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  1. Barbossa
    I meant complain instead of comply, sorry
  2. Barbossa
    A warm thank you for your fast reply. To answer the question : more the latter, the idea is to submit a 3d drawing to a company nearby home. So the company will procede to the manufactoring using a 3D printer I'd like to tell the whole story : for the purpose of my semi scratch project I ordered the necessary sets of guns ( in brass ) + carriage 2 years ago As I reached the moment to procede the assembling, I noticed a difference : some gun barrels ( Caldercraft) were from an older making. Thus I had 2 different types of 18lb guns, for which I can not settle. And I'm afraid it is far too late to comply about the matter. I could also submit one brass gun to the same company for a scan = intake cost was 200 Euro for the scan....ahemm ahemm.... Submit a 3D drawing seems much cheaper. That's the story. What lesson did I learn ? whenever you purchase any goods, always check the moment of the delivery.
  3. Barbossa
    Just asking. As I did not find my way in "Thingiverse", I was wondering if it were possible to obtain a 3d drawing of an 18 pdr gun at 1/64 scale ( no Royal Navy or any other insigna's required), the gun barrel only. If someone could point me out where I could find such drawing would already help me a lot. Anticipated thanks.
  4. Barbossa
    I don't think so Patrick. I'm afraid that poor bird is frustrated as the crewmembers hamstered all the toiletpaper. 😄 Serious : Wonderful work.
  5. Barbossa
    Finished deck planking and gratings. The latter were purchased. Why am I thinking about Belgian Waffles ? Many French ships seem to have this characteristic : darker (sometimes black) strips are embedded inside the deck planking. Although I can only guess the purpose, I copied the idea as it is pleasing to the eye. As a matter of exercise, planks were a bit tapered towards the bow. I'm planning to implement this on the forecastle, according to plan. Put her alongside HMS Diana, from which I removed the dust. Regarding this matter, a solution is in the making (it's about time, shame on me). The photo is deceiving : HMS Diana is not that smaller, in real.
  6. Barbossa
    Wonderful work. About the seizings : the eternal debate between historical accuracy and aesthetics, I'm afraid. I'd settle for the white approach : superb contrast. Probably, you are aware or perhaps other members already drew your attention whenever it comes to the ratlines : it's recommendable to progress with an interval of 5 positions and later on fill up the gaps to avoid any deformation.
  7. Barbossa
    How impressive can this be ? Same ship, same plans. One major difference in soccer terminology : I'm amateur but this is Champions League.
  8. Barbossa
    Wonderful, you definitely deserved that glass of red wine ! Cheers !
  9. Barbossa
    The false keel's warping & twisting is an issue that many of us already have encountered. Therefore I'd like to submit a question to all members reading this : as the bulkheads require some bevelling, can the load of bevelling, be it on the port or starboard side, partially compensate the problem ? Although caution is required, is it worth a try ? It's just an idea.
  10. Barbossa
    Welkom, BranPie. Always nice to welcome a fellow-Belgian-citizen. As Louie mentioned : starting a buildlog is the best thing to do.
  11. Barbossa
    Hello, Just a small update: still working on the stern + some preparations related to quarterdeck galleries, but that's for later. The lower decoration strip is brass (no scratch building involved here). Purchased this item by Cornwall Boats. Other strips are more or less selfmade. It's a combination of 2 styrene-strips : one halfround 1,5 mm glued upon 1x3 mm strip. Rather than wood, just felt more comfortable with this option. One disadvantage : cyano-glue is mandatory if you want to fix styrene items. It can be messy. Next step : deck planking, perhaps ? Don't you worry about planking under the waterline : this area is to be covered with copper tiles anyway. Cheers, and a coronafree X-mas to you all.
  12. Barbossa
    Puik werk, Sjors ( Well done) A nice incentive as The Flirts & Speedies are shifting my interest towards building smaller ships (once my project is finished in whatever which era)
  13. Barbossa
    Fantastic ! Aside the very high quality, it appears you are working at the speed of light . How do you cope ?
  14. Barbossa
    Hats off. Notwithstanding the 1/110 scale . Any chance for adding some Tahitian girls in your diorama 😜 ?
  15. Barbossa
    You're welcome, Jason. The colors are a bit of a lucky shot. Applying some coats of (water-)dilluted PVA-glue made painting of the windowframes redundant. The arch above the windows = same story. This is a decorative thread which I firmed up with cyano glue and guess what's happened ? A nice looking brown which was pretty close to a warm (woodish) color. Talking about woodish effect : for painting purposes I often use AV New Wood 311. For the pillars, the Artesiana Latina scrapping tool is an object of necessity. The grey paper behind the windows was the only option left because obtaining a real window effect was far beyond my skills. Regarding to the latter I'm giving it some thought using the same technique for the sternlamp.
  16. Barbossa
    Hi, At last some progress. Mark, your remark refering to the stern shifted priorities. As the stern at both extremities dictates the position of the quarterdeckgalleries, why not seize the stern gallery? Well, after quite some trouble, hesitation, different approaches, here it is. Still some finishing required, not perfect and most of all, not by the book but I an settle with it.
  17. Barbossa
    What a lovely lamp. The addition of talent, tools and most of all lot's of dedication and you get another stunning B.E. buildlog. No further rocket science involved, here.
  18. Barbossa
    From easthetical point of view and given te scale ( 1/110) just wonderful ! Historical accurate ? I have no clue ... you know the saying : Never let the truth go away with a good story.
  19. Barbossa
    Glad you're back with us, Chris Looking forward to see more pics
  20. Barbossa
    Good morning Mark, You certainly have a point there. Indeed, the installation of the quarterdeck will involve some awkward curves that might jeopardize this. Although the frames are made of 2 x 2 paper strips ( see first pic , the lightbrown one ) and received a coat of water diluted PVA glue, I can still bend them a bit but they still have a minimal strength. But if my understanding is correct, the addition of the frames inside the solid quarterdeck piece , a full plastic piece and black paper behind the plastic might cause some troubles. In previous attempts, I made some incisions in the quarterdeck piece : this allowed an easy installation. Convenient detail : a decoration covers the place where the incision is to come ( between the windows ). By consequence, I'll fix separate plastic + black paper behind each separate window. My assumption is that the stern will cause less trouble, on the other hand : there's 7 windows to realize. But as mentioned regarding the Q'deck windows : I'll produce more than necessary and make a selection afterwards. It's fun !
  21. Barbossa
    Hello, You're welcome Sjors. the moreover : You have been missed. Thanks for looking in B.E. : even if this project were to fail, I'm happy I got this far. Still, this is a semi scratch build : gunnery and other stuff were purchased straight from the market. Back to the windows and dare I say we have a breaktrough ? Before I was trying to resolve this problem and go the "plastic way", I made an attempt by using enveloppe-paper. Because -perhaps- no painting was required. I sincerely hope you notice the difference. The process is quite simple : cut small strips and fix them one above and across another, then repeat this action. End of story. I'm planning to realise more items than necessary, so I can pick out the better ones
  22. Barbossa
    Another impressive achievement, sincere congrats. If I may : what's the next project ?
  23. Barbossa
    Hi, Among the stern& quarterdeckgalleries, windows are a challenging detail at which I have been struggling quite a bit, lately Tried different approaches and attemps ( see first pic), but last pic shows my best shot so far and until now. Although the appearance seems rather a prison bar than a window frame . The material is light card that received several coats of dilluted PVA-glue for reasons of strength. This was a necessary preacaution as you may notice in the penultimate photo : one arm was slightly warped while sanding. I'd like to give it another try by using smaller card strips but I'm anxious to avoid any warping. All feedback is welcome.
  24. Barbossa
    What a wonderful and interesting build (as always). Thanks for sharing the historical context. So inspiring as it shifts my attention towards the "smaller" ships. And I'm very aware I'm unfair by using the term smaller.
  25. Barbossa
    Hello Ondras, Received loud and clear 🙂 So let's order some maple strips this evening.

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