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  1. Katsumoto
    Will the sails become stiff after applying the GAC 400? So you can model the sails in a specific form like the wind that blows into the sails?
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    **Itching - Stitching** Hi mates! The rigging continues, but I'm a bit frustrated about the AL drawings and the lack of explanation. They show only a picture about the rigging, but I have to figure out by myself where the lines goes to from A to B and how to make it work. I really struggle with it, but I'm hanging on and pushing forward into the right direction. So, from this moment on I focussed on the pre-fab sails. As I soaked them into tea earlier, I'm pretty satisfied with the overall colour. However, I think the SM deserves just a bit more on the quality of the sails. I think it will complement the model and so I choose to "upgrade" the pre-fab sails a bit so they look a bit better. So, the first sail as it is, soaked in tea... Time to pull the poor thing apart... Then put it back together... I do not have access to a sewing machine so I do this part by hand with needle and thread. And the result... 1 down, many to go. To bad all the small holes of the previous stitches are shown in the fabric, but I can't get them out... I'll guess I have to live with that... Until next time, Peter
  3. Katsumoto
    Very well organized sir! Good luck with this beauty and hopefully everthing is going better with your arm.
  4. Katsumoto
    This is a nice kit doh. Wood quality and metal party are excellent. The plans however are doubtable... good luck with this beauty. 🙂
  5. Katsumoto
    What a great gift Vossie! It’s a beautiful knife, really Sharp as well...so Nice. Well done sir!
  6. Katsumoto
    Hi mtbediz sir, I don’t do anything special to the ropes except using beeswax to wax the ropes before I use it. 🙂
  7. Katsumoto
    Okay, 3 favours, 1 oppose....so the majority wins. I let them as they are. Thanks guys!
  8. Katsumoto
    old Ben Kenobi is saying your deck looks fine. Later with all deck ornaments and things going on when she is finished the attention to your deck will be minimized. Move on and save your energy for your next deck. Finish your ship or she will never set sail. may the force be with you my young padawan!
  9. Katsumoto
    Perfect job so far Mark. Your ratlines and shrouds are top notch work! Keep going!!
  10. Katsumoto
    **futtock shrouds - the wrong decision** Hello my friends! After my last update I completed the other side of the shrouds and ratlines, here's the result! So, both sides are finished concerning the shrouds and ratlines. It was a lot of work, but I didn't know at that time how sailors entered the top. Someone mentioned to me to make "futtock shrouds". By adding this sailors could enter the top! After contemplating with myself I looked at the drawings by AL. On the artistic representation of the model, a small ladder was shown made of rope, but it wasn't into the plans. I thought, let's do it, let's turn the ladder into futtock shrouds. Historically correct or not....and so I constructed some futtock shrouds....I was wrong! Another person mentioned to me that ships of that timeperiod had an "open top". More like round rings of wood on a wooden frame. Sailors entered the top by manoeuvring themselves between the rings and enter the top. Ladders or futtock shrouds were non existing! So....what to do....leave them on or remove them....what would you do....after seeing the next pictures? So, futtock shrouds been made....I moved to the shrouds of the mizzen mast... Thanks for watching, Peter
  11. Katsumoto
    Congratulations with this beautiful build ship. Such a beauty my friend. You have earned a master degree! Kapt. Christos, bon voyage on your journey at the mediteranian sea and beyond!
  12. Katsumoto
    Very nice, Good idea to hold the upper deadeyes with some nails and a wooden board. Well done. The "whipping" of the light colour rope looks excellent!
  13. Katsumoto
    A nice ship she is, good luck with the build sir!
  14. Katsumoto
    I like your solution of the chainplates on the hull much better than WJ suggests. So, time to bring on the lady and set sail to open water! It's a realy nice ship she is....very elegant indeed!
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    Take it with you for your next ship, like Mark said, move on it looks fine mate!
  16. Katsumoto
    Please take the lady with the big hat with you... 😎
  17. Katsumoto
    22 then...Happy Birthday my friend! A nice update and I really like the idea of the curved planking on the forecastle's bulkhead! Well done!!!
  18. Katsumoto
    **It's a fiddling process...** Hello mates! In my previous update I started with the first ratlines on the shrouds and with this update I continue this process, but I didn't had a lot of spare time to work on the SM. However, it's enough to write this small update. All the knots which are made with the ratline are called a "clove hitch". For the ends of the ratlines, it was custom to spliche the rope and loop it around the first and last shrouds. I tried this technique and this was a serious undertaking. I then tried an alternative way by making a clove hitch and then loop the endpiece of the ratline around the shroud again. Then I use my wrapping technique, which is a sort of whipping, to fasten the rope. In the end it was still a lot of fiddling work, but it was easier to do and the result looked similair. Ofcourse it's much easier to glue the clove hitch at the first and last schrouds end that will be the end of it, but why would I choose the easy way out right? So, after the test of the end parts, I continue with the ratlines... I shoot the process how I make a clove hitch knot... And we continue the process until I reach the top! Phew...I made it....Now I had to finish the end pieces of the ratlines by the process I explained earlier....So a few hours later..... And the endresult... This ship has only two shrouds with ratlines, I pity those....no I respect those fellows and galls who's building a Man o War or a frigate! My dear what a work will that be... It's the end of this update again....Next is the other side that has to be done on the exact same way. Wish me luck okay? See ya! Peter
  19. Katsumoto
    Keep going, you are doing a great job for your first model ship! The metal in the kit is an alloy called pewter. It’s like 90% tin and some other metals like zink, copper. It’s cheap and easy to cast for the fabricator. They will be painted over in a later stadium, so it doesn’t matter what material they are made from. regards, Peter
  20. Katsumoto
    It’s like almost if you build this ship before...😉 great work sir! 👍🏻
  21. Katsumoto
    I’m only looking at the beautifull lady with the big hat! 😬
  22. Katsumoto
    Thank you for all the kind words Guys. You, reactions means a lot and makes me a bit humble. respect to you guys! Peter
  23. Katsumoto
    Yes, first I make the running lines of a light colour and standing rigging dark. It was common in the past to do it that way. Second, I like the contrast between the dark and the light.
  24. Katsumoto
    *rigging continues - shrouds* Hello my friends, A small update where I continue on the rigging and especially the rigging of the shrouds. So, be gentle with the comments....it's my first time working on shrouds like this... So deadeyes and lanyards continues. Everything is thightend after some 48+ hrs. Found a small wooden project to do....this is the last woodworking on this ship... Never been so fast writing an update lol....until next time! Peter
  25. Katsumoto
    You are doing a wonderful job Max! Don’t be sad, be happy!

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