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  1. puckotred
    I'm quite satisfied with the kit. I bought some lighter colored strips for the deck, but the rest of my kit has ok quality wood. All the plywood straight. My first model was from Caldercraft and the wood was so bad it almost ended the hobby for me... And the kits I built from Turkmodel/NCB are far worse. My DeAgostini Vasa is from Artesania Latina and is maybe equal of Nuestra. I'm also building "Terror", Occres latest kit and the that wood is better but the instructions are worse... But we'll se how I feel when I get to the galleries....
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    I was thinking the same... Or maybe make them "on demand"? I'd buy one... wink wink
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    Hi Mark, a great build!!! I'm also building this one, doing the first steps of the gunports atm. Have you had any thoughts about what to do about the stove? Instructions say to paint the bricks? I bought some ceramic bricks that should be in scale and build up the stove with them. Stiff tissue paper as mortar. At least the side that will be visible...
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    Sorry to disappoint you but I've parked the build until all of the parts has arrived. And even then I doubt I'll do more of the log, takes up too much time I can use on building... But I'll maybe post a pic now and again...
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    weflac, one of Lennart Petersson's books. "Rigging Period Fore and aft Craft" I suppose...
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    The drawing is shown here as different ways to strop blocks, not as how to rig...
  7. puckotred
    here you see a couple of ways to do it: hook and thimble, thimble and strap and thimble and thimble.
  8. puckotred
    For blocks I would buy here: http://clasicmodel.com/shop/index.php?route=common/home And rope here:http://www.modellbau-takelgarn.de/englisch/
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    I think that would be the way!
  10. puckotred
    Hi Chris, I doubt they upgraded the kit to double planking. A lot of other parts would have to be modified. Also, when I contacted NCB they knew nothing about the kit parts. Turkmodel answered quickly but they didn't think that parts that don't fit or where the wrong size was a problem.... And the damn ship is down here in the harbor so I don't understand how they could have got so much wrong in details I've had a look at their latest kit SKONAREN VEGA and quality has not gotten any better. Seems as Mariefred is their best kit and the one you should go for if you really must buy. I just got HMS Terror from Occre in Spain. This being a €99 kit it is way better than Bohuslän that cost me €285 Reputable resellers is not the same as reputable manufacturers Take care of your money
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    The NCB kits are manufactured by Turkmodel and IMO quality is not that high. I built the SS Bohuslän and was not happy with it. A couple of guys in Sweden come up with what ships to make into kits and let Turkmodel do the kit. I have built kits from Amati, Occre, Caldercraft, Euromodel Como and corel, NCB has lower quality than any of these I'm afraid. And customer care is zero...
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    Check these vids: One Two
  13. puckotred
    You can get them here: https://www.schiffsmodelle-shop.de/de/werkzeug/22246-planken-klemmen.html
  14. puckotred
    The Pegasus is very tempting for me. I would even swallow the shipment cost and horrible Swedish customs if you do this one...
  15. puckotred
    I'm still building, but have not found the time to update the log...
  16. puckotred
    I'd go for Proxxon. less noise, better quality.
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    I hate to be the partybreaker, (well not really) but I had a Dremel 3000 and the drill stand and in my opinion it's crap. The drill stand is too wobbly to do anything more than drill a hole in the general direction of where you want it. I sold them and got me a Proxxon MB 200 drill stand and 240/e. Much more precise. I believe one can get a Dremel adapter to the the MB 200...
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    Beautiful...
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    Thank you tasmanian and Clare I finished the lower part of the hull. I suspect that I switched two frames in the middle. You can see the "bump" on the left of the picture. Still got the upper part of the hull to plank. After that I'll fix the bump.
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    Thanks Antony Not as very fast. Have had many hours these days to build in peace...
  21. puckotred
    It felt like it took ages, but now the deck planking is done. (Well, it was done right after I took the photo) Now I can get underway with the hull: Then I decided to clean up the deck and use a little Tungoil: I think it turned out to be acceptable. Planking on this model is quite easy. (Witch is nice since I suck big time at this.) Almost no tapering necessary...
  22. puckotred
    Nothing too exciting, Just deck planking getting underway. It takes forever with all these grate openings on the deck. And the false deck is smaller than it should be, so I have to glue on extentions so I can lay the planks all the way out to the hull. Just want to be sure there's no empty spaces later on...
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    Looking great Don!!!
  24. puckotred
    Thanks Peter, Everthing is according to instructions apart from sequence. No arch sculptures yet...
  25. puckotred
    Nirvana and Peter: As I have worked there I know them, (or knew them, they just reorganized the consortium and though the existence of the ship is secured, she will never sail again.) but I have no room or tools to do a scratch build. And I can NOT afford The Falmouth, way out of my economic situation. But, I have a lot of other stuff to build I have now finished planking the stern The arching parts are too thick as you pointed out Peter, But it is layers of ply and hullplanks + the second layer planks. I could sand it thinner from the inside, but that's the ply layer that holds the first layer planks (and also I'm too lazy to do that ) and sanding on the outside would change the form of the hull. Hopefully the decorations will hide it a little. Sanding, paint and a shitload of decorations will probably hide the little gaps etc.

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