Adrieke

John nice work

did you have a look in the plastic containers. in my kit there where a few short pieces of the ramin ther efor the steps

wel he came out with his guns blazing on that one

lol Sjors

sorry but i have just too much on with the rest of th ebuilds . it will have to wait

i did work on cleaning up the workbench

here all empty :

attached the light magnifying glass in the middle so i can reach most of the workbench if needed

storage containers with parts, tools all on the shelves

and here is everything back on . in the corner behind the endeavour you can just see th estage coach and the mini golden hind next to it

to compare if you look good yo see a plastic mat wiht flowers on it. thats basicaly how much room i had before the big cleanup

all the boxes are stacked nicely on the shelves

now i just need to keep it that clean so i have plenty of room to work

if you are dedicated you can finish any ship. there are plenty of buildlogs on here for the Syren so should you get stuck there are plenty of people to help you

hi Yves

it would be easy to just search it on the internet. in this case as far i can see that is the only kit for the Mayflower on that scale

you are right John. i l be glad to have them fitted its been a very long way to get here

the planking is mostly done except above the windows.

no more excuses now i ll have to make the windows

just to let you know i am tryin gthis model out

not sure how it wil end up but i am giving it a try

its a good solution. one i might have to opt for too

the redecoration wil have to wait till this weekend

working on 3 ships at the same time with 2 others on hold and a stage coach. i think its goign to be too much and i ll finish nothing

oh and for the fun of it i also started the San Salvador in paper.

yup i am nuts

no worries Anja

i love how all the differnt coloured pieces fit together

he must have been preparing his breakfast when he posted that

lol i ll be showing my wife this so i cna say . see they made me do it

it did make me think and i have reshuffled some stuff around to create more room on the workbench

every other week i get all tools and stuff and put them neatly but in no time its messy again and so crowded i can hardly work or have to look for the tool i need for ages

i think i already foudn a spot for the TV. Dont want to get rid of it as i do like to watch tennis,F1 , V8 its just that right now everythign ios stacked in front of it

thanks Anja

sorry Robbyn always seem to forget to include links

thanks for the commetns John and WIm

today more of the same . i am running out of windows so i ll finaly have to finish them

after some googling i found this one offered on the website of the maritime museum of San Diego

they have 2 versions : advanced and medium difficulty

i think this would be a great idea to try it out without it costing much

all you need is some photo paper and some card stock

hmm you know if i can find some room on the shelves to store the connie and put the tv somewhere else (although i hardly ever watch it these days) i d have enough space to put both the endeavour and the gorch fock on there

you know Sjors if you had started the rigging and you  get too frustrated you can go back to those things you havent done yet . that would give you a bit of variety. now you have to do it all together.

i havent done any real rigging but i think id actualy enjoy it. just tying knots and not having to think soulds goot to me.

a while back when painting the canons for the uss connie . i was at for 4 hours straight wihtout realising

haha i am sure if i had the room i would

have searched for history of this vessel and will post it later. translation of instructions is going well .

the hobbystore has received my email with the missing parts and are assessing it and wil contact me when done to let me know whats happening

slowly getting there

all the windows on one side are now repositioned . i will wait to add the shutters till i have installed the doors and added the holes for the railing construction

thanks for the links Bill

yup i think all the kits have the same funny picture. good quality control isnt it

not sure how you are going to proceed but this is what i would do. fix up the stateroom glue it all back on the deck and the ventilation openings .

wet the ventilation windows dowels at the bottom and clamp it down so that you get a bit of bend in it aftyer drying

the ventilation windows assembly has some wood parts to hold her in place. place a strip of 1 mm of wood on the bottom of it.

then when yuo glue her in place you need to push in a bit before it clicks in place and she should the curve  nicely

its something i am goign to try (without glue) so i cna remove the top part i f necessary to fix the lights