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This is where I am right now just getting ready to start plaking the lower hull. After I watch  Chucks video  on plaking again.  I see the Speedwell is coming along, He must be so excited about it, I was when I started the Mayflower, this will be my first plank on bulk heads  Pob.  Lol

 Well get to try my new Amati plank Bender , the bow on the  Mayflower  is quite rounded this will be fun .I let you know how it goes .  Ok later my friend's 

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Ahoy,this is a fun build so far lol. It going together nicely. I Did the decks then blacking some deck planks with a black marker . Next came the sides ,lots of glue and clamps but she on lol.

Yes Great news I want one for sure and as soon as I am aloud to buy models again this is the one for sure !! And It will be one of yours if I can find one then LOL    

Good evening,  I took all the bulkheads and keel,tried to fit them together  only bulk head 14 fit. I ran a drill bit up and down all the bulk heads and keel, they fit now lol. So I glued them all together,  squared them up added deck support  and called it a day,  So far so good , Game on.Later my friend's 

37 minutes ago, BANYAN said:

Great progress and some nice work there mate; looks good.

 

cheers

 

Pat

Thanks everyone  ☺ 

On the shelf    

Well today is box opening day,  I have peeked a few times thought. Lol.

  I chose this Amati Mayflower model because of wood work and overall look. Many of the Mayflowers I looked at are Mayflower ll, they seem to have a lot of colours  on them,  for me its a bit too flashy  for my likes. I dont see any other Amati Mayflowers logs so this will be my attempt to build one. It is so good to know  if I run into any problems MSW will have the answers, slowly and I mean slowly  getting  to know my computer and how it work here on MSW.. Thanks ever so much !!!!!! 

   Well got to go set things up for the build wish me luck lol ,one thing I noticed was that there was two bags full of dead eyes LOL the fun never stops . This hobby is so much fun ,does everyone  get excited  on box opening day  then build days then finishing day, then NEW kit day lol  😆  

   Again  thanks MSW for steering me in the right direction  so glad to be a small part,  see you buddy's  got ships to build 

 So I will see you next year for the completion of the Pinta. 

  Look what's on the bench lol time to start a new log. Stay safe my friends 

Ahoy, continuing with the rigging seizing.  It started off pretty rocky but found a log of the Sphinx that showed a different way to do it. It seemed easier for me so I did it that way ,I think it turned out ok for my first attempt.  I measured a couple of times, the glued them . After I made all twelve shrouds and attached them, I went on to make the sails.

Bonjour, I don't know but someone will tell you soon.  But this is the Place to be.

Well today I went to the old barn and found some mohogany from an old room divider we had.  There is about 4 pieces  that are 1x6 and 10 feet long, 4 eight footers and some others. I reached in, grabbed one and cut it to the length I wanted.  Then sanded them roughly and put two away for the Nina and Mayflower. 

   Then I picked one and finished it, it's a bit light in color  but It Will Do  . Then mounted it to the Pinta and hung it up to dry. Now that's done back to rigging lol  . 

  Having so much fun,  learning lots  Frist time I ever used a router....not bad lol. Well that's it, talk soon I am sure Lol

Ahoy,  I made two  dead eyes and attached them ,seizing needs works but coming along.  I have 5 left to do on the practice  side . Made a guide to follow so they are all the same size works, ok for me. I have broke out the blue rigging  box, will post when finished the standing rigging  

 Till then ,Thanks for all the likes and advise. As a newbie it helps to know I can find anything about model ships right here. So glad you guys let me stay lol!!

   Very nice work,!! 

You can't see were I messed up the deck,woo hoo. Now its time for all the standing rigging, then the sails which will be done after Christmas  because I  order some Gac 400 ,to save on shipping my buddy is bringing me some at Christmas. So if I finish what shall I do lol 😆 

I had trouble with the Trozze, in English it's cheese ball 😳, I had a peice left from the SM, so I made two  more then dump all the kit on the floor shees. Found most of it lol.  I got my first dead eye done 13 left to do

Hello, I made the rudder, but the kit never came  with small nails,so I got the closest thing to it when finished I found nails from the Santa Maria  that were left over ,plus three  rings for the canons. 

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I made a hole in the wall and when it not on use a cover up lol   oooh what's that in the back ground 🤫

So I re scraped the deck and stained it again. Then I got side tracked  with a paint spray booth. Because I have to paint  the Mayflower  Lol, But not done the Pinta  yet. 

Sorry for  this , well this is as  far as I got today, see you in a couple of days got some modeling to do lol,thanks again for showing me how