include a resistor in each little box with the LED. I still need to come up with the size and design for the 18 (6 each mast) little boxes.
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Thanks Daniel. I know what they are and why you have them. I am again wanting to follow your lead. I am/was just curious if you purchased something or made them. Trying to come up with a design and size to accommodate a 3 or 5 mm LED and resistor.
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Daniel I have been studying your progress photos, as I do a lot. I am currently looking at the little boxes you have for the lights that will shine up to the mast. The green, white, and red. It looks as if you have 6 for each color. Did you make these are find something on line?
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Spent most of my shipyard time since my last update working on the starboard side of the main deck. I opened up two entrance ways similar to the actual ship. Added the blue curtains over the storage lockers and the storage cabinet at the end. This is an upgrade of sorts from what OcCre has if you follow the instructions. The photos show the same area on the actual ship and what I did.
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Spent the time since my last update working at the stern. I added the captains balcony, the supports under the balcony, doors, the navigation lights, the decorative balcony rail including the Amerigo Vespucci name, and the lower stern decorations.
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Added the trim along the top of the deck and touched up some paint here and there.
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Ok my friends it has been a bit since my last update. Some big advancements since then. One problem I encountered, just like Daniel, when installing the “square” portholes is getting them to sit flush with the side of the ship. On the actual ship these portholes are flush but the kit supplied metal pieces are to be just glued to the side. I wanted them to light up along with the other portholes as well so have the holes drilled out. I ended up carving out the depth of the square port holes and set the pieces into the side of the hull. I then began the process of painting the four distinctive colors on the hull. A lot of masking and painting, masking and painting. I initially planned to airbrush the colors but eventually settled for using a brush. I added the brass port hole inserts. The actual ship has these painted the same as the stripe but I left them brass. I still have the OcCre green to add to the bottom of the hull and a bit of touch up to sharpen a few places on my lines. I also want to fine tune some of the painted square port holes to make them a bit more distinctive.
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Marc reading your updates go great with my morning coffee next to the fireplace. They also give me inspiration for when I go into my shipyard. Incredible work my friend
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Yeah I followed your advice to do that from reading your build. I must not have gotten a good coat on that back inch or two on the stern deck area. I thought about overlaying the deck planks with another layer in that section but think it might show that slight edge difference. Will decide if it matters to me that much.
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Well Daniel I have looked back through your build for a comment you made about your build somewhere but can’t find it. Even with all the precautions I took I still ended up getting some light bleed through an area of the deck right above the stern caused by the LEDs I put in to shine out the stern port holes. I also have some light bleed into a couple areas from one section of port hole lights into an adjacent section. I seem to remember you having a similar issue. I think you said there was pretty much nothing you could do about it. That is my thought as well. Maybe turn down the voltage regulator to reduce the LED brightness is all I can think of.
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Thanks gentlemen. Had cataract surgury on my left eye Wednesday a week ago (11 days ago). Right eye scheduled for this Wednesday. Been sorta working with one eye and winking the other 😊.
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What do you think Professor Daniel? Your instruction got me this far. I put some of the little port hole metal pieces in some of the holes to show my wife how it will eventually look. I told her the plan was to paint them as on the actual ship (as you did). She said she really likes them brass instead of me painting them. She likes a little bling. I guess that is the way I will eventually go.
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After all the double planking, sanding, priming, and drilling out the port holes it is great to see that all my electronics worked. After drilling the holes in accordance with the OcCre diagram i was really happy to see all my interior lights shine. No broken wires or bulbs. As i mentioned before I have two separate circuits for the port holes lights. One circuit has some of the lights on as the actual ship might look at night. The other circuit has the opposite lights on. So i can show either set or all the lights.
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On my 3rd time through sanding, wood filler, sanding, primer, wood filler in shadow areas, sanding, primer, etc, etc, etc . Will eventually get that smooth blemish free surface over the entire hull.
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So let the sanding of the wood filler begin!
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Well thank you Ian. I just saw this. I will except the honorary ring even if it is Canadian. Second planking finished and sanded smooth. Now ready to cover all this beautiful woodwork wood putty! 😢 Oh the horror of it all.
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Yes Daniel that helps a lot. I looked back and saw the little rain gutters. So just spray the hull at an angle to the port holes will solve that problem. Great idea. Thanks Bill
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Daniel I have another curiosity. I looked back to see if I previously asked you this. Seems like we already covered this but maybe not. I looked back in your build to the area where you did your second planking and primer. I was pleasantly surprised to see you did in fact drill out the port holes before painting the hull colors. This is opposite to what the OcCre directions show. I like this for a number of reasons. My curiosity is did you spray the colors are use a brush? How did you avoid paint going through the port holes (if you sprayed) and getting on the LED’s? I see that you painted the port hole inserts instead of leaving them brass.
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Second planking finished on starboard side. Now beginning the port side.
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