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Padeen reacted to Ulises Victoria in Vasa by Ulises Victoria - FINISHED - Corel - Scale 1: 75 - Royal Ship
Thanks JanV. I was just about to reply to your mail, saying that I am rebuilding my Vasa Log. Since it is now way easier and faster to add photos in this new forum, I will be adding more photos than I had before. Gone are the days in which you had to select your photos in the order inverse you wanted to show.
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Padeen got a reaction from slagoon in Le Camaret by Padeen - FINISHED - Constructo - WOOD - 1:35 (first model)
Thank you Sarah,
Yes the windlass was provided with the kit; I only had to make a replacement for one of the small gears which was a very fragile metal casting. My only additions to the kit were the buoys and the flag...
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Padeen reacted to Neill in Seawatch Books outside of the US
Ordering three books helps reduce the cost. Whilst a Europe based distributor would be great if it saved money, the service from Seawatch and the quality of their books is well worth the price - I remember paying a small fortune in the 1970's for a volume of Boudroit's book on the 74 gun ship at the bookshop in Greenwich (sadly gone the way of Maritime Models which was opposite), that was then only available in french and I was buying it for the drawings. Taking inflation into account, Seawatch books are great value even with the shipping cost.
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Padeen got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Le Camaret by Padeen - FINISHED - Constructo - WOOD - 1:35 (first model)
18/03/2012
Well, I've not opened a bottle yet: maybe when I will have a case done for Le Camaret... And as I don't have a clear idea on how to rig the legs yet, I leave that for when I have a chance to go back to the seacoast (Remark 2013: not done yet...) and I give you a few more shots of my now finished model:
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(Remark 2013: more pics in the completed model gallery...)
24/02/2013
She does not have a case yet but she is now at my parents', having survived a three-hour train trip in an overcrowded wagon last Christmas with only one wound: a ring connecting the "upper gaff?" to the upper part of the mast broke. It was easily repaired with a new brass ring and she now stands proudly in my parents' bedroom waiting for me to come back and fetch her!
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Padeen got a reaction from j21896 in Le Camaret by Padeen - FINISHED - Constructo - WOOD - 1:35 (first model)
25/07/2011
The next victim was the windlass. No big difficulty even if I managed to break one of the gears while dry fitting it on the shaft . But the bowspritt roller being of no use at its intended location (no the right dimension for the bowspritt! ...but exactly the right diameter for the gear ) I drilled a hole in it and it made a suitable replacement for the lost part . As for the engine room, I used my blue chemics and acrylics to make everyone dark and metal shining! (The gear actually works! Yeah! I'll be able to move the anchor! )
And at the moment, I am trying to decipher the rigging instructions, that is to say plans and black&white pics: no instructions whatsoever as to how to rig! Either Constructo decided we did that since babyhood or they run out of paper for their booklet. Here are views of what I have been playing with this month: (this is O.K. ...)
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