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  1. marsalv
    Thank you Greg . I continue with planking from the opposite side.
  2. marsalv
    So I began planking the hull. It's my first attempt planking in one layer. I'll see what happens, and depending on the result I will decide whether to make copper protection or not. I started with a few plank in keel area.
  3. marsalv
    Thanks to all . To amateur: I wanted to build a model in scale 1:48. But due to space limitation I chose a compromise scale 1:52. Now is the time to show the figurehead which made for me Doris (for those who do not know her work http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/854-royal-caroline-by-doris-card-1749-140/?hl=doris).I appreciate very much this assistance because my attempt would probably ended very pathetic.
  4. marsalv
    So I decided to continue on Pandora. I solved before winter whether to use color or not. Finally, the choice fell on a partially colored model and started to spray wales. On the first attempt with airbrush it does not look bad.
  5. marsalv
    So I returned from my first participation in the national championship, where I won the bronze medal. Thanks to everyone on this forum for your support. The model is placed in a display case, and now I am going into the continuation of another model - http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/7073-pandora-152-by-marsalv/?hl=marsalv
  6. marsalv
    The flags are placed on the model and the model is completly finished.
  7. marsalv
    Flags are ready for installation on the model.
  8. marsalv
    Thanks to all for nice comments . Production of flags using inkjet printers.
  9. marsalv
    Thanks everyone for the feedback . It's my 8th model, but the first with whom I am satisfied (although there are a lot of things that could be definitely improved). Even so, my model building took more than 2,000 hours of time. I installed top guns, a boat and anchors. So now only leaves me to make and attach the flag. My plan was to complete the model by the end of April, which I had now definitely catch. The reason for this term is my first participation in the Championship section C, which takes place from 9th to 10th of May at the museum in Hradec Králové. So if anyone from Czech modelers has a desire to see this model in reality, there will be an opportunity.
  10. marsalv
    Hi Nigel, I visited your log after long time. Your work on the model is amazing .
  11. marsalv
    Thanks for compliments . So I finally completed a rigging and I am glad that this phase of the construction is done. Not that I did not enjoy it, but it's incredibly demanding job - especially tying ropes on belaying pins and cleats located on the inside of the shrouds. Well, but it has slowly but surely coming to an end. It remains to attach boat, anchors, top cannons and flags .
  12. marsalv
    Few more pictures to the previous post.
  13. marsalv
    Thanks guys . The fore mast is completed.
  14. marsalv
    I started hanging sails on masts. In advance, I tied all the necessary ropes to sail, which somewhat simplifies the installation.
  15. marsalv
    Thanks David for your kind words . Little bit progress - preparing for attaching the boat + bowsprit and jibboom footropes (including fore staysail net).
  16. marsalv
    So I moved a bit further - I installed spritsail, jib and fore topmast staysail.
  17. marsalv
    toms10 - your welcome . I tied all sails to the spars and now they are prepared to install them on the model.
  18. marsalv
    So finally the reef points was "only" 446 pieces . Sails are completed.
  19. marsalv
    Sails are completed. I´m gonna continue with cca 500 pcs of reef points.
  20. marsalv
    robert22564: thank you for your kind words KeithW: sails without puckering is no magic, bottom and top thread tension must be equal and not too big. If the tension is too big you can see puckering. I completed all reef bands, buntline cloths, middle bands, leech linings and mast cloths. I hid the sewing machine again in a cabinet with the hope that at least two years I will not need it. Next phase - bolt ropes.
  21. marsalv
    I finished the first phase of sails production - tabling. Now I will continue with the reef bands, middle bands, leech linings etc.
  22. marsalv
    So I finished installation of blocks on the yards (cca 100 pieces). Most of them are fixed with served ropes, so it took a while.
  23. marsalv
    Works continues with installation of footropes and blocks on individual yards - it is tedious and monotonous work. But I am coming to an end, yet few pictures of lower yards.
  24. marsalv
    I finally finished the standing rigging. It took me more time than I expected, but I'm satisfied with the result. Now, going into the next phase of construction - hanging blocks on the yards.
  25. marsalv
    Thanks SawdustDave . All (maybe?) blocks are now installed.

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