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I like your work sir! Clean and neat.

Lovely work! I really like your masts!

Thanks, Mark As a matter of fact, they have the historical Spanish flag in store. The shipping costs for overseas / international orders aren't cheap. The size of the flag is way too big... a bit bigger is okay, but this is tripple the size of the current flag... so, it won't do unfortunately

It's a thing indeed. I know that these flags were in fact bigger and were in range of the lanterns. The lanterns were of bronze and glass. So the flame could not reach the flag. I don't know how hot the bronze or metal would become and if the flag was there at night? Maybe they didn't raise the flag during nighttime? Also the flag should be raised with rope and not been folded around the flag pole. However, I took the decision to do it like this due to the material of the flag. It's like a big fabric-like sticker...It was not easy to do with rope. However, I can change it if I can manage to do it the right way..I just don't know if I succeed.

Hi guys, Today a small update. Just a few pictures but it took me some time to figure this one out. First a made a second lombard, just copy the proces of the first one and make a duplicate. So two down, two to go! Second is the flagpole at the stern of the ship. This took me a while to find the proper solution. First I'll show you how AL designed it. Situation by Artesania Latina: source: www.staticmodelkits.com Then the situation at my ship. And look at the center cleat...this one is in my way to place a knee to hold the flagpole. Current situation I decided to take the cleat away and place a knee. Then replace the cleat on the knee which is fairly common. I made the flagpole from a bbq stick which is made of bamboo. Nice thing about bamboo is it's strength. A negative aspect is it's hard to stain with a walnut stain. So I compromised and stained it a bit and then placed it on the ship. New situation: What do you think? Peter

I'll pull the rope after the waxing between my fingers a couple of times. This creates friction, thus heat and does the same thing the flame of the candle does, melt the wax and gets absorbed into the rope. Both methods are perfect for the job. Just be carefull you don't burn your fingertops!

perfect, very very nicely done. A master model, by a master builder! pter

It’s what gave me the idea because I need to run a few wires myself in my new house. Simple but effective! 🙂

I am still smiling sir! Thanks!

Well, yes it makes the rigging a little bit sticky. The bees wax lasts a long time and make sure you rigging will last for a longer time.

Clean work Mark. Lovely how the deadeyes are perfectly on one line. 👍🏻

**Chapter 10 - Oiled** Hello my friends, From the kitchentable I write you guys this update with a little smile on my fase. Today was an important day on the shipyard because I've coated the SM with some Danish Oil. I really like this oil due to the mixture of Tung and Lindseed and some other stuff. It's a clearcoat, transparant oil which let the wood really pop! The grain, the colour, all will be accentuated by the oil and it gives a very nice finish and protection to the wood. It's easy to apply, with a rag or a brush and after it's been soaked into the wood, with a clean rag or towel rub it out and your finished. but, there is some assambly of some parts as well, and I continue with the cannons or Lombards, what they are called. As mentioned before, they aren't that pretty looking and a bit hars to operate, but I'm having fun building these lombards. So, I've bend some brass wire into rings... two different sizes as well... After blacken it, I place them onto the base of the cannon. After some oil, they look like this... I'm excited about the first finished Lombard. Now I have to make 3 more...but that's for another time. Next I continue with the ship's lantern. Now, the lantern included with the kit isn't that bad so I decided to go for it and use it on the SM. However I painted the thing first so it look a bitter better. The way AL wanted me to place it on the ship doh, is another pickle. AL choose the easy way out and choose to use some brass wire and place it on the top deck of the ship. So, drill a hole in the deck and put the lantern on a pole into the deck. This wasn't what I had in mind. So I used the brass wire allright, but mounted the lantern a little bit different... I took the brass wire and flatten one end with a hamer. Then I bend the piece into the desired shape and drilled two holes... The lantern on the constructed part... and on the ship! So next step is the one I feared most....Rigging! I've always had troubles with the rigging part of the ship. I don't know if it's me or the knots and wires that gets me on my nerves. So I decided to help myself this time a little bit and I bought some 100% natural beeswax. All the wires and ropes I have to make, I pull it through the beeswax first. I makes the ropes more sturdy and better to handle. It's great! Buy yourself some beeswax for you rigging and before you use the cotton threat's, pull it a couple of times through the wax and you're in heaven! By placing the anchors onto the ship. I needed to pull a piece of wire throuh a couple of holes. This was impossible so used a piece of brass wire as a guide to get the wires through! And that's the end of this update. See you next time and thank you all for the previous replies, likes and comments! Ciao, Peter

I’ve build the Beagle from Revell once, probably around the same year it came from it’s mold and do look so similair to your Bounty... Nice kit and good luck with the build.

She’s a lovely ship and kit. Good luck!

Thanks and you’re welcome! 🙂

Thanks man, I’m still figuring out how to do this exactly. I think I have found a way, now I only need to make it with my two hands.... 🙄

Hello people, This is my first humble update for 2019! Again happy new year to you all. It's a relative small update with just a few things done, but none the less I tried to show the proces step by step to show you guys how I've accomplished it. Now to start with the guns. There are four on the ship and she was not a heavily armed ship because she was a merchant ship, a cargo vessel so to say. The guns were very primitive and were called "Lombards". It was nothing more than a big barrel on a piece of wood, block type. No wheels and no easy way to raise or lower the barrel. The way they did this, was to place a piece of wood underneath the front to raise the gun so to say. To create such a solid piece of history I came with the following solution. (of course I did not used the cast metal parts except for the barrel) So, I first laminated 3 pieces of wood to create a small block. I've cut two side pieces and one bottem piece out of walnut. I glued the small block onto the bottem.. Then I made my design for the side pieces and cut them out with a knife. I've glued everthing together and sanded the thing with 180 grid sandpaper. It needs some metal parts as rings and some rigging as well. So it's not finished yet, but it gives you guys an idea what it would look like. Next are some other things I added onto the ship...and I'll show you the proces as well. So I made two of those, One at the Mizzen mast and one for the main mast. Next pictures show how I placed it onto the deck. Because of the rigging it needs to hold later, I reinforced it with some brass pins. I push the pins into the deck to see where I need to drill the holes... The same I did at the main mast... And the last part is the water barrel... After this I have to start to construct the masts and spars and ofcourse the start of rigging the vessel. That last part is not my strongest part of the build but we will see what I make of it later on. For now, I wish you a pleasant evening / night and stay tuned for the next update... Peter

Excellent work love the anchors!

What a great test to show us. I like the paper or the marker result the best also.

Sublime work, the choice to do the work over again with mahogany paid off sir! Excellent work. The oil lamps, red lining all looks good. happy new year my friend, and keep pushing for capt. Kenneth. The Daring and Undefeated Captain Kennit. His lordship, royal behindness, son of the amazing Lucto Ludlock, grandson of Sedge Ludlock!

She has some “colour”...or aint....difficult with black so to say. Did you use a stain or paint? Nice progress!

Are you a master yet? 😬

Hi Kier, I didn’t stain the hull, it’s the natural colour of the walnut veneer provided with the kit. I like the colour too. 😉 You also a happy new year tomorrow. 🙂

**Chapter - Getting dressed** Hello my friends, Thank you for all your support, comments, likes and suggestions. It makes the journey so much better! So, the last update for this year. 2018 is almost over and 2019 is knokking on the door. In the mean time the shipyard is open and it's busy. I've been doing all kinds of things on the ship. More and more items are placed on the ship and it's almost like she's getting dressed. To start I've placed the lower deadeyes on port side and used some veneer to cover the openings for the chainplates on the channel. A swivel gun has been placed... Next the remaining bases for the masts. Just found the last bit of scrap walnut to make two bases... So, now I can throw away the cast metal kit parts,,, I also construct the railing for the last stairscase.... . The last part of today and this year... I want to wish you all a very good new years eve and may 2019 be healthy and prosper. Ciao, Peter

Very nice work sir! Beautifull