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  1. AJohnson
    Looks like you had a great day Glenn, very envious, its been years since I last was up there.
  2. AJohnson
    Excellent looking rigging David, did you make that serving machine or is it bought?
  3. AJohnson
    Final round of pictures of the finished article. Thanks to everyone who has followed along and encouraged and advised over the last year and a bit and to @chris watton for a great kit. Now I have to get a wriggle on (🐌 more like!), I have my Caldercraft Bounty to finish and one of two other projects to do before Vanguard's HMS Surprise is released!
  4. AJohnson
    Well this is it, finally finished! Final few bits of rigging details to show you then I will upload some picture here and in the Gallery. E. W. Petrejus in his "Irene" book came to the rescue for the reef tackle details. So with that all attached to the boom it was just a matter of add the final parts of rigging to hold the boom in place and stiffen the threads with varnish to "push" the mainsail over to one side to simulate the effect of the wind. I had to move the crewman filleting the fish as he would have had his head bumped by the lower block! (must plan this stuff better in future!) Next post will be the "big reveal"!
  5. AJohnson
    Planking is looking good Edward, the effort you putting into it will show when all sanded and sealed.
  6. AJohnson
    Agreed a really neat build. Love the look of the wood strip.
  7. AJohnson
    Really looking forward to seeing this one done, didn’t know there was a catapult set available, that will be some display! 😁
  8. AJohnson
    Very impressive looking Alan, you have the patience of a Saint! 😇
  9. AJohnson
    Great build Mike, thank you for sharing the finished result!
  10. AJohnson
    Thank you for sharing, what project are you doing next?
  11. AJohnson
    Very nice Andy, a great looking “Wimpey”!
  12. AJohnson
    Outstanding Brian I hope you have a suitable toast when you get the Secret Vessel to the coast. Nice old table as well!
  13. AJohnson
    Well hope she had a safe journey, well done anyway!
  14. AJohnson
    Well done Glenn! Wow one month to build Nisha! Bet Chris is happier with customers of your build rate than mine, he'd be as poor as the proverbial "Church Mouse" otherwise! 🐭
  15. AJohnson
    Great news, well done! Hope to see some pictures soon! 😁
  16. AJohnson
    These are very well painted, do you have count of the number of soldiers that you have finished now?
  17. AJohnson
    Isn’t that the machine Ripley fought the Queen Alien with? 😁
  18. AJohnson
    Agreed those are very nice enhancements over the kit parts, well worth the effort I think Andy!
  19. AJohnson
    Work on the boom, pinching a few details from March again. I added Reef Pendant eyes and clamps, a top lifting eye and plates made out of card for the clew earing. At the mast end added card strips to simulate iron bands and more eyelets and card for Reef tackle plates, all I need now is to work out what the hell the Reef tackle looked like! 🤔 Also still to add a cleat or two I think. Thanks for dropping by and the likes! 😁
  20. AJohnson
    Thank you very much Alan & Brian, the Main and top sails are now on; with the aid of the relevant section of how to do rigging in "Modelling the Brig of War IRENE" by E.W. Petrejus (A really useful book), but with minor tweaks still to do before I can call them finished, this included a few delicate sessions bending the trapped wire just under the bolt rope to simulate the Topsail being bent against the running rigging and masts. Same also for bending the Mainsail into a gentle curve, I have been studying all the photographs in Edgar J March to get the shape I'm after. Next post will have the work I have been doing on the Boom.
  21. AJohnson
    Great job! 👏
  22. AJohnson
    That’s good to know about Flory washes, I’ve struggled with washes sometimes, but not tried Flory ones.
  23. AJohnson
    No thank you for sharing Andy. I hope you get full strength back soon so you can prune us “rivet counters” down to size! P.S. I’m still hovering around your Wellington log to see how that goes, you won’t distract me with a Defiant build you know! 😉
  24. AJohnson
    I’m in, a fun build I did one of these in the daylight version, but the black “Shark-mouth” is the best. A mental concept, add a turret to a fighter, so it can only engage the enemy when running away! (Or maybe when flying in formation with the baddies!) 🧐
  25. AJohnson
    Andy that is a cracking looking build. The opposite camouflage pattern I will keep quiet about just in case you get your chainsaw out and knock me out of my “squeaky” tree. The RAF did have a camouflage pattern “A” & “B” depending on what serial number was of the aircraft. I think it was camouflage pattern “A” for even numbered aircraft and “B” for odd numbers. Think that fell into disuse from 42 onwards. Anyway is that the sound of a chainsaw I hear? 🤣

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