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  1. fnick
    Hi Mike That's a lovely first layer of planking! Have a good Christmas! Nick
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    Hi Sjors Good to see you back in the shipyard! You know what they say fifth time lucky!😋 Happy Christmas to Anja and you! Nick
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    Wonderful Doris, simply wonderful! Nick
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    Morning everyone Small amount of progress. First cannon build. Got a smaller one to do and I can start drilling the round gunnports. The barrel was already as shown above but I used birchwood brass blacken on the trunnion. Worked really well. Quick and easy to use ( I have no affiliation with the company by the way). Gun lines up pretty well with the existing gun port. Phew! 😀 Thanks for visiting Nick
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    Is it worth mentioning this to Daniel Dusek as he is redoing the Royal Louis in not too long? Just in case he hasn't picked up on it.
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    Good fix Ulises. You do wonder whether kit manufacturers build their own models sometimes!🙄 Nick
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    Lovely work Ulises. Your served rope especially is excellent! Nick
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    Thank you very much for the kind comments! That's one of the main reasons I chose this model, "painting with wood" as someone else put so well. I'm glad the oil has deepened the colour of the wood. Personally I think that this tones down a bit the gold from the columns (and the rest of the decorations to come). I don't mind at all! Nick
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    Evening all In today's episode of "Pimp my Ship"... OK nothing that exciting I'm afraid. But I do have the first lot of gold columns supporting the handrails done. Nice to start adding a bit of detail! Next up I need to build a couple of the deck guns (two different sizes) as some round gun ports need to be drilled on the sides and I want to make sure I get the height right! As always thanks for visiting. Nick
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    Really nice! More pics please! Nick
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    Stunning work Doris. You're going to have to replace the like button. I think it's worn out! Nick
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    I'd order it now. Just to make sure you get it in time for Xmas... Nick
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    Very jealous of you Mike. Stunning location. Even the wooden parquet floor looks impressive! 😄 Also very interesting observations made. Thanks for sharing them
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    Hi Ulises Good choice painting the masts. Ties it all together. She's looking quite majestic! Nick
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    hi David A pe enhanced Titanic is definitely, well hopefully! 😀 on the bucket build list so following this one closely. Looking good. Nick
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    completely forgotten I'd taken this one too. Quite like the contrast.
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    Afternoon all I've started applying a coat of Danish oil. Here's a before on one side and after on the other! 😁. Bit of a difference as you can see! I'm sure I'll get used to it. Before... and after... Both pictures were taken in the same lighting conditions. Maybe a tad darker than I was expecting but still very pleased as to how it's slowly coming together. Thanks for looking Nick
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    Looking good. Good luck with the recovery.hope it's quick!
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    Hi all Thank you for the likes and comments. I've updated the post about the saw with my initial thoughts (link kindly provided by Russ. Thanks saved me a job!) Yes the saw is scary but I can see it is easy to become complacent or forget. That's why I've put a list of dos and donts on the saw itself in red so I've got no excuse! 😉 (think you can just about make the words out in the photo above). All common sense stuff but doesnt hurt to make sure! Nick
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    Hi all At first impressions I'm very pleased with this saw. The cut is clean with only a very small amount of fluff for lack of a better word on the edge of the cut. Nothing that cant be cleaned up with a swipe of a file. This is not a criticism just an observation. I'm not sure how accurate you can get the cut width with just the fence ruler so I made a initial cut, measured it with digital calipers and adjusted the fence as necessary. The saw is small and easily portable. I've screwed it to a bit of wood that I can clamp to my workbench so setup and removal is quick. I've only done small cuts with this so should not been seen as a proper review! for example I've not done a long cut to see if the fence is truly parallel to the blade. But all in all so far so good. Nick
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    Morning all I now have a table saw! 😀😁 Wow the difference. Would have taken me 30min to cut 3 or 4 handrail supports,file them.all 50 odd I needed done in 10min with a far superior finish. ,£120 very well spent! So handrails are nearly all installed as shown below. And chamfered Remaining handrails are made with golden columns. All I need to do is get rid of a few remaining superglue spots and it's time for a coat of Danish oil. I won't do the deck yet. Thanks for looking. Nick
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    So she should be. That is one fine looking hull. Much better than my first attempt!😄. Well done Daria! Nick
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    Have a vacuum cleaner spare in the garage where my workbench is so will rig that up when needed. Will take my time to learn how to handle this beast. I like having my fingers connected to my hands!🙂
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    Thanks for the advice all. Much appreciated
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    Yes going to be very careful with it. Thinking of taping a safety checklist to the front just to make sure. Then I have no excuse! Nick

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