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    Hi my friends thx a lot for your compliments... It makes a lot of fun to do this boat. It is like the little sister of my Caroline Still have to make the oars and the decorations (there is a photo-etched sinus-line within the kit). Think I will finish the boat up to the weekend. Then the first construction phase will be done and the masts can be build. Cheerio Max
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    Hi schnu, thx... yes, the boat Comes quite nice The Proxxon tool is a vice (Schraubstock) Cheerio Max
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    Hello all my friends my boat grows up every hour Just a Little update to Show you the Progress. The first pic Shows my way to bend the railings. I think tomorrow I can end the boat-building era Cheerio Max
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    Thx Tom... yes, it is tricky to get all done and in the right shape. But it makes fun too. I never thought that a BOAT can be double-planked...but it works. I use the 0.5mm thin strips from the kit for the first planking and a 0.5mm thin nut-strip from the after-sales-market. Its better than the strips featured with the kit. At least when the semigloss colorless varnish is on the surface it will give a very warm and natural impression. BTW - all the building is pure fun and relaxation. Cheerio my friend Max
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    Hi ffolks... back from vacation I started to continue the work on the boat. It is a double-planked POB-boat, about 13 centimeters Long. I attached some pics to Show the Progress and the Status at the Moment. Still a lot to do, but it becomes ist shape more and more. Thank you for your Attention Cheerio Max
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    Hi Sjors, I come along with all the others and admit: what a perfect ship and what an amazing fleet Best wishes Max
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    Oooops... didnt work proper... so I have additional pics in a new post Cheerio Max
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    Hello my friends, I am in vacation again - so there is no update for my Royal Caroline. We stay at the region between Hamburg and Cuxhaven - close to the river Elbe, where all the big vessels roll on to Hamburg port. So you can imagine where I am most of the time Its a very nice time although the weather is not to bright - but its november... so what? I went along to the Nord-Ostsee-Kanal, a canal about 100 yrs old that connects the North Sea near Cuxhaven with the Baltic Sea near Kiel. It is a important water traffic route with a lot of photographic motives. I attached a few pics. And I visited the Germann Naval Museum in Bremerhaven... WOW... I knew about the qualitiy of museum models... But when you see them... well... respect. The work on my Royal Caroline will go on next week... Wish you all the very best Cheerio Max
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    Hey Joe you are doing a beautiful and perfect work on your model. I think it is a challenge - but satisfying - when you got the AOTS and then you want to come as close as possible. I bought me the AOTS Endeavour and will try to improve my build. It is not yet time for the bark as I am still thinking about what kit to buy. At the moment the Caldercraft kit is my favorite. EDndeavour could be the next or the following project. Depends if I get a Derfflinger... Best wishes and compliments to you Cheerio Max
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    Hi Matti, I agree: One project at one time is also my thing. I cannot focus on two or even more different models. I give full attention to one build - and this as long as it gets done. Best wishes Cheerio Max
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    Hi David very very well done build on the Victory. And I like the case too... I got one just with acrylic glass and no wooden bars. I admit that your case looks very much better. For my Caroline I think I will also look for this kind of case... Cheerio my friend Max
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    Cheerio mates and friends and modellers today it is time for a update with some pics. At least I have finished the hull right now. I have to spray some colorless semigloss varnish onto the surface, but this is a work to be done soon. You will probably miss the anchors and the lamps - but both are to be installed to the very end of the build - before the flags The boat and the masts are now to be done. I started this log almost six month ago - and I really spent a lot of time in my shipyard (you can ask the Admiral ). But there was not one single minute of boredom around. I love the ship and I love to improve my techniques and to increase my expierence. So please enjoy the pics and dont hesitate to comment what you see. Cheerio Max
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    Hi Andy great idea with the windows - really. Seems to have a very close to the reality-Impression. Looking forward to see the windows installed. Cheerio Max
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    Hi Chris, welcome aboard The Half Moon was my first build too. I enjoyed the about 5 mths to build her up. Cheerio Max
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    Hi all... thx my friends for your likes and your kind comments. Indeed I myself am quite pleased with the result so far. Today I have re-done some of the guns rigging as I was not satisfied with it - it was for three cannons. Now they all look quite good. I am grateful for all the hints I found on MSW forums to create a correct rigging as Panart does not provide a rigging plan for the cannons. But I had to do it as in a scale of 1:47 there HAS TO BE a rinning. Now that I am ready I think I should have used 2mm-blocks instead of 3mm (as I did). But there are no 2mm-double-hole-blocks. Its a compromise, but I think it is ok. Now the next steps are the rest of all the decks furniture as stairways, belaying pin-boards etc. Then I will try to find a way to fit the chainplates and teh dead-eyes. When this all is finished I will cover the entire hull and deck with semigloss lacquer. Then I have to build the boat, and after this the work with masts, yards and rigging will start. CU soon, pics will follow when I have done the chainplates Cheerio Max
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    Hi Denis good progress and great work. We can already see the model grow up. The pictures give an good impression of how the RW will come along next (?) year... Cheerio and good luck Max
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    Hi Joe, thats so much correc t what you say. I do not think that I will build a scratch model. But to know how to improve a kit or to do things better than the kit makes it possible is great. So you can come much closer to the original... Thats what I think about it Cheerio Max
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    Hi all my mates and friends Ist time for a update. I did the cannon rigging completely, but I think I will have to redo some of them guns. I am not satisfied with all rigging so perhaps two or three ropes well be renewed. But all in all I say - for the first time with no instructions within the instruction sheet in the kit it Looks quite good. Thew next time I have some expierence and can avoid mistakes that happend now. Next will be to install the stairs to the foredeck, the pumps and to cover the hull with semi-gloss lacquer. With my first build, the Half Moon, I use ordinary stuff from the DIY-market and was very very satisfied. So I will not Change the procedure for the Caroline. This I will do agftere the Weekend ( I will spend my weekend with my father in Switzerland). CU all - and as always: Comments are welcome. Thx to all for all the fantastic "likes" I get :D Cheerio Max
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    Hi... I agree completely. When I did my first model, the Half Moon, I wanted to be as exact as possible. So I tried various methods to get them ratline in a line. At least I did it also just by eye - and was not dissapointed by the result. And yes - its some kind of medidation Cheerio Max
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    Hi Denis, this tool-Thing sounds quite perfect. Do you have any link to the machine? I dont know if in Germany any similar tool can be found, bit with a Picture or description I can perhaps find a way. I am always a Little bit angry when the cuts dont get into a real perfect shape... Thx Cheerio Max
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    Very nice work Mike - Chapeau. You should spend her a case to prevent the beauty from dirty old ugly dust Cheerio Max
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    Hi schnu looks perfect Thx a lot Max
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    Hi my friends... today "something completely different" (although I am neither Monty nor Python) I bought two figures for my RC - perhaps you know them well, they are from Amati, 35 mm, fitting quite good for the 1/47 scale. Its a officer and a master (?), the offiver with a proper uniform and a hat, the other one with some kind of pants and shirt. Does anyone know where I can find a correct color pattern for the figures? You know the time is about 1750... Thx for your help Cheerio Max
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    Hi Joe, I fully agree with you: Autumn is my favorite season - although it is not as spectacular in Germany as it is at the Eastcoast of the US (who does not know the great Pictures of the famous Indian Summer...) But it is a perfect time for hiking, to go out with the Dogs, to relax and to prepare for the dark and Grey winter coming soon... Have a nice time Cheerio Max
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    Hi Matti... all the mates said it before: A GREAT Job on the Wasa so far. The planking and now the ratlines - you are a master of this work. And I really love the Kind of photography you do on your ship. The natural light gives he hull a more realistic view than any artifical light can do. Cheerio my friend Max

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