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It`s been very fascinating to watch your weathering techniques!   Congratulations on a job well done & thanks for sharing.

Mark

Yep - didn`t even notice until after I posted

Mark 

Hi Frank - the carronades are indeed cast.  They are pretty well done with little or no mold lines.  The carriage" wheels" are a little wonky, but can hardly be seen once painted black.  There are no pictures or instructions on how any of the cannon or carronade carriages are to be assembled, so I am just winging it from pictures elsewhere in the forum & past experience.  Also not real happy about the coarse grain on some of the deck fittings, but it doesn`t  look that bad in person & won`t be noticeable once all the rigging is done.  The camera is very unforgiving!

Mark

Hi everyone - still working on the cannons.  One note about that ladder - the bottom of it is supposed to sit on the coaming of the grating down below, but if I did that, the treads would not be anywhere near level, so I will leave it as is.  Once the poop deck is in place, it`s near impossible to see the lower end anyway.  Seems that Model Shipways just provided generic ladder kits - the grooves for the treads are not angled nearly enough

I thought I may as well build the carronades for the poop deck

Also, taking a break from the cannons to build some of the upper deck fittings

The cannons are going really slow due to rigging those tiny blocks.

Thanks for looking in.

Mark

Birchwood Casey makes an aluminum black.  It can be found at a gun shop or a Bass Pro Shop.

Mark

Hi all - been working on the cannons for the upper decks.  First off,the carriages were supplied as 3mm thick - way to thick,so I thinned them down to 2mm.  The carriage beds were cut as a straight rectangle, so I sanded them down to be narrower at the front.  Next, the trucks were only 3mm in diameter - made the carriages look like one of those cars with a space saver spare you see sometimes - so I got some 4mm ones from Model Expo - much nicer.    The cannons were painted satin black & the breech ropes were added.  The trunnion caps are simply black cartridge paper.  These carriages are way too small to show a proper clasp, so I just added some small black nails to them.  They are somewhat flat because the trunnions were way to small in diameter for the cut-outs in the carriages.  The tackles will added when I get some more blocks from Syren.  This is also a test of my new iphone camera - seems much better than my old stand alone camera!

Mark

How about leaving the damage & claim it hit a flock of birds?   You could even paint some blood smears on it!

Mark

Thanks for the kind words.  You are doing a fine job with this kit - I was able to cover much of the plywood edges with gobs of paint,but even with that it would have been nice to have plywood that didn`t fall apart just by looking at it!

Mark

Not a lot to show,but the inner bulwarks were planked & painted along with adding the columns on the bulkhead,which can barely be seen after the poop deck is added.  I left a notch in the bulwark planking for the forward-most poop deck beam to sit on.  The bulwark planks were pre-painted to avoid making a mess of the deck.

Mark

Aah - a good old muscle car.   Makes me think about the 428CJ  Mustang I had back then - a real brute.   Not particularly great on a road course,but went really good in a straight line!

Mark

Nothing wrong with spacing it out as long as you have a safe place to store all the sub-assemblies & can remember where you left off.   I tend to lose my train of thought if I put things aside for too long,but that`s just me.

Mark

Hi Sean - I have built the Royal William & the bulkheads & other structural parts were laser cut,which would indicate I built a newer version.  However,even at that ,many of the other parts needed to be scratch built  or shaped from the supplied timber.   This kit is a major undertaking & I would not recommend it to someone who has only built one kit.   Having said that,I wish you the best if you decide to go ahead with it.  I don`t know about the older kits,but the cast decorations in mine were excellent & the dowels were not pre-tapered.  The kit contains only very sparse instructions,but the plan sheets are outstanding.  The Euromodel website has much more detailed instructions written by a fellow modeler & member of Model Ship World.   His name is Peter Coward & goes by the name of pirate pete007.  You may want to contact him using the personal message function for more detailed info.  It does build into a real beauty if you have plenty of time & patience!

Mark 

Thanks Frank

Mark

Thanks guys - I was going to use an even smaller bit,but a #78 was the smallest my pin vise would grip tightly.  Also,some of the planks did not fit together as tightly as I wanted due to some of them having rough or splintery edges.  Spent a lot of time sanding the edges,but that was a little difficult to do with the planks being only 3mm wide.

Mark

Another little update - the upper deck is now planked.  I used a pencil on the edges of the planks to darken them,then a #78 drill bit was used to make a small indentation to simulate treenails.  The deck was then scraped & sanded & a coat of poly applied.  The treenails can`t be seen at arm`s length,but show in the close-up - just what I was aiming for.

Mark

Looks really good!

Mark

Yes,it is frustrating,considering the price & size of the kit.   You are making a good go of it,though!  It tested my patience more than once.

Mark

Just one last word about the Lotus. We used to have one come into the Toyota dealership where I worked - it had a 4 cyl. Toyota engine in it!

Mark 

Another beauty - I like it!

Mark

Thanks O.C.

Mark

Congratulations on a nice looking ship!

Mark

Yep,it`s all going together pretty well.   I should be further along than I am - just taking my time trying not to mess anything up.   Speaking of messing things up,I just noticed I didn`t make the mouldings on the upper part of the hull properly - they should have a profile instead of being just flat planks.  It`s pointed out on the plan sheet with the paint schemes,so I guess I can chalk it up to not paying enough attention to the plans.   It would have been much easier to have seen that if it was put on the main hull profile plan sheet,though.  The good thing is,it`s hardly noticeable with that area painted black along with the chain wales & shrouds covering most of it eventually.

Mark

Hi - not a lot to show this time.  The upper false deck has been glued in place along with the beams & marked off for a 4 butt shift for the planking.  The screen bulkhead was also assembled & glued in place.  The instructions say to add the margin planks next,but they are not shown on the plans so I will just add them as I see fit.  The columns on the bulkhead will be added after the deck is planked.   I had to file a small notch in the second beam from the front to clear the capstan,which was a touch high after adding the platform under it - won`t be seen after the ship`s boats are in place.

Mark

WOW - belongs in a museum.  

Mark

12 hours ago, CDW said:

 

Were the Saab's from the 70's? I remember back then when they had some real fans of them, but they were one of those cars you didn't see around very often, an odd-ball. There were a couple of families I went to church with who owned Saab's. If I remember correctly, they had an odd number of cylinders, not 4, 6, or 8. I heard people rave about their crash test safety ratings.

They had some early models that had a 2 cycle engine,but that was before my time.  I was referring to cars from the late 70`s into the 80`s (the 900 series).   Everything I worked on during that time period had a 4 cylinder engine - many of them turbocharged.   I worked on them from the early 80`s until 2013 & only saw two 4 cyl. engine failures.    In the mid-90`s GM decided to put a poorly designed V6 in many of them - bad decision!   

Mark