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Knocklouder

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    Congratulations, nicely done. And thank you so much for all your posts, your logs will inspire many new modelers, Thank you Bob M.
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    Hey, Hey, Hey look what this: it's my New Duchess of Kingston, She is not painted yet, also she not here yet lol. My good and talented friend @Gabek has this waiting for me to pick up. She even looks like she given the Adrmrial the look. Lol I got something for him as well, but we will h0ave to wait. Ya the big old Covid truck parked it's self here at the shipyard the whole crew got it. Goober is shutting things down, Pile is way to sick to continue .. They had a great time sailing, said it's eazy when you have Gnomer Pile finger power. Lol. So I did a little more stepping of the masts, just a bit, but going to have to shut it down again. Oh well give me more time to look around for rigging info. There is just so much to learn, what a fantastic hobby. And what better place to be then MSW. Thanks everyone ☺️ Bob M. ANd crew . .. And today's special thanks 😊 🙏 ☺️ 😘 @Gabek for his fantastic figure lol. Of the Duchess. Stay safe my freinds see you soon.!!! Sorry the last to pictures I wasn't going to post but it did anyway , But I know how it happened so I shouldn't do it again sorry.
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    You scored high on that last ride Glen 😳 wow that looks good. I hope Carson is following, so we could tell him his ship is in the best of hands. Nice work. Bob and the gang.
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    Glad to see you back my freind. Tagging along, . Bob M.
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    Good luck on your journey!! Bob M
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    Bob M.
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    That looks great my friend, I had foot lockers for mine that were way to big, but I think each Viking had his own Bob M.
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    Hello Tim, you may want to contact Artesania Latina, and see if they will send you a replacement, some companies have been known to replace messed up parts. But if not like @Baker says try to furled the sail, that way you don't have to repaint all the sails to make them the same. Bob M.
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    Congratulations very well done . BOB M.
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    Bob M.
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    Good luck on your journey, Going to follow along if you don't mind.
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    Nicely done, Congratulations Bob M.
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    Well the cannons are finally done. The Admiral gave it the once over ,and said they were exceptable. Time to rig the last two cannons and install them. Now that all the cannons are finished, I thought it would be a good idea to go back over the instructions and see what I missed or left till later. As it turn out, I was missing some small cleats the windlass Pawls and several eyebolts, plus the rope for the ship's bell. I installed everything but the bell rope With that I am now making the masts , and starting to serve some lines for the shrouds. Serving will definitely take some time to get it right , but I got all the time in the world to learn. But now PFC Gnomer Pile and his cousin Goober are taking the Duchess for a little trip, they told me to take some time off and see you when we get back.lol.forced time off lol. Thanks everyone for following along, I really enjoy MSW/NRG, Here are the two bandits, sailing away with my ship,as Pile screams out, Hey you forgot the nails in the mid deck windows, do them when we get back. So I will be back soon enough my freinds, so long for now . A most greatful shipmate Bob M. .
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    I have been modeling for three years now, and just lately have started getting into figures. I still have not learn to plank yet but getting close lol. There is no way I could ever carve, like @Louie da fly ,or sculpt clay figures. Like the above. Vanguard Models have figures that are 1:64 scale, when painted look very realistic to me. They are 28 to 30 mm height. The picture is a little fuzzy, sorry but I think my Admiral looks like Burt Rennals lol. I have others at 1:80 scale, but up close they are faceless. I have a wonderful friend that loves to print figures, and he is very good at it. Here are some of his at 1:80 scale, workers for a Mississippi River Boat. They do have some good details around the face, this worker looks like Vin Diesel . The ones on the bottom row are his, the faceless ones come from Spain I think. well that my 1.5 cents worth(Canadia Currentcy) lol 😆 Bob M.
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    Awesome work, that looks really good. Bob M.
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    Good luck on your journey, my friend. You know you can count me in as well and I am sure Carson will be relieved to know that he got the right person for the job, best of luck my man. Bob M
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    Bob M.
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    Cannons Pile says Cannons, now if you please, the Royal Gaurd, An Admiral, a Comander, a lieutenant , and two crew. All painted this morning, Army Speed paint, I really like this stuff. A bit of thouch ups because of shakey painter syndrome lol, but they will be fine. My Speed paint shop department, and the crew. All that is missing is the Duchess herself, but I am working on it. Wow Pile is impatient for Cannons, I better go "getter"done. Bob M
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    Yes you do, they are fantastic . And if you only get the chance to build one, get the biggest one he has lol. I put together the Foremast, don't shake the table nothing is glued. Took the picture, then put it all away. As PFCGP, has said we have two cannons to rig, let's get to it Shell we. So on to rigging the last two cannons, plus a lot more sanding coming up with the masts. Pile is getting uppity about how much time I am spending painting figures. Now he hears there is plans for a ferris wheel, in his Irish accent he said Hack, man did Don Keith Oaty kick you in the head, you don't kin what your doing. Pay attention to the task at hand. Lol. Yeah I know, back to the shipyard, oh wait I never left lol. Good bye. Bob M. And the crew.
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    Bryan, Congratulations that looks so cool. The wall hanging is fantastic. And look at all the other builds you have in the back ground, lol .Holy your a hard man to keep up with. Great job my man. Bob M. And the gang, lol.
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    Today I received my carriages, had to make a bit of an alteration , a quick nip at the top and the all looked the same. The Admiral figure is fantastic. I have to figure out what to call the little fellow. But I like him. Pile is a bit more Irish, he was going to join the Navy once, but they told him he would have to cut his hair and shave. He laughed for 6 weeks after that request. Goober got a job in the parts department, and Pile now has to order though him lol. Started making the masts, but I am done for the night so, I put it all away on the mast board and shelf it. I may go figure painting though, the new Adrmrial wants to look the part. Just waiting for a few things to arrive. And I have to replace two rope coils, I found them to large, so redoing them. Thanks everyone, today special thanks go's to @Glenn-UK his posting (check out his log , it is fantastic) on how he made his masts just click the switch on for me. Thanks for posting my friend. All though I don't have a leath , I can putty and fix things pretty good. Lol. Another happy MSW/NRG member. ok on to the mast, there is a whole lot of details here, more fun Bob M. PFCGP Goober
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    Thank you so for your detailed postings, your work is awesome. I am just doing my masts now, this is helping so much my man I just had to thank you, Bob M.
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    Very nicely done, . Bob M.
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    This will be were my Mississippi diorama will be placed when finished. First I will cut and trim the green carpet then, It will have a RHE rail line, rabbit hole express, name by @Keith Black thanks my man. The Green line will be were the ferris wheel will go, the red lines are road ways, blue is the water and the yellow line is were scenery pictures will go. Beside the green tractor will be a corel system. Some of the figures are, And the man in black with sunglasses lol My good freind and fellow modeler @Gabek has provided me with lots of figures for the boat, I will have a crew working on replacing the broken pitman .As well as some kids and ladies with umbrellumbrellas. They are all painted and ready to install. The figures are amazing esay to paint, it is the Army speed paint that does the work it is amazing stuff. So I brought the display back down to the shipyard Then I put most of it away, I have a few figures for the Duchess but they are in the early stages of painting. At least they have faces lol. The figures I got from A L are faceless, and the women have man faces, one even has a beard lol. At least you won't see them up close. Well that's it for now, awaiting ferris wheel, and water effects supplies. This will take for ever lol. Thanks for looking. Bob M. PFCGP GOOBER

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