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Cheers Max, we work the same way then.
 
I have been working with the tops. It's funny how fast this step feels after doing slow work like the ratlines.
 
What I've done is making holes for the  connections for the ropes/next level deadeyes holders.
 
I also tried to make the skanskläder for the mainmast:
 

 

 

 

 
 
/Matti
 
 

Hey all! I´ve got ill since posting last time, a small inflammation in the heart. I now eat medicine that will cure the inflammation and after that I should be fine again.
 
Anyway I made some small progress on the model last days. I have decided what setup I want and I will make her when she got her masts in place, perhaps during the early summer of 1628. I think the unfinished look is interesting and dynamic.
 
So I have made the second step of the main mast and the rigging for how to raise it after info from Fred Hocker. When it was in place I could glue the tops and then continue with the ropes that connect the shrouds to the tops.
 
I have also prepaired the railing. Fragile stuff so fingers crossed I will be able to add them later on.
 

 

 

 

 

 
 
/Matti
 
 

Thanks pops! Here is the original part compaired to the one I scratched. I think it's a generic part used in more kits.
 
Yeah the ones in the kit was the same size, but I shaped one down.
 

 
Here are reference pictures:
 

 

 

 
Landström also have great drawings on it.
 
 
/Matti

Hey all! I did the anchors yesterday. I planned to scratch them as the kit version was to round in shape and they where the same size. When looking closer I realized they could be reshaped to a better shape and that one could be resized quite easily so that's what I ended up doing. The plastic was easy to work with.
 
I made the wooden parts out of wood instead of the plastic ones that came with the kit.
 
The rings are rope with CA to make it hard, with smaller thread looped around it.
 

 

 
When I was working o the rigging the other evening I used a lamp to see the details. When we looked up on the ceiling it gave a pretty cool shadow effect.
 

 
/Matti
 

Thanks pops! Here is the original part compaired to the one I scratched. I think it's a generic part used in more kits.
 
Yeah the ones in the kit was the same size, but I shaped one down.
 

 
Here are reference pictures:
 

 

 

 
Landström also have great drawings on it.
 
 
/Matti

Thanks pops! Here is the original part compaired to the one I scratched. I think it's a generic part used in more kits.
 
Yeah the ones in the kit was the same size, but I shaped one down.
 

 
Here are reference pictures:
 

 

 

 
Landström also have great drawings on it.
 
 
/Matti

Thanks pops! Here is the original part compaired to the one I scratched. I think it's a generic part used in more kits.
 
Yeah the ones in the kit was the same size, but I shaped one down.
 

 
Here are reference pictures:
 

 

 

 
Landström also have great drawings on it.
 
 
/Matti

Hey all! I did the anchors yesterday. I planned to scratch them as the kit version was to round in shape and they where the same size. When looking closer I realized they could be reshaped to a better shape and that one could be resized quite easily so that's what I ended up doing. The plastic was easy to work with.
 
I made the wooden parts out of wood instead of the plastic ones that came with the kit.
 
The rings are rope with CA to make it hard, with smaller thread looped around it.
 

 

 
When I was working o the rigging the other evening I used a lamp to see the details. When we looked up on the ceiling it gave a pretty cool shadow effect.
 

 
/Matti
 

Nice work Frank! I love your style.
 
 
/Matti

Thanks pops! Here is the original part compaired to the one I scratched. I think it's a generic part used in more kits.
 
Yeah the ones in the kit was the same size, but I shaped one down.
 

 
Here are reference pictures:
 

 

 

 
Landström also have great drawings on it.
 
 
/Matti

Thanks pops! Here is the original part compaired to the one I scratched. I think it's a generic part used in more kits.
 
Yeah the ones in the kit was the same size, but I shaped one down.
 

 
Here are reference pictures:
 

 

 

 
Landström also have great drawings on it.
 
 
/Matti

they look really good Matti........you can see the imaginative thought you put into them.  the stocks look like they were hewn,  as I'm sure they were shaved to shape back in those days.  being of plastic,  were they both the same size?   very well done 
 
I hope your doing better my friend!

Hey all! I did the anchors yesterday. I planned to scratch them as the kit version was to round in shape and they where the same size. When looking closer I realized they could be reshaped to a better shape and that one could be resized quite easily so that's what I ended up doing. The plastic was easy to work with.
 
I made the wooden parts out of wood instead of the plastic ones that came with the kit.
 
The rings are rope with CA to make it hard, with smaller thread looped around it.
 

 

 
When I was working o the rigging the other evening I used a lamp to see the details. When we looked up on the ceiling it gave a pretty cool shadow effect.
 

 
/Matti
 

Hey all! I did the anchors yesterday. I planned to scratch them as the kit version was to round in shape and they where the same size. When looking closer I realized they could be reshaped to a better shape and that one could be resized quite easily so that's what I ended up doing. The plastic was easy to work with.
 
I made the wooden parts out of wood instead of the plastic ones that came with the kit.
 
The rings are rope with CA to make it hard, with smaller thread looped around it.
 

 

 
When I was working o the rigging the other evening I used a lamp to see the details. When we looked up on the ceiling it gave a pretty cool shadow effect.
 

 
/Matti
 

Hey all! I did the anchors yesterday. I planned to scratch them as the kit version was to round in shape and they where the same size. When looking closer I realized they could be reshaped to a better shape and that one could be resized quite easily so that's what I ended up doing. The plastic was easy to work with.
 
I made the wooden parts out of wood instead of the plastic ones that came with the kit.
 
The rings are rope with CA to make it hard, with smaller thread looped around it.
 

 

 
When I was working o the rigging the other evening I used a lamp to see the details. When we looked up on the ceiling it gave a pretty cool shadow effect.
 

 
/Matti
 

Hey all! I did the anchors yesterday. I planned to scratch them as the kit version was to round in shape and they where the same size. When looking closer I realized they could be reshaped to a better shape and that one could be resized quite easily so that's what I ended up doing. The plastic was easy to work with.
 
I made the wooden parts out of wood instead of the plastic ones that came with the kit.
 
The rings are rope with CA to make it hard, with smaller thread looped around it.
 

 

 
When I was working o the rigging the other evening I used a lamp to see the details. When we looked up on the ceiling it gave a pretty cool shadow effect.
 

 
/Matti
 

Hope everyone had a nice Christmas and got everything they didn't want! :P ... just kidding....
 
UPDATE TIME......
 
   Sine last, I've been working mostly on the deck pieces and the bulwark stanchions and trying to get a color I like for the deck planking. After trying a few different shades I settled on one that will be shown in one of the following pictures. I also started to weather the bulwarks a little. Slowly but surely it's starting to come together'
Thanks for look'n in.
 
Frank
 
 
deck planks are ready to be installed
 

 
This shows the sample of the color I want use for the decking, it's really a little more grayish looking than what the picture shows
 

 
 
Hatches finished
 

 
 
This is just a messy deck!!
 

 
Planking the house sides
 

 
 
House finished
 

 

 
 
gun assembly
 

 

 
 
adding the stanchions
 

 
head piece  (not finished yet)
 

 
 
Stanchions completeport and strbd.
 

 
painted bulwarks
 

 
Lastly, starting to weather the inner bulwarks
 

 

 
Thanks again for looking in.
 
Frank
 
 
 

OK, today is tomorrow like I said yesterday,so I'll see if I can explain to those interested the method I used to weather the Alert's hull.
 
First off, let me tell you, anyone can do this , but you have to  commit yourself to it, once you start you really can't go back.So once you've made the commitment to
mess up a perfectly good planking job get all the pictures you can on the ship you're going to build. Unfortunately for us ship builders there's not too much out there to help you out, so you'll have to use your imagination for most of the weathering process. An example , my first weathered boat was a riverboat, well there's plenty of old pictures to guide you, now on the Alert there's nothing, so I pretty much guessed it all the way. Mike was saying he'd like to do a weathered whaler, well he's lucky The Morgan is still  afloat, so he'll be able to get a real good perspective on the whole process. Now that we know you don't have to be a genius to do this , let me see if I can explain what I did
                            For  the stains I used JoSonja's water based gel stains, you can use any stain you like. I like to use water based products
they're a little more forgiving if you want to make corrections. The first coat applied was English Walnut, it's a real nice dark base, let it stay   a few min.then wipe it down with a clean cloth, after that dried I gave it a light sanding so some of the natural wood showed thru ( not too heavy with the sanding ) then I applied a coat of Jacobean oak, this added a browner tone to the existing coat.. repeat the previous process, again a very light sanding (220 weight paper ). Try not to be to fussy, you're looking to get an uneven looking finish
. After I had applied those two coats it still wasn't the look I was looking for, it was a little too brown now, so I applied another coat of the English walnut ,wiped it down and another light sanding. While I let this set up awhile, I painted the keel flat black, after looking at it I was not happy with the black keel,so I sanded it all off,which turned out to be a bonus. Looking at the hull again I decided to give  it a burnt umber wash,I also did the keel too. there was some black residue left on the keel after sanding so that gave the burnt umber a real nice look , I wiped the hull down again very gently with a damp cloth, and a very light sanding again on the keel. Now I was starting to like the color, all it needed now was a black wash ( I used The Detailer ready to use washes) ) or you can make your own washes by diluting your paint.I generally put a wash over a gloss or satin finish and let it set over nite ,then wipe most of it off with a damp cloth or cotton swabs, but this time I just added right on top of the stained surface and I didn't let it dry completely  and just gently wiped it off.I liked what happened , it gave the color some depth and I also got some crackled effect to the surface which I really liked. After letting it stay for a couple days, I decided that I could live with the finish. I just added 2 coats of Delta Ceramcoat Matte varnish, and that's it.
 
                     So you see, it's a pretty simple process that anyone can do if he or she chooses to.......a little time consuming , but worth the effort if you're looking to get a working ship look!! As my build progress' I'll add some weathering powders to enhance some of the colors. I hope I explained  the process well enough, if there are any other questions just let me know. While we're on the subject , there are a couple of other guys on this site that are very proficient at this, Matti being one of them, ck his work out he's very good. You also might want to ck. out some of the armor modellers on KitMaker .net, those guys are the real masters!!. Well that's it for now , Hope this was of some help, Thanks for look'n in.
Frank

started with the fixations of the canons, first rigged the small blocks 
 

 
then fixed these blocks to the canons
 

 
using some glue to fixed the black eyes in the wall
after that fixed the canon with some glue
 

 
later on the other side of the ship and then make all loose ends correct.

Hey all! I´ve got ill since posting last time, a small inflammation in the heart. I now eat medicine that will cure the inflammation and after that I should be fine again.
 
Anyway I made some small progress on the model last days. I have decided what setup I want and I will make her when she got her masts in place, perhaps during the early summer of 1628. I think the unfinished look is interesting and dynamic.
 
So I have made the second step of the main mast and the rigging for how to raise it after info from Fred Hocker. When it was in place I could glue the tops and then continue with the ropes that connect the shrouds to the tops.
 
I have also prepaired the railing. Fragile stuff so fingers crossed I will be able to add them later on.
 

 

 

 

 

 
 
/Matti
 
 

Thank you pops!
 
And Merry Christmas everyone!
 
 
/Matti

Thank you pops!
 
And Merry Christmas everyone!
 
 
/Matti

Thank you pops!
 
And Merry Christmas everyone!
 
 
/Matti

I echo the same Matti.........hope your feeling better and have a great holiday season!

Hey all! I´ve got ill since posting last time, a small inflammation in the heart. I now eat medicine that will cure the inflammation and after that I should be fine again.
 
Anyway I made some small progress on the model last days. I have decided what setup I want and I will make her when she got her masts in place, perhaps during the early summer of 1628. I think the unfinished look is interesting and dynamic.
 
So I have made the second step of the main mast and the rigging for how to raise it after info from Fred Hocker. When it was in place I could glue the tops and then continue with the ropes that connect the shrouds to the tops.
 
I have also prepaired the railing. Fragile stuff so fingers crossed I will be able to add them later on.
 

 

 

 

 

 
 
/Matti