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    Well I finished up all the stairs, now just have to tie a safety rope around them to complete them. Tomorrow. Also tomorrow I will finish up the tiller. Yes I re did It again. Added two more blocks, now she looks just like the instructions. Lol. I switched the rope again and went with a .75 natural rope. Don't matter I won't be doing it again even if it is wrong lol. So now it's time to black-in all the chain plates. And the mast look really fun to do . I can't wait lol. I ordered a new Pegasus figure head, it took 9 days to get here from Italy , not bad this time. I open the bag and dumped it all out, and would you know it. I broke a wing right off the bat. I was so carful about the rest of it. I fitted it and painted it, Marvin told her back in the box till we are done for you lol. Merry Christmas my friends, thanks for looking.
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    Thank You @aliluke, I fixed them this morning , just had to take the ring off and turn them around.
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    Ok so I could not wait to fix the tiller, it was bugging me to much. So I repaired it, it does look better 😏. Lol Before after Merry Christmas. lol
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    Well Anchors away, they turn out not bad. I have made four Amati anchors on previous builds, and I learnt that if you round off the Shank and don't drill the hole in the stock any bigger , it works for me. My bottle of Blacken it, is getting low, you can't get it here anymore so time to start conservation lol. So I got all the parts together, blacken-it what I need to and put them on. I came to the realization that I used the wrong rope on the tiller, so I am going to redo it . If you zoom in you can see the difference. I think I will redo the ropes around the stair wells as well. I used .07 were I should have used .25 natural thread. It does looks better. It will give me a chance to reposition some blocks for the tiller as well, that I said it will do lol. Cap. Marvin says get the stairs done, don't worry about the masts. I have so much to do lol. I am loving it. I don't remember where I saw this, the builder made the mast off the ship. Being a neanderthal lol I decided to give it a try. There is more room to move around now lol. There is so many great logs for the Pegasus, you should have a look at @giampieroricci wow, looking through his log makes me laugh at mine lol. But I am having just as much fun as he is building mine . This modeling is so fun, she may not look pretty but she's a beautiful ship to me. Thanks for looking in. And thanks for the logs MSW. So with so much to do and Christmas 🎄 coming and a whole house full of sick kids we will see how it goes lol. Take care all and in case I don't get a chance to post again lol have a Merry Christmas .
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    Yes my friend, people around the world are truly " gobsmacked" ,truly an amazing build. Waiting to see the waterfall, the trees the water coming down and a few Feral chickens along the shoreline. Great job my friend 🐓🐤
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    We may have a winner, but the tail is up not down, looks good but not sure will wait till I get the replacement from Amati . So I have finished the mid deck assembly, had to do little improvising but I like it. The .5 black line did not go through the little holes on the brass peices but I drilled them out with a small bit and it went well. All the guns are on, the swivel guns look good, cannons are ok. So now just a few things left on sheet six, some blocks, eyelets, cleats and the channels left to pin on. Soon it will be just masts and rigging. Lovein it. Thanks for helping build my ship, I definitel would be lost without MSW/NRG to help guide me through it. Thanks for looking in.
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    Well what can I say, it just looks so bare with out a figurehead now. Lol On top of that Vikings have raided the ship Lol But they left no stairs. Lol As soon as they did I got busy and made one set of stairs. I was going to do the mid deck assembly but I need to place the cannons before I do that. Now I have to make a choice., option one with just the breaching tackle Or option two fully rigged . I can't decide. Nothing is glued , just waiting to make up my mind about the cannons . So I will make up the lower deck stairs, the Bell tower is finished, added a peice of copper for the roof, I have gone copper crazy 🤪 lol. I all so needed a quick peek at the ships boat, it will do. Talk to you all later
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    Today I rigged the tiller tackle, and blackin the swivel guns as well as painting the brass on the holders , for a lack of knowledge as to what the are lol. I think the look ok, better in real life than the pictures lol 😆 So knowing myself I took all the swivel guns off and put them away for safe keeping. So nowI want to build the stairs and hand rails around them. Hopefully I will get to the Mid deck bulkhead details as well as the bell tower today as well. Having the time of my life, rigging is just around the corner lol. Oh yes I have to build the masts first lol. Stay save my friends. Talk to you latter.
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    Well in my haste to get the Pegasus on the bow of the ship, ya you guess it I am a neanderthal lol its in about four peices. Lol. So my daughter said she will buy me one for Xmas. I ordered it today lol. Won't be putting it on till much later lol. So this is what I did to the tiller housing , copper roof lol. Then coppered the Bincale assembly as well. I was not sure if I wanted the skylight red, so I went with black with gold windows. CM says it's time to start glueing things in place, before I lose them.lol. And this is how it will look when she is all glued in place. I have to drill all the eyelet holes, and make a few blocks for the tiller tackle. I fitted all the swivel guns, now I will blackin them and paint them up a bit. But tomorrow is another day lol .
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    Very nicely done , good luck on your next one.
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    Well this was my first attempt to put the timber heads on After looking @vulcanbomber log , and finding peice # 228 this is what I came up with, it's a little shakey but for me it will do. I need to do some paint thouch ups on some of the black, that's the easy part lol. So now it's the hull steps, a couple of walnut strips and sheet 4 is finished. Then time to do the stairs and hand rail. And I will finish all on sheet 5 next. Thanks for all who post logs I find them very helpful as my reading skill are not my best quality 🙂. But hey I love my ships lol. Thank you everyone
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    Well I found peice 288, if we go back to post #39 when I build the ships boat they were in there with the bell. I could not figure out were they went on the boat. Well I guess I just put them away and forgot about them. I was looking at @vulcanbomber log, thanks for posting, and the light switch came on. I can fix it now, to make it look like the pictures. I knew I was doing something wrong but c' est la vie. I just found it tonight, so I will fix it tomorrow. Now I am in to the fun part , all the deck furniture and mast, which leads to rigging lol. I even started to think about doing the masts but there is just so much to do and it all fun stuff. That's it for today. Thanks for looking.
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    Manitoba.
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    Bryan my man that is so cool. Someday I will try to get to mine. You definitely gave me some great ideas. Well done. Congratulations.
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    Small update, When I went to put the decorative pieces on the streen it was yellow and faded away so much you could not see it , so I painted it gold . Then I said I might as well paint the window gold as well. One side was easy , just spray it on, but I had to hand brush the port side window. It turn out ok. This is what it looked like And this is what I dd to it. Now I have to assemble the other window, put the timber heads on and the freizes will be done. More later.
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    Good luck on your journey, have as much fun as you can Many will help a long the way you see.
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    welcome aboard, this is the place to be. You will find all the info and help you need to build your ships right here on MSW. Have fun!!
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    Well the port side friezes are done and I painted the Pegasus white. Was it ever britle, I broke both wings off lost a foot to the bling but added a bit of white paint to look like a foot. Ya it will do lol.I can see the foot missing, But with a drop of white paint it looks ok I guess. Might order a new one but will see. The rest of the bow went together pretty well, I can't find peice # 288 and 128. They don't show up anywhere on the sheets. But I see them on the plan. On to the starboard side, it's so much fun lovein it this is what I came up with I like it. I know Cris designed it, most likely why it is going together relatively easy . I just hope I don't butcher his ship too badly. I really have to finish the models that I have in my stach before they will let me order anymore. Lol So time to turn the ship to the starboard side and get busy lol. Thanks for the help and @aliluke please feel free to point out my errors and I will try to fix if I can lol. Thanks. And as you can see I lost the tail on this side but I will fix it lol.it went the way of the foot bling , gone forever lol. That's it for now. Thanks for all the help and likes. Feeling good about my model today
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    Thank you that seem to work. Chrome is getting worse, I installed edge and it seems to be working now. Man is that annoying it just keeps bunching up hopefully edge will continue to work properly. Lol. Thanks again
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    Hello @Baker when you find out please let me know, as I am about to go buy a new phone and it won't be a Samsung lol. My phone has been doing this for two days now . Most annoying 🙄 lol
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    @Darius359au I would have a word with that Murphy guy, to bad about not having a couple of little peices left to fill in the holes. But like @aliluke says no one will notice, and they will be covered by lots of rope coils lol. Slow day in the shipyard, had to go to the hobby store to get some more Phatic glue my new go to glue lol. It is only 45 miles away lol. It was their last one, and they told me their supplier was backorder, dont know when they will get more. Anyway, got the quarter badge on and it looks ok the bottom part of the window fades in to the yellow but ya, It will do lol. So the window needed curtains so I painted the widow knock outs and put them back in . Like I say after it was on the bottom of the window fades. I might paint it gold but we will see.. How ever did that get in there lol 😆 So now it's on to the bow. This looks like I better study the pictures lol. The model looks intimidating but once you start putting it together, it just fits. Must be designed that way. Hats off to the designer lol. So on to the bow... Bob M.
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    They came today. Now I have a NRG coffee mug. Thanks so much!!! And a MSW cell phone lol. They will be all over by the end of the day lol
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    They look awesome, nicely done.
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    My phone started that yesterday , I thought it was because I have to many people using my internet 🙃

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