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I'm sure that the enterprising model-maker can add the names by hand. It would certainly look more authentic!

Unlike the photos (post #70), ship-based trucks would not have had iron tyres/tires! Only land-based guns were so shod. Metal would have quickly wrecked the decks.

Very  nice, Dafi. However, the guns I've seen that were fitted with locks had their mounting holes offset on the right edge of the pan (the rectangular raised area that the vent hole was bored through) as seen from the breech end. The gunlock was mounted there with two thumbscrews.

Early gunlocks were experimented with in the late 1720's by the French and were in general use by the British by the late 1780's (Caruana).

The slipway at Bucklers Hard has been archaeologically excavated and an article on BBC News posted:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0qll3j0evyo

Whenever I see a posting by 'Dafi', I know it will be interesting! Both this and the one on boat outfitting today are very interesting.

I believe that SeaWatch is working on these volumes.

Very nice sheaved and pinned blocks, Giampiero! What specie of wood are you using?

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Ambitious, but will be fun to fit those pieces!

Great news! Delighted to hear this.

re boarding nets: see conversation on the re-assessment of the 1637 Sovereign of the Seas.

Well done, Matt! A very nice result.

The window reworking was a really good 'save'! Well done. Compound curved balustrades are a real challenge that you met too.

It is unfortunate that the kits do not have a better quality of line. Getting 'real' rope is a game changer!

Was that double ladderway really like that? It would be every opportunity for a bad accident to happen.

Otherwise, good progress.

At least focussing on the model may provide some distraction.

Sorry about the kidney stones, Rob - nasty. Lithotripsy, perhaps?

Coming along very nicely, PA. After the bow is framed, the square frames will be a walk in the park!

Top and butt was amore economic use and was more likely. Hooked joints were probably only used on larger ships of war for additional reinforcement. I think you would be safe with a (double) strake of top and butt and one strake of butt jointed planks. I'm sure variation occurred between shipyards. In this shipyard,  you are master shipwright!

An interesting solution to 'glazed' windows. Any difficulty with static and dust from milling on the plastic?

Shaping up beautifully, Mark!

Thanks for this morning smile, Ab! A wonderful way to recycle. Heer ter Velde is an original thinker.

Incredible detail and miniature metalwork!

At least you had a good reference with the grid of waterlines and buttock lines, as well as diagonals.

Much closer now! Distortion is a pain to eliminate....

Looks like serious distortion in the body plan that will need to be addressed.