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Well today I have managed to get the hatch coaming completed. They don't  look to bad, IMHO, lol.  

I even put a little bevel to them, they look like they could shed water lol. On to the planking, first and seconded,  then the coppering , lots to do . Thanks everyone for the likes and comments. 

Bob M.

Awesome  looking ship, very nice. 

   Congratulations        . 

Today I made my first capstan, good thing it is under the upper deck  lol. I painted the Main pump cistern black, but I might change that. I have to start thinking of how I want the ship to look, what color goes where,  and where to leave  natural.  So on to planking  got lots of that to do. 

   The gun strips went on well enough.  Lots of clamps but was really easy to do for some reason.  It all just fit where it was supposed to,  a little  sanding but not that much.  I proceeded  to put the first plank on as well  it looks good, a bit of sanding filling,  it will be good to go. 

So I fitted the  upper decks and played with my only cannon, realizing that there is a lot of rigging and little  eye bolts to do on these cannons. I am going planking  lol. For some reason I want to get to the coppering, I guess it is because I have never done copper before.  

I believe that I will start making the grates, going to do them, or try to do them like  @Blue Ensign, they look amazing.  Well that is  it for today, I am really glad the gun patterns went on well.     

      Talk later  Bob M.

Congratulations, awesome details, one to be proud of,  that's for sure.    

Looks good Bryan,  one more challenging plank too go, lol. I remember  plank ##11 and 12, they required  every clamp I had, bar clamps, spring clamps, c clamps, and clamps that I don't know the name of. But the good news is that planks #13,14 and 15 are easier, a bit lol. 

   She going to be awesome,     

Change of course. I finished the cannon carriages and I am awaiting the new scale correct cannons. So I made a jig up and glued the carriages  together, this is my jig, it worked for me lol.

Here is how I paint the wheels all at once, lined them up  on a wire rod and sprayed a couple of coats of flat black. I was going to airbrush the carriages  but decidd it was going to be faster just to hand paint them.

Today I was going to do the gun strips, but changed course and decided to follow the instructions , lol. So it's on to page two lol.    My first capstan and main pump cistern and two bits. That's the fun stuff,  things I never tried before .

   Ok that's it for today, happy modeling 

Bob M.                 

Ahoy AdrIan, this is the place to be. You will find many people here who will go out of their way to help you. Good luck on your journey .

 Best of luck    

135241 lol in my sleep, the deck planking  went well, I am 98% happy with it, I used a dry erase marker, the kind they use on white boards.  I usually use a sharpie marker but thought I give this a go. At first I like it, if you got some on the front of the plank it was guickly  sanded of, so away I went. I used a shelac sealer and it started to bleed a bit. Dang. I sanded it all of and stared drilling  the nail holes. After that a good sanding followed by a guick coat of flat clear coat. 

So this is what it looks like, once it's  all done you won't see much floor. And were the floor show, it looks good, most of the bleed happen under the aft deck so you won't see it.

 So I am going to make up the cannon carriages  then tomorrow  I am going to put the gun strips on, hopefully  lol.

  Thank you everyone for the likes and comments,  I am having so much fun putting my ships together,  they may not be the best built models but they look good to me, and it's all about having  FUN. Lol

Bob M.

Are you fixen  to declare this a Penguin free zone, good luck , lol.    

The other day I went to the wood shed and cut up some wood for in between the bulk heads. I used my table saw to cut up some right width pieces,  then used my scroll saw to get them closer to want I wanted. Even so there was an awful  amount of sanding, but I think I did all right. I ran a plank over it and it seems good to go.

Then I  plaked the stair wells on the lower deck and blacked out were the grate goes. On to the gun deck. It went on really easy, time to start  decking.

 I only have  done a two but patterns on all my other ships. This calls for a 5 butt patten. I was lost, had to give a shout out to @Landlubber Mike to ask for help. He directed me to a thread and the light switch  went on.  Thank you so much Mike.

Peice of cake, 1,3,5,2,4

That all all I got to rember lol. I drew it out on the deck ,adjusting for errors  and making sure I started right I started

Then I made up a cannon carriage, painted it  and put the kit supplied  cannon on. Way to big. So I am getting  new one's. As far as the carriage  goes  I think they will be OK, if I can put them together  with out breaking them, they are very tiny. 

So This is how far I got on the deck, I gave it a quick coat of shellac, it will look better when it's all done 

   I think I will do as much decking as I can, then put the gunstrips on, and move on to the frist planking before I do any more to the deck. We will see. That it for now.            

Bob M.

Congratulations,  well done. You really put a lot of amazing details on this ship, a pleasure to look at. Thanks for posting it.    

Some nice work my friend.  Bad back an all ,mine is bad as well lol. But we keep on modeling lol . Looking forward to more progress.   

Yet another  amazing display of talent. Nicey done, and we get to watch the insertion on ytube, I watch every one lol.

 Great work my,       

 Two adult size beavages of your choice are in order, amazing.

Wow your over half done the planks. If it's  coming away from the strong back,  that means it's not sticking to it,  which is a good sign I think . Keep the rope handy lol.  A couple more planks , then they get tricky, lol   

 Hello, I just found out my cannons are to big, they look really big. So I was wondering if someone could tell me what the right size for the Pegasus, 1:64 scale Then I will order 16. Thanks.     

This is Pegasus all put away in the top 3 shelfs ,   all the planks are on the rack behind the super D cup, ready for planking lol.

  Yes most diffinly  going to order new cannons but what size is right.

 This is a cannon from the kit on a carriage, it does look to big, the bottom one is from an Astrolabe model that I have but can't tell you what size it is. More research  lol.

Well I glued the bulk heads and the plank termination patterns  on the bow, it went together well.  Now just going to let it dry over night , then  bevel the bulk heads. After all the sanding is done I will attach the keel parts, then move on to planking the main deck.

 If anyone  could tell me what size of cannons, I should order that would be great.  Thanks 

   PS. Don't forget to donate to MSW. 

Thank you very much everyone 😊.  I took my Nina upstairs to join the fleet, wow I was overwhelmed.  I looked at those 3 ships and  said to myself "thank you MSN and NRG". I am still having the time of my life  with this hobby. 

 The Nina was a fun model to put together,  and easier to put together.  I know it's  because of MSW, it's  here where we learn to build. So many talented people and amazing build.

  Some last pictures of the fleet,  then @Landlubber Mike dust off the   your Pegasus  and let the good times roll lol 😆.  I started my Pegasus log today lol.

So we put the case back on for now , the next time I will take it off is for the Mayflower, and who knows  when I will finish her. The Pegasus will get it's own special case.

So long my friends  and thanks again. Sea  you soon lol 😆           

Today I was supposed to go to work but it was raining, so I decided to do a kit opening  page for my new log, the Pegasus. 

The contents of the kit look really good, as I put things away , and get ready to build. My keel is made of plywood, not mdf. Must be an older kit, I assume.  I dont know much about the Pegasus,  but she sank in Canada in 1777, a little over a year after she was launched. 

 So putting things away, the keel fell out of the box, lol, so I decided  to make the temporary stand, and dry fit everything.  It went together really well. It does come with a lot of plans and books of understandable instructions. 

I dry fitted  all the bulkheads and got all the keel parts ready.  

So tomorrow, I will start glueing and beveling the bulkheads, and also the four pairs of plank termination patterns. Then I will see what I need to do next. It is so helpful to know that if I run into problems, this is the place to be to get all the help I need here.

Thanks so much for watching.  Take care my friends. 

Bob M.

That looks like a lot of fun time, nicely done,  and amazing work.         Congratulations .

Amazing work my friend.      

Yes my friends,  I am going to mark this one Finished . It was lots of fun.

 I made the sail  and curved them , the main sail had a bit to much curve but it straighten out once hung.

The rigging went well, I still need to learn how to tie Knotts but I am getting there. 

So here is my Nina, all done ready for the display case.  But I will take some more pictures for the gallery, later.

  So I  guess that's all folks, thank you for looking, commenting  and likes.

    Time to thank MSW and the NRG for letting me hang around, while I try to learn how to build ship. This, for me is a valuable asset, worth donating to.  I don't think there is a better place to be than right here,  so many people to thank, I think I am a modeler forever  lol.

I can't belive how much fun this is

So with  my 3 Columbus ships Finished, it's time for me to build my big one, Pegasus,  I had it for awhile but was afraid to start it. But now I am not. It will be my next build, but I have some other work I need to catch up on. Then I will start the Pegasus.  Wish me luck lol 😆 

 Some  final pictures,  stay safe my friends. 

     Bob M.