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marktiedens

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  1. Thanks David. I don`t recall doing any real carving. which parts are you referring to? If you mean the decorative scroll work,they are the castings from the kit - nice aren`t they. I did go a step further & opened up the stern windows & some of the scroll work on the stern & side galleries which were cast as solid pieces. I first drilled a hole in the section of the casting that I wanted to remove. Then I opened up the holes with a #11 exacto knife & really small files. The metal is just soft enough that it can be cut with a sharp blade. Not too difficult - just time consuming. The castings are made of a soft metal because many of them need to be bent & trimmed to fit.

     

    Mark

  2. Another small update - I decide to make the gangways that go between the forecastle & quarter decks. I made the base for the gangways from a leftover mahogany ply sheet that the false decks were removed from. Then I planked the top side with leftover deck planking strips & covered the outer edge with a 2x2mm strip. Then I made some support knees from some 2x12mm walnut strip & glued them in place. The gangways will not be glued in place until later - after the cannons underneath them are in place. At that time the bottom side will be painted red & hand rails added along with some steps to the quarterdeck. 

     

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    Mark

  3. Hi all - a little more progress has been made. The roughtree (hand) rails are now done. All 114 stanchions were cut,pinned & glued in place. The kit provided 2x5mm walnut strips for the railing,but it seemed a little too wide. So I narrowed them down to 2x4mm & made the curved ends with my old Aeropiccola plank bender. That company is no longer in business,so I am wondering why no one has tried to make one like it - it really works well.Then I made all the timberheads on the forecastle railing & pinned & glued them in place. Lastly,I made the sheaves that are at the fore & aft ends of the railings. The pulleys in the sheaves are small deadeyes filed flat to fit in the slots. A coat of poly was then applied to finish them off. I may work on the deck furniture next.

     

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    Thanks for looking in

     

    Mark

  4. Pete - it was just a lot of filing,test fitting,filing some more,test fitting. The hard part was holding onto the short pieces while I filed. I couldn`t hold these little pieces with pliers or they would get nicked & dented due to the softness of the metal. The cheek rails ended up a little lower than I would have liked due to a couple of factors - the wales are a little off & the metal parts for the rails are a little thicker than what the plans show. Using the small ovals to determine the spacing of the rails,the small differences in thickness from the plans added up to the cheek rails being a little low.I still think it looks ok,though.

     

    Thanks a bunch,Greg. I think Euromodel`s web site still has 20% off.

     

    Mark

  5. A little more progress - first thing I did was determine the best position for the figureheads,then pinned & glued them in place. Next,the middle & lower head rails were bent & cut to fit,painted,& glued in place.After that,I drilled the hawse holes & finished adding the bolsters. The upper cheek rails were then filed & shimmed to fit,painted,& glued in place. hard to see in the pictures,but a curved block was added to the underside of the cheek rail to allow for a more gentle curve to glue the decorations to. Next will be to add the bow decorations,lower cheek rails,& head rail support timbers. Thanks for looking in & all the likes.

     

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  6. I have built both the Mantua version,& the Caldercraft version - there is no comparison. The Caldercraft version is by far the best - 18 sheets of plans & good instructions with many illustrations. The wood is a little better than average for a kit & is CNC cut instead of laser cut so only a little sanding on the edges is all that is needed to clean them up - no laser char to deal with. Any wood parts that have edges showing are solid wood - not plywood. Lots of well done photo etch parts & crisply cast metal parts.It is more expensive than the other Victory kits on the market,but well worth it. The Mantua version could be made into a good model,though with a LOT of bashing. Or you could wait - Amati is supposed to be coming out with a Victory kit that is rumored to be the best yet.

     

    Mark

  7. Hi all - more work on the head rails, First thing I did was cut a notch out of the front edge of the bulwarks for the upper head rail top timber to sit in - right next to the cathead support. Forgot to take a picture for this post,but can be seen in my previous post #271 in the next to last picture. After fine tuning the shape of the upper head rail it was glued in place. I then built the bow grating - it needed to be put in place before the lower head rails were in place. The grating was then glued in place. The front section of the side decorations were then trimmed & glued in place.

     

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