Moltinmark
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Thinking of using a fine brass brush to put thin fine lines to reveal the darker brown plastic underneath tan paint for wood grain and do the ends in white and flat brown
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I've actually been working on this a couple of weeks now but just started the build log today after I had joined model ship world yesterday. Painted the masts, yards, crows nests and plan on touch ups when I cut them loose to install them. The kit comes with formed plastic sails but I think I won't use them. Either no sails or stored sails made from sheer curtains
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Decided to do 1 side of ship as it would look later in life by greening the copper and am still considering other aging steps fo the one side. The other side I will make pristine like the day she launched.
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Painted the figurehead gold. Added the chains for the anchors, dolphin striker and bow sprit lines
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Drilled holes in bottom of hull and thru the mounts to attach to the 1×8 oak plank. The square holes are for the masts
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Glued the 2 halves of the hull together and painted flat black above the waterline, copper below then taped off the water line and painted it white. Painted the inside white
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I noticed this model in a local outlet store for about 40 usd and had a 15% coupon thought might as well try a plastic ship
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Wow what a fantastic Forum !!! I have seen some great builds looking through some of the logs. I built my first ship when Michigan went on lockdown in April and May. After a couple of weeks staring at the walls thinking I will go mad if I don't find something to do and had always wanted to do a wooden ship and built the Le Renard Artesian Latina. I wish I had known about this sight after seeing all the different modifications and work arounds I read in the build logs. I completed it with a lighted case in just over 2 months. I am currently working on a plastic model of the Sea Witch by Lindberg I found on sale for 40 USD at Ollies surplus store. Its a different animal with detailed painting of small plastic parts
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Thanks Steven for the tip on starting a build log.
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Wow what a fantastic Forum !!! I have seen some great builds looking through some of the logs. I built my first ship when Michigan went on lockdown in April and May. After a couple of weeks staring at the walls thinking I will go mad if I don't find something to do and had always wanted to do a wooden ship and built the Le Renard Artesian Latina. I wish I had known about this sight after seeing all the different modifications and work arounds I read in the build logs. I completed it with a lighted case in just over 2 months. I am currently working on a plastic model of the Sea Witch by Lindberg I found on sale for 40 USD at Ollies surplus store. Its a different animal with detailed painting of small plastic parts
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This is a pic out of the rigging manual that is 27 pages long that came with my kit. Color coded with arrows.
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That doesn't look like the same rigging instructions that I have. My kit came with 2 instruction sets. 1 for building and 1 for rigging. I can try and post close up pics if you want?
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Like I said I had lots of time on my hands. I worked on it for an hour or two every couple hours. Being in lock down by myself with nothing else to do. Also I was thinking I would get called back to work and wouldn't finish it.
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Hello , great job. I'm new to the site and reading thru your log. I built this same kit around the same time as you during the 2 month lockdown in Michigan!! I wish I would have found this site back then. It would've been fun following and creating the logs. I was lucky to find this kit in my local hobby shop. 2 weeks into the lockdown. They were great running out to their customers in the parking lot delivering what I needed to build the kit.
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Looks great. The bottom pic reminds me of noahs ark with the dovetailed box in the background
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I did this ship as a first try when I found myself in covid lock down by myself in April. Is this Artesania Latina? It seriously kept me from losing my mind during the 2 month lock down in which I not only finished it, I also built a case. I had a lot of time on my hands lol. I just joined and am looking for ideas for another ship. I will read thru your log and get caught up as to where you are at in your build in case you might have a question. Heres a pic of my ship I named Corona Bound
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